Wedding: The Ceremony

We had the wedding and reception in the same venue. A neat old building in downtown Nashville call Avenue. It was the perfect place, lovely and old, and completely bare so we could transform it into what we wanted. Being a music major in college and having a love for everything older, I knew my music choices would reflect that. The bridesmaids/groomsman walked down to Moon River and I walked down the aisle to Somebody To Watch Over Me (that song makes me melt every time) played by a string quartet.

 And we were married!

xo,

 Em

P.S. one more Wedding post coming your way (you'll get to see us rockin' out at the reception)

Wedding: People We Love

These are photos of all the lovely people who were in the wedding and our families, whom we love so dearly.

My lovely bridesmaids. They are all so dear to me. From left to right: Sarah, my darling sister. Kayla, my new amazing sister! Rachael, my loving wonderful friend. Hannah, my other lovely sister. All of my bridesmaids wore vintage dresses we found here in Nashville at a local vintage shop. They also wore vintage gloves. I just didn't like the idea of making all the girls wearing one dress that wouldn't look flattering on all of them. So we went hunting for beautiful vintage dresses that would look lovely on each of them.

Tyler had amazing groomsmen. From left to right: Blake, Josh (his brother), Zach, and Caleb.

Kayla and Josh-Tyler's amazing siblings (now mine too!)

I love this photo of Tyler and his Dad.

All my siblings gathered together! Hannah, Sarah, David, and Jesse.

My beautiful mother. She wore a lovely 50's dress for the wedding.

My father will hate that these next two photos are online, but they are amazing candid shots of him and his mother, and I just love them:

all photos by aaron hardin

Our wedding was such a wonderful loving event surrounded by people we love, it couldn't have been more perfect.


xo,
 Em

Wedding: Us

Tyler wore a suit from J. Crew on our wedding day. His shirt and, tie, belt, and socks were also from them. He wore a little tie clip that had an E on it :)

all photos by aaron hardin
 

My dress was from the 50's and I found it on etsy. I never even went dress shopping, I found it, and knew it was the one. I wore a 50's rabbit fur jacket and flowery hair piece (which at one time must have had a veil but it had been taken off). My shoes I found at Anthropologie, they were the perfect color. My gloves were my mom's she wore on her wedding day. They're from around 1910 ish. I wanted, for a little while, to wear her wedding dress, as it's Edwardian, but it was so delicate, and this dress ended up being perfect, but I'm do glad I got to wear the gloves.

xo,

 Em

Wedding: Primping and First Look

Here's my first installment of wedding photos! I figured I'd do several posts, so as not to overwhelm you all :)

 Tyler and I knew we wanted to get all of our photos done before the ceremony so here's our first look:

all photos by aaron hardin

 I love looking through these photos and remembering what an amazing day this was. Happiest of my life.

There's more to come!

xo,

Em

Raven Black

I told you all I dyed my hair basically black and now you can reaaally see it.

I watched a tutorial about how Marilyn Monroe had her make up done, and I incorporated some of the things in my own make up so I felt very Marilyn with black hair today, ha.

blouse thrifted

trousers vivien of holloway

shoes steve madden 

 It's hard getting used to how dark it is, but I think I like it. It's for sure a change, and I'm all for changes with my hair. 

Do you like to experiment with your hair or do you like to play it safe?

xo,

 Em

Girls Night

Tonight Ty went out so my lovely sisters came over and we ordered some amazing Indian food, got soaked in the rain (Nashville has been getting it's fair share of rain today) and watched some Smash. Quite the lovely night. 

Before I show you a few pics of our evening, I should tell you my hair is basically black now. I tried to dye it a dark brown, and it was far darker then I thought, but I'm planning on rocking the black for a while before I try to go back to a lighter brown. 

My lovely sister Sarah, drenched by the rain.

I'm excited about the Indian food...yummm.

My dear sister Hannah getting the food ready!

Our tasty feast!

We all enjoyed it. Nom nom nom.

It's always nice to spend time with my darling sisters. I think we're gonna go grab some desert next Mmmm.

xo,

 Em

P.S. My blog is going to look a little janky for a bit. Tyler is going to be working on it for a while to make it look extra spiffy.

Kony 2012

I wanted to thank you all for your loving comments on my last blog post. 

I came across this video, as I'm sure many of us are, and knew I needed to share. Please take some time out of your day to watch the video, and help a great cause.

KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.