Pat and Marissa's Wedding: Part III

The boys got up bright and early Saturday morning (after some nagging from Pat and I) to go to downtown Greenville to have their faces shaved with a straight razor. Sounded like a really good idea, but the poor boys came back with horrible razor burn and stubble longer than when they left (??). No more straight razor shaves for them! 

They all started putting on their tuxedos around 2, and I busted out my camera to document these good looking men!

Clark and Matt hanging out with the boutonnieres

Poor Matt's highwaters

Clark!

Kyle and Pat

Joe making a strange face but still looking handsome

Absolutely LOVE this picture of the handsome groom!

The handsome best man

Kyle

Matt

SO handsome! Pat is ready to go see his beautiful bride!

Clark

Cake Kyle was ready for his closeup, too.

Their wedding ceremony was at the Cliffs at Glassy chapel, which is literally on top of a mountain, and has the most gorgeous views! 

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Blurry, but I loved seeing all of our favorite boys on the alter!

My pretty mama and I after the ceremony

Cake Kyle enjoying the view

Cake Kyle was mad he wasn't included in the pictures

Pittsburgh Cookie Table!

A moss Boss! (Wofford's mascot)

{Via Sposa Bella Photography} One of my favorite pictures from their photographer, these boys met playing football at Wofford, so it was only fitting to do a football picture!

Mr. and Mrs. Illig! {via Sposa Bella Photography}

{via Sposa Bella Photography}

Everything was absolutely perfect, and Pat and Marissa have never smiled so big and looked so happy! 

We love you Mr. and Mrs. Illig! Can't wait until we are all together again!

Pat and Marissa's Wedding: Part II

Read Part I of Pat and Marissa's Wedding here

The rehearsal dinner on Friday night was at the Cliffs at Glassy clubhouse, and it was absolutely amazing. More picture perfect views, great food, a hilarious groom's cake, and a speech by the groom's mom that made me cry like a baby. {Excuse the Instagram photos - silly me forgot my big fancy camera}

The girls! Jillian, me and Aubrey...love them! {pic stolen from Jillian}

Love this guy! {stolen from Jillian}

Our view during the Cocktail Hour

Pat's mom's amazing speech that made me cry...SO sweet!

My handsome date

The beautiful dinner with a delicious Italian spread of food!

Back story on this fabulous cake: During January (Interim), Wofford College offers fun, short classes (or most people usually study abroad,) and their sophomore year, the boys decided to do a class on Professional Wrestling. They learned the ins and out of wrestling, were coached by a real wrestler, and actually became "certified professional wrestlers." (whatever that entails, haha) Anyway, at the end of Interim, they had a big wrestling match and Pat (the groom/purple speedo) and Kyle (white speedo) were 600 Lbs of Sexy, and Matt (on the ground) and Clark (overalls) were called the Hills of Deliverance. It was one of the most hilarious moments of my life, and I'm SO glad Marissa captured that memory in the awesome cake! The boys were so impressed!

The boys stole borrowed pumpkins from the Rehearsal Dinner and brought them back to the house. Why? Who knows. Boys will be boys.

Balancing the pumpkins on their heads (???)

Our good ol' Southern boy, Clark, fixed us up a nice bonfire, and we all had the best time sitting around it!

Aftermath of the bonfire the next morning. Empty beer cans and the smashed pumpkins the boys decided to throw off the balcony. Don't worry Marissa - they cleaned it all up!

Did the hungover boys wake up for their early shaving appointment?? Part III coming soon!

Pat and Marissa's Wedding: Part I

We traveled down to South Carolina for our dear friends, Pat and Marissa's, wedding that was on October 13th. We had been looking forward to their special day ever since they got engaged because we don't get to see our friends much since we are scattered all over the country!

Joe was the Best Man (the groom and him are both from Pittsburgh and played football at Wofford; they roomed together all 4 years), and our other close friends were groomsmen, so we got to all stay together in the most beautiful house in the Cliffs of Glassy Mountain community. I can't even tell you how wonderful it was to be with some of our most favorite people ever! It has been so hard to be away from them after basically seeing them everyday for 4 years, so it was nice to have a whole weekend of togetherness!

How amazing is this house?? I couldn't get over the views all weekend...absolutely perfect. And that sunrise?? Fughetaboutit.

{First 5 pictures from here}

Joe and I's bedroom for the weekend!

Breathtaking views from the back porch

The view from our bed on Saturday, the morning of the wedding

I'm not usually such an early riser, but as soon as I saw this view, I jumped out of bed and headed out to the back porch and took a million pictures with my phone and camera. What a beautiful start to their perfect wedding day!

The view from the kitchen

I've always said that I'm more of a mountain girl than a beach girl...and this view confirmed it!

Next up, The Rehearsal Dinner and Part II of the wedding weekend.

Sunshiney Happiness

A few months ago, I found these yellow beauties on Craigslist for less than $100. Sure, they smelled like a nursing home at first, but after a good, deep clean, they are as good as new! I have been dying for yellow dining chairs, and the fact that these are such cool Mid Century Modern chairs was an added bonus! Joe isn't too thrilled with them, but I think they add just the right amount of sunshiney happiness to our drab dining room. I really hate our dining room and dining room table, so someday when we have a proper breakfast nook, I think these would look fab around a white tulip table!

I took this picture of the computer screen, but this was the picture on Craigslist that made me fall in love!

One of these days, I'll get the dining room fixed up and will take some better pictures. 

Here are a few of my inspiration pictures that made me covet fun yellow chairs!

Source: via Silver on Pinterest

Source: streamline-market.com via Elisha on Pinterest

Source: peppermintbliss.com via Dawn on Pinterest

Source: hayleyhurst.com via Hayley on Pinterest

Source: google.ca via Marnie on Pinterest

If I were having a baby...

...and it was a girl

(no, I'm not pregnant)

I was doing my usual perusing of Anthropologie's website when I came across the most beautiful wallpaper I had ever seen - Watercolor Peony. That, of course, sent my crazy brain into a tailspin thinking about how I could possibly use this gorgeous paper and decided I needed to design a nursery around it. 

What? Is that not what you do on your crazy Saturday nights??

I am so in love with how it turned out - just the right mix of pink, vintage, traditional, and modern. Perfect for a future little girl!

A few of my favorite things: 

{1} Vintage Barbie Prints from Layla Grace - I saw these a few years ago and fell in love with them. I was obsessed with Barbie as a little girl, so I think they would be precious in a nursery. 

{2}Vintage Gold Sputnik Chandelier - (via Little Green Notebook) Loving the modern touch this pendant lends to the room. I'm sure any little baby would love staring up at this beauty!

{3} Anthropologie Watercolor Peony Wallpaper - How gorgeous is this?? Such a beautiful backdrop for a nursery. I'm too chicken to actually put wallpaper up on the walls, so these wallpaper panels would be framed in acrylic, like so: 

{another Little Green Notebook find - she's a genius}

Baby can't mess them up, and you can pack them up and take them with you if you move! 

{4} Gold Pagoda Mirror - to add a little glam and Chinoiserie chicness to the room

{5} Ceiling paint - no boring white ceilings here. Your ceiling is your fifth wall, don't forget about it!

{6} Jenny Lind Crib - I just so happen to love these classic cribs, but if you are splurging on other pieces in your nursery and are looking for an affordable crib option, Jenny Lind's your gal. I'd love to paint one a soft pink for this nursery (and it can easily be painted another color for the next baby.)

{7} White cornice boards, white drapes, navy greek key trim - Easy peasy and super cheap if you use affordable drapes from Ikea.

{8} Who said toy storage has to be boring? Loving the look of this fun basket to store those unsightly toys.

Thanks for the inspiration, Anthro!