The Honeymoon Tour: Paris - Day One

The City of Lights....La Ville Lumiere! Our first day in Paris! Some quick trivia for you:
*Paris is nicknamed the City of Lights because it was one of the first cities to have electricity.
*Also, the name "Paris" is derived from the Celtic tribe known as the Parisii who were its early inhabitants. The city was called Lutetia Parisorum, or "Lutetia of the Parisii," during the Roman era of the 1st to the 4th centuries AD.
*The city was renamed Pairs during the reign of Julian the Apostate, whoever he was...

Good to know, right? We arrived in Paris on a blustery somewhat chilly day and my husband was able to successfully get us from l'aeroport to le taxi and from le taxi to to our very quaint (read: tiny) French hotel. We stayed at Hotel de Londres Eiffel, a family run small hotel with I think about 30 rooms. Could it get more French than this??

The Honeymoon Tour: Overview

How do you share roughly 2300 photos that you took on your honeymoon without boring people? Well, obvious answer: You don't. That would be super extra and overkill to max so I am planning to share highlights that I think would interesting to read about (and I hope you will agree)! If you're not into these types of posts check back a little later...for now we're going to be re-living what I nicknamed the "Honeymoon Tour." But if you enjoy looking at pictures of random places (maybe you've been there before; maybe you haven't) and hear stories from someone's experience then stick around for what's coming up!

 

Weekly Round-Up!

I'm so bad at keeping up with the weekly round up posts I try to do. I can't even remember where we left off but let's just pick up here okay?

My sister and I did a Painting With a Twist class because they were doing a Disney-themed Beauty and the Beast rose painting and my sister loves Beauty and the Beast. It might be her favorite Disney movie in fact!

I love these classes because you can bring your own wine or "adult juice box" to enjoy. It helps to get your creativity going and loosen those creative juices. Hah.

Working on the background was my favorite part.

I also went on a very intense site inspection in one of my cases this week. I'm adding "forest" to the list of weirdest places to have an inspection...

But afterward I stopped at a little ice cream joint to reward myself for not freaking out about being "in the wild" lol.

I got a peanut butter swirl and it was PERFECT for the hot day. I hated wearing jeans and my rubber boots but I figured there would be wilderness and it was best not to wear a skirt suit! But having my legs covered was SOOOO hot in the summer heat.

This past week I also got to approve our wedding flowers!!

These are the centerpieces and the bouquets. I love the happy vibrant colors. I think they will look beautiful!

We also finalized our table numbers. We just bought wooden bases and numbers at the local craft supply store and spray painted them silver to be prettier.

And lastly, I finalized the gifts for my girls! Bridesmaids gifts were something I stressed about because I wanted them all to be similar or equal but still girl-specific so each girl would understand that all of her efforts and patience during the wedding planning process were appreciated.

And yes, I'm THAT bride that buys their girls coordinating outfits to add to the festive "day of" atmosphere. I figured we could wear them while we got our hair and makeup done. The tank tops are so cute and they say "Best Day Ever" on them. I even bought one in black for me!

The wedding is coming up so fast now and I think I'll take a break until after I return from my honeymoon! I'll talk to you all later!

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Weekly Roundup: My Week in Photos

I'll be honest. Not much happened this week. I guess the biggest updates this week are wedding-related.

Celebrating my Birthday

Every birthday I look forward to having birthday dinner. Fiance treats me to dinner every year and this year I chose sushi. I was in the city because my firm was doing a CLE so my choices were endless. I chose Zama in Philadelphia and it was delicious!

Healthy Mediterranean Gyros

My Best Friend's Harry Potter Themed Bridal Shower

Seeing Ariana Grande in Concert

Wedding Wednesday: Asking My Bride Tribe

As soon as I became engaged I knew who I wanted to ask to stand with me as part of my "Bride Tribe" and I started thinking of a cute way to  ask them. Pinterest and google had so many cute ideas to use for inspiration. When I think "wedding" I think champagne and cake. So I made custom etched champagne flutes with my girls' names on them, which I put with a mini bottle of champagne in a pretty silver wooden box. Then I added a crumbled layer cake in a mason jar to go with it. 

The cake was so easy to make. I literally made boxed cake and then crumbled it and added layers of pink buttercream icing. So tasty and the perfect sweet treat!

My wooden boxes I bought at Michaels and just spray painted them with silver. 

They turned out so well. I added some tissue paper, a custom card from Etsy, the custom champagne flute, and the mini bottle of champage.

I'm so excited continue to share our wedding planning process. There is so much to look forward to!

Beach Escape

This past weekend we took a nice day trip to the beach for a little R&R day trip. We live a little over an hour from the nearest beach but we still don't seem to make it there very often. And there is nothing better than kicking back in the sand with a book and watching the waves.