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Monday, January 2, 2012

Happy New Year!

3 reasons why 2012 is going to be a great year!

1. Brad & I are getting married at the Fort Worth Zoo on June 23, 2012!

2. I'll get to go on another vacation (hopefully to Hawaii) because of our honeymoon!

3. Forever After is going to continue growing & getting better! Check out our new online store: www.foreverafter11.bigcartel.com

& we have started blogging: www.foreverafterwed.blogspot.com

More wedding plans:

There will be confetti, glitter, & rock candy (I want it to look like a New Year's Eve party!)
There is going to be an animal presentation after the ceremony while we are taking pictures with the bridal party and our families! I think our guests will love it.
Our cake is going to be half wedding cake & half groom's cake! Like this:
June ended up being the perfect date because I my favorite flower, fuchsia peonies, will be in season!!

Here is the January calendar I made! Happy New Year!

Friday, December 9, 2011

Brad & I are engaged!!! It happened November 19th & I'm just now finding time to blog about it! Check out our wedding website for pictures of the best proposal ever :) www.mywedding.com/bradloveslouise

It's a little surreal to be planning my wedding for real. I used to read wedding blogs or pin wedding images on Pinterest all day for fun but now it's not just a fun time-killer, it's real & I love it! Even though my main task right now, finding a venue, has been causing me a lot of stress, I love that all our ideas will come together & we'll have a beautiful wedding & then be married! Here's what we have decided/planned so far:

Picked our colors: fuchsia and cobalt blue
Picked our Save The Dates- made by the very talented calligrapher & designer, Angi https://www.facebook.com/angeliqueink:

Bought my wedding dress: can't post a pic because Brad might see it :) but it has pockets and a tilted bow on the back!
Bought our wedding rings: I can't wait to wear mine! Now what should we engrave in them...

We need to book a venue & set a date ASAP. Then I will be able to relax a little bit.

Oh, exciting news! We are getting our engagement pictures taken while we are in Paris by Juliane Berry, an American photographer living in Paris! http://julianeberryphotographyblog.wordpress.com/
I am so excited because these pictures will be so unique & I think it will be a good way to introduce Brad to the city (we're taking the pictures on our second day). I just hope it isn't miserably cold while we're there. I want us to be able to walk around & enjoy ourselves without freezing. I might need to bring some hand warmers!
Here is my December calendar. It's one of my favorites:

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Forever After

I started a business!! It's called Forever After and we sell wedding favors & gifts. I can't believe so much has happened in such a short amount of time! I remember talking to Julie back in August when we carpooled to work at the zoo about how cool it would be to own a boutique. Now, we have merchandise, homemade decorations, business cards, Facebook & Twitter accounts and a blog! We learned so much along the way. Like how to register our name with the county, how to get an EIN number, how to order wholesale from suppliers, how to set up a business bank account, how to make our own items like pinwheels and banners, how to negotiate with suppliers, and how to design a logo. Now we have a super cute boutique space inside Sugar Bee Sweets Bakery & Boutique and I couldn't be happier!

After we took a small business class at the Fort Worth Business Assistance Center, we decided to start small. Getting a bank loan and trying to open up our own store would have been extremely expensive, challenging, and stressful. Having our own store our ultimate dream but our small space fits us right now. We are able to continue working full time at the zoo because Sugar Bee Sweets has a cashier who handles everyone's transactions. We are able to enjoy the fun part of owning a business- finding new items to carry, making new home-made gifts, and trying to get our name out there- while someone else handles the not-so-fun parts like paying electricity bills and dealing with sales tax.

Here is a picture of Forever After!

You check out Forever After here:

www.facebook.com/foreverafterwed
www.twitter.com/foreverafterwed
www.foreverafterwed.blogspot.com (designed by me :))

Oh! And here is my November calendar:

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Updates!

My last post was about me wishing I was in Paris...Well, I leave for Paris on December 17th! With Brad! The same day of his college graduation! I'm really excited to go back after 4 years, to see my grandparents & to show Brad all the places I grew up going to! Paris during Christmastime! I bet it's magical :)

Halloween is right around the corner so we made "Spooky Town" at work where we all made our own haunted houses out of bird houses. They look awesome & I love all the fun Halloween decorations around the office! This is my haunted house:

Brad and I started going on dates in November & became official on November 23rd so November/fall is our season. I am anxious for fall weather because that means it is the start of our season :) & it's the start of sweaters, boots, hot chocolate, fires, scarves and pumpkin pie!!

Also, things are coming together for my future project! It's amazing how things work out! I'm very very excited! Stay tuned for more information on that!

And here are the calendars I made for August, September (my birthday month!) & October!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

I Want

for this to be me in Paris right now:

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Summer

Wow, it's just been a long time since I last posted!

I have been spending my summer weekends shopping, swimming in Brad's pool or going to bachelorette parties, bridal showers and weddings. So many of my friends are getting married this summer! When did we get old enough to get married??

I did something I wanted to do this summer! I finally went to a Ranger's game on the 4th of July & they had fireworks after the game! :) I'll post pictures soon.

Here are my June & July Calendars:

June is about things that remind me of summer:

July is about roadtrips and traveling because I have an urge to go somewhere exciting this summer (even a small roadtrip would be fine!) I have gone somewhere every summer since I can remember so it's strange not to have anything planned yet. But I'm going to make my own summer adventures anyway!