Friday, May 22, 2015
Love, Travel and WEDDINGS!!!
Love, Travel and WEDDINGS!!!
It's been an AMAZING, but whirlwind-speed, two weeks that have passed since our last |
| Feeling proud of my labors of love. =) |
post! Our little family (like a lot of you, I am SURE) are consumed each day with shuffling kiddos around to and from their various activities on top of our regular jobs, responsibilities and homes to take care of... It's taken to another entire level when you add in holidays (Mother's Day), travel (Colorado!) and special events (Weddings!!!).... So, with all three of these hitting within the last two weeks, humor me while I catch my breath and catch you up on US...
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LOVE: MOTHER'S DAY ~
After a week spent between time working on wedding store projects and time battling the dandelions sprouting in our lawn, I was toast. Literally... My sunburn was ridiculously awful. (I nag my children constantly about sunscreen and somehow forget myself on possibly THE sunniest day we'd seen yet here in northern Illinois. How in the??? Ugh.) In case you're wondering, it didn't even turn into a tan, it simply peeled because it was THAT bad. Booooooooooo.
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| Us and our kiddos. |
TRAVEL: COLORADO ~
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| Our girls were tired! (Our baby girl and her Gram) |
It was such a short, jam-packed, beautiful visit. It's always bittersweet going back HOME, but even more so when you have such limited time and let's face it; time is just something there is never enough of, no matter the situation....
I never get to see everyone that I want to see in one, extra-short visit.
However, it was definitely a great weekend of family and of seeing the
faces I had missed SO MUCH, in the flesh, to hug and squeeze with
all my might. I absolutely relished the time with both sides of our
family. Seeing all of my nephews, hanging with family, going HOME and
sleeping in my old bed, laughing together
with all of our family-it's these special times that my heart
hangs on to most when I am yearning for yet another visit...
THE WEDDING ~
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| 7AM Set-up and decoration time!! |
The main event of our visit was our Uncle Paul and Aunt
Val's wedding. We enjoyed every moment of helping out with
decorating, setting up and tried to take advantage of every
second we could possible, to just "be together" with everyone. When you
get a group of us Padilla's together- you have the amazingly
soul-filling gift of laughter... Always.... So, spending time together
prepping the decorations and adding elegant touches to the tables on the
morning of the wedding, wasn't work by any means at all. Instead, it was just (early) fun, family time that we honestly felt so grateful to have...
From the awesome rehearsal dinner to the "big day" itself, everything was such a seamless, thoughtfully put together affair. Uncle Paul and Aunt Val , I am sure, felt so proud of all the work they had put into the wedding, together with their kids for months before the wedding.
Elegant ambiance filled the room, anchored by multiple mason jars embellished with lace, crystals, floral and burlap touches that lit up each table and was accented by the burlap table runners bringing it all together. Beautiful hand-crafted, Pinterest inspired signs added whimsical and rustic touches to the atmosphere. There was music, laughing, dancing, chasing kiddos, MORE laughing.... IT WAS an an AMAZING and beautiful wedding... Congratulations, again, to Uncle Paul and Aunt Val!
"May joy and peace surround you,
contentment latch your door,
and happiness be with you now
and bless you evermore!"~Irish Wedding Blessing
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| The happy couple and some of my favs' from their special day. (Notice the cute butterflies from our store!?) |
All of our love, to our friends and family in Colorado!! See you again SOON!!! xoxo
Friday, May 1, 2015
It's Wedding Season!
It's Wedding Season!
Wedding season is officially upon us!!!
Can you feel it in the air???
I can!!
With invites and special save-the-dates pinned to the cork-board for upcoming weddings, wedding shows and exhibits; I found myself just consumed with excitement this morning. The usual "What will I wear?" type questions as well as the excitement of seeing the seasons new dresses on the runways themselves- had my stomach in complete "butterfly mode. (It's almost as though it's my wedding I'm planning here, every time I have the honor of serving another client. I seriously get THAT excited and yearn for it to be THAT perfect...ya know?)So .... In honor of the next few weeks and months of a busy, exciting season- I'm posting a video sneak-peek with some of our newest arrivals! We've gotten so many amazing new products in the last two weeks that I really just want to close the shades, turn on movies like "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "Wedding Date" and just play dress up and..... bake... lol Seriously, I'm ridiculous over here and I'm dying for you to see some of the fun and beautiful stuff we've gotten lately... (To boot, it's been super hectic but I didn't want to just skip our weekly "catch-up" time here on the blog.)
With that said, in the spirit of girlfriends coming over to see your latest "finds" from shopping - take a peek... =)
xo
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