Navay (I'm totally not part of this)

This weekend I'm off to New York to see my little sister graduate college. I am so incredibly proud of her. She got her dream job and worked her butt off for it. I can't wait to celebrate with her all weekend long! And serious bonus, I get to see my other sissy who I haven't seen in six months (and who is also graduating and who also got an awesome job).

God I love these girls. There's nothing better than sisters.

Introducing: Shop Eva Rose

A friend of mine from college happens to be an incredibly artist and after lots of begging, she has finally opened an etsy shop! Her pieces are perfectly colorful, girlie and fun!

Eva lives her life as a working women in tech PR, but then all of the sudden, she shares this ridiculous talent with the world. I wish I had a secret talent like hers.

Shop away!

Wedding Wednesday

And the last installment of our wedding.

As I've mentioned my bridesmaids were family (sisters, cousins and sisters-in-law), but it meant so much to have these girls there with me, some of them I've been friends with since I was two years old.

"Hey guys look back at me, I know its awkward but it will make a great picture" ... and it did!

Our beautiful city. 

Let's keep it real. My wedding dress was beautiful, but damn it was huge and tight and a lot to carry around. At one point I decided to unzip it and lay down on the floor of the ceremony tent. Spencer came to blow me kisses and then quickly told me to get off my ass.

So I smashed cake in his face and thought I was the most funny person in the world.

A good family friend of ours happens to be an insanely talented singer, in an INCREDIBLE band (whose CD just came out, go out buy it, Isles by Wild Belle) sang "At Last" during the reception and I'm pretty sure the entire room went silent. This girl's voice is like heaven.

And now... the after party. Long story short, our wedding took place on a little peninsula in downtown Chicago that at one point was used as a private airport... until our corrupt mayor had it torn up in the middle of the night and made into a park. Hence, our wedding being there. However, the old terminal building is still standing and that's where our after party was.

The Spazmatics performed until all hours of the night.

 

And Spencer and I danced until every single person went home.

It was truly one of the best nights of our lives. I'm sure there will be many times in our life that will top this night (you know like birth of children etc :)) but wow, this was a good one. I married a really incredible human in front of every other human I love. What more could you ask for?

If there's something I left off that you're curious about, let me know, otherwise, I hope you all enjoyed this adsurdly, long, drawn out, look into our wedding.

Photographer: Aaron Delesie
Wedding planner: Marina Birch from Birch Design Studio
Flowers and decor : Kehoe Designs
Lighting and Tent : Frost
Venue: Northerly Island, Chicago IL
Catering: Food for Thought
Wedding Dress: Oscar de la Renta
Brides Shoes: Jimmy Choo
Grooms suit: Brioni
Bridesmaid dresses: Elise Bergman
Paper goods: Jessica Murnane from Suitor
Band: Becca Kaufman Orchestra

You can see all the non-professional photos of our wedding here. Our wedding video here. Installment #1 of professional pictures and installment #2.

Updates on our new house

Now that demo is in full swing at our new house I am spending all of my free time trying to get things decided on and ordered. As I realized with this home, Spencer is a very opinionated "client". We spent last night looking at mantles, tile, pendants and wallpaper. All things I never thought he cared about... all things he feels very strongly about.

Here are some of things we considered, decided on and/or discarded. Just thought it might be fun to share where my head is at

This sofa is fabulous. Love how streamlined it looks but is probably still really comfy.

(via Sheryl Crow's home)

Love this mantle profile, its different than what you see everywhere, but ultimately we decided it might be a little too simple.

This beautiful parquet is serving as inspiration for a couple different things

(via)

We're going white on our main level, but other than that I totally undecided on decor. Surprise, surprise, I do know we're going a very different direction in our bedroom at the new house. So if anyone is interested in a coral/pink, custom, king sized headboard at an awesome price (in the Chicago area), let me know!

Photo by Anjali Pinto

In case anyone is looking for a Chicago area contractor we're working with Scott Lyon Construction. They are fantastic!

Weekend Recap

Last week was absolutely nuts. I had the most amazing install, with the most amazing client. I absolutely cannot wait to share pictures, but she hasn't even seen the house yet, so I can't show you guys before her! And she sometimes reads this little blog (hey J)

This mouse celebrated Mother's Day by staring at me (while looking a little bit stoned) until I got up and fed him.

My momma and I went for a long walk for Mother's Day and went to the zoo. How gorgeous it that zebra with the purple flowers? Wow they are amazing animals

Renovations started at our new house. Pretty crazy how quickly things can be ripped apart.

It was a little chilly this weekend, the sun was shining and the flowers are gorgeous from the rain last week. So ready for 80 degrees this week.