Christmas Gift Ideas...

Good Morning!!!! This morning, I found out I was the lucky winner of a $25 Stella and Dot gift credit from the lovely Callie Collins over at The Good Life.

If you don't already follow her blog, you definitely should! It's full of fun stuff from Pinterest finds and fashion to football and recipes. Now, Callie also happens to be a stylist for Stella and Dot. I've always seen cute items that others have from S&D, but haven't really gotten a chance to check it out myself. Well, this morning when I got the notice that I was a {WINNER}, you better bet I was browsing that website like nobody's business!!! Let me tell y'all, they had some pretty cute stuff! Hello? Christmas GIFTS!!! Since Callie was so sweet to host the giveaway, I thought I would share some of my favorite things from her Stella and Dot Store here on my blog for my 3 readers all of you out there.

Serenity Stone Pendant Necklace

I just think this necklace is beautiful!!

The Carrie Bangles

I love layering bracelets, and these would be PERFECT!

Pippa Stone Earrings

I may or may not have gotten these for someone on my Christmas list.

Gigi Stud Earrings

I love, love, love a basic "go with everything" earring. These are perfect, and the price isn't bad either!

Set of 5 Stackable Band Rings

These are just pretty!

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!!

Jamie

Giveaway!

Everyone head on over to Kendall Boggs Fine Arts and Crafts to check out the Christmas Giveaway of her "White Angels" 15 x 30 painting worth $425!!!! If nothing else, just follow her blog. She is an amazing artist and such an interesting person. Seriously one of my favorite blogs to read!! Hope everyone has a happy Wednesday!!!

Photo Dump

I always internally blame my lack of blogging on the fact that I haven't had a good camera in a while. Well, I still don't have a good camera, but I do have one that snaps photos. Here are some of the recent things that have been going on lately...

We went to the State vs. Texas A&M game and had so much fun!! All of my Phi Mu best friends and I did a tailgate, and I'm really hoping this becomes a tradition for at least one game each year. I had so much fun just getting to hang out with these girls at the place where most of us first met. Plus, I had a pretty cute date, too!

Not sure what that strand of hair was, but it photo bombed all my pics!

Group pic...

A couple of weeks ago, we took a trip to the coast, and I got to meet Justin's only living grandmother and some of his other family at a wedding. We stayed with his grandmother, and she was the sweetest host. I felt so welcome in her home, and even came away with a recipe for her cornbread dressing and a garlic press from her kitchen. My favorite part, though was getting to see so many cute pictures of Justin and his brothers growing up.

Last week, I got to enjoy lunch with some of my best friends and one sweet, handsome little boy. My friends were also so sweet to bring my Campbell's bakery treats to celebrate my bday!

We celebrated my actual birthday with dinner at Sombra with some friends and had an absolute blast!

All of the girls together...

Nasty Picture Alert!

In the last bit of news, Justin has killed 2 deer this season!! I'm not the hugest fan of killing animals (even though I do eat them), but this truly makes him happy, y'all! And you know what they say, "Happy Future Hubby, Happy Life." That is what they say, right??

Don't I look thrilled to be the one who got elected to hold the horns up on this one for the picture!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!!

Jamie

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Happy Halloween!!!!

From Pocahontas and the Chief!!

Poison

Source: google.com via Meagan on Pinterest

I've been trying to keep my few blog posts lately pretty upbeat in order to salvage any readers I have left, but forgiveness is something that's really been weighing on my mind lately. I've really been struggling to forgive some people that have hurt me. I just haven't been able to figure out what I need to do to get my mind in the right place for it. All that to say that yesterday I ran across a Facebook status that listed Mark 11:25 with the caption, "Forgive even when they're not sorry." I looked up the verse, and it really gave me so much peace. And you know what, once my mind was a little clearer I was able to think a little deeper into it.

Here I am sitting around struggling with forgiving when I need forgiveness daily from God and others in my life. Here I am thinking about how someone else has wronged me, but not willing to look in the mirror and realize that I'm not perfect either. What a wakeup call! I shared the the verse with a group of my friends, and one of them told me about a priest who compared holding on to grudges and not forgiving to taking poison and expecting the other person to die. How true is that?? Forgiveness is a gift you can give yourself, even if you're not ready to gift the other person yet.

That's just something I really needed to hear and thought I'd share in case anyone else needed it too.

Our photographer posted a preview of the engagement pics, so I'll leave you with that for purpose of recording on here. Hope everyone has a great Wednesday!!!

Engagement Shoot...

We had engagement pictures made this weekend with Erin Coker of Erin C Photography. She is amazing, y'all! Not only does she take fabulous pictures, but she makes you so comfortable while doing it. I know Justin was sort of dreading not looking forward to standing around and posing for pictures all day long, but he did such a great job. We laughed a lot when trying to be serious, but I think that turned out ok too. Our sweet, sweet friends Whitney and Michael were so amazing and offered their farm for us to take pictures at, and it was BEAUTIFUL! There were cotton fields, an old church, train tracks, a cute office with old signs, a beautiful yard and much, much more. It was exactly what I was looking for when thinking about these pictures. I absolutely cannot wait to see the edited pics!! In the meantime, here is one that Erin took of her camera and posted on Facebook yesterday.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!

Jamie

Planning...

First, I realize this has turned into a wedding blog. I know, I know!! It's probably a little obnoxious annoying. My only defense is to tell you that I just want to make sure I'm documenting everything. And hey, at least I'm doing it on here where people have free choice to click the link, instead of my Facebook page. Does that make it any better???

ANYWHO...

Wedding planning has been really fun so far. I have to admit, I've been planning this wedding in my head for a while now, but just now getting to solidify details. It hasn't really been stressful yet, and I'm really thankful for that! So here's a list of things that have been done so far.

Date

Location

Catering

Floral

Photography

Wedding Party Selection

Bridesmaid's Dresses

Wedding Dress

Guest Gifts (Picked not Ordered)

Registry at Belk, Bed Bath and Beyond, Everyday Gourmet and Persnickety

My side's guest list

I feel proud like I've really accomplished a lot in a month, huh? Still a lot of little details to do. Next up, rentals and engagement pictures. I'll leave you with a pic of the location.

Can't wait for April 13, 2013 to get here!