These are a few of my favorite...um....blogs

As I've said before, I started this blog because of the many others I have been enjoying. It's a weird concept this blogging stuff. But I actually look forward to sharing something when I post! ha. oh technology...

Here's what I've been looking at for inspiration, ideas, and pure fun!

http://www.stylemepretty.com/ 

http://greylikesweddings.wordpress.com/

http://photorangephotography.com/blog/

http://www.younghouselove.com/

http://www.etsy.com/

Brody's 1st Birthday!

I know this isn't "wedding" related but my little nephew Brody turns One today and it's something worth celebrating!!!! This past weekend we had a birthday celebration for him and he was as cute as ever:) Take a look!!

The shirt says it all!

Can't have a birthday party without toys!

"I see the cake coming!!!!"

 All cleaned up and checking out his new ride

Happy Birthday Brody!
Love, Auntie Sarah

Thoughts for Aisle decor...

At the farm we are a little limited as to what we can do outside for the ceremony. Because animals do live there we can't have any rose petals, ballons, bird seed, etc. and we can't put anything into the ground - everything must be free standing. So here's my idea...

Line the aisle with Galvanized buckets full of flowers!

And then once the ceremony is done, we can move the buckets onto the tables and use those for centerpieces as well! I figured this would work perfectly and cut down on the number of mason jars I'm going to need:)

They would go great with the mason jar/barn feel too!

Joe and I have also found huge buckets at Lowe's that we were thinking might be cool to hold our beverages.

Ahhh the inspiration:)

Mason Jars Galore

I love mason jars. I love the simplicity of them, the shape, the look, and the fact that my Grandma uses them when she makes a batch of the best jelly in the world! Seriously, the jelly is amazing:) After looking around at how other brides incorporated them into their decor, I've decided to do the same. Here's some ideas...

Idea #1: Staggering different size mason jars on the picnic tables with candles/and some with flowers. We'll have eight rows that are two picnic tables long because of the space of the barn and the amount of people we are anticipating. Nothing fancy but I love the look of it.

Idea #2: Round tables will have all sizes of mason jars some with candles again, and a lot with flowers. There's a great farmers market downtown that sells huge bouquets of flowers for $5! You could have all the same size mason jars on some tables and fill them all with flowers creating one big centerpiece or fill a couple here and there.

Idea #3: A 'wall' of mason jars. This picture is awesome. I wonder if there is somewhere we can do this...

Idea #4: If there is extra time, mason jars, etc. we could line the walk way with them too. Fancy.

Those are the beginning ideas. I've been slowly starting my collection and will have to try out some of the ideas soon. The best part about using these is I'm going to have to learn how to make jelly since there will be dozens of jars to fill!!! :)

Engagement Photo Session!!!

They're here! Whoo-hoo!!! Sunday, July 18th we took our engagement pictures and we finally saw the final product yesterday!!! We are so happy with how they turned out and I think I've looked at them a hundred times already:)

I met Erin, our photographer, in college who was good friends with my roommate Ashley. I have watched Erin's work throughout the past few years and love every picture she takes. Erin's great at capturing the moments of what she's taking pictures of and I love it! Check out more of her work!!!

http://www.angelicjewelphotography.com/

We decided to take our pictures in St. Paul since it's the place where it all started! Joe and I would always walk from his apartment down to the river or to a favorite restuarant. I love how quiet St. Paul is and even though it's a pretty big place.

We walked around for a couple hours and the pictures turned out great. Here's just a  handful of some of my favorites. Believe me, there are many, many more I could have put up!!! Enjoy!!

Pretty Pearls

I was so excited to come home yesterday and find that the hair brooch I ordered for the wedding arrived!!! It's beautiful! It's my first purchase for my wedding day attire:) Thank you Gail from Etsy.com!!

Joe, what should the song for our first dance be??

One of Joe's "tasks" for the wedding is to find a song for the first dance. So while we were on our road trip out west, where we had plenty of hours in the car, Joe decided to go through his 11,000 some songs on his Ipod to find the perfect one. I really didn't think it would be that difficult. 

This is every song typically went. A slow song would start and I would think to myself, "ok..yea...this sounds great... wait...what did they just say?" Seriously, every song was either about breaking up, death, or losing someone. Not exactly what we're looking for. Joe attempted finding a song for at least an hour and we are still without the perfect song. If all else fails, we have this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGOohBytKTU&feature=PlayList&p=65C1BED714AE230D&playnext=1&index=2

Classy much?!