Nothing too formal. Nothing too “together.” Nothing that looked stiff and modern. Something romantic. Something ethereal. Something timeless. That’s what I envisioned for our wedding flowers. When I discussed the colors I wanted for our wedding with Ryan, I told him I saw a wedding full of creamy whites, soft yellows, ivory and champagne. He…
Wedding Recap: Groomsmen
Ryan had six groomsmen.Two childhood friends. One cousin and college roommate. Three fraternity brothers. Ryan’s mother always says, “Ryan surrounds himself with wonderful people.” I couldn’t agree more. I consider every one of his groomsmen a friend of my own and have always felt support and love from each of them. Not only are they…
Wedding Recap: Behind the Door
Before our wedding day a wonderful blog reader, Holly, commented with a story about how she and her husband-to-be shared special moment before they walked down the aisle together. In her words: “I just got married three months ago…My husband and I didn’t want to see each other before the wedding, but there was a…
Wedding Recap: Bridesmaids
My bridesmaid total came to six. Six incredible women. Four friends since elementary school. One sorority sister and roommate from college. One sister. We had such a great time together throughout our wedding weekend, laughing and reminiscing about fun times we shared in the past, and wondering how the time went by so quickly that…
Wedding Recap: Getting Ready
Last night after receiving a disk of images from our wedding from our photographer in the mail, all I wanted to do was blog, blog, blog about our special day. I’ve been waiting for the pictures for five weeks (not long by wedding photography standards) and have SO much I’ve been longing to share with…
Growing Dumplings
Apparently dumplings grow when you place them in a bubbling bowl of chicken soup! After preparing a pot of chicken soup, I plopped several tablespoon-sized dumplings into the pot to simmer and cook. Within minutes the dumplings nearly tripled in size. More doughy goodness is fine by me! To make the soup, I combined the…