a monday in photos.

1. Finishing up the second blanket I have made so far for our future apartment. Next blanket will be yellow and grey.
2. Being sick... favorite remedy is water + green tea + honey + sugar + lemon juice.
3. Making more yarn poms for our wedding. I have spent so much time on them that I really hope my idea turns out fantastic and not stupid.
4. Making a million wedding invitations... real number came out to 97. And that's just one of the sides!
5. Cutting burlap for another wedding idea.
6. A new watch! P.S. Ignore the messiness that is my room in the background. I am under the idea that I am moving out in less than 2 months, so why clean my room now when I will just have to clean it again later? Right? Amen? I know, I should really clean it.

a new dress.

I bought this new dress for our honeymoon and I'm in love. Basically, I am a sucker for anything that is silky and feels like butter on my skin, which this dress does. Plus, the pattern is fun and funky and it has lace in the back. There is nothing I don't love about this dress. I tried to convince myself not to wear it until the honeymoon, but I think I pretty much lost that battle already. I want to wear it every day all day.

I am trying to buy some new clothes for the honeymoon because it's such a special occasion and it's the first trip Tim and I have taken alone together. I want to buy things that make me feel feminine and sexy and now I have at least one dress! My mom reminded me I should be buying clothes that can get dirty too, since we will be camping 3 out of the 7 nights. I'll get to those later since they are much easier, right?

a little peek.

We are working hard on our wedding invitations today. I have the best artistic friends, and when Bethany suggested creating a block print for our invitations, I was all over it. Her work turned out even better than we imagined! It's been a lot of fun having help from friends creating our special invitations. I love them so much and I can't wait for all our family and friends to see them.

It's hard to believe the wedding day is now less than 2 months away. The countdown on my wall is dwindling fast, and suddenly I feel like I am in this panic to get all our DIY ideas done for the wedding. Of course, I am sick today, so I can't be too productive. But I am diligently making many yarn poms and finishing up a blanket for our future apartment.

Happy Monday, friends.

in the car...

Sometimes we like to eat Sonic while we talk about our future marriage and what we want it to be like. It just makes things easier when you are expected to eat in the car and you can stay as long as you would like. While we were there, I happily ate and imagined it being like this on our honeymoon. We are both so excited to go on our first trip alone together, and even better, it's a road trip! 

I remember the first time I told Tim I wanted to drive cross country at some point in my life. He thought it was a terrible idea, why would anyone want to be stuck in a car for days? I tried to explain to him that you can never get to know someone better than when you are in a car alone together on a long road trip. It's what I always imagined us doing when we got married, and I am so glad he came around to the idea. 

Hurry up, July. 

Celebrating.

Yesterday we celebrated 5 years of dating, and it was such a great day! Tim took me to one of our favorite breakfast places, Original House of Pancakes. We got the usual: him--blueberry...her--chocolate chip. It was so nice to sit across from him and laugh and talk about the future and hear about his engineering adventures. (And how much does Tim love me that he will let me take a picture of him in the middle of a crowded restaurant? He used to be so embarrassed and now he just smiles and lets me have my fun.)


Then, Tim had to go to school and I tagged along and worked in the library while he was in class. It's so fun for me to go to school with him because I never get to see him there, where he has probably spent more time than with me. We got Chick-fil-A for lunch and tried desperately to eat on the way home without spilling. (Failure on my part.)

It was so nice to spend the day with my guy and learn more about him and appreciate him even more. We are so excited for July! It's pretty much all we talk about.

five.

Five years ago today Tim and I were in my treehouse and he asked me to be his girlfriend.

I happily said yes, not questioning how this amazing guy could be interested in me.

The past five years have been the best and hardest of my life, and now a new journey is beginning.

In about 2 months, we will be married!

And we will have a new anniversary.

So long May 22, this is the last time we will be celebrating you.

You were a lovely day the past five years. 

XO.

*Picture taken 4th of July, 2011. We do miss kissing. 

Tuesday.

I picked up this scarf from my Aunt Dorothy's house while we looked through her things. It was such a fun experience to hear my sisters yell from the other room to come and stumbling upon some more treasures that we never knew she had. We found old picture slides, real fur coats, hand knit sweaters, and so much more. It was great and sad at the same time. I feel like I never really knew her, and now she's gone and I don't have a change to ask her about her travels to Italy or what it was like growing up in Germany.

I think about her every time I wear this scarf or that high waisted pink skirt or those sunglasses from the 70's. She had some amazing things, and I think she would be proud that my sisters and I are wearing them and loving them. I am so happy to have the hope in Christ that we will see each other in heaven again.