wedding wednesdays {vows}

I have a tendency to get carried away {some may call it obsessed...ahem Jacob} with details. It's very easy to do this with a wedding. The small things {shoes, veil, glasses, jewelry, makeup, hair, etc} seem to be stressing me out far more than any of the big ticket items did. I understand how easy it is to focus on these types of things and forget about what's really important, the actually wedding.

So lately Jacob and I have been discussing the vows, which is a daunting and scary thing. Should we write our own, or not? It's very overwhelming to recite your feelings in front of a crowd of people, even if they're close friends and family, especially when you don't like public speaking anyway. I am one of these people. I hate talking to a crowd, I usually make a joke or say something silly to make myself a little more comfortable. I'm also not very good at being mushy or romantic, so that might be a little difficult for me. However, everyone I've spoken to felt that writing their own vows was definitely worth it in the end, and Jacob informed me last night, that he's already figured out pretty much what he's going to say. So ... you know... no pressure or anything.

Also, today marks four months until the wedding! I say this with excitement and horror, it feels like we just got engaged. I've been working on the wedding for 8 months and I feel like I have so much still to do. Where did all the time go?

daydreams {kitchen makeover}

{apartment therapy}

{for the love of a house}

{charlotte cottage}

{flickr}

{mluxe}

{you are my fav jr}

{designsponge}

Lately I've been obsessed with the idea of change. There's a lot of it happening, but maybe not quite enough. Sometimes there's things I can't quite control, and if I can't control them, I certainly can't change them. However, there are a few things within my control, like redecorating our house, which {along with change... and everything neon} is another one of my obsessions as of late.

Our bedroom and kitchen are the two problem areas for me. We actually decorated the kitchen already, Jacob thought we were done. But lately I've been hating the color, and, despite his complete disdain for painting, Jacob has actually admitted to hating it as well. It's mustard, which I actually love, but it's casting a weird light on everything we cook, and sometimes I fell like it's just a little too... I don't know, loud? cheery? encroaching?

Perhaps a nice crisp white would work, with a splash of colorful backsplash, and maybe some new chairs for our dining room table would be nice. Oh! and new flooring... and maybe a window... and perhaps some new cabinets... and maybe {while we're at it} some new countertops.

I don't know these are just some thoughts. Jacob better get out his tools.

happy weekend.

Honestly, aside from our lovely trip to Maryland, I've had a rough couple of weeks. I think I need a much longer vacation, asap. Since that's not happening anytime soon, I may just have to make time to get out to the beach. Hopefully this weekend.

Things to distract me from picking up and moving away from Savannah:

1. Speaking of vacations...

2. How to deal with your significant other's annoying habits.

3. Wes Anderson Bingo? YES PLEASE!

4. Remember when I shared those Arrested Development paper dolls? Well, now there's a Girls set. I KNOW. {also a downton abbey one for all the ladies out there}

5. It's the Mad Men finale already? Ugh.

stately sandwiches

Kelly Pratt is working on "Stately Sandwiches" for all 50 states. I love projects like this. Partly because I've become obsessed with all things state or food related, but also because they always make for interesting photographs. I'm also impressed by anyone's motivation to commit to a long term project. It's fun to look at these and really see each state represented, some have more quintessential sandwiches than others {new york, pennsylvania} but each one has something that makes you think "oh yeah! that's totally a {blank} thing!"

new music {edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros- here}

I'm a huge fan of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Their last album, Up from Below, spent a considerable time at the top of my playlist and now they've released Here, which has the same ability to make me smile.

graduation, beer, & crabs....

....lots of crabs.

Jacob's sister, Becky, graduated from high school on Tuesday, so we took a {much needed} quick trip up to Maryland. Beer was drank, dreams were discussed, crabs were cracked, and soft serve ice cream was consumed... all in all it was a great success.

weekend.

I've been a bad blogger lately, but I've had a lot going on. I will try to be better.

Jacob and I are going up to Maryland together this weekend for his sister's high school graduation {go becky!} and I'm seriously looking forward to getting out of Savannah. Even more so, I'm looking forward to massive amount Maryland crabs I plan on consuming.

So happy weekend to everyone, hopefully it's filled with adventure.

For your viewing pleasure:

1. Magazine rack DIY I think I might use.

2. I considered buying some Turkish bath towels a while ago, and after seeing these, I think it's a must.

3. Imagine sipping fancy tea from these.

4. cute one piece suits!