WEDDING SNEAK PEAK

Our amazing wedding photographer Courtney Ward  has been providing some pretty beautiful leaks of our wedding photos on her facebook page, and I'm dying to see the rest. Until then I'll be checking her page and blog like a crazy person. The whole day was such an amazing, loving, celebration of a blur - so I can't wait to see the big day from the cameras perspective!

She does such a good job of depicting a dreamy day - almost like she takes pictures of your emotions.. anyway, I'll stop with the sappy talk. I'll be back with more pictures in the upcoming weeks (cant wait!!).

HONEY & THE MOON IN ARIZONA

Our trip to Sedona was AMAZING. Much needed relaxation after a year long of wedding planning (yes, I plan on continuing this post with no mention whatsoever that I haven't updated since May and that I am now married and pretty much didn't update this blog even a little bit since...).

Anyway - it may seem a little strange to some that we'd go for the dessert of Arizona over the beaches of Mexico, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic etc. but it was something we had never seen before and something we both wanted to experience; and honestly, we're both glad we did.

The views were BREATHTAKING, and for a girl who grew up only a short 30 minute drive from the beach it was definitely my definition of an escape from the mundane and everyday.

We did a pink jeep tour (which you should do - seriously go, right now, stop what you're doing and get on that fricken tour!). And we did wine tasting in Verde Valley.

I romanticize the desert and the south west so much with my tendency to buy and dote over aztec print decor, mexican blankets and of course, music straight from the jewel of the mojave dessert... I already miss starting the day with a hike and ending it with wine, but I definitely feel refreshed and ready to take on the world (was it the vortexes? maybe it was the vortexes...).

MUSIC & LYRICS

We just hung up some pretty sweet vinyls in our living room. MGMT's "Oracular Spectacular", The Strokes' "Comedown Machine", The Beatles' "Abby Road", and my favorite band's most recent album "Battle Born", (I'm pretty obsessed with The Killers).

Bohemian Modern: There's No Place Like Home

When you're moving from apartment to apartment it can be hard to make it feel like home; especially when you're working with the budget of a recently engaged entry level worker. There's this tug-a-war between what you know your decor style is, what you can afford and what you have to make work from your compilation of college apartment um... "furniture" and hand me downs from family.

The great thing about the furniture and decor I love is that it's elcectic, a mix match of old and new, of modern and antique. We have some great peices like this old mid century modern faux bamboo dresser (that's in need of a paint job..) and newer peices like our leather butterfly chair and garden stools. Then, there's the IKEA furniture that we love, hell - it's durable, easy to clean, and years from now when we upgrade it'll be perfect for a basement or play room.

Right now, our main focus is of course on our wedding, but I wanted to take a break from those post for the day and talk about what we'd love our apartment, and eventually our first home to look like. Here are some of my favorite homes and decor peices for inspiration:

1. Alaina Kaczmarski's Chicago Apartment

There is so much I love about her place, from her living room hues of gray combined with aztec prints! I love love love the Ankara Pouf she has from Lulu & Georgia and the white antler accent, don't even get me started. I could just move into Alaina's house pretty much. Plus, I want every single little thing she has in her arsenal of kitchen tools (if you ever get a peek of our registry you'll notice...).

2. Jessie Webster's Los Angeles Abode

Leather butterfly chair, aztec rugs, lamb fur throw and modern furniture with the contrast of natural wood; there's just so much to love about this home I would say more but then I'd be typing all day.

3. Kirstin's Simple Grove

I love Kristin's bedroom, from the aztec rug and cow hide throw to the dark accent wall. And, there again is the prevalent modern meets natural wood them. It's just beautiful!

4. SF Girl By Bay's Bohemian Modern Home

Maybe it's the record player or the original art prints splattered on the walls, or maybe it's the texture of the high rugs and throws against the leather furniture, either way it's the perfect mixture of rough and cozy, or hard and soft, I'd live here in a heart beat!

Okay, not it's back to wedding planning! Until next time!

- Erica

Bohemian Woodland Wedding

I've got a true love for Bohemian / Woodland weddings. They always give off the feel of fairy tale to me, maybe it's got something to do with too much Disney movie's as a child, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White would definitely have a woodland wedding right? Especially with the adorable woodland creatures like owls, deer and bunnies hopping around. Then there's the crown of flowers the bride wears in her hair, kind of like the one you would make from daffodils when you were playing outside as a child. It's like living in a real life fairy tale, and isn't that what weddings are all about?

Here are some of my favorite Bohemian / Woodland weddings. 

1. Julie + Bo's Wedding from Green Wedding Shoes

Favorite things about this wedding: The deer tapestry. Her veil. Her dress change for the reception and the reef of flowers she's wearing on her head. The mitmatched bridesmaid dresses that are a perfect balance of casual meets elegant.

2. Theresa and Jay's Wedding at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

This wedding isn't as "Woodland" as the others, but the colors, natural green plants and horse mask (that my fiance has already made clear will not be in our nuptials) give it a very organic, free
bohemian" feel. My favorites from this wedding: the farm tables, the natural/ green flowers, the industrial architecture of the venue and the diy ceremony altar.

And here are some of my favorite elements from Boho-Woodland weddings:

How We Met {INFOGRAPHICS}

So I don't know about you guys, but I feel super cheese when writing "story of us" type blog post for our wedding site.

It just feels, unauthentic, plus - not all romantic stories include details you want to make privy to every person in you family, social network and heck anyone who has access to a computer screen.

So, I love the idea of infographics. Maybe it's because I work in marketing / communications and were all about showing lots of information in images that are easier to digest than text heavy stories and long winded explanations. I'm going to work on one for me and Kevin today, but for now here are some that other couples used to show how they met. Enjoy!

 1. This one is a lot longer than I would like, but I love the different use of type and the original information that's just about them.

 2. Short, sweet to the point. And I dig the arrows, but you should probably already know that about me.

 3.  I like the flow chart, and the little bits of humor they use to tell their story.

 4. Here's another one that's short and sweet, I like the contrast in the middle too, it breaks up the text so people like me with short attention spans feel like something new is happening.

 

5. I like the spacing on this and the use of color. Also, this one shows the story a lot more visually than the others which gets it extra points in my book (yes, I have a book.. and yes, it's mostly pictures).

 

6.  This one has graphs and charts which is cute, it also get's a lot of information into a small area, which is a major do.

7. This one is funny, which I think is the best way to get people information, entertain them.

8. I have to say this is one of my favorites, it's got color, lots of images, not heavy on the text, short and sweet, add some arrows to this bad boy and I think we have a winner!

 

Okay, now it's time to work on one of our own. I'll let you know how it goes. Until then!

 

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