food! a delicious self-torture sampler

{each photo links to its shop}

there. what did i tell you. not just food, DESSERT.
edible wedding favors, etc. can't bring myself to look any longer.

ohhhh. lemon cleanse, when will you end.

well dressed ears

My love affair with turquoise renews itself every spring, and I'm always so excited to rediscover it. I have a couple of weddings to go to this spring, and I have no idea what I am, or will be able to wear. So instead of focusing on the clothes, I'm building the outfits around the turquoise tear drop earrings above from Anthropologie. Just as fun!
Also, I wanted to thank everyone for all the well wishes! I feel so lucky to have so many vocal, supportive readers. You guys give me the warm fuzzies!

{inspiration: pretty underthings}

Lovely everyday lingerie from a wonderful UK company that believes ". . . underwear should be lovely and luxurious - as well as functional.”

{images: sexy panties and naughty knickers via creme de la mode; also the urban socialite - thanks so much, Felicity!}

coming soon.

Finally I can share my news! Yup, you guessed it. That's my baby! These sonogram things can be impossible to interpret, but this one's reasonable if you know what you're looking at. The view is sort of from behind and the baby is laying on it's side... you can see the head there on the right, and the bum on the left, with little feets tucked underneath. We don't know yet if it's a boy or a girl, it's too soon to tell, but we will find out when the time comes and I will let you know. In the mean time Dell and I are having fun thinking of names and planning a nursery. I have felt pretty normal actually, so far. I just knocked on my table, let's hope that keeps up! We're due September 8th, so if I take a little break from blogging around then... you'll know why!
In the mean time, it's back to wedding business as usual, it's a relief to let the secret out!

"on trend"

J. Crew seems to have their finger on the pulse of wedding color trends this season. I can't tell you how many brides have come to me looking for gray and orange or pink and gray wedding invitations. Someone's been doing their homework! I wonder if this means that yellow and aqua is the next hot invitation color scheme? Would not surprise me!

when life gives you lemons: a lemonade sampler

{each photo links to its shop}

so i'm headed home tomorrow, and my beloved is on day five of a cleansing lemonade detox. color me puzzled. last week i got home from work one night and there were giant bags of lemons all over the kitchen. ?wha??... had never heard of such a thing, although it's evidently popular, and i refuse to link to it because it might just be a bit unhinged, and i fear for all of us. plus i didn't find him particularly toxed in the first place (visualize, if you will, little floating air hearts circling my head... yes, i have it bad).

all this kvetching to say: i plan to join him in this crazy venture tomorrow. and i really, reeeallly love to eat. i'd like to say i love adventuring with him *more* than 3 squares plus snacks... (and coffee... oh god, the coffee...)

prediction: by friday i will be posting food. all kinds of food.

(god, i'm such a wuss! i just get so *angry* when i'm hungry. hopefully i won't go on some wild-eyed lemon-cayenne jihad and hold up the ice cream parlor behind our apartment building.)

speaking of lemons/lemonade, please allow me to veer briefly into serious (and warning! Depressing) public-service-announcement turf. as always, please feel free to skip.

one of the many reasons i took time off from the blog was that my stepfather died unexpectedly just before christmas. he was 48, much younger than my mom;* this year would have been their 10th anniversary. have been trying to help her untangle a scalding hot mess of troubles since then, which is why i'm here in florida. so much i could tell you, it would break your heart -- it breaks mine.

will simply say this from my soapbox: one of the best ways you show you love each other, in any long-term relationship but most especially a legal one, is to make sure you have an up-to-date will, plus a living will with your health directives. i know, it's a downer. it sounds lame, or you're young, or it's expensive -- please, if you can plan a wedding you can do this. even if you don't own stuff or have/intend to have kids, but especially if you do. make a plan together for what would happen if you weren't there to help your people figure it out, and write it down. do it for love.

end soapbox! we will be ok, with some hard work. there are some big damn lemons life bowls you over with some days -- and still there's so much beautiful in the world. please take care of each other!

*my mom will absolutely kill me if she reads this part. good thing i have a will.

5eizen

5eizen. I think it's pronounced "season". At least that's my take on it. While I'm not sure how you pronounce it, I'm sure I love it. From the lace covered button combs to the ring pillows. All good.

{powdered sugar dress}

. . . such pretty, pretty dresses at sarah seven's esty shop . . .

{via creature comforts}

Fresh Spring Flowers

What gorgeous weather we had this weekend, it certainly does feel like spring is on its way when the sun is out and the sky is blue. Here are some pretty photos of flowers we can look forward to very soon, the freshly picked and relaxed feel would be ideal for a spring time wedding...

All images from www.sia-homefashion.com