Something Saturdays (2/28/15)

In case you wer wondering, everything went great on Sunday and we were able to address and put together all the wedding invites. Now I just have to wait another month to actually mail them.

This week was mostly spent getting things done but I had some fun too! On Thursday I was able to do another modeling shoot with Jay Kossman Photography (you can view photos from my last shoot with him here) and I can't wait to see the shots! ((in my instagram collage there is one unedited shot from the shoot!))

Today is fun! My brother is moving into his new apartment--which is 4 minutes down the road from my place. AND I get to meet up for lunch at Burntwood Tavern with my girl Erin from The Spiffy Cookie and her boyfriend! (Michael has to work so I'll be playing 3rd wheel :P)

And tomorrow Michael and I are meeting with PJ (who went to school with my cousin Megan and he works with Michael's mom) to go over our ceremony music.

ALSO--Lent started last week! If you're looking for some meatless recipes to make on Fridays check out my round up from last year or anything tagged as vegetarian on this site.

I lived my tweens and teens in the 00's and this list is SO spot on!

*sob* BOBBBYYYYY

It's amazing what a difference music can make to a movie and a movie trailer. In addition to how much I loved the music in 50 Shades of Grey (which you can read more about that experience below) I got shivers when seeing this trailer for Cinderella and that music is a large reason why. Watch for your own shivers :P

#WeddingPaperDivas Sample Kit #IC

I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Wedding Paper Divas. I received a product and a promotional item to thank me for participating.

By now, you all know that I'm planning my wedding. (Which is less than 4 months away, btw!) And I've encountered various kinds of brides and ways of approaching a wedding. I am 100% that girl who has pictured my wedding forever and the main theme and aspects of the wedding that I've always dreamed of? They're happening. I've always wanted to get married in the church I grew up in-and I am. I've always wanted to wear my mom's dress-as I am. I've always wanted lots of red roses. Happening. I've always wanted red and white as the colors-yepp. And then in the couple years leading up to my actual engagement, Michael and I had settled on various aspects of our future wedding. So...suffice it to say....we have a very clear vision and it is being realized!

And that vision is being consistently realized in every aspect of the wedding--not the least of which is the stationary! It's always super important that your stationary (save the dates, invites, thank you cards, bridal shower invites, etc.) are cohesive with your entire wedding--they're oftentimes the first (and last) impression your guests will have about your wedding so make sure you get the whole thing off on the right foot! One amazing place to turn when you're looking to order your stationary is Wedding Paper Divas.

Multi-Nut Butter

I've been sitting on the idea of making a nut butter with a variety of nuts for awhile. And then I recently realized that I actually have 4 varieties of nuts, right now, in my kitchen. So it was nut butter time!

As I've mentioned quite a few times before--making homemade nut butters is unbelievably easy and so entirely customizable. You can add pretty much anything you want to it--honey, chocolate, vanilla, etc. Or you could add nothing and just let it be an ultra healthy nut butter! This is the same. I've given you the amounts of nuts and the varieties that I used but you can completely mix it up to suit your own needs! And your end result is a delicious, healthy, natural (and no-stir!) nut butter!

For my multi-nut butter I had almonds and peanuts as the predominant nuts (peanuts have a good amount of oil so that way I wouldn't need to add oil during the process. And almonds are ultra good for you!) and then walnuts (which I don't love but are some of the healthier nuts) and pecans (which taste oh so good but are prob. the least healthy nuts). And then I just added a smidgen bit of salt and honey. And now I have a delicious, creamy (of all the nut butters I've made this one doesn't get as thick and hard in the refrigerator-which I looove) thing to spread on my pancakes, toast, or to bake with!

Get on board and get your food processor ready!