I wanted to dedicate an entire blog post to me and Paul's engagement pictures to maybe give any of my readers engagement picture inspiration. When I was scrolling through Pinterest getting ideas, I found so many amazing pictures. I highly recommend having a vision so your photographer can bring it to life. I sent our photographer Anthony (from A.Ropkin Visuals) a handful of ... Read More

I headed home to California (where the wedding will be) last Tuesday night-Sunday to cross off some to-dos on my extremely long wedding planning list. My job is super flexible, so I was allowed to work remotely in California Wednesday-Friday that way I had longer than just a weekend to start planning. That flexibility will be so helpful over the next couple of months. My mom, ... Read More

I am so excited about this post because creating these DIY Bridesmaid proposal boxes was so fun! I knew I wanted to send my bridesmaids something special to ask them to stand by me on my wedding day. I am obsessed with DIY Bridesmaid proposal boxes so I went to Pinterest to get some inspiration. Of course sticking to my budget-friendly mindset, I didn't want to get too ... Read More

If you remember 2 weeks ago in my Big Announcement #1 post where I said 2 really huge things happened in my life recently, you'll remember I was supposed to make a subsequent post revealing the other amazing announcement. Well, time got away from me and from the title of this post, you probably can understand why. That's right, I am under contract on my first house! I had to ... Read More

I am already in full swing wedding planning mode and it is so true when people say there is so much that goes into planning a wedding. We are looking at a late October wedding, which means we have about 9 months from the start of my engagement to plan everything... but I am up for the challenge and can't wait to document my experience with you all. First things first is ... Read More