10 on 10

happy anniversary to us!

my friend amanda suggested i do a "10 on 10" post since the 10th is our anniversary. so here it goes, 10 things from our 1st wedding anniversary celebration. the first one is my gift to Niles. the traditional gift for the first year is paper, so i had the lovely Kelsey Roy make this sweet watercolor caricature of our family as of year one. she is so talented! niles and i can't stop looking at it. it is a treasure that will hang in our home always.

1 our family as of year one

2 the angel oak tree

3 my anniversary gift from Niles

4 my card to Niles by oh my deer

5 brunch

6 complementary strawberries and champagne

7 charleston pier

8 dear god make me a bird

9 our rings 1 year later

10 beach day

snapshots

hello lovely,
well it's been over a week since we returned from our grand european vacation. i figured it was time to check back in on the ol' blog. we had such an amazing adventure. so many beautiful sites with even more beautiful people. we were so blessed to experience such love from our ulster family. honestly, it was so wonderful being with them i wish we would have stayed there longer. london was expensive but one of the best cities i've visited yet. and we got to go to the harry potter studio tour! amazing! then we spent a lovely few nights with some friends from home in paris. honestly that city would have been a bust without them. (not a big paris fan) then ashley and i got to spend some quality time in munich and salzburg. it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. i took over 500 photos so this it was hard to slim them down. i hope they inspire you to make the time to get out of your everyday routine and experience something new. it is well worth it.
xoxo,
alyssa renee

a dream come true

bon voyage!

hello lovely,
my sister and i are going on a grand tour of europe tomorrow! here are a few of our planned stops along the way. i can't wait, it is going to be the trip of a lifetime. i'll share pictures when i get back of course.
see you soon!
xoxo,
alyssa renee

Derry London Paris Munich Salzburg 

the queen of hearts

hello lovely,
this has been such a busy month and june is only going to go by faster. which, i guess i'm okay with because the sooner june passes the sooner bubbie and i will be in europe! but before all that, there are so many lovely things coming up. including one of my best friends' wedding. last weekend the girls all got together to take her out for one last weekend on the town as a single lady. we took her to atlanta and it was a blast! katherine rented a 1920s home in the highlands that was super cute but had some...interesting decor. including some creepy dolls. the first night we had a fun night in with gifts, wine, and games. on saturday we had a lovely brunch followed by mani/pedis and some sun bathing. saturday night was spent bar hopping and partying with our queen of hearts bride. it was so fun! everyone we met at the bars in atlanta were so nice to us. it was so great to have a girls weekend. especially with the lovely women i am blessed to call my best friends. can't wait to see what a lovely bride rachel will be!
xoxo,
alyssa renee

our queen