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Wedding Week/end, part 1

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Our wedding and honeymoon. I blinked and they were gone! I’m going to rewind a bit to catch you all up on everything!

Thank goodness for the many kind hearts and helping hands that have helped us through all of this.

On Wednesday, June 9, the weekend’s events got VERY real. That was my last day at the office before the wedding and also the day my wonderful parents and amazing MOH (aka my fantastic first cousin) Jill arrived at my place.

What a time we had. :) While I did my wedding hairdo run through with my stylist friend Lindsey, Mom and Jill completed a few shopping trips and helped me cross a few things off my to-do list. That evening we made yet another trip to Target, cut out hearts for our wedding wish jar and folded, cut and glued wedding programs.

Here we are with our paper crafts:

Not only did we have a fun time with these little DIY projects, Dad and Philip enjoyed getting acquainted with our new Canon Vixia HD video camera!

See, Dad pulled another trick over on me. He is VERY good at this. Earlier that week, Dad plays like he and mom are going to get a new video camera and wants to know the best, top-of-the-line camera out there. He asks me to talk with our videographer and everything. So I get the best of the best from Esteban (our amazing video guy) and share with Dad. Little did we know, he was doing research to get an incredible video camera for US! Dad’s one sly, smart cookie. :)

That Wednesday was a late night. We were trying to get all these paper crafts finished so we could (somewhat) relax and enjoy the next day to prepare for the bachelorette party! SO FUN! I’ll spill all those details tomorrow. :) Until then…love much!

Mrs. Dial. XOXO

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We’re featured on AOL’s wedding site – Aisledash!

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

Greetings and Happy Father’s Day everyone!

Sorry for my delayed blog post. I’ve just been a little busy getting married and honeymooning. :)

I have some exciting news to share! Our wedding is the featured love story on Aisledash – a wedding website owned by AOL! How cool?!

Click here to read our story. Thanks to the wonderful folks at Aisledash for getting in touch and helping us share our love story with the world!

I have SOOO much to share with you. So many photos, details and tips that made our day the fairy-tale, elegant, enchanting day it was. Until then, here are a few teaser photos from our photographer, Daniel Meigs:

Thank you all so much for following along with our journey down the aisle. I’m excited to be on this road and am so happy you’re along for the ride. :) More coming soon!

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My brooch bouquet is here! (But I can’t show you yet!)

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Guess what friends?! MY BROOCH BOUQUET IS HERE!! AGH! It is so amazing and perfect. I can’t wait to share photos of it with you…after the big day, of course. :)

Until then, I’m on the final stretch of my jewelry documentation. Here are a few more beautiful family pieces. The far left silver pin with pearls was my grandmother Mary’s. The next two earrings in the top row were Jonelle’s, my grandmother’s niece. For the bottom row, the lovely gold pin with white accents is from The Kiblers – a couple I know through my Dad and his affiliation with the Grand Masonic Lodge of Illinois. And finally, the beautiful vintage watch face was also my grandmother’s. (It was Amanda’s suggestion to find an old watch and mail it in with everything.) I’ve set it to 4pm, the time of the wedding. :)

Just a small handful of pieces left to share. Coming tomorrow! (The week is only going to get better. My parents get here tomorrow…then Thursday the bridesmaids arrive…SO excited!)

Still a few more details we’re wrapping up. I’ll have more information tomorrow!

Four days until I’m a Mrs!

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More beautiful baubles and brooches from bridesmaid Rebecca!

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Well folks. We’re nearing the end of my brooch documentation here. After this post of beautiful jewelry for my vintage brooch bouquet, there’s only one more to go! AND we’re nearing the end of our engagement. Our wedding is only 17 days away now! So hard to believe. I thought it would never get here, now look how quickly time has flown!

Today’s brooches are from my lovely bridesmaid Rebecca N. She traveled from here to Chicago looking for the perfect brooches.

I’ve known Rebecca since we were hard-working public relations students at Belmont. We had several classes together and spent quite a bit of time studying and trying to figure out what we wanted to be when we grew up. :)

I’ve always admired Rebecca’s pursuit of life and living it to the fullest. She’s not one to “settle” for anything. I think that’s something we can all learn from.

For those of you who don’t know Rebecca, she has one of the kindest, biggest, giving hearts. She travels all around the world exploring, sharing with and caring for anyone she meets  along her path. Her heart aches for those in need and she continually finds ways to serve people.

Here’s a photo of Miss Rebecca and I after enjoying lunch at Jimmy John’s…one of my favorite sandwich joints:

Rebecca, I’m so thankful you’re in my life. Thank you for your spontaneity, your incredible fashion sense, your beautiful smile and your big heart. Philip and I absolutely adore you and we’re so privileged to have you as a part of our big day.

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Hometown wedding of a long-time friend

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

A few weekends ago, the weekend of the horrible Nashville flood actually, I went home (to Illinois) for the wedding reception of a dear friend (and fellow Rodan+Fields consultant), Mrs. Lindsey Henshaw-Atkins.

Lindsey is another friend with whom I have a long history. I can remember playground conversations in elementary school, (thinking there was a ghost haunting the house on a certain corner of where our playground was located,) field trips & bus rides, hot summer days cooling off in her pool, jealousy of her long-legged, rail-thin body that tanned so well (and my dissatisfaction at the time of my short-legged body that burned at the mere hint of sun), A.P. U.S. history class, hilarious lip sync contest rehearsals…and so much more. Linds, I’m so thankful for your friendship and am very excited for you, Neil and your new life together.

Here is the happy couple:

It was such a beautiful reception. Not only was it wonderful to watch Neil and Lindsey so obviously happy and in love, it was also refreshing to catch up with friends whom I hadn’t seen in years. (It was nearly a mini reunion of the HHS Class of ’03!)

Another long-time friend whom I was so happy to see and catch up with was Chelsea. Chels, Linds and I share many of the same fond memories. We all grew up together. Went to school together. Had sleepovers together. Spent summers together. Many of my childhood and teenage memories involve these three gals, so this was definitely a heartwarming night to remember. Here’s a photo of the three of us:

And here are Chelsea and I getting ready for the dollar dance:

:) Such a great evening. Close friends from childhood are so few and far between. Time passes. People grow up, move away and start new lives. So thankful to still be connected with these ladies.

I’m excited to share with you that there will be a baby Atkins making an arrival later this year. You can follow Lindsey’s adventure in (soon-to-be) motherhood by checking out her blog here. (Crap. I cannot find the link to her blog. Lindsey if you’re reading this…leave a comment here with the link & I’ll add it to this post…or put it on your FB info page…or text it…just get me the link somehow girl, so I can share it with my peeps here. :) ) As I mentioned earlier, Lindsey is also a Rodan+Fields consultant. You can check out her site by clicking here.

Also, Chelsea is an AMAZINGLY talented artist. (Seriously. Even the girl’s signature is gorgeous.) Check out her art website here and make sure you admire all the lovely beach lady portraits in her Etsy shop.

Alright, that’s all for today. Philip and I are spending time with my family, so I’ve got to run. I’ll be back tomorrow! :)

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