Happy Wedding Day!

Posted on 07/21/2012 by RCGG
Today is the day that Nathan and I become husband and wife.
Our ceremony will be held here later today. ^
This is where our reception will be held. ^

Yesterday was my 30th birthday.  We were traveling, but today makes it all worth being in the car on my birthday.  The good thing though is that we didn’t have to drive for a long time.  Jekyll Island is only about a five hour drive from where we live.
Anyways, I wore this dress last night for a little birthday dinner.
It is a Calvin Klein dress that we bought at TJMAXX.  (Picture of me wearing it will be added when I put up some of our wedding pictures.)
I will post some pictures from the wedding later this week.
Here are some of the ideas I had been collecting from Pinterest for so many months. Did I use these ideas? You will have to come back later to find out. =)

Source: etsy.com via Cate on Pinterest

We have taken a video of our wedding because my grandma can’t come down. I will be posting it in a few days so ya all can see it as well.
Posted in Random, wedding | 2 Comments

Wedding Cake Sugar cookies

Posted on 07/15/2012 by RCGG

One of the little touches I am doing for the wedding was make wedding cake sugar cookies.  I found a cake shaped cookie cutter at Hobby Lobby sometime last month and knew that I wanted make cookies as an extra little treat at the wedding.

I know, you are probably thinking that I am crazy for wanting to make cookies the week before the wedding.  Well, baking calms me.  It will help relieve any pre-wedding stress that may creep upon me this week. I will post pictures of them after the wedding.

I couldn’t find my baking book that has my grandma’s sugar cookie recipe in it so I used this one instead:

SUGAR COOKIES THAT HOLD THEIR SHAPE
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 whole eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

In a large bowl cream butter and sugar together until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined.

Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt.

Chill for 1 hour or overnight.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Rol out dough on a lightly floured surface. (I usually add a little bit of powdered sugar onto the surface I am rolling the cookies on as well. You don’t have to do this.) Cut into shapes using cookie cutters. Place onto parchment paper lined baking sheet.

Bake for 6-8 minutes.

I am going to decorate the cookies with sanding sugar in our wedding colors, turquoise and pink.

Posted in Recipes, wedding | Comments Off on Wedding Cake Sugar cookies

2 weeks!!

Posted on 07/07/2012 by RCGG

It is two weeks until the wedding.  Is it okay to say that I am getting a little nervous about things?  What about saying that I am getting excited to become a wife?

It is okay?  Then I am getting very nervous about things going completely crazy.  I am not able to see the 10 day forecast yet for Jekyll Island, GA.  I keep watching the weather and hoping that there aren’t any tropical storms that decide to pop up.  The last three have dumped significant amounts of rain on Jekyll Island and caused minor wind damage. None of them were upgraded to hurricane status and that is good, but it still worries me a little.  In four days I will be able to see the 10 day forecast.

I am so excited to become a wife.  Nathan and I have been together for 11 and half years and I have loved every minute of it. Every day with him is so much fun and we love just being with each other. Becoming his wife is going to be the best day ever! 
Things are coming together.  We still have to get our marriage license, but there is no waiting period in Georgia. We are going to do that next week.  We still have to get vases for the centerpieces, the signature photo mat for our guest book, and I still have to make the wedding cake shaped sugar cookies.  I was thinking about doing that on the Tuesday or Wednesday before so that the cookies are still somewhat fresh.  I still have to put together the favors.  My friend (and Nathan’s brother’s girlfriend) is going to help me with those. 
My mom came down last weekend with a friend and her daughter for a little mini shower. I didn’t get pictures because I had been sick and looked REALLY BAD.  Anyways, it was so much fun.  I loved seeing my mom again.  I haven’t seen her in a little over a year. They brought down some cards and gifts from some church ladies.  I loved everything.  
The next time you see a post from me will be two weeks from today. It will be my wedding day.  I might post a couple of pictures that night, but don’t expect them.  😉  Haha!

 Anyways,  thanks to my Stop and Smell the Roses ladies for all the support you have given over the past month.  I will let the Southern Illinois girls know when we are coming up again so we can get together.  See you in August ladies! 

Posted in wedding | Comments Off on 2 weeks!!

5 Q Friday

Posted on 07/06/2012 by RCGG

I thought I would sneak in a little 5QF this week.  I haven’t been around much over the past couple weeks.  You know, wedding stuff going on.  Anyways, here is this week’s 5QF



1. Is love at 1st sight possible?

yes


2. How did you choose your pet’s name?
We have two cats.  One is Ollie and the other is Peaches.  Ollie was named by my mom.  Her actual name is Olive Belle. Momma named her Olive because when I was growing up instead of saying I love you we would say Olive.  I started calling her Ollie.  Her middle name Belle is from Beauty and the Beast, my favorite Disney movie.  Nathan named Peaches because she is a Georgia peach cat. (not a breed. She had a light orange coloring on her when she was a kitten that looked peach.)

3. What are you considering giving up (cable, home phone)?
We don’t use the home phone that much.


4. How much do you pay your babysitter?
We don’t have kids.


5. How “young” is old enough to babysit?
I was 10 when I started babysitting WITH HELP.  The child was a family member and parents or another relative was always around in case I needed help.  I started babysitting by myself when I was 14.  

Posted in Random | Comments Off on 5 Q Friday

Firework Finale

Posted on 07/05/2012 by RCGG

Did you have a good July 4th?  Last night we did our fireworks and had a lot of fun.  We had this laptop looking one that we used as our finale.  It was really cool.  Want to see it?

Cool huh?  I hope you had a safe day if you did any fireworks.  There are lots of places that didn’t have them because of fire risks. 
OH!  BTW, tomorrow it will be 15 days until the wedding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted in Random | Comments Off on Firework Finale

Pinterest Weddings

Posted on 06/22/2012 by RCGG

It is getting closer and closer to the wedding. Yesterday was our 1 month mark.  Are we ready? We still have a few things we need to finish before July 21st, but for the most part we are ready.

Here are some of the ideas I have been looking at:

Our colors:

Our centerpieces:

 
Source: etsy.com via Cate on Pinterest

Flowers:

Posted in Random, wedding | Comments Off on Pinterest Weddings

Next Month…

Posted on 06/21/2012 by RCGG

 Next month I will be a Mrs.  I am excited, but kind of scared at the same time.  I have everything that I need to do done, so I really don’t have anything wedding related left to do at the moment.  Is it just me or does it seem like the days are crawling by as we get closer to our wedding?
Here are some random pictures of Nathan and me since we really don’t have anything wedding related going on right now besides waiting for the day to come.

Fourth of July a couple years ago
My first birthday in Georgia. Also happened to be two weeks after we moved to Georgia
At a rest stop in Tennessee while on our way home from visiting my parents
This one is my facebook cover photo.
Posted in Random, wedding | Comments Off on Next Month…

Stop and Smell the Roses Again…

Posted on 06/20/2012 by RCGG

It has been two weeks since I started my break.  I have been missing my Stop and Smell the Roses ladies in those weeks so I thought I would make a surprise visit this week.  Things are going great with wedding plans. We still have a few things to finalize, but other than that everything is done. We still have to to order food and our cake, but we are doing that this weekend.  We also have to get our marriage license, but we can do that before we leave for our wedding weekend. In Georgia, there is no waiting period for a marriage license and it doesn’t expire. It is now 31 days until the wedding instead of the 32 I mention in my video because I filmed it yesterday.


Well, I guess I should get to my Stop and Smell the Roses video huh?

Stop and Smell the Roses

 

Here are the pictures I took:

Isn’t it beautiful?  
I hope ya all have a great week.

Posted in vlogs | 4 Comments

Wedding updates

Posted on 06/15/2012 by RCGG

We are counting down the days until our wedding.  We are so excited to be sharing our special day with our families.


This is where we are getting married.  Jekyll Island, GA.  On the beach.  We fell in love with this place when we first went down there in 2010. We went back in July 2011.

This is the colors I am doing.  These are not my flowers though.  I actually have no idea what my flowers look like because my mom is doing them for me. I am so glad that she offered to do them for me because this was the only thing that was stressing me out.

My mom also offered to do centerpieces.  I really wasn’t thinking about them, but we thought that since she offered we might as well do something.  I found this picture and thought that since we were having a beach wedding they would be perfect.  I am taking my shells that I have found on previous trips to the island to put in the vases.

Posted in Random, wedding | Comments Off on Wedding updates

Wedding decorations

Posted on 06/08/2012 by RCGG

As you probably know by now, Nathan and I are getting married. I announced it in my May 30th Stop and Smell the Roses video.

Anyways,  I thought I would share some of the DIY wedding decorations I have been stalking recently. Rebecca at My Girlish Whims was married in February of this year.
She  made the majority of her decorations. 
Here is some of the stuff she made.

She made these really cute tissue paper flowers.  These would be so easy to do for any occasion actually.

Rebecca’s guest book was so cool.  She got a big frame and cut out hearts. Her guests then wrote their names on the hearts.

Posted in Random, wedding | 2 Comments