Going Away Dress... and my ring

I bought my going away dress on Tuesday! I'm very excited. I found it shopping with Ann and Jennifer from work at White House Black Market. It will be perfect dress to wear as we leave after the reception. It's a little white party dress from White House Black Market. So excited! :)

Also I realized I never put up a picture of my engagement ring! I love it, it's perfect. Corey did an excellent job. It's from the Shane Company. Here are a few pictures.

Update: Starting to Plan

Corey and I have begun a little bit of planning. Not much yet because I still need to establish a budget, but we've started talking about colors. I don't think we've come to an agreement yet, but we have a few ideas.

Corey likes Orange... so here are a few examples.

 

 

Corey likes how the orange looks with the black suit. I kinda like it too. Corey wants his guys to wear black with an orange tie, maybe with white stripes. Not really sure how I feel about the orange, but he really likes it so we're going to try to make it work I think.

This is my favorite orange and yellow bouquet of flowers. I love how the white makes the bouquet softer than just the orange and yellow. 

This is kinda pretty. I'm just not sure how I like orange as the main color. It might be a bit too much for me.

If I were to have the bridesmaids wear orange, these next two are similar to the shade of orange I like.

This is a pretty orange invite.

Here are a few other examples and inspiration boards with orange and yellow.

I think that I like the orange and yellow idea better if we added a little bit of pink to it. Here are a few examples I found.

 

It would be easy to add more orange to this bouquet. 

This is pretty too.

I like this.

I really like this. I'll have to show Corey. We could have the guys wear that shade of orange tie and then have other options for the girls. Not really sure yet, we still need to talk more about it.

I really like this bouquet too.

Already June!

I just have to say that Corey and I have been engaged for 5 months as of the first of this month! So excited! I thought that a year and a half engagement was so long, but I'm so thankful for the time. I'm loving being engaged and being able to finish the school year without frantically planning a wedding. Time has already flown by the last 5 months! I'm really excited to start planning things with Corey this summer!!! 

I just wanted to share a few photos from over the past 4 years :)

Just friends... 4 years ago.

 

At the beach... 3 years ago.

At the rodeo... 2 years ago.

 Back at the beach... 1 year ago.

5 months ago when he proposed :)

Last time Corey was in Seattle :)

I'm so blessed to have this amazing man in my life. He is so patient, kind, smart, thoughtful, strong, loving, determined, encouraging, passionate, and so much more. He's constantly seeking to improve himself and grow closer to the Lord, he inspires me to want to do the same. He's loyal, an incredible friend, a great listener, funny, a good leader and example, and honest. I'm so excited I get to go through life with Corey. So far we've had a wonderful journey and I know it's only beginning! I pray God will guide us and give us patience and wisdom as we step forward together.

Random

I never seem to have themes when I blog on here. Mostly just a bunch of picture ideas, which is fine I guess. Just want to have a place to put the ideas I really like.


This is an easy center piece idea that I came across online. They just wrapped books with wrapping paper that they liked. Very clever, I'm not sure I'd want to do it, just because I love flowers so much, but it is creative. I also found a site that suggested using wrapping paper for a table runner or to make place mats. I think in the right wedding setting it could be a good idea. A cheap way to add a little something extra.

I especially love the bottom picture in this set of photos. The flowers and lights are beautiful.

I found this on the etsy website. If you haven't checked out etsy you could! They have a ton of awesome products from many different designers. Things for homes, weddings, crafts, clothes, art, stationary, jewelry, toys.... I'm actually not sure exactly what you'd use this for, but I thought it would be neat to put on a piece of paper and spray paint over so you've left with this image on the paper. I probably should've read what the seller intended it for. Mostly I just thought it was cute.

Finally another thing I found on Etsy, these awesome wall decals. I'd love to have one of these in my house someday. I just think they are awesome- easy and they look nice. I've included 3 of my favorites, but they also have cool wall decals for children's rooms and just about anything you could think of. I think the one that says, "A true love story never ends..." might be my favorite.

I love this one with the verse in 1 Corinthians 13. What a great visible reminder of what Godly love looks like, how we should strive to love one another and how God unconditionally loves us.