Nicole & Michael’s Big Day

Dear Brides: Buy Socks for the Groomsmen

by Nicole on 01.26.2011

Dearest brides to be, if I could give you one piece of wedding advice, it would be this: buy your groomsmen nice socks as part of their bridal party gifts. If not, you might just end up like me, with a photo like this one… Gotta love boys and their inability to prepare for things [...]

Meet My Wedding Coordinator: Lisa Spegman of Knox Planning

by Nicole on 01.25.2011

As promised, this is the second of many in the “Meet My Vendors” series. In an attempt to help other East Tennessee brides choose wedding vendors, this series will present my dead honest reviews of the people who made my big day possible. So without further adeau, meet Lisa of Knox Planning, my day-of coordinator… [...]

A Non-traditional (and Cheap!) Guest Book DIY

by Nicole on 01.20.2011

Long before the wedding, I had already decided I wanted to find an alternative to the traditional guest book. But while I had a ton of ideas, when it came down to it and we began to run out of wedding budget, I really just needed to do something cheap. That’s when I decided on [...]

Meet My Photographer: Jennie Andrews

by Nicole on 01.18.2011

This is the first of many in the “Meet My Vendors” series. In an attempt to help other brides in East Tennessee (and beyond in this case) choose wedding vendors, this series will present my dead honest reviews of the people who made my big day possible. So without further adieu, meet Jennie of Jennie [...]

DIY Picture Frame Escort Card Display

by Nicole on 01.11.2011

Ok, so this post originally appeared on the blog the month prior to my wedding, but now that wedding photos are back, I’ve decided to re-vamp this post to show the complete project, as my initial post just showed the frame — not the full escort card display. Enjoy! One thing I knew all along [...]

The Official Wedding Day Recap Begins

by Nicole on 01.10.2011

Well, it’s been a long two months, but our wedding photos are finally back (all 900 of them)! And now it’s time to begin the wedding day recap I’ve been dying to share with you all. Michael and I were married on an abnormally cold November day. It was the 6th to be exact. Luckily, [...]

DIY Cake Stands

by Nicole on 10.19.2010

And the DIY continues… This weekend, I finished up one of the projects I was really excited about — my DIY cake stands! I originally saw this idea mentioned on Pizzazzerie and have been pretty smitten with the idea ever since. After all, I’ve swooned over Rosanna cake stands, but I really just couldn’t bring [...]

DIY Banners

by Nicole on 10.12.2010

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I spent this past weekend working on as many DIY projects as I possibly could. Today, I’d like to share a very fun and easy project that I think will really add some oomph to my reception decor and to Michael’s & my getaway car – these cute DIY [...]

My DIY Invitations

by Nicole on 08.10.2010

As I write this, it’s 9pm on Monday night, and I’m having a celebratory drink. Why? Because my wedding invitations are finally in the mail! After about 4 consecutive weekends of assembling these guys, this DIY project is finally complete! (And that doesn’t include all the design time I spent a few months ago). But [...]

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