these two are v. v. cute

Did anyone see this insanely adorable engagement shoot on Green Wedding Shoes?



You need to go see the whole thing here. Dying.

Photography by the groom, Tim Melideo.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mom's birthday. Yay!

I was going to find a pretty picture of balloons or cakes to post for her... but she's not, like, wildly interested in balloons or cakes.

She likes birds.

Mom, here are some neat vintage hungarian matchbook birdies for you.



neat, right?


from flickr

showgirls have all the fun

That makeup. I'm in love.

The Tropicana is canceling the Folies after 49 years. There's something about the end of an era that always feels kind of sad.

From my always reliable favorite news source, NPR.

vintage pottery for our california garden party

It's kind of wild to see everything start to come together here in the waning days of wedding planning. Not that I have much confidence that it will actually all come together, I'm highly realistic in that way, but you know I think it will be nice all the same.

I've been collecting vintage california pottery for the last year or so (greens and whites) to use for centepieces and such around the reception. I counted last night and we've got 42 pieces plus a handful of little minis. They are covering the shelves in the living room. Here's a sampling:



So we'll fill these with succulents (my project for next week when I'm done with work!) and flowers (yay Hoot & Heart!) and scatter them around.

What am I going to do with 42 pieces of vintage pottery post-wedding? Sell them of course! I mean I'll keep my faves, but anyone interested in buying a big lot of vases for their own wedding should contact me... in December. When we're back from the honeymoon and can face logistics again.

happy weekend...

i have my final dress fitting tomorrow.



WHEEEEE!

(from bff, flickr)

i can't help but love jcrew

they are doing such a good job right now with their photoshoot stylings...





Long, simple dress with a vintagey brooch... really pretty.

floating along...

6 weeks to go. This is how I imagine one's wedding day to feel.

From Shorpy... a beautiful catalog of vintage photos from the first half of the 20th century.

summer of denim love

I love jeans. Love love love. almost as much as I love the late 60's early 70's stringy hair running through fields of clover with my banjo and bob dylan bo-ho thing. My friend amanda sent me this link with title "coolest jeans ever." yes, they are certainly in the running:



or else their totally rad photo shoot for their site is just tricking us. Either way I'll take a pair. Or two.

Current/Elliott

bridal shower tomorrow

I'm imagining it to go something like the this:



Me, wearing mad hat and unsure what's going on. Cheetah staring at me saying "I am your wedding and I'm closer than you think, but also beautiful and a party animal, dahling." And then the champers, being drunk by the bottle-full.

(not picutred: friends, moms, grandmas, and other excellent women... they are probably gathering 'round the food wondering to each other why I'm wearing such a very LARGE hat).

Another from Conde Nast.

bride jewelry, aka things i need

Kay so with the wedding marching slowly closer. 3 months from today. (yay! gulp.) I am certain that I should be thinking about my accessories. No need to go further into detail here. I mean, brides need exquisite jewelry. end of story.

Look what I found:





Though actually I WAS sort of planning on wearing family jewelry. One piece from each grandma. From my dad's mom, I'm planning to wear a really neat necklace made from a vintage chinese poker chip, that her mom bought in Hong Kong before WWII. One thing I always forget to mention when I'm explaining this to people is that the pokerchip is made from carved pearl (NOT clay) and it's a little bigger than a quarter. It's really beautiful and I've always admired it. From my mom's mom, I'm planning to wear her blue topaz cocktail ring. Which is also pretty neat.

But see, I need earrings. So I had to start looking. And I found all these other things! I am in LOVE with the opal ring. It is completely perfect for our vintage inspired black and white wedding in a garden. And certainly I can find something to do with the brooches. and the 5 pairs of earrings.

My rings are also vintage inspired. So I'm keeping a theme, here people. So far I'm kind of into the first pair of earrings on the right, with the crystal drops and rose gold. My wedding band is also rose gold (with diamonds)... and if that's not a valid rationalization, I don't know what is. But then, I also like the round ones.

These are all from Fay Cullen and Ruby Lane.