Engagement Pictures

I have been excited to share this post for quite some time - our engagement pictures! I think I keep convincing myself that I will write these eloquent and beautiful posts about being engaged, with all sorts of profound thoughts, and so I just haven't written much. I have decided to change that, and just share what I have to say at the time I'm writing. Being engaged is so much fun - and every day gives me a new reason to be thankful for the man God has blessed my life with. I mostly just feel so undeserving of such a gift of Grace. Seriously, he is way nicer than I am! When I grow up, I want to be as cool as Wes.

Recently, we took engagement pictures with the best photographer ever Dorazio Photography... aka my super amazing little bro, Josh! There is a beautiful park near my house, and Josh caught so many perfect moments of us. Basically, the 3 of us hung out and laughed for two hours and he got to boss around his bossy older sister and I have amazing pictures to show for it. I think it's a pretty good set up if I do say so myself ;)

But SERIOUSLY! Aren't these awesome? Take a look at his page for more of our pictures and the rest of his amazing work!

I'm always laughing when we are together...

All photos courtesy of Dorazio Photography. 

Tea of the Week: Earl Grey Vanilla

This week I'm taking a break from my David's Tea sampling to write about my all-time staple tea. This is the tea that I find myself making when I want something classic, familiar, and delicious. I am never without my favourite tea - Earl Grey Vanilla.

If I have to pick a regular black tea, it's always Earl Grey. I think it's the bergamot...there's just something I love about the taste and smell of Earl Grey. But add in some vanilla and it's even more heavenly. 

What's in your tea cup today? 

Will you be my bridesmaid?

Annnnnnd let the wedding posts begin!

I think my favourite part of the wedding planning process so far has been asking 4 of my best friends to be in my wedding. I wanted to find a way to ask them that was fun and let them know they were special to me, and of course I was anxious for some wedding crafting! After searching Pinterest for some inspiration (isn't that where every good wedding begins???), I came up with the idea of making a box for each of the girls.

I bought some boxes at Michael's and painted them an antique white, inside and out. I then painted the inside of the lid a Robin's Egg Blue (not my wedding colours, if you were wondering - I just liked them). Then I cut a piece of card stock in a fun design and wrote on it. The card stock was glued inside the lid. If you are particularly fancy, you could paint that part on, but I have yet to achieve that kind of cool factor. We won't talk about how many more of those I threw out than actually used for the boxes...apparently 4 good copies is too many for me to handle ;) 

It took me a long time to figure out what I wanted to put inside. I wanted to ask the girls pretty quickly after getting engaged, for a couple reasons. First of all, everyone was asking me who was going to be in the wedding. Secondly, I was excited and wanted to share it with them! If I had waited longer, I might have included some fun things like paint chips with the wedding colours on them or things that require planning, buuuuuuut I'm not exactly the queen of patience when I have exciting news to share. I ended up deciding on 4 things for each box:
       
          1. A journal - because I love lists, they were cute, and weddings need lists.
          2. A chocolate bar - because chocolate is always a need, right?
          3. A Starbucks card - so we can get wedding day Starbucks, because we all know it is going to             happen anyways, so I thought it would be nice to treat them.
          4. A letter - just to have the chance to tell them each that they are special to me.

I also included a little note explaining each of those things, which you can see in the picture above.

It was so fun to give each of them their box! I'm so incredibly thankful for the friends God has blessed me with :)

Tea of the Week: Chocolate Rocket

This week's tea was one that I hear a lot of people say they either LOVE (as in, favourite tea of all time love) or don't really like at all. So on one particularly crisp, cold, boring (read: homework-filled) night, Chocolate Rocket called my name from the tea cupboard and it was time to try it out.

This tea was in the "Road Trip" travel pack. It's a mate tea, which means it is definitely a stimulant. This tea is flavoured with a combination of Yerba mate, cocoa, nuts, and fruit. 

To make my tea-tasting experience even better, I enjoyed my tea in my new favourite mug. It's Polish pottery that my friend Tahlia brought back from her summer adventures there - thanks Tahl! I love it - it's the perfect size for cozying up with some tea and a blanket and it's so cute :) 

And now...drum roll please....for the final verdict...

I love it! I would definitely get this tea again - it was tasty, especially with a little bit of milk :)