monday delights 3.

good monday morning to you all!

i hope you had a fun-filled halloween weekend

we had tons of tiny ones come by last night, a princess, a transformer, a spider man. some scary some not. we also had fully grown adults, trick-or-treating. for candy..by themselves. no children were with them. so...needless to say it was a fun weekend!

anyway...some fun things to share with you this monday! i can't believe its november already. gosh.

a photo of my harry potter costume (which cost me a total of $2)

(yes that is luna lovegood next to me)

a feature about my wedding make-up on my artist's blog! follow her, she is adorable, has great style and is about to have her first little one. such a fun read ;-)

crazy about this wedding color combo. always have been. always will be.

gorgeous colorado wedding on amountainbride! the scenery is just too much

DIY fall/awesome thanksgiving project/decoration by my beautiful friend amy.

love love lovin this trend

and finally martha's killing me with her thanksgiving ideas

i mean really, who ever thought these things i always trip over could be super cute on a thanksgiving table?

happy monday!

ps. punkins

the fruits of our carving labor ;-)

halloween.

oh yes. this is my halloween costume.

before i cut my hair i was planning on being hermoine.

but now that its gone...you betcha i'm going to be harry potter

however, i'm planning on making it myself..if i have time. i'll post pictures either way! (it should be hilarious)

have i ever shared with you all that i'm a major harry potter nerd??

along with weddings, and my husband, its one of my favorite things (i know...)

anyway, i am so excited for the movie to come out and that was the original deal breaker for me when it came to halloween costume decisions.

i've already re-read book 7 in anticipation.

i mean, have you seen the trailer??? how can you not be excited?

what are you being for halloween?

any fun plans???

have a happy happy halloween weekend!!!

wedding photo wednesday.

via (tecpetaja)

i'm going to start sharing some of my favorite wedding photos every wednesday.

until i run out ofcourse. but i have over a thousand...so we'll see about that.

snow.

the mister and i were carving pumpkins last night

when it started snowing!!!!!!!!!!!

i know its probably silly and overly enthusiastic, but i CANNOT WAIT for my first oregon winter. i think its going to be incredibly beautiful, cozy (in the house, ofcourse) and fun!!!

have a lovely tuesday! and check back tomorrow for some wild pumpkin carving action!

monday delights 2.

good morning beauties!!!

i hope you had a lovely weekend...hopefully filled with pumpkin carving, or hot chocolate drinking...maybe even prepping your costumes for halloween! halloween is absolutely one of my favorite holidays. what's yours? anyway, with the new week beginning its

time to try and make mondays suck a bit less for you so here it goes:

this guy always brightens my mondays

(ya, that's my husband-the dreamboat)

(via tecpetaja)

speaking of man candy make sure to check out man candy monday

love this man candy and really lovin this blogger

somebody please buy this...its too cute

an adorable wedding for only $5000

this dress kills me. so gorgeous (via stylemepretty)

if you haven't seen this yet...you should. it's fascinating.

Living My Life Faster - 8 years of JK's Daily Photo Project from JK Keller on Vimeo.

i get it from my mama.

my mama is coming tomorrow

i CAN'T wait to see her

a lot of people think we look a lot alike (especially now...see bottom photo)

happy thursday night!

(kinda like)

ps look at the sass she's got going on in the middle photo

not much has changed

website.

so so beyond excited about this!!!

i'd like to share with you my under construction wedding/event design website!!!

oh and a sneak preview... ;-)

via (tecpetaja)

DIY: polaroid frame

this is a project we'd talked about doing since we moved

well, finally, we spent our sunday actually doing it

now all we need to do is add our real polaroids into the frame

and enjoy the memories.

happy tuesday!

ps working on a new website!!! should be up/under construction soon!

monday delights 1.

so i'm starting a new series because i just can't seem to "find" things by every friday

therefore...i'm going to try to brighten up mondays a bit for all of you

by doing monday delights. a series where i share fun things, wedding related or not to try and make your mondays less awful (because we all wish monday was actually funday)-at least i do

beautiful words from one of my dear friends

love this girl's relaxed tomboy-ish outfit

via (the satorialist)

i find katy perry hilarious...anyone else?

i will be sharing some more of this event this week...

(yes that is a pimp cup, and yes it says "bride"..thank you party city)

i will be selling some of these if anyone is interested please email me.

and finally, a lovely lovely wedding

via (josevilla)

love her hair, the dress, the setting, the veil, everything.

happy monday beauties!!!!!

j.crew.

had to do a weekend post just to discuss how absolutely lovely jcrew's latest

bridesmaid dresses collection is

i just got the catalog yesterday

if i were to have wanted more formal dresses for my maids

this is definitely where i would have shopped. so pretty.

via (jcrew)

tweet, tweet.

i finally gave in

follow me

happy happy happy weekend

i love this kid...

oh my.

this wedding is just exquisite. I LOVE Love love her dress.

and the whole feel is so lovely and ethereal.

man. i can't even handle it.

via (oncewed)

dress.

what a lovely lovely lovely wedding dress this would make

find/gawk/buy it here

ps. i literally gasped outloud to myself.

announcement.

i am going to pursue wedding/event planning/design as a full time career

i know a lot of women want to do or considering pursuing wedding planning after planning their own weddings

but i am CRAZY about it. i love the organization, creativity and whole concept behind it.

here's what i know:

i love weddings/marriage. i love people. i love making things. and i love planning/organization

therefore, i'm going for it.

i am really really excited about this new adventure and luckily, i have a very supportive husband who is right behind me (thank goodness).

i'm in the process of planning one right now! and i can't wait to share with all of you the ideas we come up with, the projects we create and so on

this weekend i'm going to be hand-making some business cards so i'll be showing those to you all soon!

plus, i have some other exciting news coming up that i'll hopefully be able to fill you all in on in the next few weeks

thank you all for cheering me on and encouraging me through my whole wedding planning process. this blog will continue to be full of wedding inspiration, DIY projects and so on. as well as whatever i'm into at the moment and tales of life in oregon.

i am so grateful for ALL of you and your amazing inspiration and encouragement. please, if you know of any friends who need help planning their wedding, i'd love recommendations! just tell them to shoot me an email @ lace.and.likes@gmail.com.

(my prices are EXTREMELY reasonable since i am just starting out) and i'm willing to travel as well. thank you all so much!!!!

finds for friday: bonus

extra find, kristian matsson, the dreamboat also known as "tallest man on earth"

he's being described as the likes of bob dylan

his poetic lyrics and raspy voice are phenomenallll

and i just can't get enough of him

have a listen and tell me what you think!

finds for friday.

well...i suppose this isn't exactly a "find"

because i "found" it here

but, nevertheless we are very excited about it

it marks the near completion of us putting our home together

now we can enjoy it, fall, and heading to the punkin patch.

how are you starting your october??

ps. i've got some exciting news to share on monday (no, i'm not pregnant) but still, i can't wait to share it with all of you!