LOVE: If I Could Do It All Over Again...

So, over 3 months ago I created this post. I put it up for a mere 20 minutes, had my husband read it, and subsequently took it down because he ridiculed it all. I was pretty hurt by it and since shortly after we ended up divorced, I had no desire to re-post something dealing with marriage and weddings. Now, I'm really wanting to re-post it since I know so many of my girlie blog follower friends love reading stuff like this. 

Now, a lot of these plans/ideas were circumstantial to my hopes of a wedding with M. Will I still want the EXACT SAME RING he had made for me (and ultimately had to return), probably not. Will my future wedding take place at the same vineyard I had hoped our wedding would? Who knows? None the less, I think you guys will all get the point of the kind of things I love :)

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I'm in a fun mood. I want to blog about something super happy and super exciting.

Many of you who have been following me from day one know that my husband and I never had a real wedding. It's been a massive area of discontent for me. I was a wedding planner in Orlando for a few years. I searched through wedding magazines in high school to find the perfect dress. I joined The Knot in high school too or perhaps even middle school. Weddings are my life. I love them. I love the romance of it all. So, to not have one was a huge blow to me. As a military spouse, I chocked it up as another sacrifice that had to be made and that SOMEDAY I'd be given the chance to have the wedding of my dreams. It's still up in the air as to whether or not that will happen, but I can hope.

I'm feeling creative, so I figured I'd share with you all some of the many ideas I have for my dream wedding. Not all of them are realistic and not all of them would go together, but none the less...here they are.

PS. I haven't decided whether I'd do a spring wedding like Cape Cod/Lilly Pulitzer themed or an Autumn wedding in a vineyard with crimsons and oranges and natural greens. Hence the reason for the varying types of design.

The Ring

Dream Dresses

  

The Cakes

Venues

Raffaldini Vineyards - North Carolina

Flowers

Hair

Colors, Themes, Design Elements

...more to come!