Said Yes to the Boy, Date, Place, and the Dress! Now What?

Photo via Bridal Musings.

After being engaged for just about 5 months, we've finally started planning. To be honest I really enjoyed just being engaged and day dreaming about the special day

I was a little scared to dive into actual wedding planning and setting a date and writing checks because I thought that's when all the stress would come. I was under the impression trying to organize people, dates, vendors, payments, flowers and little details would turn me into a bridezilla and everything would stress me out.

As much as I loved day dreaming, I'm happy to say we've found our venue, set our date, and picked out my dress! I'm getting married in October and so far everything is just falling into place. I'm still waiting for that stress monster to creep up and throw a wrench in. Hopefully this isn't the calm before the storm. ;)

DIY Jewelry Oraganizer

As part of my New Year's resolutions, February has been deemed my get organized month. First I decided to go to battle against the giant tangled jewelry monster that invaded my closet.

To prepare for combat I armed myself with:

1) An old bulletin board

2) Some patterned contact paper

3) A pack of hooks

4) Scissors

I cut a piece of contact paper just larger than my bulletin board, peeled the back off, and carefully stuck it to my board. After cutting around the edge of the board to remove the excess contact paper, I started to screw in my hooks. Place as many as you want all over the board, but keep in mind what kind of pieces you'll want to hang from each hook. I placed most of mind toward to the top edge since I have a lot of longer necklaces.

After creating my board I managed to untangle all my jewelry. It was an epic fight, but I defeated the massive jumbled mess of jewelry and now I finally have a place to put everything. Here's my finished jewelry organizer!

Photo A Day Challenge

At the beginning of January I was tagged on an Instagram post called the January Photo a Day Challenge. I started because I thought it would be kind of fun but then it turned into a game trying to find a good photo to take for each assignment.

 

Here are just a couple of the photos I took. Maybe you can guess which days they're from. :)

The January Photo a Day Challenge was created by an Australian blogger Fat Mum Slim and she's posted another Photo a Day Challenge for February. Here is it if you want to play along!

Little Black Bag Launches

Little Black Bag, a new social commerce site that offers a personalized collection of brand name women's merchandise, officially launched today. Little Black Bag is a site for shoppers to buy a mystery bag of items and trade with friends to create their perfect bag of items.

Sounds like a fantasy football team for fashion! Can’t wait to try it!

Sh*t _______ Say.

 Just when I think I'm over the Sh*t Blankety Blank Say videos, another gem pops up. Could this be like Rick Rolling and I'll never get tired of it?

Here are a few of my faves. Do you think I'm missing any??

The Happiest Place on Earth

Photo by: katdogs

I have my sparkly shoes, favorite Tinkerbell tee, bows, Disney tunes, and hot pink everything ready to go. We're off to Disneyland!

The Lab Event

I've been to countless bridal fairs as a bridesmaid, sister, friend, an event planner and now as a bride. The Lab Event was by far the best wedding event I've ever attended. The space, Cline Cellars, was stunning and I felt like we were at a wedding when we walked in and not some sort of sales convention or expo.

We were immersed in a world of creative and awe-inspiring vendors with everything from photography, food, fashion, to stationary and makeup. Everything was beautiful but laid-back in such a gorgeous setting! We ate, drank, and danced the night away.

I tip my veil to Erin Taylor of Bustle Events and the rest of The Lab team. It was an absolutely gorgeous event and I left feel inspired and amazed.