carah+cake

last week I had the incredible honor of making my sister and her new hubby's wedding cake!

I secretly wanted to make this cake for them for months, but seeing as he is from England, I wasn't sure how their reception was going to go.

First, let me tell you a little bit about this couple.

Carah: a creative, beautiful, ambitious girl who likes to be sneaky.

James: a charming, loving, and gentle guy with perfect british accent.

How they met: James was here last summer and working at a neighborhood pool as a lifeguard. (which happened to be my sister-in-laws family pool). Carah, not having a pool, decided to sneak into this pool (thus, the sneaky part!) and she started "getting to know" the lifeguard.

Then he had to go back to England, this created a blissful "Skype" relationship between the two lovelies. A couple of short trips to each other later and he was finally here by the next summer!

James decided to pop that favorable question in July, while Robert and I were out traveling. We got the infamous "skype" call and we were elated! Especially when we heard we were all going to Cancun, Mexico for the wedding in October!

They ended up doing a legal ceremony at the courthouse and then we all galavanted off to Mexico for a week in an all inclusive resort! It was so fabulous!

so after we talked about the cake, I made a little "cake tasting" cake. It was adorable!

making the cake!

still working on it!

finally finished!

finally fall.

nashville took way to long to get cold this fall. I love the fall, it's when I am most creative and my soul is flourishing with new ideas! I am most at ease when I can barely come out of my craft room due to too much inspiration!

recently my passion: baby cakes! and soup!

and baby owl ornaments (made from felt)

love my sweet friend linsey! We were on the new's, they were covering a darling tea room located in Germantown, Savannah Tea Room.

german friends in nashville.

being a bridesmaid in a wedding.

peachy long time

Oh gosh it's been so long since I last blogged. But I am back. I have neglected this poor old thing. So I will now be catching up to the last couple of months.

The beginning of September, one of my favorite things was making jam with my momma. We went to the market, bought peaches and canned them! She did most of the work, but I thoroughly enjoyed helping!

this strand of hearts I made was for my sister who was getting married in 50 something days, this was something that I did when I was getting married. You pull off a heart every day until the wedding!

brunch date at our house with some favorites!

alabama. + homemade things.

so the past few weeks i've been out of town, in and out, weddings, carnivals, bonnaroo etc.

been busy with the bus as well.

the wedding in alabama was gorgeous! so simple, yes so much detail included in every aspect of the wedding. this couple was adorable and I am so happy that we were part of this special day!

luckily for us, about 15 minutes before we got to the hotel we stumbled on a carnival in florence, alabama!

congratulations Ben and Audrey!







also this month, i've been crafting alot, dresses, curtains, pillows, bench covers for the bus, so many beautiful fabrics!









that's about it.

plus this sweet birds nest i found in my momma's porch plant! so gorgeous!




ill be posting more later today about the bus updates and bonnaroo!

anniversaries, celebrations and weddings.

the past 2 weeks consisted of:
my 1 year anniversary! coordinating a wedding, pre-celebrating my Oma's 90th birthday [looks like she's in her 60's] and my sister-in-law's 34th [looks like she's 21] birthdays, cinco de mayo, and preparing for my baby brothers wedding which will take place this saturday in Nashville.

oh, and the flood.




[robert and I looking at guns. to kill the many cats who eat up our garden. maybe we are mean? not sure]



[our wedding cake! we got to eat it, frozen and all!]



[such an inspiration. my parents who have been married almost 30 years! took us out for anniversary breakfast at Marche]



[gifts!]



[I made robert Crepes on our anniversary because we had to flee the hotel due to the flood]





[opryland hotel]



[We all just found out that Shannon loves fried ice cream. we could hardly resist to get it for her, although her birthday is in 2 weeks]



[pre-celebration of my oma's 90th birthday!]



[a glimpse of Christina's wedding!]



[Cinco de Mayo]



[baked goods for the flood victims I made]



[my best friend, the night before she left for Ireland. so jealous]

new orleans

this weekend robert and I went down to New Orleans for a mini-vaca/wedding; we enjoyed our get-away so much!

This weekend in New Orleans was the French Quarter Festival, it was so crazy down there, but so fun!




[even went to the beach for a day!]



[french quarter]



[LOVED all the houses! felt like we were in San Juan again!]










[the square]



[Cafe Du Monde]



[just a glimpse of the wedding]



[baby ruby sleeping!]



Over all this trip was great! We are headed back out this weekend to travel a bit more and we are so excited!