Virgina or Portland....

Virgina or Portland........

Kimball has been so successful in this whole dental school application process.
I am SO proud of him.
I hate to brag but it's allowed when it's about my bf.
He was accepted to Philadelphia, VCU, UNLV, OHSU
and waitlisted at San Francisco.
Pretty good, huh?

But all that glory and excitement made for a very difficult decision.
We narrowed it down to our top two:
Virgina or Portland.
And then we made a list.

Richmond, Virginia Vs. Portland, Oregon

After much deliberation, pondering, praying and thought
The verdict is:




We couldn't be more excited!!! :)

Photographer... Check!

We did it, we finally picked our photographer and he is fantastic. He is sooo talented and I couldn't be more pleased with our decision. Our bridals are scheduled for April 7th right now but I am trying to get that pushed back so we have a little more time to be ready (get hair done, finish altering dress, buy ball's ring, a little more running) Ya know... all that wedding stuff.
Here he is, Mr. Photographer:

And I just tried really hard to steal some of his work but guess what, I can't. He's that good. Go Dustin.

A Bouquet Made Out of.... GOLD :)

Just kidding. Not gold. But that'd be really nice. No, let me introduce to you my bouquet... It is definitely still in the works right now but I am pretty sure it is going to be brilliant. :)
I came across this picture on etsy when looking for bridesmaids supplies:


Isn't it awesome!? It didn't take long to convince me that this was my latest project. I got on Etsy and looked for any sellers that were selling flower brooches and then messaged them to see 1) if they had lots more and 2) if they were willing to give me any discount. This is what I came up with:


And these: And this fantastic creation was made by someone on my mom's side:


YES, it is a Christmas tree made out of family brooches and it broke my heart to tear this thing apart! But bless their heart, whoever it was that made this. I promise they will be better appreciated where they are going now...

And here is the grand pile of brooches that I have been collecting for months now. SOO much fun. All I can say is thank goodness for the DI. I made a good friend named Sam at the layton DI, he runs the 'collectibles' section and has been so good to give me great deals and keep his eye out for me.

So after I collected all of the pieces I wanted to use I went out and bought green wire at Hobby Lobby and got to work. Here is a terrible picture from my phone of what it looks like right now, about half way finished and I am loving it!