Perpetuum Mobile

Anticipation. Excitement. Love. This piece encompasses how I feel right now and how I will feel on my wedding day:) Thank you Penguin Cafe Orchestra for this amazing piece of music!!!

Lace Veil

I did a post a while back on antique lace restoration and my sister and I decided to go with Gentle Arts for the restoration of our antique handmade point de gaze lace (with gorgeous double petaled tulips and roses). Leigh Reveley has been working diligently on our veil and we opted to have the lace re-attached to beautiful silk tulle. The silk tulle is a little less stiff and voluminous than nylon tulle but we wanted to go for authenticity so we stuck with the silk tulle. I've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the restored lace veil (any day now!) and to calm my nerves Leigh emailed me some before and after photos. Here is a glimpse of the cleaned repaired lace (no more holes!!!!!)

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AFTER:

*UPDATE: I received my veil!!! Leigh Reveley saved the day---she did an amazing job. I can't recommend her enough!

Paper Trail

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We are finally winding down with all of our last minute wedding plans but it just seems like a never ending to do list. It is exhausting! We are so blissfully excited for the wedding and honeymoon but probably just as excited about never having to do wedding planning ever again! (ok, I amend that.... except for my siblings of course). Anyway, I've been working with Theresa Patton over at TT Patton, a stationary store based out of Barrington, Illinois for all of my miscellaneous paper needs. I came to her late in the game and she was willing to help me out at a moment's notice (thank God). Anyway, she carries a huge variety of products and in my case she happened to carry Alexa Pulitzer's La Cartoleria products which I love. Alexa Pulitzer is based out of New Orleans and her designs have a particular New Orleans flair. Here are some of the items I picked out to go with our gastronomically inclined theme (more to come on that soon) :

Place Cards for our sit down dinner (to go with the wine cork place card holders above!). All calligraphy has been done in chocolate ink:

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You can get the wine cork place card holders here.