Anika London's Lovely Lenses

All I can say when I look at these luscious, romantic, mouth-watering photos from Anika London is WOW.

STDs

Get your mind out of the gutter! That stands for Save The Dates. Obviously!

Boy are we procrastinating with those... To be fair, we had a genius design all picked out but our plans were thwarted and now we find ourselves looking for new ideas. Most of our friends have done STD magnets (hehe!) and we might do that too. There's some really cute pre-made paper STDs out there that seem to embody the "modern folk chic" vibe we're going for. Here, a smattering.

From Hello Lucky:

Sweetheart

Sophisticate




The following are via Minted:

La Fete


Rustic Western



Simple Sophisticate


Look for one soon in a mailbox near you!

Napa Honeymoon

Remember when I said Napa would be an awesome place to honeymoon if we stayed stateside? I'm so smart. Wouldn't you know that I opened this month's Food & Wine to find the question, "Is Napa America's Best Vacation Spot"

How cool is it that they post their entire magazine articles online for free? Love that.

Anatomy of a Commune

Over the weekend the groom and I went for a little non-wedding related mini-vaca to good ole Palm Desert. We do that. Of course we couldn't resist visiting the future site of our wedding reception! I took a few pics on my phone cam for you, please excuse the quality. Blogging really helps me to better organize my thoughts and picture how everything is going to flow.

Thanks for taking a mental walk with me!

Here's a few good views of the exterior of the Commune, notice the garage door style glass doors... the pool... the mountains... ooooooh. ahhhhh.



The Jons playin a little paddle ball/the view from inside of the cocktail reception area outside.

I couldn't really envisage the layout of everything until this trip. Jon (that would be my honey Jon, not my uncle Jon pictured below) had some great ideas regarding the curtains you see in this pic.

We are going to use the curtain to the right as a backdrop to our head table, which will be positioned about where the table is in this photo with the dance floor in front. This will give us a seperate entry area for the guest book and gift table (yay, gifts!). I am going to see if they have any other color besides this dark denim, but if not, don't worry about it!

Remember my post about luminarias? Of course you do. This is a view of the area everyone will enter and exit the Commune through and we plan to line it with lovely luminaries.

Tamales, anyone?

4th of July Explosion!

When you go to Palm Springs (and you will go to Palm Springs) we expect you to go to MangoTango froyo in Palm Desert. It's self-serve, it's healthy and it's delicious.

On the 4th of July, that's precisely what we did. We are pretty serious about froyo, as you can see.

Below, the glory of America in my cup. Plain yogurt, strawberries, blueberries and cheescake all united in freedom. It tasted even better than it looks.

Friday Gown Showdown

Today's battle of the coral bridesmaid's dress comes from 100layercake and really, aren't they all winners? I love this.


We're off to Palm Springs for some fireworks action this weekend. Happy 4th of July!!!

Ooh La La

Not only should this top picture (I can't for the life of me remember what site I saved it from) make you happy, but you should also go "awe" because the chick has on my engagement ring.

Awwwwwwe.


Also, on a less self-centered note... HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATEY!!! xoxoxoxo

This is Why I'm Hot

In case you're wondering what my wonderful workplace looks like, this is the view from my desk. Thrilling! Today is the last day it will be my desk (notice they already removed half of our computers) as our center is moving from our very own building next to the cafeteria (tear) all the way across campus to the library where we will share a space with the learning resource center. Sigh...

Did I mention that they never turn the AC on in the library and it feels like the seventh circle of hell? I think I will invest in a personal fan. And some bermuda shorts. Or something.