How He Asked!

A few days ago, Stacy from How He Asked contacted me on Twitter and asked if she could write a post about how Danny proposed to me. I said "Of course!" and sent her some pictures with the story of our proposal in Turks. Here's the finished article:

Annie + Danny | NBA Dancer Engaged in Turks and Caicos

ROY G BIV

Apparently your wedding colors should be dependent on the time of year that you're having your wedding. (I guess its some sort of unspoken, unofficial rule) Never one to follow the rules, I don't really care what time of year I get married, I'm going to choose the colors that I want. I've found a cute, helpful website called The Perfect Palette to help me find different color palettes to try out.

While we haven't picked a date yet, we have tossed around the tentative idea of a New Year's Eve wedding. I've always wanted a winter wedding, and what a great time to have all of your family and friends together to celebrate. From what I've read online so far, blues and reds seem to be the most popular colors for winter weddings. I also happen to like idea of having silver or gold mixed in with my wedding colors, while not being the primary color.  The Perfect Palette has provided some great color combinations that include silvers, golds, blues, and reds.

(All images from theperfectpalette.com)

                                

I'm Engaged?!

I'm Engaged?!

Last week I got engaged to the love of my life. It happened while we were on vacation in Turks and Caicos staying at the Gansevoort Hotel. He had planned a romantic candlelit dinner on the beach with our own private band playing all of our favorite songs. I know it may seem like a cliche proposal, but since he is so old school, the whole set up was appropriate. Although we've been together for 4 years, I truly didn't expect anything out of this vacation besides a week to relax and forget about work together. It still hasn't fully hit me that we're getting married. We already decided that we want to enjoy being engaged for the next few months, and don't want to start planning anything until the end of the year, around the holidays. We're both so busy at work, that we want to finish out the next quarter on a strong note so that we can take the new year to devote as much time and attention that we can on the wedding. After all, you only get married once. (If you're lucky)

Now, I know we decided not to plan or make any big decisions until the new year, but how can I resist looking around and gathering ideas for my perfect wedding? I'm starting this blog to document and share the various ideas I find, and I'm hoping that I can help other women who are looking for inspiration for their weddings. Here's to a crazy new beginning!