stitched with love

and they lived happily ever after.

Last weekend this bachelorette became a bride! Allison had several hand stitched details that really set the tone for the intimate homemade feel she wanted for the wedding. She had embroidery hoop table numbers and a basket of stitched hearts for guests to wear if they wanted to "wear their hearts on their sleeve." I gifted her a stitched wedding topper and i'm really pleased with the final product. it looked adorable in that amazing cake! Can't wait to see Tim Ivey's amazing photos of the big day! 

congrats love birds!

a rustic blush wedding

i went to an adorable wedding in Georgia this weekend. the venue was incredible and the details were adorable. not to mention the bride and groom are madly in love. 

one year

hello lovely,
this monday is our one year anniversary. i can't believe it. in some ways it seems like only yesterday, in other ways it feels like we've been married for years. people told me the first year of marriage is the hardest. which makes sense when you think of all the changes that have to be made when you combine two lives. but, to be honest we haven't had too many hiccups this first year. niles is a pretty fantastic husband. we share responsibility for chores and making dinners, we complain over who has to fold the laundry and for the most part end up doing it together, and in the evenings we curl up on the couch and watch HBO. it is a pretty lovely life. this past year we wanted to relax and enjoy ourselves and i think we've done pretty well at that. next year we might try to be a little less lazy, but it was fun while it lasted. we did accomplish a few things other than watching a lot of sopranos this year. we bought a car and almost have it all paid off, i got to go on my grand european tour, and niles just built a screened in porch on our deck. i'd call year one a smashing success. to celebrate we are taking a long weekend in charleston and i can't wait! i'm looking forward to many more anniversaries with my moon my man. thanks for making each day an adventure, my love.
xoxo,
alyssa renee

 

veil alternatives

hello lovely,

my friend is getting married and isn't your typical bride. so, i've been looking for unique wedding dresses that will suit her style. with that comes figuring out what type of veil she could rock with this unique dress. here are some pretty veil alternatives i've found so far. this batch is all from twigs and honey. so romantic and lovely! i wonder if i could make a copy cat of any of these...

xoxo,

alyssa renee 

her dream dress

hello lovely,
i had a lovely weekend. i got to accompany my friend allison and her bridesmaids and mom to go pick out her wedding dress. im technically a groomsmaid but she was sweet enough to ask me to tag along. allison walked away with her dream dress. it was the one she knew she wanted from the start and she looked beautiful of course. here are a few photos from the day. i tried to do a day in photos but got wrapped up in all the great shopping. we went to anthropologie, urban outfitters, original penguin, crate and barrel, and my favorite... paper source! i of course was cheap and came away with one towel, but still it was fun to window shop. 
hope you managed to stay cool and have a nice weekend. it was 107 degrees here. ugh!
xoxo,
alyssa renee

the only look blake will get at this dress until June

creepin'

I've also decided I'm going to copy these adorable owl towels for an upcoming project.