Happy Friday: Uptempo Love

Here's a love song that's a little different from the norm.  Try not to tap your toes to this one, I dare you.  

Get a load of some of the lyrics:

Home, Let me come Home
Home is Whenever Im with you
Home, yes I am Home
Home is wherever Im with you


Lalalala Take me Home
Mama Im Coming Home


I follow you into the park, thru the jungle thru the dark
Girl aint never loved one like you
Moats and boats and Waterfalls, Alleyways and payphone calls
I been everywhere with you
Laugh until we think we'll die, barefoot on a summer night
never could be sweeter than with you


The song is called "Home" by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros.  It was released in 2009 by Vagrant Records/Rough Trade Records, on the album titled "Up From Below."

Enjoy!  And have a great weekend! 

WWII Victory Inspired Bridal Shoot

Check out this gorgeous photo shoot I found on Classic Bride. The images are originally from the newest issue of WellWed Hamptons.

The makeup is absolutely flawless, and classic--my opinion? There's nothing more classic and feminine than a deep red lipstick. 

I just love how the modern gown compliments the vintage hair and makeup.  The shapes of the rosettes almost mimic the large romantic waves of her hair.

Look at the gorgeous victory rolls tucked sweetly under the hat and veil.  You know, rumor has it that the term "victory roll" was actually used to describe an air maneuver in WWII.  After the war, women adopted the term to describe the style of hair you see above.  Consider it a case of fashion meets patriotism.

A little sweet and sexy number--not a gown, but lovely and bridal nonetheless.

Part of me really wants to try this makeup on our wedding day.  Yes, the wedding day itself may not be the greatest time to try out a new look, but I have the worst trouble finding the perfect red.  Why not have an expert help me out?  


I love the makeup on this model, especially because I can see how it would look more or less, on a brunette like myself.  


So there you have it!  Classic and patriotic.  This may be something another future military wife might want to incorporate into her wedding, or at least a boudoir shoot.  Am I right?






*All images are from WellWed.

Having some trouble with the site right now...

Be back with some more posts as soon as I get this figured out.

Mich

Sweet Sounds of Love

I'm a sucker for a good love song.  Bring on the cheesiest, most toothache-inducing songs, because I'm your girl--my knowledge of sweet ballads is pretty lame most of the time, except now.  


Because now that we're planning our wedding, it's time to put my evil powers to good use!  I've had a playlist on my iPod titled "Sappy, Sickly, Sweet," for a while now, it's where I keep all my favorite tracks.  And I love how it's become nearly a soundtrack for the past few years of our relationship--whether the Bear likes it or not.  Hopefully he likes it, because he asked me to send him some music, and I did.  I sent him a bunch of albums he's going to like, and then, I burned some of this playlist because I'm bringing back the mix tape!  That is what I call killing two birds with one stone:  I get to 'research' all the awesome love songs I want, and he gets his music.  Win-win.  


Here's the first "mix tape" I made him, just about each one has meaning to us. 


Enjoy!

Taking it From The Top

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I had a moment a few weeks ago, and then I calmed down a bit.  It's not that I'm tight fisted when it comes to money, and it's not that I'm horribly neurotic, I swear.  But try as I could, I just could not shake the feeling that we needed to change something with our wedding, stat.  Somewhat serendipitously, I took my mom and Thia to our venue to check it out.  The vineyard was even lovelier than I could have imagined, so what happened?  

Well, I went home and I cried about it for a minute.  I decided I wanted to stop all plans and really give myself some time to get to the root of the problem.  Then I looked at our budget, estimated and actual, and I cried again.  Was it just the money that bothered me?  No, for the record the money didn't bother me, it terrified me.  Was it the distance?  Absolutely not.  Was it the fact that I didn't feel that anyone outside us actually supported the idea of us getting married so far from home?  Sort of, once Bear left, I was on my own to defend our choice.  But more than anything, more than money, more than support, I needed simplicity.  I craved it.  

So I set out to find what I needed--not what I wanted.  I let go of perfection.  And I began looking for a place that was beautiful, closer to home, and significantly cheaper than our original plan, in order to simplify everything.  

What did I find?

You'll have to wait to find out.