Random Fact: Cobalt Blue Glass

So a random fact about yours truly

 is that I LOVE cobalt blue glass. It isn't something my mom collects, or my grandma has had in the china cabinet. I just have always had a soft spot for cobalt blue glass! Thus I will be incorporating this deep blue into this wedding in different. Luckily, I have my grandma on the hunt looking out at thrift stores and antique shops for anything in this deep blue that can be brought into the wedding. 

Here are a couple examples of what I LOVE!

 

Wedding Colors

Hello All Again! 

Hope everyone has been staying warm! It's crazy how the weather has been the last couple of days! 

So lets talk color! 

My favorite color is purple! Has been for years (at one point in life I even had purple carpet in my parents house). Thus, purple will be a main color of my wedding! Although not the only color! I will also have pops of pinks, blues, white, and greens with black and silver accents. I know your probably thinking I am on crack or in LOVE with Lisa Frank! But, I definitely have big ideas behind my madness! 

Here are some color swatches that I picked up form Home Depot to start getting my creativity following!  

Pug Post!

Well most people know that I am CRAZY about our pug Gus! 

Being as crazy as I am, I am happy to announce that Gus will accompany my cousin Claire down the aisle! 

And if you were wondering, YES, he will be wearing a tux to match his fellow groomsmen! (Not sure if the top hat will make it).

What do you think? Do you have a dog that you will have in your wedding?

Location Search: Pamperin Park

We have found our spot!! 

The spot of our ceremony and reception, it's beyond perfect and of course I can't take credit for it! Romy randomly found it while he was doing research after Christmas, but he with held the information because we were so stuck on Smith Park. 

Drum-roll please....

We have picked Pamperin Park in Green Bay, Wisconsin! 

I fell in love with the beautiful river rocks, the cathedral ceiling, and amazing floor to ceiling fireplace! Check out  my pictures below and maybe you will fall in love with it too!!  

P.S. we were able to sneak in side since there was a wedding going on later that day! 

Enjoy!

Date to be Married!!

Welcome Back Everyone!

So I guess the big question now from everyone is, "When is the Big Day?" "Do you have a date picked out yet?" Ok, for everyone to know, we don't have a date yet...but Romy and I were discussing possible months for this wedding, and since we are thinking 2014 Romy through out September! September is a great month, weather is nice, everyone is not super busy like the summer months, and the scenery is still pretty!

But the other day I was reading my favorite blog Stilettos and Diaper Bags, and Lisa and her husband were celebrating their 5 years marriage anniversary, but they were actually together 8 years because they got married on their dating anniversary!

I LOVED this idea and instantly told Romy we needed to scrap all of our planning thus far for a September wedding and start looking at November 1st 2014.

And luck be have it, November 1st is a Saturday! Romy and I refuse to have a Friday wedding for the sake of our family and friends who will have to travel to get to our wedding (our wedding will be in the Fox Valley since the majority of our family is there), but Friday weddings is a topic for another day!

Check back tomorrow for our perfect locations of our November 1st, 2014 wedding!!

Location Search: Smith Park

Ever since, I don't know when, I have loved one park in the Fox Valley; Smith Park in Menasha Wisconsin!

I just think its perfect, in-closed shelter for me and the ladies to get ready, gazebo to get married, and right off the water to take pictures!

See below and see for your self!

Our only issue is that we can't book until one year before the date we would like to reserve the park for, and since we are thinking 2014 that wouldn't  mean it's a for sure thing. Which if you know me, I like to have things scheduled and put in place!

I guess we will have to keep looking!!

Check back tomorrow to see what we are thinking for dates!!

The Ring!

Hello Friends!

I hope you all enjoyed the proposal story as much as we enjoyed living it. So my mouth had hit the ground when I finally saw the ring, the ring that I actually didn't design at all, it was all Romy! I guess (even though the proposal was amazing and well planned) he had been planning the ring for about SIX months!

As I had said before, he had worked with the AMAZING A Trio Jewelry in Milwaukee's third ward to custom design the ring. Romy worked with Amy Shallow (owner) who took his vision and made it a reality!

I guess watching Sex and the City for all the years actually paid off! Romy's inspiration for my ring was Carrie Bradshaw's black diamond stunner (if I do say so myself).

Of course not copying her ring, Romy was able to construct my ring from start to end with Amy's help! Instead of a black diamond Romy choose a perfect round cut emerald (which he knew was my favorite gem stone), white gold, with white diamond's on the band!

The process after making the blue prints of the ring included making a mold of the ring. The first thing to come in was actually the stone, so they set the stone in the mold to ensure Romy was positive he LOVE how it was going to turn out. After that step was finished they (Amy's husband Noah) actually created the band and setting for the stones.

Romy said that after he received the finish product it was the hardest secret he ever had to keep from me!

I know I already posted a picture of the ring, but check of the professional pictures Amy has on their website!

Romy's number one request in this whole designing process was that you can see the silhouette of the stone (each side of the stone looks like the above). The wedding band and Romy's ring will be designed by Amy and I can't wait to work with her on the process!

I can say that he did more then an AMAZING job on this ring! And I LOVE that I can say that he designed 

 the whole thing from start to finish! He truly is my one and only and I can't WAIT to be his wife!

Check back tomorrow to learn about our search for wedding locations!