The Invitation

I found this poem today and it almost made me cry. I love it. I hope you fall in love too.

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it, or fade it, or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, ‘Yes.’

It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children.

It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
–Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Tiffany blue, Tan and Espresso Inspiration Board

These colors are perfect for fall or winter wedding. I would definitely have a chocolate bar with a chocolate fountain!! I also think a coffee bar would be great for those coffee lovers.

12 things i find ridiculously romantic:

beaches

intimate glances amidst crowds

tickling

wildflowers in ball jars

handwritten notes

pouring rain

airport farewells

big open fields

movie nights with wine and popcorn

old fashioned cars

holding hands

picnics

Black & Teal Vision Board (inspiration # 3)

Marissa and Cameron are getting married June 26th 2010!! Their colors will be black, white and teal.

Sunflowers (Inspiration #2)

Sunflowers are so bold and fun!!
They are perfect with brown, burnt orange & deep purple for fall.
or with grapefruit brown &pink for summer.

It's all about her shoes.

I have a wall hanging that says, "She with the most shoes wins" or better yet She with the best shoes wins. Even since the story of the princess bride, Cinderella who wore glass slippers, shoes seem to be a girl's best friend. What we see as "traditional" is the white gowns and white shoes which actually started in the 1840's because Queen Elizabeth wore all white. Before that, the tradition was blue gowns. Now a days wedding shoes make a real statement. Every Bride wants to stand out and her gown and accessories should reflect her personal style. Here are some shoes brides have worn to be themselves and break the "tradition".









what color of wedding shoes will you wear?

Strawberry fields (Inspiration #1)

For the Sweet & Luscious Reno Bride.
Season: Late Spring
Setting: (outdoors) Open grassy field
Colors: Luscious Red, Ivory, Grass Green, Mauve

You could serve chicken with a yummy strawberry glaze or pork with a cherry glaze. & the drink of the night should be apple martinis with a strawberry slice on the rim.

Of course you would have a strawberry cake. Maybe make it angel food with a whipped icing and have strawberry sauce drizzled on every slice given to your guests.