I was back home in California this past weekend for more wedding planning and this time Paul, my fiance came with me! We are in full wedding mode, and have been extremely productive getting things done. My mom and I want to get as much as possible taken care of so the last couple of months leading up to the wedding are not nearly as stressful and hectic. This weekend, we ... Read More

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