A Princess for The Princess

You have now entered my proposal story.....

July 18th, 2009 was a normal day. It was a Saturday and J worked and I did my Saturday work around the house. Our son was with my mom for the evening.

After finishing my house work, I got dressed and sat and waited for J to get off of work because taking a walk down at the lakefront was our Saturday night thing to do. When he got home, he was figity but I didn't think anything of it because we hadn't even discussed getting engaged or anything so, that was the farthest thing from my mind.

We get in the car and he is eerily quiet. He usually has a million and one things to tell me when he gets home from work. I realize now that he was playing the whole situation out in his head a hundred times before we got there. I finally asked him if he was ok because he wasn't to talkative. He responded by telling me he was fine just a little tired. Me being me, I told him that we didn't have to go for the walk, we could just go home and go to bed but he was adament about going which confused me.

We get to the spot were we take our walks and there's this part that you can walk out on that over looks the lake so he takes me by the hand and guides me that way. So he's holding me in his arms, we just stand there quietly and the he starts to talk....

"Baby you know your the best thing that's ever happened to me. I think I love you more than I love myself. You complete me. You showed me how to have a family of my own, how to be responsible, how to share and not be so selfish, how to commit, how to love. Feeling the love that I have for you, I now know that I didn't know what love was til I met you. You have given me so much but the greatest gift you've ever given me is our son. The two of you are my world (he's moving to face me at this time). That is why (getting down on one knee, tears beginning to fall as I finally realize what's happening) I want you to be my wife. Will you marry me?"

It was the most beautiful thing! So perfect! And of course I said yes cuz well here we are but I just wanted to share.

And now for My Princess:

Beautiful Feet: My New Loves

Oh my! What's a girl to do? Like most women, I'm a sucker for shoes. I love a beautiful shoe. Yesterday while shopping at Boston Store, a division of Carson Pirie Scott, I saw a pair of shoes I have to have. I already have two pairs of shoes which I'm now considering selling because I have fallen head over heels, butt crazy, in love with these Ninas.




I currently have these Stuarts which I believe my mom said she would buy.




and these C. Davids




However, because neither of those shoes is what I originally wanted they don't really speak to me. But the Ninas speak to me. Oh do they speak to me.

Totes of the Town: Part 3: MOHs Done!

So in Totes of the Town: Part 2, I was trying to decide if I wanted to do the personalization with or without the flowers. Well I decided to use the flowers because well, they were just so darn cute and without the flowers it looked so plain.

The process was fairly easy and quicker than I thought. I had already created the design in Microsoft Word and now all I had to do was open the file reverse the whole design so that it looked backwards on the screen, print it on the iron-on transfer paper, cut them out and then iron them on the totes.

The next thing I did was add *bling* because it's me of course and to me it's not complete without a little bit of bling. So carefully I positioned a tiny rhinestone on the curls of each letter and even tinier ones in the center of the flowers on the names, carefully lay a piece of fabric over it as not to disturb the placement of the stones (the fabric is to protect the iton-on transfer as it well melt from direct contact with the iron), and then pressed the fabric for about 10-15 seconds, removed the strip of fabric and there was the bling!

And here they are in all their glory:






Next step: The Bride's Tote. ;-)

Totes of the Town: Part 2: The Personalization

So now that you've seen my fabulous totes, now I'll work on the personalization step.

I know that I want to add "Maid of Honor" to the totes and their names but what I don't know is if that's all I want. Just having the names with no accents on them seems a little borning to me.

This is where I started:





And then I decided I want to add some sort of design and this is where I ended up:





I can't decide if I want to personalize these with or without the flowers. I really do like the flowers. I think they give it that extra little something.

Hmmmm...to flower or not to flower? That is the questions.

What do you think?

Totes of the Town: Part 1: The Bags

When I thought of gifts to give my Maids of Honor, I definitely thought about personalized totes bags. Who wouldn't love one of those?

I first ordered totes from www.cheaptotes.com. Big mistake on my part. I think the ones I ordered were something like $1.80 each. You know that saying, "you get what you pay for", well it most definitely applies to this situation. They were thin and flimsy and just horrid. To top that all off, they don't accept returns or exchanges. Good thing I didn't pay much for them or I'd be a little pissed to say the least.

I immediately went on a hunt for quality bags for a good price when I came across www.gotapparel.com and these cuties:

These are the totes I got for my MOHs. It's number 7002 at #3.55 each!!



This is the one I got for myself. I'm sorry I couln't resist. I have to have one. It's number M915 at $2.83



This picture gives you an idea of how big they are. I think I measured 19 inches wide and 13 inches tall (actual bag not including the handles).



They are excellent quality. Study and thick. I heart them. Now for personalization. I can't wait to show you the finished product!!

FYI: Again you can get these from www.gotapparel.com

Long Hair Don't Care

In the words of Lil Wayne!

This post will be short, sweet and to the point. I now have a wedding day hairstyle!!! And here she is:



Which i think will look beautiful with my headpiece (a pic of my tiara, earrings, & necklace):



Yay!!!

This Time We're Gonna Go Back....

Wwwwaaaayyyy back! (And a little into the now with some of our engagement photos!)

J and I met on myspace.com. I always say their slogan is "a place for friends" but for us is was "the place to meet the love of your life".



Back then I was so not into the whole meeting people online craze. I had been hearing so many horror stories here in my city. One girl met up with a guy she talked to online and the guy and his couisn rapped her and stole her car. That was enough to scare the daylights out of little old me.



When he first messaged me I totally ignored him but he was very persistent and so finally I responded. I remember typing "do you ever give up?" Lol. And I remember his response being "nope". From there we talked constantly online and then about a week later we exchanged telephone numbers and then met in person and ever since then we've been pretty much inseperable.



When we first started dating I was a wreck, just out of a tumultuous relationship to say the least. I was testy, somewhat cold and had trust issues because of my past relationships. I had been through so much heartbreak. I had a my heart in a block of ice. I was angry and it took him a while to get me to let my guard down even just a little bit. The moment I realized that I was falling in love, I did everything short of cheating that I could to push him away but he stayed and he fought the battle against the past relationship demons that had a hold of me. He loved me totally and unconditionally and soon that block of ice was just a puddle of water, he healed my heart and 3 months later we found out we were pregnant. I wasn't sure how he would feel but he was totally on board and that next May our son was born. He came early at 32 weeks scaring the holy crap out of the two of us but still he was so perfect and so tiny, only weighing 4 pounds 11 ounces. And so began our family.



The past two years and nine months (the current age of our son) have had their downs (we lost two babies to miscarriage and I almost lost my life during surgery) but have been mostly up with lots of travel and accomplishments. I look back at the story of us and I see how much I've grown and how blessed I am.



I'm so grateful for the life that I lead today. I couldn't have hand picked a better man, father, bestfriend, lover, provider, confidant and husband to be. I can not wait for June 19th, 2010!

And thats the shortened story of us. M & J.

And for added fun here's our little man....AJ!!