Artichoke Love!

Whew! I'm back. I've been out of ton visiting with my grandpa and have had a lot of fun. Of course, being in a little Southern town can be very frustrating seeing as internet/wi-fi is not existent in his little town!

Anyway, I figured I'd give you all something to drool at (found here via projectwedding).

All I have to say is WOW! You know, I love to look at bouquets, and I find myself particularly drawn to ones with a textured look. Sure, a bunch of roses are great, but give me something a little different and I'm happy. I love when bouquets have berries, fruit, twigs, or anything a little unique to build that texture.

So speaking of unique - here's a bouquet with artichokes! It's amazing, it's different, it's fantastic! Enjoy! (I know right - Artichokes! It's so cool.) I would love to know what that leafy green stuff is, to the left of the artichoke. Anybody know?

A Possible Pearcock Party Part One!

Sidebar: You know, as cliche as it is, the feeling of being in love, and knowing that you're just going to be together is one of the best feelings ever. It just feels good inside.

Anyway, as I mentioned before, I was curious about a peacock themed wedding. Lisabrueck assured me there was such a thing so I did a little investigating! As a paper lover myself, I started with invitations (which, also logically, seems like a good place to start).

Believe it or not, I was actually surprised with the amount of peacock/peacock themed invitations I found. I just thought that maybe there was not a large niche for a peacock theme, but perhaps I was wrong! There were actually a whole whole lot, but I just picked out some faves to share.

Enjoy :).
(I will link the original source to the image, so just click the image for the link.)

A little Green

You know, I'd like to think I'm a fairly nice person and pretty nice, friendly and outgoing to people. Winning a "best customer service" award for the whole past year would back that up.

I like my friends, I try to help them out as much as possible. . . Normally, I'd say that I go out of my way to help others, but I guess this isn't always the case.

It seems like weddings/w planning brings out the little green monster in me.
I was never as much of a jealous person as I am now. I don't know what it is about this wedding (and I think I can blame a little on the WIC-wedding industry complex), but I feel like I'm in a competition with other brides. It's like I'm in a race and I have to win!

It's not just all brides I'm "competing" with, its the people I used to know - the girls I went to high school with that are now engaged as well. I can't put my finger on what it is exactly, but I'm determined to "win."

I can feel all my judgey feels as soon as I start to think about it - It's horrible!

For instance - there are 2 girls whom I was kind of friends with, but only in passing, but they are both now engaged. My first large annoyance is that they're both a year younger than me and planning a wedding from a yearish by now. Honestly, I'm a little upset by the fact that they've been engaged less than Mr.TB & I have, getting married sooner than we are, and are younger than we are. I mean, really, at age 21 I'm pretty young for this whole wedding business - I feel like I just hit the socially acceptable "cut off" point. But these girls are 20. Lame, right? I know. (Green monster, for reals).

But here's where it's gets bad. . .reallllly 'green'. The one girl (who is marrying a guy twice her age with 3 kids who are closer to her age than she is. . .oh wait, no judging!) is thinking about getting married on the date that Mr.TB and I originally chose. I know that I have to (seriously) get past my emotional attachment to that day. Its not ours anymore, we need to move on. We're gonna have a new day to love - about a year after the original one. Anyway - TB and I still have the church booked for that day (mental note: cancel) and part of me wants to hold onto it for a little bit longer just so this girl can't have it.

Does that make me a horrible person? Probably. But I can't help it - I feel like I have to have the perfect wedding . . . and to have the perfect wedding, that means everyone else has to have an imperfect wedding.

I'll work on it, I promise. It kind of puts me in a foul mood knowing that I could act like this. :(
I think I just need a little perspective? Perhaps, the fact that so many people have found love should be enough to keep my head above water.

Oh boy. . .Well aside from all that suckyness, here's something to make you smile (Source):