Update from the newly relocated and totally out of place Bolivarite.

I've always wanted to live in a big city, and whelp, now I do. It's taking some getting used to, but I think I'm going to like it a lot. There's ALOT more going on than there ever was in Bolivar haha. Since the wedding, we got settled in at the apartment (by settled  I mean shoved everything we don't know what to do with in the spare bedroom until further notice), went on an amazing honeymoon to the Caribbean (thanks for all the cash, guys!), opened our mountain of wedding gifts (again, thank you!), I started a new job, and we got a DOG. AHHH!

Things I'm going to have to get used to: traffic. Like real traffic. Like not just a tractor on the road or an Amish buggy traffic. My 20-min commute to work is in reality a 45-min commute. City life...

It has been a whirlwind. Before we know it, Tom and I will have been married an entire month. Crazay. I'm finally getting used to my new schedule and surroundings, which means blogs will be better and occur more often. My super talented wedding photographer and sister-in-law, Katie, (Katie McElroy Photography) is going to show me a thing or two about my camera, so I'm really excited to learn how to take better pictures too.

Next on the list: house train Abi, the Great Dane. I don't want to wake up in the middle of the night and clean up poop EVER again.

Being married is amazing. For all the people who helped make Tom and my wedding so beautiful and amazing, thank you so much. We really appreciate you.

 

The bathroom is my favorite room in the house, because it's the only one I've finished decorating haha!

 

This is the view from my desk chair. And that is a peanut-butter and honey sandwich. The best...

 

 

 

This is Abi, the Great Dane. We took this pic on Friday, and she is literally almost double that size already. Not exaggerating.

Christmas Christmas time is near, time for joy and time for cheer!

Since I'm getting married two days after Christmas this year, it has been all too easy to forget about the holiday completely! I have been so busy with wedding decorations and ceremony plans and food-tastings and you name it that everything else has been kind of at a standstill.

So the other night, I just took some time to focus on Christmas. I got the majority of my shopping done at one time (which was fantastic). Since I wasn't able to devote a lot of time or effort into decorating for Christmas or any of my usual Christmas traditions, I splurged a little and bought the prettiest wrapping paper I could find and spent the entire evening listening to the Julie Andrews Christmas record on my new record player from Madi (one of my favorite wedding gifts by far) and making my gifts look magical.

For the most part, forgetting about the hustle and bustle that this time of year brings has actually been kind of nice. And focusing a lot more on my soon-to-be husband and family is something I want to carry into next year's Christmas and all the rest.

Merry Christmas everyone! 

I'll sew on Patches to all you Tear.

I'm looking forward to slower days and sleeping long enough to dream. Planning a wedding is SO MUCH FUN, but as we near the day, I'm getting so excited to just be married and get into life with my husband. I have just finished one of the last big projects which would be making the flower girl dresses. Well, by finished, I mean, I still have two more to complete, but now I know how I'm going to do it. Here is my inspiration from (you guessed it) Pinterest:

These, though perfectly perfect in every way, cost over a hundred dollars on Etsy. I didn't think that was a justifiable amount of money to spend on tulle and flowers, so I decided to make them myself. I couldn't find the material that the top was made of, so I ended up crocheting my top instead. The rest was pretty simple, though, just looping and pulling tulle. This is what I ended up with:

I think it turned out really cute!! I hope the other ones turn out just as adorable. It cost me about $10.00 per dress and took about an hour and a half to make. Super easy DIY! Love Love Love. Twenty-one more days til I'm a Mrs.!!!