Happy Wednesday! It’s time for my (not so) weekly wedding update. I’ve been making a lot of progress lately, since my brother is feeling better. Just to give you an idea of where we are so far we are getting married June 28, 2014 so we are about 14 months out at this point. We chose our venue and they provide pretty much only a structure for dancing, tables, and chairs. I will need to rent or buy everything else we will need. Our ceremony will be in a pine grove, and reception set up outside of the barn, then the dancing/dessert bar will be inside the barn. I couldn’t be excited about it! You can see more about the location in this post. I have our florist, photographer, DJ, and a dress (EEEE!). I’m speaking to an officiant this week, and I feel like I’m making strides! There’s still a ton to do, especially rental wise, in the next year and a couple of months. Here are some things I’ve been pinning lately to let you know where my head is at. Are any of you planning a wedding or recently engaged? I’d be happy to help with getting organized, my binder and budget organizer are pretty serious!

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I can’t even start talking to you guys about all of the invitation options there are in this world. Thank goodness I still have over a year to plan this wedding because I’m pretty sure it’s going to take me at least half of that to find the right invitation. But then what happens when you start thinking about calligraphy. As an OCD bride, how the heck am I going to get calligraphy to match the font of the invite? The second I typed calligraphy into Etsy over the weekend, my mind was blown. So, which one do you like the best? These are from an Etsy shop called Noteworthy & Blue… love!

Okay guys, another big weekend… I think I found *the* dress! I can’t even believe I’m saying these words considering I’m so unbelievably picky I thought it would take me months and months. Well, it was the second store I went to! I had the absolute worst experience at Kleinfeld so I was absolutely thrilled when I walked into Gabriella New York to see a small shop filled with gorgeous dresses and the nicest consultant I could have ever asked for. She was so helpful and really listened to what I wanted! I have two more appointments this coming weekend and then I’m headed back to Gabriella on the 22nd for a trunk show but I’m assuming that nothing will even come close to the dress I love… my Mom and I actually got teary eyed. I’m going to stop babbling and show you some photos of brides looking oh so pretty on their wedding days, I can only hope to look this good!

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Last weekend was a big weekend for us wedding wise. We hit 1 year and 4 months until the big day and I hit my stride in picking vendors. I was out of control with e-mails, phone calls, and my crazy wedding spreadsheet that I wish I could show you all (the thing is ridiculous). Anyway, the burst of organization led us to choose a photographer AND a florist! Our photographer is Erica from Clean Plate Pictures in Brooklyn. I had such a great conversation with her over the phone and she really gets exactly what Andrew and I are looking for. You can see some of her work on Style Me Pretty here and here… gorg, right? The flowers will be done by Anne at Blade New York. Just like with Erica, I had such a great conversation with Anne on the phone and I can’t wait to head to the flower market with her to choose our flowers! You can see some of her work on Style Me Pretty as well… here and here. Things are really starting to take shape, are you as excited as I am?!

Cute photos like these sealed the deal for us:

Images Via Clean Plate Pictures

Style Me Pretty (both the site and the book) have been a huge inspiration to me while starting my wedding planning. I’m constantly stumbling upon inspirational photos of dresses, flowers, tablescapes… you name it. But yesterday I stumbled upon a styled shoot that I loved every. single. photo of. It just works and you’ve got to check it out.

Happy Wedding Wednesday!

 See the Style Me Pretty feature here… hurry!

Ummm guys, I have some pretty big news. We are waiting to hear back from a caterer for some info but I think we’ve found the place. I’m about to faint because I was thinking this would never happen. Andrew and I are SO picky. He wanted to get married on a mountain, I wanted the reception either completely outside or in a barn, and this place is the best of both worlds. A totally gorgeous wedding in the Catskills… ceremony on a hill with the mountains in the background or in a pine grove, wedding reception outside (twinkle lights and all), dancing inside the barn. Night ends with a bonfire and wish lantern lighting. Get. Out. Of. Here.

Check out The Roxbury Barn here and here

Okay, everyone. It’s time for a wedding update. We are going to see three venues this weekend and I’m really hoping one of these will blow us away. I want to give you guys an idea of what we’re looking at so here we go.

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Mountain Springs Lake Resort

TWO//

Skytop Lodge

THREE//

Woolverton Inn

So what do you think? They are all very different from each other so I’m hoping we will be blown away by one and can sign on the dotted line. So far our search has come up empty… it’s a very tough thing to find where you want to start the rest of your life. I want it to be very intimate and personal and I don’t get that from the majority of the places we have seen. Wish us luck!

You’ve all heard about my wedding plans and I am so excited to get to all of the little details. Like how to incorporate glitter and gold into my wedding, of course. I can’t stop pinning photos of gold cakes, it’s kind of becoming an obsession. Can we talk about how I’m going to have to have ten cakes to make sure I cover all my bases?

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Can you believe it’s the last day of November? Time is flying by so today is the day for my November favorites from around the web. This month has been crazy so I’m ready to relax a little in December and enjoy the holidays. What are your December plans?

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Okay guys, we may have found the venue. I promised this wouldn’t turn into a wedding blog, but I also promised that you would all know when big things happened. Since we were engaged in July I’ve been looking for the perfect venue. I can see my wedding in my head, but nothing had been ticking all of the boxes for a venue. Without the right bones, nothing I do could make it work. I left Andrew at home yesterday and my Mom and I departed on what would be an entire day of wedding venue visits. As soon as we pulled up to The Roundhouse at Beacon Falls I knew it was going to be great. Exposed brick, floor to ceiling windows, ivory curtains with hints of gold glitter thread, gold furniture in the bridal suite, barn doors, a perfectly designed lounge for an after party, and just pure awesomness. Made my Mom and I both teary eyed.

It’s the perfect blend of industrial and rustic. Down to the littlest details they incorporate modern/industrial light fixtures and architecture with nature and the beauty of the falls. Oh yeah, did I forget to mention there is a waterfall involved? Are you sold, too? I can’t wait to bring Andrew so he can see it in person!

Images via Sarah Tew Photography