I'm baaaaaack!!

Yes, I know... I've been away for a while now. It's just that lately I had been feeling like I had absolutely nothing to blog about!! There were no wedding plans progressing, and what was I to blog about? My dog?? lol, um nah..

Thankfully, I got in to full swing with this whole "wedding planning." We finally picked a date in January. There's really no reason for choosing January, we just did! I figured what better way to start a new year, than to marry the person you love!?

Speaking of marrying, and wedding planning, we finally narrowed down our venue search. I know I had talked alot about places we went to visit, like Trevisio, Artista, and Petroleum Club. Although I liked all of those venues, I didn't really love them, so we never really committed to anything. At first we were pretty set on booking Trevisio, surprisingly, with all that blue decor. But I just felt that I didn't love it, and that I was settling if we did. I mean, don't get me wrong, its a beautiful restaurant, but I just couldn't ever get over the blue walls, blue chairs... it made ME blue...

Until... I casually inquired about The Magnolia Hotel in Downtown. I originally thought it would be waaaaay out of our budget, I mean the place is so nice. God must have really been looking out for us, because we got a great deal at the hotel!! We are super lucky, and I am extremely blessed! So we booked The Magnolia Hotel for our wedding in January! I'm extremely excited! Below are some pictures of an open house at the hotel. Isn't it beautiful!? We've booked the church as well! I'm excited to start the whole marriage preparation with the church, I'm actually excited about the marriage classes. I'm thinking we'll learn alot about ourselves, values, and future expectations. I can't wait! Seriously!

This is the ballroom where our reception will take place.

Photography by Sharon Nicole

So I've been thinking about colors... oh lord, colors! With so many weddings this year, um about 5 to be exact, I have a lot to think about! I definitely want something that's all my own! Last, I blogged about having a pretty formal wedding, with a black and white, and champagne color scheme. I still love the idea of black and white, but after I saw the images on my previous post, I almost knew this is what I wanted. I've been searching high and low, and I think I'm still going to keep the black and white color scheme, but I want to throw in some gray/pewter and pops of some deep, deep purple. It's still formal, but there's some color in there! I guess we'll have to see how my "vision" pans out in these coming months!

Here are a couple of inspiration boards that have tickled my fancy lately...

via jomygoodness

via the cake blog

via wedding window