Why I've been gone so long....

The market is for buyers... and since I'm getting married I figured why not add a house to the list of things to do. Our lease expires at the end of June and we keep thinking that where ever we are is where we'll start our lives as married people. So we started the house search... We're looking in Clermont, which is NW of Orlando and beautiful! It's called the Gem of the Hills, and the houses are bigger (1800 sq. ft plus) newer (2006 and newer), cheaper ($119k-$135k) and the lots are larger...so my commute will be doubled but what I'll be getting for my money will be worth it.

More E-session pictures

We finally received out engagement session pictures and are soooooooooo hapy with them!! Remember MichelleMoralesPhotography.com!!

Invites... it's not just about paper

It started with googleing images of green and white invites and seeing how expensive customized invites are.... I actually WON customized invites, or at least a dicount on them and was being offered them for $300. $300 for invites alone is not inthe budget. N-O-T in the budget at all. So luckily, I have amazing friends and once again V came through... here goes the process:

It started with shopping around 4 different paper stores...before this I only knew of Office Depot and copy paper. God, who knew there were so many differen versions of white and textures, etc! So overwhelming!

Noone said chosing paper was pretty lolWe were up until 2am drafting, sketching, scanning, tracing and just being creative
and of course Mr. D could not stay focused...so my MOH taught him how to knit lolI heart those little lips <3in the end we came up with something like this...

Monograms, shamograms....

So it's been quite a while and not much has been accomplished...we got side tracked with house shopping and after finding one we like enough to put in an offer we're back on track! So hi everyone and brace yourself for an inundation of informaton!! We've been working with the bet brides maid ever on our invitation and monograms and came up with some pretty cool ideas with which I present you:

So what do you think??

E-Session Sneak Peek

This past weekend was by far the most productive in this year of plannng!! My Girls V and P.lo came up for the weekend and we made moves all over Orlando...2 days ater was my Engagement Session with Mr. D and our photographer. It was beyond amazing and here's a look into what's to come!!

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First Book Recommendation

{read cupcake's book now}
I read A LOT. Definitely more than the average bear. I try to get through a couple books a week. I am in my own personal book reading contest. I prefer non-fiction. Reading can change your life, your perspective, inspire you, make you laugh, make you cry, make you think. I read this book when I was in high school and have made it my mission to spread the word ever since.

'A piece of cake' by Cupcake Brown made me cringe. The same way you might driving by an accident, you don't want to look, you know you shouldn't but you can't help it, you are compelled to slow down the car and stare. I was compelled to plow through this book. I was that kid at dinner with their parents with a book hidden under the table, it was just THAT good. Just when I was about to give up, down to my very last chapters the book crescendoed into one of the most feel good endings of all time. Anyone that could pull themselves through death of a parent, childhood prostitution, drug addiction, gang banging, homelessness and what most would consider just some badly dealt cards of life and come out on top--SHINING; that's my kinda story. Did I mention it's all true? If you are thinking you have it bad, are too old, too poor, to whatever. STOP. Read this story and get on with your life. Your dreams are waiting for you...
P.S. If you have any books that will change my life or make me cry I am all ears...

Disclaimer...she went through ALOT the kind of stuff most people rather turn a blind eye too and act like they dont know it's happening so prepare to be shocked, and hopefully inspired.