{WEDDING} Invites, Shoes and Venues Oh My!

Well! Am I waiting until the last mintue for your June update or what?

But...you will be glad I waited this long becuase there are so many fun things that happened just in the last few days!

I sent out invitations for our wedding ceremony and for our super-fun-reception-bash just this morning...so keep an eye out for it in your mailbox!

...but...becuase I know you are just dyyyinngg to see them -- here is the post you've been waiting for!!!!

Like I mentioned in my last post -- I went back to one of my new etsy friends and asked her if she would be up for designing/carving our wedding invitation stamps -- and I am so glad that she said yes because these lovely masterpieces wouldn't be possible without her perfect style and incredibly determined skill. Thank you so much dear Leela -- you have been a really big part of our unique wedding experience!

David has been so wonderfully involved in all of this and helped make our visions come alive with his creativity and resourcefulness -- he found this really neat wood veneer (which is usually used for re-facing cabinets), exacto-knife'd it up (cut the large roll down to 5x7" sized pieces), stamped the wood with the stamps Leela made (using slow drying pigment ink -- if you're curious), and finally sprayed them with a matte clear spray paint to seal them!

Aren't they so beautiful!?

We made an extra one so we can frame it and remember it forever!

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Our super-fun-reception-bash invitations were also sent out this morning and I'm sure you would like to see them too!!

Here are some pictures of the really cool location for our reception...It's a really trendy renovated warehouse in Little Tokyo! ...Parking is still being nailed down so keep checking in for updates!

  

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Something that I was so crazy excited about was my shoes!!

I decided to buy some plain nude pumps (which you saw in the last post) and find some really neat shoe clips to jazz them up with to make them really special for our wedding! ...It's totally genius becuase I can wear these pumps any ol' time and they don't have to be wedding-only shoes!

Well...I found another lovely lady on etsy, Carla of LuluSplendor and she completely blew my expectations away! I was absolutely amazed when I recieved them in the mail -- they are so gorgeous and make these shoes look better than any pair of $300 Badgley Mischka's...and way more special, knowing that they were handmade by someone just for me! (...Plus I'm really excited because I can keep these shoe clips forever as a family heirloom!!)

...and....they are plated in white gold and adorned with swarovski crystals and real pearls! (...take that Badgley Mischka!)

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I have my first bridal shower on Saturday and couldn't be more excited!

I feel like I've been waiting for this time in my life for a really long while...David and I knew we would marry each other when we were sophomores in high school (!!!) and I've been waiting ever since to marry him!

I can't believe that this long-awaited-time in our lives is really finally here (and sometimes I feel like it can't possibly be happening!!)

Thank you for being so loving and supporting and generous -- and for those of you who are attending the shower this Saturday...be prepared for some ugly crying! (They are all abundant tears of joy!)

On that note...Have a lovely weekend and I hope you enjoyed this latest update...Until next time...

All our love,

Kate+David

{LIFE and WEDDING} Change and Chiffon

So, it's been a while since I posted anything and I figured it was about time!

So many things have happened in the last few weeks its just craziness!!

Last weekend I finally finished my undergraduate degree...after 5 years of intensity...Yay!!! We celebrated with such a fun party (that my dear Mom and Nana organized....thank you!!) where family and friends were abundant. It was such a great time and I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate the end of a life season.

Fast forward...2 days...I started a full-time-big-girl-salary-benefits job on the Monday following my graduation!!!

It is so incredible to see the ways that our lives are perfectly falling into place and to see that we really are ready to start our little family together. It is so fun to stand back and look at what an incredibly exciting and love-filled time this is in our lives...not only the crazy love we have for each other but the ways that people have been pouring love on us as we make this life transition (by the way...that's you - our friends and family who are reading this blog - so a great thanks are certainly in order).

I am just so full of happiness, hope and expectation...we both are...and it's the best feeling.

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So, on to some other fun things that have been going on since I last posted that are wedding related...

I have gotten back together with the amazing artist who hand carved our save the date stamps, the lovely Leela Robinson from etsy. She is in the middle of creating our invitation stamps...which are so amazingly perfect! I'll be sure to post our finished invites when they are all put together!

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I have also been continuing to look at decorations (which is so fun and consuming!!!). We have decided to go for all-natural-biodegradable-tree-hugging confetti, which will be a lovely mixture of dried chamomile flowers, lavender, and jasmine flowers

It's going to smell amazing and look so darn pretty...I think we will also use it to cover the aisle (which I'm envisioning being super gorgeous...but I need some of your thoughts...so please post what you think!!!)

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On a more girly note - I have found the perfect hair accessories on...what other than...etsy. There are so many talented people on etsy who are extremely kind and so excited to be part of our wedding memories! These pieces are handmade by Amanda Judge from UntamedPetals and I am really really excited to wear them! the pictures below are the pictures she has in her shop...just to give you an idea...

Can you just imagine the perfection they will create when they are put together!!?? It's going to be so lovely.

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I've also found the jewlery I am going to wear...

isn't this bracelet/bangle so pretty!!?

these earrings are so simple and pretty

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So, hopefully I have given you all enough to chew on until more things are finalized, decisions are made, and as it gets closer to the day that changes our lives!!

With love, as always,

Kate + David

P.S. Don't forget to post your thoughts about the confetti/aisle flowers! Thanks!

{WEDDING} The Joys of Planning!

Hello Friends!!

It's been a few weeks since I posted anything mostly because we've been so busy...but at the same time not too many exciting things have happened that are wedding related until now :-)

I've been trying to stay as sane and relaxed as possible... which has been a success (thanks to my new favorite wedding website) and I'm having so much fun planning and purchasing all the fun details of our wedding!

So, in hopes of keeping everyone updated about our journey, I have a few pictures to share! (woo hoo!) ...and you can maybe get a good feel for our wedding style :-)

To begin, my good friend Michelle (who is going to be our florist/wedding coordinator...thanks girl!!) and I went to the flower mart a few weeks ago to scope out the kinds of flowers we'd like to use and I'm so excited that we found so many beautiful flowers! 

Enjoy!

white hydrangeas 

purple hyacinth (?)

white ranunculas

star beth

various colored stock

pink peonies (!!)

green kermit mums

goldenrod

purple wax 

amaranthus

To continue, I visited our location site and took some more pictures to post them! It's such a serene location: you can hear a little creek nearby, birds chirping, and the smell of fresh forest air which is just the kind of place David and I love the most. We're so happy to make our life commitments to each other in this beautiful natural setting!

 this is the grassy spot where our ceremony will take place...

...our altar will be in between those two trees 

There is a precious little cabin on the property...this is the side of it, which is right next to the ceremony location

 this is the back of the cabin (you can sort of see the balcony stairs from this view)...the river-rock-chimney is so darn cute!

here is the view from the edge of the property

this is the side of the cabin - you can see the balcony a bit better from this view

here is the walkway that leads from the parking lot to the ceremony location

this is another view of the walkway - you can see the parking lot all the way in the back corner of the photo

this is a really pretty field that is on the other side of the cabin...the reception might take place here...

(you can see my car parked on the right side of the picture - which is where the parking lot is located)

As the last bit of breaking-wedding-news...We got our cake-topper in the mail a couple days ago (!!!) which was also beautifully crafted from a wonderful Etsy vendor! 

A great thanks to Tina from Better Off Wed ...the cake topper is exactly what we wanted and it is so beautiful!

Isn't it so beautiful! Solid mahogany with a burlap fabric heart :-)

It perfectly summarizes our wedding theme!

Hope you have enjoyed this post and I'll continue to update you on exciting new wedding stuff!! 

With lots of love as always,

Kate + David

{WEDDING} Save the Date!

Hello again dear friends and family!

I am going to send out our save-the-dates tomorrow and I want to post a few pictures of them because....well, I am so darn proud of my crafty-manship :-) 

...Plus, I know that not everyone will be receiving one of these cute little guys and I'm sure that all of you want to see what they look like! 

(Warning: don't freak out if you don't get one!...Refer to blog post: {WEDDING} 9.8.2012)

So, after I mustered up all my creativity...and tried my hand at calligraphy... this is what I came up with!

Enjoy the pictures :-)

I would like to give a very special thanks to the Etsy shops who made the rubber stamps I used and arranged the vintage postage stamps!!

Thank you Leela and Samantha - you ladies were extremely lovely to work with and I'm glad I found your shops!

Click on the links below to take a look at their Etsy shops!

Pack and Post by Samantha Kramer

Native Bear by Leela Robinson

That's all for now folks!!

Kate + David