DIY Southern Wedding

Easter weekend I had the privilege of being the coordinator for my sweet friend Elizabeth's wedding. She and her mom remind me so much of me and my mother. The wedding and reception were held at Davies Plantation, which is a historic site just outside of Memphis. It was absolutely beautiul. They had planned out everything and crafted and DIY'd lots of details. So without further ado...

Loved this chest that was set up for the guestbook

Since the wedding was the Saturday before Easter, they had an egg hunt to keep the kids occupied during pictures.

The bride and groom are all about desserts. So instead of one big cake, they had assortment of different desserts.

The bride and groom love donuts!

 

I love this chest in the entry.

The reception hall

All the tables had different centerpieces. Some had books stacked, or pedastals with candles. The pictures were of the bride and groom and some were of their parents and grandparents on their wedding days.

The favors were Mason glasses that we used during the reception and took home after.

They also had cute little bottled Cokes and had a "Bully" (MSU mascot where the bride attended) bottle opener.

 

The happy couple!

Cute ribbon wands for their exit

I had a walkie-talkie and a golf cart!

Me with the beautiful bride. I'm not sure why we didn't get a pictute of us dressed up!

It was such an honor to get to help with this precious wedding. They are a great couple and I know they will have decades of happiness ahead of them. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Honeycutt!

Ketchup

Okay, really this is a "catch-up" but ketchup is so darn good I decided to title my post in it's honor. Yes, as the picture indicates I prefer Hunt's over Heinz.

Lots has been going on in the world of Wilson over the past several months. Since we got back from Disney World, we have been super busy. After we got back, my friend Elizabeth got married. I had the honor of serving as her wedding coordinator.

 

I will post more on that later. It was a beautiful wedding.

 

The biggest thing that has happened is that C and I have both gotten new jobs! I know that internet etiquitte indicates you don't speak about your job, so I won't go into specifics. C is now at a different bank on the business banking side. He was previously on the retail side. 3 weeks after he started his job, I was offered a job in medical device sales. Both of us are beyond thrilled with our new positions. C now works downtown and is loving all the fun lunch spots he gets to patron.



I met him for lunch one day and we went to Flying Fish Cafe.
C got catfish and I had fried oysters and a crawfish chowder.
YUMMY!

My man hard at work. I had to sneak a pic.





My new job is a work-from-home position. So my father-in-law is
graciously letting me use an extra office in his building. I focus better that way.
 

I was able to have over 2 weeks off before starting my new position. I spent the first week playing housewife (did some sewing, more about that later) and the second I spent in Colorado visiting my parents, little brother (who was also in town) and my BFF who had just had a baby. I will post on that later as well.

 

Here's a sneak peek:

 

View at over 2 miles above sea level.

When I got back, we had another wedding to attend. My friend, and former co-worker Sara Lynne got married. Her wedding was beautiful as well. Funny both of these girls (Elizabeth and Sara Lynne I met thru my last job and they both went to MSU and both just got married. Hmm.)

 

Me and my handsome date

The beautiful bride and my friend (and also a former co-worker) Catherine

 

Like I said, lots going on. Blogspot and my laptop do not seem to get along. Now that I have a new computer it seems to be doing better. So, hopefully posts will be more regular now. But, we know I have said that before.

Memorial Day Weekend

Hope all y'all have recovered from the weekend.  We had a fabulous weekend but it was jam packed! In fact I started typing this Tuesday night and ended up falling asleep! I apologize in advance for the layout of the pictures. Blogger is being totally weird and I'm losing my patience.

Friday night, while our fellas were at a bachelor party my friend Ashley and I went out for a girls's night. Needless to say, we were a little hungry!

Saturday, we were up bright and early and drove down to Sardis to my in-laws' lake house. We enjoyed a nice day out on the boat and of course the jetski. 

Saturday afternoon, we headed back to Memphis to cheer on our Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference Finals!!! This is the first time they've ever made it this far. 

 

We had a blast. Sadly, they lost Monday night. But, we are still proud of them and our city. It was awesome to see everyone come together and cheer for a common goal. Grit n grind! Oh, and we got to see Magic Johnson! He was there commentating on the game.

Sunday night, we went to celebrate the marriage of our friends Kris and Alyssa. It was a sweet ceremony and a great reception.



Being silly. We had a blast dancing, made obvious by how sweaty we are!

The happy couple!

Monday, needless to say, we were exhausted. This was my view that afternoon:

A few friends came over and we all just chilled at the pool. It was a nice relaxing afternoon. 

Love this guy!

 





  

Christopher grilled his famous jerk chicken that night and I made corn salad. It gave me a chance to use my corn kernal "thingy" from Pampered Chef!

 

 

Corn salad recipe can be found here. It's so yummy!!! It's a perfect side dish for a BBQ or cookout. 

 

Fantastic weekend. It's only taken me 'til Thursday to get it posted! And the following pic just goes to show that some guys just can't handle Memorial Day.

 

 



 

 

Mishmash of a Few Thoughts

Yeah, yeah I know I've been bad about blogging lately. I can give you lots of excuses but I'll skip that. Okay, so first thing's first: What did y'all think of DALLAS? I loved it! I thought they integrated everything perfectly. Looks like JR's son is going to give him a run for his money! The apple certainly doesn't fall far from the tree.

We got all our wedding pics. Here are a few highlights:


My family

New family



My beautiful bridesmaids

My ridiculously handsome husband

Heartwood Hall (fabulous venue)

All pictures were done by our amazing photographer, Kevin Barre.

Work is getting super busy as our new fiscal year starts July 1st. I'm working towards winning a contest where in November the hubby and I can go here:

Any guesses as to where this is????

From Miss to Mrs

So sorry I haven't posted anything in forever. I've been a little busy...

February and March Showers Bring April Wedding

We are so blessed to have so many wonderful friends who all want to throw us showers. Because of this, we are having 6 showers total. Not trying to sound braggy or pretentious, it's just true. Side note: I started this post 2 weeks ago and Blogger is being really weird with pictures.

First shower in Colorado thrown by my 2 besties Shawna and Casey:

Beautiful cupcakes Shawna made (She knows me so well!)

Vanilla chai cupcakes with cinnamon meringue icing (I told you she knows me well!) Carrot cake with orange icing (even had fresh orange zest in them, so yummy!) and pink champagne cupcakes with pink champagne icing

Cute favors for everyone

Shower #2: The man shower. This was thrown by the mom's of the kids on Christopher's basketball team he coaches. They all wrote down marriage advice for us. The advice from the 16-year-olds was hilarious! Here is Christopher with the stud finder he received. He found one!

Shower #3: Church shower. Of course we got Ole Miss tailgate chairs!

Christopher's mom and my mom

Shower #4: Lingerie Shower (obviously I'm not going to be posting pics of me opening gifts, ha!)
I'm having to answer questions that Christopher already answered, and trying to match his answers.

The beautiful hosts:
Bethany, Lauren and Rachel

Shower #5: Mrs. Candy's shower:
Lauren, Rach, and Mrs. Candy

Cutco steak knives!

This is Anna, my kindergarten and 3rd grade teacher. I've mentioned her a few times in previous posts. She's so beautiful inside and out and we're still friends to this day!

One more shower tomorrow night: The Stock-the-bar cocktail party! Can't wait! One week from today is the big day!!!!