151 days to go...

God is good!
In so many ways!


Kyle and I found an apartment at Century Arbor Place apartments, He is moving out of his place at the end of June and just has to secure our place this week!


I found an internship, so graduation here I come. I'm working for Pineapple House Interiors in Atlanta, Ga. Check them out! My friend Kate and I will be working together all summer long!

Danae, Kate, and I at the Peek party

We also found out that Cade Hornsby, may be attending our wedding, at least that is what his mommy Ally Hornsby is hoping! Her due date got pushed up to the week before our wedding!! But if he is anything like his sister he will be late! So cade please be here on time! Your mommy and daddy would thank you!


I'm excited that I'm almost done with school so I can really focus in on wedding planning.


A few months ago I ordered a custom wedding dress hanger from Lilafrances (Anna Hartshorn) on Etsy! I had totally forgotten about it until a few weeks ago when it showed up on my doorstep!!

My amazing hanger!

Isn't it great! It's all handmade that is why it took so long to get to me!! She is so talented!Its very delicate so she suggests that you only use it for pictures and not for storing a wedding dress. But still it is going to make one amazing wedding dress photo! Her story is pretty cool. 

Check her out  http://www.etsy.com/people/lilafrances?ref=ls_profile !!

Also the book that I made out blurb arrived!! yay for that. I compiled our engagement photos in a book. (have I already told ya'll about this?? I can't remember so if I did just keep scrolling down!) Its wonderful, I had to tweak a few pages and I'm planning on ordering them as gifts for two certain mothers! Blurb is great and everyone should use it! 
Preview the whole thing here! http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2086762?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget

The front cover!

I would now like to say a few words to my fiance. 
As a punishment for you spilling Coke on my portfolio over the weekend I have now registered us for pink plates! Seriously while you were still at work yesterday, I was at the mall updating our registry at Crate and Barrel! Here's what I picked out!
Oh in addition to the plates I also added pink champagne flutes to the list. Don't believe me?
Here they are... and now I know they don't look pink in the picture. But trust me they are the pinkest of pink! I love you! and now when you drink out of these or eat off of the plates you will always remember to put a 
lid on your byron's cup so you 

will never spill another drink on something important ever again! Yes that's right folks starting October 1st the stokes family will be a lid and straw family!! haha, never again will another important document be ruined due to an un-lidded cup! 

After finishing my senior thesis, I had a lack of things to do and started going stir crazy, so I decided to paint this huge canvas I've had for months. Thinking it would take me through finals or at least the weekend. After I got my new camera I was taking pictures at Kyle's parents house. I took one of his great grandmother's house that turned out really nice. I decided to paint it, again thinking that there was a good amount to the painting. I started late friday afternoon and was done early saturday morning! So now I'm back to going stir crazy, hence this super long post! Here's the painting, I think I'm going to hang it over Kyle and I's bed once I move into the apartment in October!

An amazing giveaway!!

Good Morning friends,

I was stumbling today while taking a break and came across one of my favorite blogs, MaryJanes and Galoshes. Taylor the writer of the blog is very cool, she always has great diy stuff and other fun things. 

She's posted a giveaway for a kelly moore camera bag.

Kelly Moore bags are amazing and I want the posey one in orange! Go visit her website and see her bags and watch the videos on them. The are so well designed and she has just thought of everything.

Anyways all I'm saying is that if I don't win the giveaway Kyle is going to have to get me an early birthday present!!


Just click on the title of this post to get to the site!

164 days to go...

So it has been a while since I've posted. School sucks up all my time, but I only have one more week of college ever!! yay!

Not too much has been happening since I last posted. We've been enjoying being engaged. We celebrated Kyle's mom and sister's birthdays and visited Huntsville for the ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) Alabama state conference, and celebrated our 3 year anniversary. We went to the melting pot...mmm delicious.

at the state conference before the melting pot

We have nailed down our guest list and the save the dates have been printed! I'm just trying to catch sometime to get address and mail them out! 

This weekend Kyle and I are going to go apartment hunting in Douglasville this weekend! I'm so excited I've been looking at places online all week long. Kyle was going to go by himself, but after the list of criteria I gave him (check the type of flooring, and ceiling heights and kitchen layout...etc) he got really nervous and kind of overwhelmed and told me I had to come. So friday we are going to look at a few apartment complexes and maybe  some houses! 

I'll post after this weekend!! 

180 days to go...

6 months to go! 
I can't believe that in 6 months I will be Mrs. Stokes. I really can't wait. seriously, this long distance thing is the pits.


In wedding planning news, not much has happened except oh wait... I got the flash drive that has our engagement pictures on it from miss chelsea patricia sides and well our save the dates are done! YIPEE!


All that is left to do is print and send them out to the lucky folks

this had to go on something since it isn't going on the save the date

Don't get me started on this picture 

I love it. It worked amazingly well on our save the date. But the front of our save the date has this picture on it

Because I hate how on postcard save the dates the side with the address gets neglected. So anyways I sent Kyle a proof and his inner groomzilla (the companion of bridezilla) came out. "I don't think we should have two goofy pictures." "We should have a serious one on the side that faces people when its on the fridge" My response was since when are we serious people. Whatever, and its actually my fault because in the sign picture I am the only one making a goofy face... yea like that's a normal smile Kyle

Long story short we aren't using the sign picture... I'm not bitter... well maybe just a little ( and since they haven't been printed yet maybe I will change them last minute without his approval, I'm devious like that)

Kyle and I spent much of last week getting our guest list together. It was not easy. We know waaaay too many people. But we got it down and now we are just waiting on the lists from our families.


So in my spare time (which if you know me is not very much!) I created a photo book on blurb of all our engagement pictures. I'm going to toot my own horn here for a second; IT LOOKS AMMMMAZZZING
haha but seriously I think it turned out pretty great and it was fun and easy.


I also ordered part of my bridesmaids gifts this week. Kyle responded to that with "we have to give them gifts." He's lucky he is so cute! When I said what do you think you will get your groomsmen? He responded with "I don't know I have six months to figure it out." Men


That's it for now... more to come

the honeymoon isn't over...it hasn't even begun

yesterday Kyle decided upon three honeymoon destinations. Anguilla, the Dominican Republic, and Barbados.
He told me he wanted to see how I felt about these three. Um Helloooo its the beach, its three of the prettiest islands, its the caribbean and its our honeymoon. But still it was sweet of him to run them by me.
I told him I was fine with all three and that he could just surprise me! I think the actual words out of my mouth were, "basically as long as I know what kind of weather to pack for!"
 I'm such a girl...


dominican republic

 

anguilla



 

barbados



How do you feel about these destinations, we'd love your feedback! ( actually kyle probably wouldn't, its a man thing ya know like not asking for directions!)



186 days to go...

Hey-O!
so lets back up for a moment and allow me to catch you up. we've been engaged for about 3 months now and we have gotten alot done!


We are very fortunate to have parents who are very willing to help as well as an amazing wedding planner! Randy is the greatest! 


Kyle proposed on my birthday December 24th and after calling friends and family, we jumped into planning!

post proposal: you've gotta love those teary eyes

The week after we got engaged we set a date, secured a venue and decided upon our bridal party! Kyle was overwhelmed but I couldn't get enough of it. I started reading magazines and blogs daily. 

Not only do I have a notebook full of magazine pages, I also have a folder on my computer full of screen shots from blogs or pictures I've seen online. I've become a bit over organized with it since things are categorized into sub folders but oh well, I'm the BRIDE!

When I got back to Auburn, My sweet roommates and I went to dinner, while my amazing friends set up a surprise engagement party at our house. I unlocked our door and walked in to have everyone jump up and shout surprise. All of my bridesmaids were there as well as a bunch of my closest girlfriends!

me and my sweet roommates

the amazing cookie cake

Martin Luther King Weekend brought me my dress. My mom and I decided spur of the moment to go dress shopping in Atlanta, just to get our feet wet. It was the second dress I tried on, but when you know you know. We also picked out bridesmaids dresses that weekend. I drove back there with a few of my bridesmaids to try on dresses.

As you can see we are just checking things off the list

Registering was an adventure. Kyle and I discovered how many things one could possibly need for their new home. The gadget wall at BedBath&Beyond was daunting. Kyle's one contention for him coming along was that he could be in charge of the scanner the whole time, and he was a scanner dictator, I didn't get to scan anything. I did get to pick everything, but for some reason clicking a button is so much better!

We took engagement pictures with Chelsea Patricia, who is by far the most amazing photographer on this planet!

 

sallieandkyle.cpmacphotography.com (our save the date site)

She took us to some amazing places in Atlanta and cranked out some awesome photos!

Kyle was a trooper, (he's not good with multiple photos being taken of him, weirdo!) After seeing how he acted during the photos after his sister's wedding I didn't have high hopes. That is part of the reason we are taking pictures before our wedding, I don't think I can stand to here him whine about how hungry he is. 

The kid is always hungry

We've been pretty much a team when it comes to planning, but when I went home for spring break I found myself having to make some decisions without Kyle! I selected our fine china and our invitations. Fine china was a bit daunting cause its the stuff you are going to use for fooooooorrrrrrevvvvvver! I picked some amazing pieces and took a picture on my phone to send to kyle.

I THOUGHT CELL PHONES HAD GOTTEN BETTER AT TAKING PICTURES?

He called me in a panic asking why I had registered us for pink china! I had to calm him down fast reassuring him that I did not select pink china for him to eat his meals off of! How could he think I would pick pink?!

But in his defense the picture does make the plates look pink 

Now we are tackling our guest list and trying to get our parent's lists so we can send out our AMMMMAAAZZZING save the date cards!

So now that I've caught you up, I will end this post. (you're welcome)

Hello!

I'm Sallie and I'm planning a wedding!
I got engaged on December 24th, 2010 to my wonderful fiance Kyle!

Isn't he the cutest!

I have finally gotten around to setting up a blog to chronicle the adventures that we are having while planning the best wedding ever! (yes friends get excited!)

So in the weeks to come I hope to share what is going on in our lives as we prepare to take a gigantic step in life!!