A New Series

I have some news! Last week I told you I was going to start another series, and I'd like to introduce that to you now.

Meet Marybeth And Ben. This couple is very special to me for one simple reason...Marybeth is my beloved daughter, and Ben is my beloved soon-to-be son-in-law. AND they got engaged yesterday!!

He proposed in front of a 9'  Steinway piano after singing her a song he composed (what else for couple of music majors?).

And the wedding is approaching soon, August 8th to be exact. And this is what I am planning to do; I want to take you along as we make decisions and choices about their special day. I hope it will help you, if you are doing (or planning to do) the same thing. 

It will be pretty, but it will also be simple. That's the way we are, we don't like it too over-done. But mostly I hope my daughter and son-in-law remember it as a day of wonderful memories surrounded by the people they love. A great way to start a marriage.  

So, look for upcoming posts about what we accomplished along the way. I won't be able to show you everything (we want that to be a surprise for the wedding day), but I will TELL as much as I can!!

Guest Post

Wow, what an honor to be asked to share on one of my favorite blogs, Design Mom. Gabrielle Blair, the awesome mom who writes the blog, is currently doing a series I wrote on frugal weddings.

I met Gabrielle through my daughter-in-law, Gwen. The two of them are partners at Kirtsy. Gwen gets the credit for getting things moving on the guest blog (without my kids I probably would not even be ON THE WEB!), and it was fun sharing some of what I have learned over the years. 

So please let me know what you think of the series over there... AND I am looking forward to sharing a new series with you HERE in a few weeks. (I'll keep you in suspense for a bit though!!).

Wedding Planner

Looking for a good book to help with wedding planning? Here's my favorite, for good reason.

Real Simple Weddings is full of practical, clearly presented ideas. It's logically presented, and includes great organizing tools. It has just enough pretty photos to fill our "pretty photo" need while being free of too much "fluff". It's the only one I recommend... Real Simple.