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Today Vane posted about this new shop, Paper N Stitch. I went to check it out and of course found a few items for myself Just to look at, of course! This girl is saving for a wedding!

(from seller Avril Loreti. How cute would these be for a bridal shower?!)

(from seller Colleen Baran. When Bryan and I first talked about getting a ‘placeholder ring’ until I got my ‘real’ engagement ring, this is the kind of thing i had in mind He went in the other direction. you know, the diamond from tiffany’s direction )

(from the seller Dozi. I love journals… but i never seem to write in them for more than a few days…)

(from seller Luxe Deluxe. This is just cool )

(from seller Miss. Crowland. These are pretty ‘in’ for weddings right now, you could easily scan them and use them as an accent in your paper and decorations )

(from seller Paige Russel. I have always liked the look of these)

(from seller Royal Buffet. A cool Paris inspired spinning mobile)

As you probably know, planning a wedding messes with your head. You can no longer look at an ordinary object and say, “oh, that’s nice”… now everything is “oh, that is nice… how could I incorporate it into my wedding?!”  

I received an email from Jason over at Designfruit about the new vinyl decal stickers he is selling on etsy.  The circles don’t fit my wedding, but it may fit yours, or it may just fit your bedroom The little birdie though… that may have to be a present for Bryan’s birthday (he loves to DJ )

I love the style of this shops house wares.

Ok, so my mind is reeling right now, so pardon me if this seems a little scattered to you!

First, I had a brilliant idea for our guest book, but I have to pass it by Bryan to see if it is as brilliant as I think it is before getting too excited

Second, holy moly. I read this post on weddingbee about what to do with your gown before the wedding, and now I am flipping out. I didn’t event think about storing it carefully before the wedding. Right now it is hanging up in my sisters room in the plastic DB bag it came in… hanging… with sunlight… and it is lace… why didn’t i think about this?! So now I need to find an acid free box or something and properly store it so that my beloved dress is just as beloved 10 months from now!  Did you get your dress super early too? What have you done with it to preserve it until the wedding? Or did you, like me, totally forget about that detail and are freaking out right now?

Oh the ups and downs of this whole process!  Anyways, happy Friday! I am so excited for this weekend! Tomorrow Bryan and I will be attending a friends annual crab feast, where they fly in crabs from maryland and we spend the day, well, feasting on crabs, crabcakes, and these little dessert things, also from maryland, mmm. I will be sure to get some good crab-hammering action photos for you guys Then Sunday I am off to meet up with my parents who are camping down towards San Diego. Sadly Bryan can’t come, but I am so excited to get some down time, some s’mores, and some good old bonding time with my parents and cousins! 

UPDATE: crisis adverted! I bought this archival box from the container store! whew.

I will be back on Tuesday with photos, a clear head, and some more great wedding inspiration!

 Here are some vintage etsy finds to inspire over the weekend

From Nantaka Joy. It is a shame that they would be hidden away in a cabinet somewhere… They are pretty enough to frame!

I was just reading on design sponge about the holiday line over at amenity.  Now maybe I just have weddings on the brain (haha understatement much?) but these “ornaments” would be some super cute decor on a place card tree, in centerpieces, even cake toppers with a little know-how!

So today is the last day of antique week. You are sad, I know. Don’t worry I have a ton more pictures that I will use randomly in the future, so don’t forget to check back  And in following (kind of) with this mornings post, today is all about AFTER the wedding. Today is home day here at the bar. Let’s get right to it, shall we?

I went back to the barn after taking pictures to look for some cool salt and pepper shakers to hold us through until we get the ones we registered for (for some reason that sounds bad). Let’s just say I didn’t buy these ones.

And remember the conversation I overheard? Well my mom totally owns the bowls in the top right corner. 

It doesn’t get much more literal than this.

Who needs china when you have an antique barn?

The classiest shot glasses I have ever seen.

And everyone always raves about their mothers cooking, so getting an ‘antique’ cookbook has to be a good idea, right?

Well, that is the last day of antique week. Hope you enjoyed it I am so ready for this weekend. Should be pretty relaxing except for one appointment with a local restaurant to  see if it is a good place for our reception I will let you know who it goes next week!  Happy Friday and enjoy your weekend!

So B and I recently combined lives, into his one bedroom apartment Maybe one day when we are totally settled I will show before and after pictures, but for today I wanted to talk about our new dressers. At my last apartment I had a huge closet and so I didn’t buy a dresser. Bryan had two dressers, one that was his ex’s from her childhood apparently and the other was this blue one from ikea… both had broken drawers… so we were very excited when this past weekend we went to Ikea and bought two of these for Bryan:

And since the Hemnes dresser I want is out of stock and costs $150 to ship, I am thinking about getting this matching taller dresser:

There is just something about it that is blah to me. I like the look of the short ones though, and the idea of having matching dressers (quite a concept, i know). So I was thinking about buying some cool knobs to dress them up a bit. I found all of these at Anthropologie!

They are a little pricey so I may go check out the local antique stores for some cheaper finds, but all in all I think there is hope for the blah dresser!

I came home from a long hard day at work and came upon a package! from shim + sons! it’s my stuff! I ordered some new ahem, office supplies from shim + sons etsy shop and I literally yelled yay! and clapped my hands when I saw that my package had arrived! Feast your eyes on my new stuff!

My new mouse pad!!

 And handmade button magnets!

And a little ‘thank you’ goody bag with little alphabet stickers and candy!

Thanks Shim + Sons for making my Monday!