In planning Baby Jones’ room, my desire to DIY has really kicked up a few notches. I started by thinking about materials I already had from other projects and thought about how I could incorporate them into something cute and unconventional from their original uses. My starting point (of course) was Pinterest. It may sound…
Author: lkdris
Making the First Move
image from imgarcade.com “You are the closest I will ever come to magic.” ― Suzanne Finnamore, The Zygote Chronicles In a prior posted, I talked about the anxiety that came with waiting for Baby Jones to finally start moving in my stomach so that I could feel her. At my last doctor’s appointment, the sonographer…
Registry Woes
Over the last few weeks, I decided to get started on my baby registries with the expectation that I would have as much fun as I did creating a wedding registry. WRONG! To be honest, creating a baby registry is challenging and a bit frustrating. I went into the process with such excitement to pick…
Pink or Blue?
For the last few months, I’ve been uneasy about being pregnant… but probably not for the reasons you would expect. Thankfully, I have had an incredibly easy pregnancy. No morning sickness, no icky feelings, just really tired and really hungry initially. My mom had 6 kids and often reminded me that she was sick throughout…
46 Days Wed
About a month and a half into marriage and I figured I should catch you guys up on everything in our lives, especially our big day! For the most part, things went off without a hitch, with the exception of rain literally everyday in the month of May. In my mind, I had a beautiful…
Let Them Eat Cake!
There’s a little over a month until my wedding date and I’ve had a relatively easy planning process so it totally makes sense that at some point something was bound to go wrong…. I was perusing Facebook as I do from time to time and I stumbled across a story someone posted about a local…
Engagement Shoot
A few weeks ago, James and I took engagement photos and I was so nervous up until the shoot started. For our looks, we chose urban, edgy clothes for one look and another dressier look. Our photographer, D. Lacy, did an amazing job picking locations that fit with the feel we wanted. Here are a…
A Walk in Paris
This weekend was my Parisian themed bridal shower and it was beyond my wildest dreams! There was so much thought put into every detail from the decor, to the food, to the gifts — I am truly blessed to have such amazing people in my life. I’m so thankful for each person that helped with…
I Love You Like a Fat Kid Loves Cake
As much as I love food, I am remiss that I haven’t talked much about the food aspect of our wedding! So far, the only food item officially selected is the wedding cake. Wedding cake starts around $4-5 per serving (basically per person) and can increase in cost depending upon detail, flavors and other factors….
Vacay Gone Cray Cray
Right now I’m looking out of the window and the snow is coming down like crazy! So I’m taking my mind to a warmer place and thinking about our upcoming honeymoon plans. Our wedding planning has been relatively stress-free thus far, so it only seems right that I felt the need to drum up a…
A House Is Not A Home
Aside from getting married and spending the rest of my life with my love, one of the things that most excited me about getting engaged is creating a registry!!! I know it sounds so June Cleaver, but I love domestic activities like cooking and decorating…. cleaning not so much, but I’m just waiting to hit…
I Got 99 Problems….
I Got 99 Problems But My Wedding Ain’t One… As I look at my wedding countdown there are 99 short days until my wedding. Yesterday marked 100 days until the Driskell/Jones wedding and tomorrow is Valentine’s Day so it seems apropos that today would mark my next blog post. I’ve really been thinking about what…
There's Joy In The Journey 