Let’s talk about hem weights. You may have never heard of them or, better yet, only heard of them used for curtains. Hem weights are a brilliant idea for all bridesmaids gowns, but especially so if they are short. Here’s an example of what weighting a dress does when it’s windy. There are a few […]

My sweet Henry Pie, You are eleven months old which means that everything I do now, I recall the memory of how it felt last year this time when I was still pregnant. For example, I’m finishing up wedding season and I vividly remember closing the car door for the drive home from the last […]

“Apparently we were in the same middle school newspaper staff, but I have no recollection of this. Eighth graders were clearly too cool to pay attention to 7th graders,” he said. She added, “My junior year–his senior–we started hanging out and became good friends.” Not a lot of people can remember the specific date they […]

Coming to Iowa from Arizona in October means an instant cold chill, but Hannah & Tom’s wedding day was perfectly full of fall colors and a chilly breeze (wind? Hm…it was a bit billowy). They had their Celebration Farm wedding on a Friday, a personal favorite wedding day of mine, and included an intimate group of […]

They met in person for the first time at Backpocket Brewery on a Tuesday night. They were both busy and had a hard time finding a coordinating time when they were both available. “I was out of town, then he was out of town. We exchanged texts in the meantime. Nothing major–small talk, really–but I […]

He moved to the U.S. in 2007 and just a few years later, she made a 1-year commitment with her job to transplant to New York. It was there, in the upper corner of the states, that they met at work. He says he knew she was the one because she was always open with […]