Metaphorically, speaking

Dear you,
or me.

Today, something great happened. As you were slicing your Kraft cheese, you glanced at the expiration date. And I know, why do we always start these letters so strangely? Because I'm me. or you. or whatever. The date just so happened to be October 16th. The day you and Dean so lovingly picked out together after finding you had to wait another eight months to be married.
Four months and two weeks, exactly.

And as a Heavenly Father devotee, you instantly felt it was a gift from God. I know, I know. An expiration date is a gift from God? Now everyone just sounds pathetically insane. But you never look at the expiration dates (unless they are in yours and Dean's fridge--and then who knows how long that cheese has been in there.)

BUT ANYWAY. That just made your day so fantastic--to finally have something expire in your wedding month. And then, your dad just plants a giant, fantastic, surprising, metaphorical gift right in your metaphorical lap that you have the option to open now, or wait to open.
And you've decided to open this beautifully metaphoric gift from God.

And now you and Dean will be able to grow together closer to God nightly, weekly, monthly--or whenever you please.

And that is enough to make these next four months and two weeks a piece of cake.

love always//talor

Wedding Bells.

So since I'm getting married in April, I am of course all over Pinterest looking up colors, dresses, accessories, etc. I got engaged back in September and have changed my mind countless times. From a woodsy theme to a Gatsby theme, from pastel colors to bright colors. But I'm a strong believer that your wedding should reflect the love you share--not the latest wedding trends of 2014. So I started thinking outside of the box and it's really hard to try to capture the essence of the relationship sometimes (unfortunately for wedding planning his favorite things consist of movies that begin with "Star" and computer-geeky things) BUT I'm lucky enough to have a very easy going fiancé who supports every phase of the wedding planning, and I really wanted to capture the love we have. The theme of our wedding is basically an old fashioned tea party, with romantic quotes from old novels, famous love letters, and tea cups galore. I. Am. So. Excited. 

My inspiration? 

 

A few Christmases ago my mom bought me a book capturing the most beautifully written love letters of all time. Since then, I'm obsessed with writers and their love. Seriously nothing is more beautiful than Zane Grey's letters and John Keats. I burst into tears. 

Poetry is always, always beautiful. 

Jane Austen themed. Holy cuss I died over these pictures. 

I am such a fan of tea cups ever since I saw an Alice in Wonderland themed party. So whimsical and refreshing. 

My mom will be making my cake, which means so much to me. I hate fondant and the huge cakes that take weeks and weeks to eat. This cake is beautiful and simple and I love the use of wild flowers. 

I saw these boots on Pinterest and immediately wanted to be transported into the Victorian Era. From October to April I am only ever wearing boots. So I only thought it was natural that I had to have an old fashioned wedding shoe....which is why I took a whole week and finally found these. And I bought them and they fit perfect and I could cry. 

And these are our colors. Emerald and gold are the main colors (with an added hint of black) and blush and mint are in the details. 

Obviously I can't speak about my wedding dress, because Dean will read this. But it's so beautiful and elegant and timeless. I have never worn anything so beautiful.