~Mosaic Monday . . .Weddings~

Happy Monday!

I hope you are all recouped from Super Bowl and the weekend.

We had a crazy remodellign weekend, more on this soon . . .

AND I've gone a week without drinking lol. 

Yes even at Super Bowl party, a birthdya bash AND a date night.

3 more weeks to go . . .

Anywho I have some pretty images in a mosaic for your viewing pleasure:

1. Vintage Wedding, 2. 1920s vintage wedding at Treowen House, 3. Vintage Wedding, 4. Wedding Sign Set of 3 , 5. L'amore di settembre, 6. Christian, 7. purple-and-yellow-wedding-flowers-2, 8. Photo by Stephanie Williams, 9. Shabby Knife, Fork, and Spoon Tags, 10. yellow candy buffet, 11. vintage barn garden wedding with lavendar wildflowers in mason jars and glass lanterns, 12. Stephanie Williams Photography, 13. lavendar purple wedding details flowers and brides shoes14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

AND on that note: I have something to announce . .

Nope not getting married (we did that 2 1/2 years ago!)

BUT . . .

I am helping with my friend's wedding,

and my hubby has been pushing me to try my hand at wedding planning.

Crazy right!?

But he does have some good points . . .

 I LOVE to plan, design, decorate, create, coordinate themes, and I love anything to do with weddings.  I can craft up anything to help with the weddings . .

So here we go on a new adventure.  Not sure if it's for me, BUT we'll find out.

So in order for me to research and find ideas . . .

I've subscribed to wedidng mags, read some planning books . . . and

I started a new blog!

Simply by Tamara Nicole

So come chk it out!

 Only a week old, but hopefully full of some fun eye candy and wedding links.

ALSO: call for ideas/ possible vendors!

I know some of my lovely blog friends do calligraphy, etc. so if that's you please contact me!

OR if you know of some lovely wedding sites let me know!

Weddings@simplytamaranicole.com

here wo goooooo . . . we shall see where this takes me!
I've already planned mine and helped plan 4 other friends . . . I think I got this covered.

Wish me luck!

~Wedding Love~

Hey ya'll! I can't believe it's already Thursday . . . crazy!

Quick post today to share a few pics from a good friend's wedding,
photography by In A Frame Photography (same one I used for my wedding, I love Cheryl!)Bekah's wedding

Ohhhh yeah and that's me doing her makeup, awww!

She wore super cute cowgirl boots, as well as her hubby and her lil girl . . .

Her daughter's dress was made from Bekah's grandma's wedding dress, how adorable?!

Love this little girl!

Oh I just love weddings!

 

AND good news . . .  I get to help plan my other friend's wedding for this Sept, soooo excited! So that's 2 thatw e are attending so far this summer, but you know how they spring up at this age so probably more:-)

Do you already have weddings planned this summer?

Hope you guys have a great day!

~Mosaic Monday . . . Weddings!~

Happy Happy Monday!

Here to give a quick Mosaic Monday post . . .

and then off to paint paint paint on my day off!

(ONE more week until the Tacoma Holiday Show!!!)

My firend Bekah is getting married next Sunday!!!!

So this is for her and her

"Country Wedding"

1. Joe and Jin's wedding, 2. Light the way, 3. black wedding sign with arrow, 4. The orange wedding , 5. boutennire, 6. AmandaWill-3882, 7. Wedding Cupcakes, 8. A Fall Wedding, 9. Happy ( I DO! ) Bench Monday!, 10. my favorite tree, 11. ann1, 12. Untitled, 13. Cowboy Boots14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

How exciting!!!

We had her Bachelorette Party/Day-o-fun yesterday, woot woot!

Soooo fun:-)

Will post more pics once I get my "party camera" back hee hee.

A few pics of the day to hold you over until then from our mini photoshoot on Alki:

The beautiful soon-to-be-bride

The crew

Anywho I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!!!

~Have a wonderful week my lovelies~

Tunes for your Tuesday . . . Jack Johnson style

One of my favorite songs by Jack Johnson, so sweet!

So I know it's just the lyrics and not an actual video, but it's so cute I had to share:-)

Angel by Jack Johnson

For our wedding, my hubby made a cd of our fave love songs, and this was one of them . . . still makes me smile when I hear it!

So as most of my fabulous readers know,

we had our 2 year anniversary last week.

Last week I was asking you all for your relationship advice to share with all of us . . .

 just curious to see what people say on how to "keep the fire" for years and years. 

Although marriage is easy when you have a great "mate", I know it can take work at times.

Understanding

Sacrifice

Giving in

Saying Sorry

Sincerity

(here)

I wanted to share the fabulous thoughts that some of my readers shared,

and

please add your own lovey-dovey advice.

~Diana~ said: "We usually try to take a trip....and make it very special:)"

~Nikosmommy~ "Marriage isn't totally hard (in my opinion) but it does take extra effort during the tough times (when life gets tricky) and of course it's challenging after you have kids!! They (kids) can take over your world and you can forget who you are as part of a couple."

(here)

~Lila~ "Last anniversary my husband was working in Vegas. He flew me out there and had a box of chocolates on the hotel bed. Then he surprised me with an awesome dinner and took me to The Phantom of the Opera. It was romantic and lovely!"

~Aislinn~ "The key is to listen to each other and sometimes taking a walk in the middle of a fight cools everybody down. Also doing something small just because, is great!"

~Debby~ "My best advice... compromise and agree to disagree and laugh as much as you can!"

(here)

~Heather~ "Love and laughter and respect and appreciation seem to be some key ingredients."

~It's Simple Love~ "keep no secrets from each other! And be selfless"

~Marie~ "Communication and being the best of friends"

(here)

~Miss Caitlin S~ "we usually just cook together over wine with more kisses than usual"

~What great ideas and thoughts . . .Thank you all!!!~

I'll leave you with some thoughtful quotes about marriage . . .

"I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life." ~Rita Rudner

(hee hee)

 

"Chains do not hold a marriage together.  It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years."  ~Simone Signoret

(here)

"Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate."  ~Barnett R. Brickner

"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."  ~Mignon McLaughlin

"Don't smother each other.  No one can grow in shade."  ~Leo Buscaglia

(here)

Any more advice you'd like to share?

What makes your relationship work?

Happy Happy Tuesday . . . enjoy!

~Tunes for your Tuesday . . . Melpo Mene . . . Anniversary edition~

Happy 2 years of wedded bliss to me and my hubby!!!

Ok . . . on one hand I feel like I've known hubby forever (instead of 3 years), but it feels like just yesterday we were planning our big day.
Time flies when you are having fun!

This week's Tunes for your Tuesday is dedicated to my hubby,
thanks for an amazing 2 years. 
You are my angel, thank you for finding me.
I can not imagine life without you, my bestie:-)

Our unique first dance song . . .

Melpo Mene "I Adore You"

Happy 2 year, and here's to MANY many many more!

A few (ok a lot of) wedding pics from the lovely night of September 21st, 2008

ala In A Frame Photography . . .

(if I explained each pic this would be wayyyyy too long, but there are some funny AND cute stories maybe for another day)

*Fights do happen over bouquets . . . crazy bridesmaids!*

And they lived happily ever after . . .

(Cheryl Jones from In a Frame Photography you rock!)

To celebrate this joyous occasion:

2 days in Victoria, BC!

~Mosaic Monday~

Happy Monday to you all!

This week's Mosaic Monday is in honor of our second anniversary . . .

tomorrow!

Yup Sept 21, 2008

 My (handsome, perfect) hubby and I were married!

Best 2 years of my life!!!

(More on this tomorrow, along with tons of fun wedding pics, you already know!)

~Enjoy~

1. My God … It's Full of Stars…, 2. Sparklers., 3. Daily Disney - Balloon, Anyone? (Explored), 4. touch of summer, 5. hope that your heart's always warm, 6. Celebrate Love!, 7. Wedding Ring, 8. Beautiful Dahlia, 9. two years passed !, 10. ♥♥♥ Happy Birthday to me! ♥♥♥, 11. Sweeter Love, 12. Red ,, 13. Shakespeare & roses...14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

I love my Mondays off!

Today:
*Going to get my "hair did"*
*coffee/bachelorette party planning with Annie*
*Making Sheperd's Pie*
*Hitting the gym*
*More crafts*

I also had a fabulously productive and fun weekend, photos in a post soon.

So in leiu of our anniversary . . .

How do you all celebrate your anniversary?

If married, for how long?

I think marriage is super fabulous and pretty easy, BUT it's only been 2 years right?!
And it helps that my hubby is pretty darn cute and amazing!

So whether you are married, divorced, dating, or single with past experience . . .

What are your relationship secrets:-)

Do share we all would love to hear!!!