E is for Emily

Good Evening everyone! 

As you may have read here, Mr. H and I were going to use our friend, Erika as our wedding photographer. But life threw us a curve ball. 

Erika is marrying Dave FIVE weeks after us (Mr. H is a groomsman), she will have a lot on her plate, so we have selected Emily of ES Photography. 

You can find Emily's website here.

Isn't she just too cute??? 

The search for a new photographer was quite easy if I do say so. 

I had emailed about 30 people, and after hearing prices, narrowed it down to about 10. 

Emily was the first that I set up an interview and after a short thirty minute consultation, I was smitten. 

(Good thing I snagged her when I did because she's now booked THREE weddings in June already).

She even thought about us when she shoot another wedding recently. She actually happened to shoot another shabby chic at our exact venue and was nice enough to send me a message with some photos for inspiration for when we decorate the venue. Isn't that so sweet??? 

Tonight I leave you with those shoots so you can see a sample of her work. And you'll just have to wait and see what we use for ideas when we decorate The Villa for our wedding!!!

Hope you enjoyed them as much as I do!

Love,

Katie

(All photos are courtesy of  ES Photography or her website).

I'm in Love with a GOWN!!!

So I'm sure that most brides have a dress that is the one they envision themselves getting married in before they actually get to go dress shopping...

Well, I'm got one. Here's a few dresses that are similar styles to mine:

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I don't want to show the actual dress just in case it does work out for me.

It all started out when I was doing internet browsing and I saw it and thought, oh, that's pretty. 

Then my mom and I went shopping for my dress for my cousin's wedding and I peeked at the dress "to see the material" and see what I thought, wow, that;s one pretty dress.

Then LAST weekend, I went to picked up my blue dress for the cousin's wedding and there was another bride trying it one and my mom asks it it's the dress. I turned looked and FELL IN LOVE!!! It's prefect in some many ways. It's got lace, it's got sparkles, it's got everything I want. Now I don't want to get my hopes up in case it doesn't work out but I WANT IT TO BE THE ONE AND ONLY!!!

So, my question to all you other brides/fiancées is: How many of you ACTUALLY bought the dress that all along had been the one??

Bad, Bad Girl

So I must say SORRY for being such a bad blogger, but there's a very good excuse:

That's right: BASEBALL!!!!!

But more specially, the 2010 WORLD SERIES CHAMPS!!!

Baseball season has begun, baby....

My fiancée, parents, and I went to the Opening Night game where we got to see our team receive their championship rings. It was an awesome game. So awesome in fact, that the win for us come down to 2 outs, a 3-2 count (which means it was literally decided by the LAST pitch of the game). A big thanks to Miguel Tejada for pulling through and a little divine intervention to help us get the WIN!!!

Don't be deceived that all I've done is sit in front of a tv and watch baseball, I've also been working on 

Christmas gifts and there was also a get away weekend to San Francisco with my fiancée to his brother's house. 

Best part of the weekend (besides doing whatever we wanted)?

Some Irish Coffees at The Buena Vista....

But Christmas in April? Why may you ask?

It's because I'm making quilts for some people's gifts!!!

Now I can't say who they are for since they are a surprise, but it's so much fun. But they've got to be done early so they can go to the quilters to be quilted (think stitching in the quilt), and then I've got to bind them (and the edging). So they've got to be done by mid-August to go to the quilters so that I can get them back some time in October or November to be able to finish them in time for Christmas!!!

May seem like a lot of excuses, but I promise to be a better blogger and I'm going to aim to post AT LEAST once a week from now until the wedding.....

Speaking of wedding, we're almost to FOURTEEN months..... May seem far away to some, but believe it or not, we've been engaged for almost eleven months so it'll be here before I know it!!!!

Oh, and on a another silly note: HAPPY NATIONAL GARLIC DAY!!!!!

Any else hit a non-blogging slump and how did you motivate yourself to jump back into it???

A little Thursday on the Agenda

First off, let me just say:

 Lá Fhéile Pádraig

which translate into HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY!!!!

As if being Irish isn't cool enough, we get a national holiday to celebrate it!!!

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After a yummy dinner of corned beef, potatoes, and onions (sans the cabbage cause it's YUCKY), 

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I'm list making.... Why you ask? Two of our dear friends are getting married this weekend!!! 

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Its gonna be a small personal affair on the coast that has been pulled off in a very short time.

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After the ceremony, everyone is going to one of the bride's and groom's favorite restaurants to celebrate. Follow that up with some more girl time (and some boys, too)...

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Plus, we'll be consuming one of my all time favorite cocktails: LEMON DROPS!!

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And as a bonus (time and weather permitting), our photographer wants to do a beach engagement shoot. (Let me just tell you how exciting this is!!!!) She's a guest at the wedding, and since we'll be out there, why the hell not? Hopefully we can get something like this:

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AND NOT THIS:

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Or maybe a little something in between??

This post is really short and sweet since I've got a ton of things to do before we go, not to mention regular house hold stuff, but much, much more to come after we get home from playing all weekend. 

Happy Weekend Everyone!!!