Rhythm is a Dancer

Phew! What a week! If you follow me on twitter (and you totally should if you don't), you've probably noticed I've been a bit MIA. As expected, work has picked up big time and the lazy days of summer are long gone. I'm mega-busy with my real job, which means my beautiful blog and online presence has been suffering a bit. Sniff, sniff. I promise though that in a few weeks, things will be back to normal. It happens every year that when work picks up, I get overwhelmed and disappear for a bit, but then I get things organized and under control and I'm back. The one thing I can promise is that I won't stop blogging. That much I seem to be able to handle.

The other thing I'm excited to share is that beginning next week, you'll start seeing submissions around these here parts. I'm still getting started with that whole thing, but so far the response has been positive. You won't see weekly submissions yet, but you most certainly will see some peppered throughout September and October. And one is a real bride submission! Yahoo!

Now, on to the bigger and better things, aka the week's real wedding. This week's real wedding is big on details and lovely vintage, handmade wonderfulness. It's also the perfect wedding for this in-between weather it seems like everyone is experience lately - not really summer anymore, not yet fall. Honestly, though, the reason I included this wedding? One word: haterade. What's UP?

Is that not the most awesome thing ever? I want to serve Haterade at my next party! Plus, all those gorgeous things were purchased on etsy, which makes this wedding even more dear. So, so sweet!

This weekend, I'm excited to celebrate my friend's birthday/pregnancy. She's having a girl and already has two boys. I bought her present last night and it was so much fun buying teensy, weensy fabulous girl's clothing! A.P. and I are also planning on catching up on sleep, and having dinner with my mother. I'm hoping we'll get to squeeze in a movie, too. There are finally a couple I want to see! What are you lovelies doing this weekend?

Btw, I'm so, so bummed. I avoided it for so, so long, but I finally looked and saw that I missed GEORGE CLOONEY at the Telluride Film Festival. DAMMIT! So, instead, I keep looking at James Franco, who was at TFF last year and who sat one seat behind me.

In the mean time, here are your dance moves for this week:

Good news for us married folks!

Custom wine wedding labels! So beautiful!

Back to school party...for grownups!

Found a picture you love as inspiration for your wedding? Use the color palette generator to find your wedding colors!

Loving Shabby Apple's Academia collection!

Everybody is pregnant and about to pop!

Have you ever had Buckeyes? They're sickeningly sweet, but totally awesome! I imagine this Buckeye cheesecake is lot less sweet, but no less delicious!

I'm a big Magritte fan, so I'm crushing hard on Maia Flore's artwork.

(Friday dance photo and James Franco photos by me; Lindsay and Ryan's wedding photographed by Julie Harmsen Photography via Wedding Chicks)

Tiny Dancer

(these shoes are my new obsession!)

This might be a tiny Friday dance. I had my first guitar lesson last night, and my fingers are killing me! Still. After four hours. They're numb and it hurts to type. I hope that means I'm doing something right. How can I play Garden Dash and Pin things if it hurts to type?

This is the last week of my engagement shoot inspiration (You can view previous weeks here, here, and here.) This beautiful shoot was done by Megan W. Photography and was featured a while back on Ruffled. Megan is based in Indiana, in case you're in that neck of the woods and need an amazing photographer. I've perused her blog (as I tend to do before I post photos here), and let me tell you, she can capture emotion so well! Her photos are filled with so much love and are also gorgeous to look at. This particular engagement shoot was shot in an ice cream parlor, which not only makes for a beautiful background, but also is so romantic, no? Banana split for two? Share a shake? Such a sweet idea!


So gorgeous, right? Love her dress, too! Next week, I'll be sharing with your our engagement shoot plan (part one of which is for me to lose some weight this summer). We are probably going to wait until later in the summer when weddings slow down a bit to contact our photographer, but at least now we have an idea of what we want to do. For a while, I wasn't even sure we would be able to do that.

Anywho...this weekend is all about relaxing! We have nothing planned, and I'm officially on vacation. The only thing I'm thinking is that I might have to go in to water the garden, but that's easy. Did I tell you we have a nest of four or five baby bunnies in my turnip plants? I discovered them the other day when I was weeding the bed. Seems like a hoop house looks like a birthing center to the bunnies that roam my garden. What are you up to this weekend? Anyone doing anything fabulous?

In the mean time, here are your dance moves for the week:

I love the singer Ryan Adams. In fact, my goal song for my guitar class is a Ryan Adams song (Please Do Not Let Me Go from Love Is Hell). When I have a baby, will someone please buy me this onesie? It's making my head explode right now. And P.S. if you don't know who Ryan Adams is, please give him a listen. He's awesome, even if he hasn't made an album really since he married Mandy Moore. In fact, to further convince you, I've posted a video below of the song that made me realize he's awesome because he took a song I've never really understood or liked and made it super (excuse my language) fucking hot to me. This song is like porn for your ears, ladies. It's wicked hot!

Have you seen this salvaged wood wall that's been making the rounds? Pure awesome.

Mimi's response to this week's Marriage Monday post. Love it!

Some of these alternative headboards are so appealing, they're making me want to ditch my bed! I especially like the old doors!

I see a lot of maternity series, my favorite being this one. But I love the idea of doing this sweet little book, too.

Seven simple steps to an inexpensive wedding

I'm obsessed with braids (and proudly always have been since the time I tried to be like Monica and have braids all over my head), so I'm loving these summer braid trend tutorials.

The importance of showing up.

And don't forget Simply Bridal's 15% off discount code for Not the Marrying Kind readers!

And here's your Ryan Adams video. It's a cover of Oasis's Wonderwall, and it is beautiful. Enjoy the weekend!



(Friday Dance Photo via Seychelles; Ice Cream Parlor Engagement Shoot by Megan W. Photography via Ruffled)