Pearls and Tulle

{Love this}

2010-06-02T15:41:00.001-07:00

I just realized I can create interior design fantasies with polyvore! I am going to have so much fun!

Find me on Polyvore

{you can reach me}

2010-05-19T15:14:00.000-07:00

“You can reach me by rail way
You can reach me by trail way
You can reach me on an airplane
You can reach me with your mind

You can reach me by caravan
Cross the desert like a Arab man
I don’t care how you get here
Just get here if you can

You can reach me by sail boat
Climb a tree and swing rope to rope
Take a sled and slide down slope
Into these arms of mine

You can jump on a speedy colt
cross the border in a blaze of hope
I don’t care how you get here
Just get here if you can

There are hills and mountains between us
Always something to get over
If I had my way surely you’d be closer
I need you closer

You can windsurf into my life
Take me up on a carpet ride
You can make it in a big balloon
But you better get here soon

You can reach me by caravan
Cross the desert like a Arab man
I don’t care how you get here
Just get here if you can

I need you right here right now
I need you here by my side
I don’t care how you get here
Just get here if you can”

{before the night ends}

2010-05-07T17:02:00.001-07:00

By Your Side

“You think I’d leave your side baby?
You know me better than that
You think I’d leave down when your down on your knees?
I wouldn’t do that

I’ll do you right when your wrong
I, ohhh, ohhh

If only you could see into me

oh, when your cold
I’ll be there to hold you tight to me
When your on the outside baby and you can’t get in
I will show you, your so much better than you know
When your lost, when your alone and you can’t get back again
I will find you darling I’ll bring you home

If you want to cry
I am here to dry your eyes
and in no time you’ll be fine

You think I’d leave your side baby
You know me better than that
You think I’d leave you down when your down on your knees
I wouldn’t do that

I’ll do you right when your wrong
I, I, ohhhh, ohhh

If only you could see into me

Oh when your cold
I’ll be there
To hold you tight to me
Oh when your alone
I’ll be there by your side baby”

SADE

2010-03-08T11:43:00.000-08:00

Respond to life with openness and curiosity.

{magic suitcase}

2010-03-03T18:04:00.001-08:00

j.crew love by kryscott featuring J Crew

Items in this set:
J.Crew - Cotton-gauze petal cardigan, $98
Women's new arrivals - tees & knits - Flouncy flowers scoopneck tee -..., $40
Women's denim - matchstick - White denim matchstick jean - J.Crew, $98
Women's Navigation - Women - Campo bag - J.Crew, $195
New Women's Accessories - New Women's Belts, New Scarves & Hats -..., $35

{how cute, how cute!}

2010-02-26T15:01:00.000-08:00

I found this wonderful wedding while perusing 100 layer cake...It is so fabulous...I love that it looks like they just had a very low key resort party! Just wonderful!

via 100 layer cake

{magic suitcase}

2010-02-12T09:50:00.000-08:00

If only I had a magic suitcase....

magic suitcase by kryscott featuring Rupert Sanderson shoes

Items in this set:
Sonia by Sonia Rykiel Striped cotton sweater dress, $270
7 for all mankind Roxanne skinny distressed jeans, $200
Rupert Sanderson Patent leather pumps, $585
Lanvin Toucouleur leather tote, $1,295
Large Mint Green Linen Suitcase

{perfect words}

2010-01-27T17:51:00.000-08:00

I have become addicted to a dedicated follower of dear baby...melissa is the absolute cutest gal I have ever {not met}...She is so brave...I feel that she has opened her heart to me so much that we could be great friends...In looking back at her previous posts on her life blog I came across this feeling that overwhelms me in the most perfect wording!:

i outgrew every boy i ever loved

until i found the one who always seemed a little bigger than me.

the one who made the world seem possible.

the one that never felt too small.

too restricted.

too anything.

he was just enough of everything

so i decided to marry him.

with him i found my voice

the means with which to speak to you

to explain to you the girl i am

the way i see the world

the way i want this life to be.

he put sound to the words in my head

life to my imagination

being to my self.

i am the greatest girl i’ve ever been.

right now.

because he helped me learn to speak.

via stay forever sunday

{overwhelming love}

2010-01-27T17:07:00.000-08:00

This photo sums up my feelings over the last five months {wow FIVE} completely...In this moment I was so absolutely in love and so unquestionably overwhelmed by it all! The utter importance of the whole day could not be explained in this box...My heart has been a wanderer my whole life...Leading me into many different directions always with the one and only goal of finding him...my soul mate...the person who sees what I see...I refuse to believe in anything but destiny, fate, karma, serendipity because as a little girl I drew him in my head and I felt him in my heart...it took 25 years for my heart to be still and rest awhile...Up until this point I wasn't sure how I could put this down...How I felt and how I feel today looking back at this most amazing day! I'm going to try really hard...I want to be able to show my children the beginning of us {in my eyes, of course!}

{oh my, oh my, OH MY}

2009-12-31T10:33:00.000-08:00

This vintage inspired wedding left me speechless! The Old Hollywood flare is absolutely fabulous and the edit on the photos gives rise to the decade almost to perfection!

via style me pretty

{precious dreams}

2009-12-19T13:18:00.000-08:00

via 4littlemenandgirlytwins

I believe I have always been a mother at heart. From the day I was born I was suppose to be a nurturer. When my baby brother came into our lives, I bolted into the hospital room that my mom and he were sharing and declared I wanted to hold MY BABY...There was no "where's my mommy" or "mommy I have missed you." No that baby that my momma had carried for nine months that I wasnt able to see or hold yet...I wanted him right Now! At home mom would set him on the floor or on the couch and I would follow after her and scoop him up and begin to carry him around the house...Now you have to understand I was not even two yet...So the sight of me, a year and 10 months old, carrying an infant around must have been horrifying!...but she trusted me!...There started my need to nurture. Until the day I can show you a picture of our new little one along with an announcement that we will be parents and I will live out my live long dream of putting all my heart and soul in making someone elses dreams come true...I leave you with the most precious picture I have ever seen!

{frogs & things & dragonfly wings}

2009-12-19T12:56:00.000-08:00

The husband and I have decided to start filling some rooms in our house...with a little cuddly reflection of him and I that smells like heaven!...Yes a baby...Well, we aren't making any huge announcements yet...but a girl's gotta dream...Right?!...a while back I blogged about inspiration for a perfect little princess room...Here are some ideas I have found for the most fabulous little guy's room!

via kenziepoo

{a fall affair}

2009-12-19T12:07:00.000-08:00

Had we gotten married in the fall this is exactly the kind of inspiration that would make rain a perfect accessory for the day! Enjoy!

via once wed

{what little girls dream of...}

2009-11-17T20:32:00.000-08:00

When I was a little girl I spent so much time thinking about what my future wedding would look like that when it came time to actually plan our Big Day for real it was pretty much done! But I found myself searching through wedding and photography blogs one after the other...I was obsessed...As the husband would say!...I just couldn't stop, they were so beautiful and magical...I could have been married in many different places...On a rooftop...In the middle of a field...Under a large Oak tree...In between rows of grape vines...I could have had many different day!...It could have looked like any one of these...

via once wed

via jessica claire

via style me pretty

via jasmine star

via once wed

Stay tuned for pictures from our Big Day!

{what i'm dreaming of...}

2009-10-28T16:27:00.000-07:00

There is a place in my heart for these...always these...clothes...I love them...Want them!

images via jcrew

{a room for her...}

2009-10-13T21:20:00.000-07:00

Someday...when I have a little princess...this will be my inspiration to create a room fit to lay her head, dance around, and sing her little heart out...

{Love This!...}

2009-10-13T20:35:00.000-07:00

I am so in love with chalkboards! I have a total obsession over the wonderful black canvases! I don't know if it is the wonderful childhood memories or the ability to leave cute little notes and pieces of art all over my house! These people have taken wall art to a whole new level! I can't wait to have a few little ones running around so I have an excuse to paint one of our upstairs walls for them to channel their inner creativity! And I have just the wall to devote to it!

And these are so fabulous! They are made by Rachelle of kenziepoo...

{our master...}

2009-10-06T22:30:00.000-07:00

We have been in our house a little over two years and we still have so many projects to come...Our bed is so lonely in our very large and empty master bedroom!

This goes at the foot of our bed

I'm thinking a sitting area...With two of these!

And one of these!

These mirrors are so Fabulous! Two rows of four will be perfect!

Finally this starburst mirror on the left wall will do the trick!

Stay tuned for the after shots!

{reupholstering & diy magic...}

2009-10-06T22:02:00.000-07:00

I have found my new favorite place...Design Sponge! These before and after pictures leave me dreaming at night of going from flea market to flea market finding the treasures that I will fix up and find the perfect place to rest in my home!

This Fabulous console comes from the talented Michelle from Three Men & a Lady...Check out the rest of her creations!

Stay tuned for my future endeavors!...I actually have a few things in my house in mind already!...

{a good wife}...

2009-10-06T10:57:00.000-07:00

This is my very first cooking post!...When The Husband and I moved into the house together something in me changed....I don't know if you would call it domestic syndrome or what, but all of a sudden I wanted to cook and bake and make wonderfully tasty food...And for whatever reason I found out I was actually really good at it! Go figure! Here is what The Husband came home to last night!

Heath Chocolate Chunk Cookies

{Ingredients}

2 1/4 cups All Purpose Flour

1 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Salt

1 cup Unsalted Butter {2 sticks}

3/4 cup Granulated Sugar

3/4 cup Brown Sugar

1 tsp Organic Pure Vanilla Extract

2 Large Organic Eggs

1 cup Organic Chocolate Chunks

1 cup Heath Bits

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees

Mix the Flour, Baking Soda and Salt together in a bowl and set aside

In a Stand Mixer beat the Butter, Granulated Sugar, Brown Sugar and Vanilla Extract together until creamy!

Add the eggs one at a time and mixing well after each one!

Slowly add in the Flour mixture until it is all combined!

Slowly add in the Chocolate Chunks and Heath Bits mixing slowly!

Put in Refrigerator for 10 to 15 minutes! Makes for very chewy cookies!

Place spoon sized blobs of dough on a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes!

After cooling on sheet for 2 minutes transfer to a cooling rack...And enjoy!

Makes 4 to 5 dozen cookies!

{aprons, spatulas & oooh la la}

2009-09-23T15:06:00.000-07:00

Since a little girl I have watched all the older girls in my family go through all these amazing milestones in their lives...Never actually comprehending that the day would come that I would be the girl that all the attention was aimed towards! The last year has by far been the most amazing year of my life...All of my dreams are finally coming to life...There is just no way that I could have ever imagined it to be this fabulous! Here are some photos that I have of that day...

It was like Christmas!...but better! All the ladies in my life were there to celebrate with me!

You will see her masterpiece of ribbons later on when we practice our "I dos". It turned out to be quite the show stopper!

It started out to be a pretty chilly day, but by the time we sat down...We were melting!

Seriously...Christmas!

He made sure to show up as soon as the ladies had dispersed...So he could eat!

We saved one present for him!

It was such a wonderful day! Thank you Molls!

{his hand would be hers to hold forever}

2009-09-22T12:18:00.000-07:00

On July 3rd we went to Keith’s really good friend, Emily’s wedding. We had a wonderful time; it was one of those perfect days that was not too cold, but not too hot either. Keith hadn’t seen many of his friends for a while, so we both were having so much fun making up for lost time. The wedding was beautiful {Emily you made such an elegant bride} and dinner after was very lovely as well. By the time the music started {as many of you know I’m a light weight} I was feeling no inhibitions, so we went straight out to the dance floor…I danced all night with or without Keith {I can make a fool out of myself just as well all by myself too!…hehe} and then my favorite part of the night took place!....The bouquet toss! If any of you have ever been to a wedding with me, you know that I am always the first person on the floor to snatch that thing up! And I am totally willing to fight a 6 year for those flowers! Well all the ladies spread out on the dance floor and got ready…But the weirdest thing happened…I didn’t have to fight anyone! As soon as she tossed the bouquet everyone, but me took a few steps back and I was standing there all by myself ready to spring. I caught the “oh so powerful” wedding bouquet with ease! Evidently I was the only person unaware of their master plan! The rest of the night was full of fun and dancing, but eventually Keith had to drag me off the dance floor to go home. When we arrived at our house he made no clues about what he was going to do next to change our lives forever. In fact, all night I had no idea what was going to take place. So, we went upstairs and got ready for bed. I hopped into bed first and got all snuggled up {I was very tired from my dancing with the stars esque night.} When Keith finally came to bed he told me to turn my lamp on… I made a fatigued noise and asked why…He just asked me to turn it on again…and finally I gave in and decided to open my eyes and reach over to the lamp. I flicked it on and turned to him. I found that he was sitting crossed legged on the bed with his hands behind his back. My mind started reeling at that point…A million things went through my mind. I didn’t know if he was proposing or had something else interesting behind his back or just playing with me…I was very confused…Then he spoke. “I was going to do this tomorrow during the fireworks, but you caught the bouquet.” Oh my gosh…He is proposing! At that moment I didn’t know what to do…It was sort of a blur! I just couldn’t believe what was happening! He asked me to be with him forever!

{his hello was the end of her endings}

2009-09-22T12:01:00.000-07:00

One summer day Krystal was sitting talking with her cousin at a family reunion. Brianne {Krystal’s cousin} began to tell her a story about one day when she was at her friend’s {Kelli} house.

{Kelli’s brother had a bunch of guys over and they were all talking about the new sophomore girls that would be coming to high school {Mt. View} in the fall. There was one particular girl that Kelli’s brother {Keith} was talking about that caught Brianne’s attention…. “She is so gorgeous and newly single”…She asked them again who they were talking about. They repeated Krystal Wilson. At that point Brianne immediately announced that she was her cousin!}

Brianne asked if Krystal knew Keith... Krystal did not know Keith…not yet, at least.

This whole story threw Krystal for a loop! Like any teenage girl who is going into high school she was going crazy thinking of all the older guys she was going to see…and then on top of it…A senior was talking about her! She obsessed about it for a couple weeks, but soon she had to put it aside in order to keep her sanity…Summer was not over and she wouldn’t even have a chance of an encounter for another month! The rest of her summer went by very fast and she was able to keep herself from going crazy.

When the first day of school arrived the butterflies came fluttering like mad. She spent the whole morning asking her friend {Molly} who Keith Scott was and…..where he was? Unfortunately they were in a different wing than most of the upper class students and didn’t see him….By the time her Sports D class came around in the afternoon she had given up her quest for the day…She was very disappointed when not one of her friends shared this class with her…Not even any of her new friends that she had just met that day…She was mad at herself for picking it instead of a regular PE class like everyone else! She went to the locker room though to change and then headed to the weight room. As she looked around she noticed she was one out of three girls! About 75% of the class were boys...and were all older… “No, this couldn’t be!” She was placed into a PE class with a bunch of older guys! She thought to herself what this would mean…She would have to run, lift weights, and GET SWEATY with a bunch of guys! She started to get dizzy and had to really focus to be able to understand what the teacher was saying. He explained that they were to work out one particular body part. So, she sucked it up and started with her legs. As she was heading over to the machine she noticed there was a dark haired boy in the machine right next to the one she wanted to use. She took in a deep breath and continued. As she sat down he looked up and caught her eye. Her heart immediately began to accelerate and those butterflies that she was able to subside earlier that day returned. The boy then spoke. Krystal’s brain was foggy though and couldn’t understand anything, but the tremendous pounding in her chest that was now throbbing in her ears. She looked at the ground, took in another long breath and told herself to focus! She could then understand what he was saying… “Hey what’s your name?...Mine’s Keith.”

Krystal and Keith dated off and on that whole year, but all too soon Keith graduated and they naturally went separate ways. Keith was headed to Utah for his freshman year of college and Krystal was staying in Vancouver for her Junior year of high school. Keith came home a few times during that first year and they would see each other, but soon the distance put a definite disconnection between them and they didn't see each other again. Well not ever again! During Christmas break Keith's senior year and Krystal's junior year they saw each other at Nordstroms. They talked as if they were long lost acquaintances, but the whole time they were catching up those butterflies that visited Krystal that first year in high school came right back. She left and he was all she could think about...And she decided to do something that was so extremely out of character for her...She called him! To her amazement he was happy that she did....They went out that night and then spent the rest of his visit together...They spent all of his spring break a month later together too...And then when he came home permanently from college they spent all summer together and then have not been able to separate since then!

{Our Wedding Trailer}

2009-09-17T21:53:00.000-07:00

For everyone waiting...here it is...our wedding trailer! Oh my goodness it is amazing, yet it makes me incredibly sad...I want more! But we have to wait six to seven months or so...Ahhh!

For all {soon-to-be} Brides: Definitely have your wedding professionally filmed! I have always known that I wanted to have a videographer. As a little girl I use to sit cross legged on the floor watching my parent's wedding video over and over. It quite literally was my favorite thing to do! But now that it is over...I am more sure now than ever that it was the best choice we made! The day went by so fast and was such a whirlwind that having everything filmed is so precious!

{Introducing The Talented Nicholas Wilson}

2009-09-17T16:07:00.000-07:00

My Brother, Nicholas Wilson quite possibly could be one of the most talented individuals I know! The photography that I am using for my blog was lovingly created by his talented hands! I told him that I had this fabulous ambition to create a guestbook for our wedding using professional pictures and blurb. My amazing brother didn't flinch and replied with lets do it tomorrow! {Oh, how I love him!} Here are the rest of the photos from our book! It was a total hit! If you would like to view more of his work its displayed at Behance Network!

This was at the end...When he had Enough!