Juice It.

So my basic inspiration for this outfit was juice and pink lemonade. Summer is pretty much

over, but we're still experiencing above average temperatures....and by above average temperatures 

I mean Satan called and he wants his weather back. So when life hands you lemons

(or in this case sweltering heat)

Get inspired....and make pink lemonade?

A tip that might help you with that: 

Go to Hobby Lobby and find fun things to stick in your rat's nest adorable side-bun.

From flowers to doll furniture, the fun never ends!

Shoes: H&M, Clutch Old Navy, Dress NY&Co. Sunglasses:F21

Flowers in mai hairs: Hobby Lobby

Blog Dump.....WEDDING EDITION

I've posted some about preparations for this...most important day of my life, but I don't think

I've posted the final product. So here it is. I'm not sure of any other way to do this than

to unload ALL of these on you, so prepare thine self. 

I'm so happy with how everything turned out. It took so much hard work, brainstorming, and

a lot of help from my friends and mother. Every detail was exactly how I dreamed it. I remember

the morning of my wedding day, looking at how everything came together, and I felt like

I was in a movie. I couldn't believe it...and we did it all ourselves. 

Not to mention I married my best friend in the universe. 

We premade everything in Texas, and either shipped it to the house we rented in St. Augustine

or packed it up in our cars and drove it there. Paper chains, Lanters, the Table Cloths we fringed

for hours, the fabric banners....all of it.

Dorothy Gautreaux did such an amazing job photographing it all. Being a photographer myself

choosing my photographer for my wedding was one of the hardest aspects. Sister has it goin on.  

We used fishnet to do collages of photographs of us. Weddings are vain, whatcanyado?

The flowers were done by Karen at 57 Treasury

Salt Water Cowboys catered. We decided to go with Southern Seafood. Cheese Grits, 

Stuffed Shrimp and Ribs, Potato Salad etc....we had to show our NY friends we can

do it right in the South. We served everything family style, so there were

no long buffet lines. The boys that served were reeeal happy when we gave them 

cases of extra beer. They earned it. 

Jonathan made our alter. He bought 3 pillars, distressed and stained them himself, 

then simply attached  the fabric banner we made. We plan on saving this banner 

and using it as a window treatment in a nursery, when ever that day comes. 

Each plate was hand picked at garage sales and thrift stores. And the shells were 

bought at shell shacks and taken from collections my family has gathered on 

our past trips to this very beach.

My wedding day meal = dayquil and grapes

Best of all: Jonathan wrote a song for me, and taught it to our friends. They surprised me with it

at the reception. There was ugly crying.

Jonathans Pants and Vest: J.Crew

Gown: Lowe's Bridal

Catering: Salt Water Cowboys

Cake: Nothing Bundt Cakes

Photos: Dorothy Gautreaux Photography

Drowning Beautiful

Not sure if you guys have stumbled upon Stumbleupon, but it's one of my favorite ways to surf 

the world wide webs. I promise you it is atleast 200 times more entertaining than 

facebook stalking. Every now and then it will lead me to an artist like this...and I am completely mystified. 

Breath taken away.

Jason de Caires Taylor sculpts life-size figures, and then submerges them in water, where

they are allowed to take on a life of their own, or rather become apart of the natural underwater

seascape. His works span from the waters of Mexico to Greece, and give the viewer a sense of 

simultaneously peering into the future and the past. 

I've always been fascinated with water and sea life (which is why we got married on the 

beach). Maybe it's because I find water to be so calming and at the same time

so totally untamed and powerful. Enough babbling. Get Lost: