Countdown: 136 Days - Wedding Jewels

I've been obsessed with Pinterest for months, and if you aren't already a member, you should DEFINITELY check it out. It's basically like an online notebook where you can keep all the cool things you find while you're "surfing the web" instead of trying to remember where you once saw that one recipe that would be perfect for your holiday party this weekend!

I like to use Pinterest to save recipes, decorating ideas for our future home and travel destination. But mostly I'm using it to gather ideas for the wedding. Lately, my searches have focused on wedding jewelry. I have a few options with my dress, but can't really decide which way to go.

A big, chunky necklace?

kate spade

Long, dangling earrings?

Nadri

Adriana Orsini

Diamond bracelet or cuffs?

Nadri

Tejani

With so many options, I may have to have a couple different "looks" for the big day!



Countdown: 148 – Family Meet-and-Greet

In October my parents hosted a family meet-and-greet for all the Acosta’s, Eagan’s, Carter’s, Carmichael’s - and everyone in between - to get together before the wedding. Since our families are spread out all over the country, this was the first time that my extended family was meeting matt’s – and it was a blast!

We are so grateful for the amount of people that made the trip for the weekend. We had people there from Missouri (obviously), Indiana, Virginian, Texas, Louisiana, Colorado and Seattle!!

We can’t wait for the next time we’re all together – The Wedding!!!

A special thanks to my Aunt Alice for taking all these photos from the party:

Countdown: 152 Days - Save The Date!

Five months from TODAY I will be a married woman!! I can't believe how fast time is flying. There's so much to do! And now it's really starting to get real, especially since the Save The Dates have gone out!

I knew when designing the Save The Dates, I wanted it to be a postcard, and have something to do with St. Louis since most of our guests will be traveling there from out of town. And since we don't have engagement pictures yet (oops), we had to be a little more creative. 

I've been working with Courtney Callahan on all of our paper designs and she totally got what we were going for. Definitely check her out if you're a Chicago or St. Louis bride-to-be!

Here's the final product:

 See you in St. Louis!!