Pillow Talk

Now that our anniversary has come and gone, I can show you what I whipped up for one of my gifts to the hubs. We've been nerdily following (and by following, I mean twice now) the traditional wedding gift list for each year. Have you seen it?

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So since this year is cotton, I knew a great t-shirt was on the list. But it wasn't enough. A search of 'vintage ski' on Amazon and I found just the thing: A 25x25 piece of fabric printed with a vintage ski poster advertising Norway. I can sew, 20's and 30's style art is just my jam, and my husband's family is Norwegian.

We have a winner.

I won't bore you with a pillow making step-by-step, but here's a great tutorial all set to be learned from. I ordered a 24x24 pillow from Amazon as well (a little smaller than the fabric for seam allowances), and for the back of this pillow, I used a nubby upholstery fabric I had a remnant of from another project years ago (funnily enough, it was making pillows for my parents' house).

 I like the art on the pillow front even more than I expected to, and another pleasant surprise was how great the colors work with the rest of the family room. And Nate? He loved it. Which was really the best part of all.

Two

Two years married today.

I can't even begin to put into words how lucky I am. We're headed towards eight  years together, and yet I can hardly contain myself for the next eight times eight.

Bring it on - The best is yet to come!
xoxo

Random Round Up: Anniverary Fun

We had a pretty fabulous, decadent, and relaxing day on Sunday. As it should be to celebrate our anniversary, right? It all started with a mysterious calendar notification from Nate to me...

And of course there were gifts (selfishly I only took a photo of mine, but Nate got some too, really.) - Year One is traditionally the gift of paper:

 The blueprints of Monica/Rachel's and Chandler/Joey's apartments from the show Friends (my all time fave)! Brandi at Fantasy Floorplans creates a huge variety from all different beloved programs. So fun!

Then it was off to partake in Nate's surprise: A couple's massage. Ahhhhhh-mazing.

What's next? Happy hour at the place we had our first date, then home to relax with the pup. Perfection.

On to year two and beyond!

One Year Married

...And I couldn't ask for better. I am proud and blessed to be the wife of an incredible man. What more can I say? I'm the luckiest girl around. Happy First Married Anniversary Nate! You have my heart, my love, my life, me.

All photos by Dana Pleasant Photography. She's incredible. Hire her immediately.

Rehearsal Rehash: One Year Later

One year ago today was our rehearsal dinner for our wedding. A full YEAR. It's amazing to me how time has flown.

My parents put together this sign for us :)

One year ago today I got to walk into my wedding venue and see family and friends who had driven and flown in from all over America. Some I hadn't seen in nearly a year. I'll never forget coming up the stairs flanked by my best friends and husband-to-be and seeing a cluster of my nearest and dearest waiting for me.

Rehearsed and as ready as we were ever gonna be..!

We had a small GPS crisis that day too when married bridesmaid-groomsman duo Brett and Mellisa,who flew in from halfway across the country, were steered to our dinner location instead of rehearsal by their rental car GPS. Mel, I'll never forget your hysterics and how funny it was to me and devastating for you. I'm a horrible friend... But I still think it's funny.

After an incredible dinner, 'maids and 'men spontaneously piled into cars and headed for a nearby watering hole to play pool and chat. We admitted to each other after we'd been there a while that none of us really wanted to come - we were all so tired - but in the end were all glad we did.

Dinner at Smuggler's Cove sitting with Brett & Melly

It was perfect. And I can't get over the fact that it was a whole 365 days ago. Cheers to our first anniversary weekend!