$1 make-up

My future sister-in-law tipped me off to the amazing sale happening right now at E.L.F. (eyes lips face) cosmetics.  Apparently Nordstroms has bought out the line and everything with the e.l.f. logo on it is up for grabs at the stellar price of $1 on their website!  $1 for brushes, eyeliner, blush, eyeshadows, mascara and more!  Plus, you can get $5 off when you spend at least $10.  I'm not really into make-up (as in I wear it a few times a year) but that made it all the more exciting news for me as I can afford to build up my beauty arsenal and try out some new things über-cheap!

Non-matching bridesmaids

Before I was engaged I loved this idea.  In fact, for the past six years since planning my sister's wedding I knew I wanted my bridesmaids to wear something different.  Not different colors entirely, and not different models of the same color dress, but unique styles in the same color spectrum.

I love this.  I would like for my bridesmaids to wear something in yellow - hopefully not in that traditional bridesmaid satin fabric.  I'm thinking cotton, chiffon, or something more along those lines.  Casual, summery, cute and fun.

A few more examples...

Sources: photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5, photo 6

Birthday shoutout

Today is my sister's birthday.  In six days, I will be in Minnesota and will actually get to see her - in person! For the time being, I managed to unearth this (poorly stitched) photo series of her on the day of my college graduation.  It was the first test for the "panorama" feature on a new camera.  Coincidentally, it's one of the only pictures I have of my parent's yard (where we plan to have the ceremony).  In seven days I will be in that yard - how exciting!

I hope you have a wonderful birthday, hermana mia!

Happy father's day!

"The life and love we create is the life and love we live."

Leo Buscaglia

Fun with colors

This is such a fun little tool to try.  You can choose up to 10 colors and the application will pull photos from Flickr to populate your real-life color palette.  Enjoy!

A wish for our wedding

Photo from ::here::

Photo from ::here::

I love these pictures!  I truly hope that our guests have so much fun at our wedding!

Ties

I'm sure many brides-to-be do their planning a bit more systematically than me.  I do not have a one-track mind.  I follow tangents.  And so, my wedding planning and inspiration gathering has led me to ponder more-or-less every single detail of the wedding.  One example: ties.  I don't know what the men in the wedding will be wearing, but I've seen a few ties that have really caught my eye.  I tried looking for a good tie source and had no luck.  I found some places for cheap ties but didn't like the designs.  I found some good designs that I was unwilling to pay for.  The other day, though, I came across these ties from The Tie Bar.  Each one is $15 and they have a pretty nice selection.

All ties from ::here::