Dining Room Update

A few months ago I posted about our new Farmhouse dining room table. You can read about that here. The dining room is one of my favorite rooms in the house. I love that my future father in law built our table, I love how bright the room is with the windows and I love that this room is almosttttt complete. It has been so so fun decorating our home since we moved in last summer. There are SO many more things I want to do but I am trying to pace myself since everything I love cost a small fortune and we have a wedding coming up! Not a bad problem to have in my opinion. (: Since I last posted about our dining room table we have made a few changes. We added plates to the wall, purchased two fabric chairs for the end of the table and Justin's dad built us the matching bench for our farm table. 

I would eventually like to change the curtains for some longer ones and add a corner hutch or some type of buffet. It's a tight space so I'm thinking a corner piece might work best. I would also like to add some type of picture to the left side of the windows, until we get a hutch. Side note: those gorgeous flowers on the table are from my sweet fiance! He surprised me last week when I had strep throat. 

This is to the side of our dining room. I love the colorful Easter egg wreath that I found for under $10 at CVS!! I know I should take it down now that Easter is over but it makes me happy!  

This is our front door to the other side of the dining room. These shelves have been a struggle. For real, I have no idea what to do with them. They were there when we moved in. The tall picture to the left probably will not stay there but we are keeping it on display until we decide the perfect spot for it. (It is one of our engagement pictures that Justin's mom had blown up on a canvas as a Christmas gift) 

I love to see the progress we are making in our home. I have a feeling the house will never really be "finished" as it is so fun to get new ideas and make small changes here and there. Does anyone else feel that way about their home? Happy Thursday friends! The weekend is ALMOST here! 

Path to the Chapel: Lakeside Celebration

Happy Monday friends! I am back at work after a wonderful spring break. The countdown until the last day of school has officially began.. we only have 42 instructional days left before my first graders are out for summer! I spent part of my spring break getting ready to host some friends that were coming into town to celebrate our engagement at a lakeside celebration hosted by some of Justin's family and friends. The celebration was held at one of the host beautiful home on Lake Waccamaw. 

The entire evening was just perfect- our family and close friends were there, the food was delicious, the weather was perfect, the atmosphere was beautiful- you get the picture. The event made me even more excited to start our life as a married couple!! I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking. 

With my fiance (:  

Thankful for lifelong friends!

 My parents (: 

The mothers! 

My bridesmaids that were able to come! We are missing a few.. so happy these ladies could join in on the celebration!! 

We LOVE our adorable, monogrammed picnic book bag gifted by the host

It was an incredible evening. I am so thankful for all of the love and support from our family and friends. We love you! 

Wedding Wednesday: Wedding Party Attire

I am in total disbelief that our wedding is in only FIVE short months. Just five!! That is so so so soon!! I am of course over the moon excited and cannot wait for the day to get here. I did a lot of wedding planning in the beginning but things started to slow down this winter. It is picking back up though and there is still lots to do! Our invitations have been ordered and are on the way to our house now. Justin's aunt has graciously offered to do the calligraphy so I will be talking to her about that this weekend. I can't wait to share the final product once they are sent to our guest!! 

On another note though.. Dresses, suits, ties.. oh my! We have narrowed down our wedding party outfits. You can see my inspiration post here. I was torn between navy and beige bridesmaid dresses but ultimately decided on navy dresses for the ladies and tan suits with Carolina blue seersucker ties for the guys. I am in love with the whole look of the outfits!! I choose an Alfred Angelou one shoulder dress in navy blue. Our wedding is in August so I decided on short dresses to keep the girls from getting too hot. We are going to pair the dresses with nude heels (everyone will wear their own so they will vary) and pearl earrings.  

Moving on to the fellas. Justin was so easy to work with as he was totally open and flexible to let me have the final say in the groom suit color. I decided on tan suits with blue seersucker ties and brown shoes. These pictures aren't exact but you get the idea... 

I hope you love the colors as much as I do!! I really think everything will hopefully pair well together. I'm trying to incorporate some southern touches in the wedding like- the seersucker ties, cotton, homemade jam, southern menu, hydrangeas.. etc. It seems like everything is really starting to come together. [Insert huge smile!! :) ] Happy Wednesday friends! 

and for fun- Here are me and some of my bridesmaids the day we went shopping for bridesmaid dresses. Love these girls!!