#JourneytoJohn

 It's definitely true when they say your wedding day is a blur, and I'm so thankful for these images captured by Mike Moon! My Aunt did a beautiful job on the florals, and I'm spoiled with love from my family and friends who helped get all the detailed together while I got to enjoy the day with my Mom and bridesmaids. Thank you to everyone who celebrated our day, especially my Mom and Dad who did everything they could to make our day a fairytale.  I plan to share a little more of the detailed shots later, but I wanted to link everything I can here so it's all in one place! 

We picked Little River Farms for our venue because driving though Milton always gives me such peace. My mother grew up just two streets over and had her wedding reception at her childhood home, so it felt like the perfect place for us. Not to mention, I was in love with all the natural light throughout the house and the southern touches without screaming country. I knew I wanted a southern theme, but I didn't want to scare Tim's Pennsylvania family away on their first night as family ;) 

A funny story from the morning of the wedding... I managed to lock my keys in my car with my dress in the trunk! I got to my parent's house with Chick-fil-a biscuits (#shedforthewed) and I guess I was so excited to bite into one that I left the keys inside! I had to laugh it off, and luckily there was plenty of time to go back to our townhome and get my spare set.   

My bridal attire and accessories: 

Dress Boutique: Joan Pillow | Intrigue gown my Monique Lhuillier 

Reception Dress: On sale! I hemmed mine 4 inches and closed the slit in the back. It fits true to size

Shoes: Jimmy Choo | Reception Shoes

 Veil: Blanca Veils (c/o) - ask for a drop veil with lace #5  

Robe 

Earrings 

Garter 

 Hair Pins 

 Perfume 

Hanger  

Ring Box: The Mrs Box 

  

Bridal Party Attire:

Bridesmaid Attire: Bella Bridesmaids Atlanta (Dresses in All Tomorrows Party: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4)

Bridal Party Robes: Morgan Taylor (Macys) 

Mother of the Bride Robe | Mother of the Bride Dress

Mensware: Menguin

Vendors:

Month of coordinator and reception thank you's: Shelley Legg

Wedding Venue: Little River Farms 

Photographer: Mike Moon

Videographer: David Goehring 

Calligrapher (welcome sign, escort table, and bar menu): @Malliglyphics 

Hair and Makeup: Brushworx (my artist was Marlene)

Catering: Talk of the Town

DJ: Complete Music

Officiant: John, a family friend

Cake: Lush Cakery -  Our filling flavors were salted caramel and 

triple chocolate hazelnut, which I unfortunately didn't get to try!

Invitations: Ink Paper and Gifts

Florals: My Aunt

Random's:

gold lanterns at the ceremony

Ribbon: I used an ivory, champagne, and gold dot ribbon from Joannes 

table runners: fabric from Gails Fabrics 

Business card wedding website insert: Zazzle 

Gold sweetheart table dinnerware: utensils / chargers / chairs: HomeGoods

Table Numbers: Decals made by my cousin, applied to acrylic from Ann Jackson Gallery

Bride flask: gift from my bridesmaid from Francescas 

Plate with food: gifted from my maid of honor from Anthropologie

 Best day ever cups and pink napkins: Swoozies 

Selfie Sticks:  Amazon

Champagne gummy bears: Sugarfina

Dot champagne glasses: Hobby Lobby

Dot ice bucket

If you're an Atlanta bride to be, or have any other questions about our wedding feel free to reach out! I'd be happy to help :) Thank you all for following along on my #JourneytoJohn

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Just Maui'd

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE RED FLORAL PRINT THREE QUARTER SLEEVE JUMPSUIT  |  TORY BURCH MILLER SANDALS  |  GUCCI SOHO LEATHER DISCO BAG  |  KAREN WALKER NUMBER ONE SUNGLASSES  |  FOREVER21 SUN HAT (OLD)  |  

In Maui we basically soaked up all the down time and food we could before it was back to the real world. Our favorite place to eat on the trip would definitely be Mama's Fish House. It's a splurgy meal, but everything we had from the service to dessert was on point. It can be a little tricky to get there if you don't have a car, so I would recommend to schedule out an Uber for 2 hours after your reservation. We wined and dinned longer there than I would have expected, plus you want to check out the property before the sun goes down too!

If you're staying on Wailea Beach, I recommend to rent snorkeling gear and swim along the lava rocks in between the two beaches. There are sea turtles everywhere! Unless you really want to spend $80 I would pass on the "guaranteed sea turtles" paddle boarding/snorkeling tour. We went snorkeling at about 9:30 and saw plenty!

Of course where there's shopping at the front of your hotel, you have to check out the shops too! I ended up splurging on a new cross body bag I've had my eye on because it was 25% cheaper than back at home plus the tax is a little less too #justified. Like I need another brown cross body, but my mom has been using mine for the last year so it's basically hers now ;)

Unfortunately the breakfast at our resort wasn't comparable to the two previous resort stays, so both mornings afterward we walked to Longhis which had a cute vibe and yummy brunch selection. Eat all the pineapple you can on the islands, and just know the food is going to be more expensive than you're used to!

This romper is a great price right now, and if you have a warmer fall climate you can pair it with booties and call it a day. I would recommend sizing up if you can go between sizes, it's a little short for my comfort zone. Also, how cute is Tim in his little sea turtle shirt we got from Tory Richard?! I guess there are a few positives to delayed baggage ;)