Day 1673 – Late Night Date Night – At Where It All Began

Posted on February 8, 2014 by 365 days of marriage

Since I’ve known Bret, he’s always been pretty frugal. Being married to this great guy has helped me to be pretty frugal too. I may have mentioned that we both went like 5 years without buying new jeans. This has helped us to pay off a huge amount of debt and live within our means. I am SO thankful for this side of us. I pray that when we do have more money, we’ll keep this frugal attitude (How To Be Rich has been VERY helpful in preparing me for that).

That being said, he does love to spoil me. Now that there is a bit more breathing room in our budget, we’ve been able to go out to eat a time or two more than normal. We’ve also had a few gift cards/coupons to help with that. (Sidenote: gift cards really are a GREAT gift! They have allowed us to get to the movies and dinners we would never have gone to!) Sometimes, if I’d like to go out, I make jokes/comments…really not expecting for him to say yes. Last night while driving home late, I made a comment about going to TGIFridays…since it is almost our 7 years knowing each other anniversary….and we met at TGIFridays…specifically the one I was suggesting.

Well, he said yes! 🙂 I mentioned that he wouldn’t have to do anything for our 7 year anniversary now….but….I think we’ll still do something. 🙂

We each had a drink and an entree (thanks to a coupon!) So much fun!

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Day 1663 – Is Your Parents’ Wedding Album Falling Apart? Is Yours? I Can Help!

Posted on January 29, 2014 by 365 days of marriage

I am so excited to share more information about a new service I’m offering! What is it? Album reconstruction!

It happened somewhat by accident….I was asked if I could fix an album that was falling apart. I said I’d take a peek at it and figured I could!

Here are a few shots of what the albums looked like before the reconstruction.

They had a smaller album with 3×5 and 4×6 images. Most of the pages were falling out.

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They had the same problem with the larger album with 8x10s.

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So I took both albums and combined them to have a mix of all of the images. We had to do a few repeats of the larger images, but it worked.

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I LOVE the cover on the new album!

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It was a really awesome process….taking something that signals the beginning of marriage and making it like new. This wedding took place almost 25 years ago! It was quite an honor to reconstruct this lovely couple’s album. Listening to Canon in D while doing so brought tears to my eyes a few times!

Do you have a friend, relative, etc. who has an album falling apart? I’d love to chat with them! As long as the images are still in tact and not too damaged, I should be able to reconstruct!

Day 1661 – What Is A Wedding Studio And Why You Should Care

Posted on January 27, 2014 by 365 days of marriage

I’ve been blogging a lot about the new Be More Inspired Wedding Studio and I wanted to tell y’all a bit about why I love it so much! I think it’s going to totally change how Maryland brides plan their weddings!

You start your journey trying on dresses with the amazing stylists at K&B Bridals. They’ll help you find the dress that truly reflects YOU and your wedding.

While trying on your dress, Randie of Faye Daniel Designs can pop downstairs and help you accessorize your gown choice. She has so many of her samples on site to show you examples of what she can do. But if you need more options, you can walk upstairs to her workshop to talk about other options. She showed me drawers upon drawers of beautiful jewels, beads and all kinds of stuff!

But don’t leave yet, you can also find bridesmaids dresses, MOB/MOG dresses, flower girl dresses and tuxes for the guys at K&B Bridals. One of your bridesmaids about to have her prom? No worries, she can check out the prom dresses at K&B too!

What if you came in for a meeting with the onsite florists, Blush Floral Design Studio LLC? Well, hey, you will get to meet the other vendors who are on site while you’re there! Bonus? They make sure there are fresh flowers around the studio!

But wait, there’s more! (Said in my best infomercial voice)

Also on site is a mobile team from Lavish Salon & Spa of Fallston for your hair, make up, spa, essentially all things beauty, needs!

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this? Need a little (or a lot) of help with your wedding? Moore & Co. Event Stylists is on site as well! They have styled and planned many weddings/events and bridal shows that I’ve seen (and photographed) over the years and are always so impressive!

Here is a taste of what these awesome vendors can do!!

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Day 1660 – Photobooth Pictures From The Be More Inspired Wedding Studio Open House!

Posted on January 26, 2014 by 365 days of marriage

Oh my goodness what a great evening we had last night!!!!! The Be More Inspired Wedding Studio was packed with so many friendly faces!! I’m so proud of all that Bridget has done in the last few years! Honored to have her as a dear friend!! 🙂

But enough about that….here are our photo booth pictures!!!!

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Day 1659 – Today Is The Day! – Or – Win A FREE Wedding! – Or – Open House At Be More Inspired Wedding Studio

Posted on January 25, 2014 by 365 days of marriage

Eeeeep! I cannot contain my excitement for the open house tonight! I’m sitting in my chair just shaking! Wait…scratch that….that’s the coffee kicking in. But I am super excited! 🙂

Why am I really this excited about an open house? Well, it’s not just the fact that I’ll jump up and down for the littlest of things (YAY, someone made coffee!!…..YAY! I have K-Cups!!….hmmm, maybe I overdid it with the coffee this morning)….and it’s not only because I love parties and networking….but here are a few of the reasons why I’m excited and why YOU should be excited (and stop by) too!!

The chance to win a FREE wedding!! I mean, seriously, this is reason enough to stop by alone!

BEAUTIFUL bridal gowns! Tons and tons of bridal gowns!

This my favorite gown in the studio right now! I mean, hello, I LOVE the sparkles!!! 🙂 There is one in the front window too that has sparkles UNDER a sheer first layer. *swoon* Bret! I want to get married again….or at least get to wear a wedding dress again with you! Mmmmm, I love weddings.

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