Black Fox Farms Wedding

Another wedding is in the books!!

Gathered for Love

Ohmygod… MY BEST FRIEND IS MARRIED. I can’t believe it. I mean, I totally can… they are a GREAT couple. They make me hopeful that good, good love does in fact exist. So YAY!! Congrats to them!! Love you both!!

The week leading up to the wedding was a CRAZY one… our days were filled with nothing but wedding things. Tops on our list was flowers… we spied the floral departments of Publix and Bi-Lo and I have to say, I am more than happy with the quality of flowers from both stores. On Friday we ended up spending around $170 between the two and made out like a total BANDIT. We got TONS of spray roses in cream, coral, and light pink shades… LOTS of white daisies, some coral gerbera daisies, and some dainty babies breath that really added a very vintage feel to the floral aspect of things. Then on the day of we kept most of the spray roses for our bouquets and sent the rest with the wedding planner to decorate with. So yes, we were sitting around Studio H getting our hair done and making not only 5 bouquets for the bridesmaids but also Rachel’s bouquet!! I was totally stressed out because I’ve never made a bouquet but after I kind of figured out a system, it went much quicker and I’m pretty happy with how they all turned out. And last minute I found the coral hand painted feathers I did and added them and OH MAN am I glad I did… I LOVE them!!

While we were at Publix checking out the flowers, we were sucked into their bakery — seriously, everything looked SO yummy. But we were there with cake on the brain so Rachel whipped out her iPhone and showed the VERY nice cake lady what she wanted. It was pretty basic so we knew they could handle it… but when I saw the cake I was seriously blown away by HOW exact it was to the picture Rachel showed. They totally knocked it out of the park… AND best of all, it was lemon flavored and it was totally DELISH. Randy’s grooms cake was a tasty German Chocolate Cake and they had about 150 vanilla cupcakes!! I won’t reveal how much was spent but for the quality, it was a freakin’ STEAL.

And I have to brag on the guys for a minute.. they cranked out ALL of the benches that were used on site… which ended up being around 32 I believe. PLUS they made a KICKASS pergola for the ceremony and man crafted a square arch (if that makes sense) which was also for the ceremony site. It was an entrance of sorts… VERY cute. They did such a good job. They also did ALL of the hauling of things from the house to the venue and did any and ALL cleaning up of the fields. So amazing. They really did do their part… not that I didn’t think they would but you know what I mean!!

But after a crazy few days the actual day of the ceremony went really well… it was relatively stress free and we had a GREAT time. There are LOTS of great memories but now enough words to convey them. But know this… wedding or not, we know how to GET DOWN.

Little Pieces of Life

Life has been crazy pants lately… it’s GO TIME for Rachel’s wedding!! Lots of fun but lots of work… and COMPLETELY worth it. So here’s what’s up…

1. Rachel’s Wedding Show… Rach’s sister did a GREAT job!!

2. Bridesmaids happenings…

3. Some serious ME time.

4. Lovely Randoms!!

Music Midtown 2012!!

Guess who’s excited?! THIS GIRL RIGHT HERE!! Two days ago I read that the two headliners for Music Midtown 2012 are PEARL JAM and the FOO FIGHTERS. Anybody who knows me knows that there are three music men in my life… Jack White, Eddie Vedder, and Dave Grohl. I love them all equally and for many different reasons. So this is like a BIG deal for me, to see both Pearl Jam – who I’ve loved since my high school days and the Foo Fighters – who I’ve probably loved just as long… two bands I’ve been DYING to see for a long while now. It’s like a music miracle! A MUSIC MIRACLE I SAY!! And the best part? This little music miracle is only going to cost me $129. YEP. That’s right. Less than $130 for TWO bands I’d pay $100 a pop to see! HALLELUJAH!!

I’m also pretty stoked about seeing the Avett Brothers again, as well as Florence + the Machine!! AND I have to admit the gangsta inside of me is super pumped about Luda and T.I. (I hope Tiny’s there too, I love her!! haha). OH and guess who else is going to be there? Joan Jett!! Doesn’t get much cooler than that!

YAY!! I finally get to see Dave Grohl and his feather tattoos!! Can’t wait!!

Lyric Love :: Freedom at 21

Jack White’s solo album Blunderbuss is FINALLY out and man-oh-man do I love it. While it’s been hard to nail down an actual favorite I think I’ve finally settled on Freedom at 21. He played it live when I saw him a few months ago and it JAMMED so hard, I kind of fell in love with it then. But now that I’ve had a chance to hear the studio version, as well as a couple of live versions… it’s pretty much a done deal. Freedom at 21 is my fuckin JAM.

cut off the bottoms of my feet
make me walk on salt
take me down to the police
charge me with assault
a smile on her face
she does what she wants to me

that’s right and
she don’t care what kind of wounds she’s inflicted on me
she don’t care what color bruises that she’s leavin’ on me
cus she’s got freedom in the 21st century

two black gadgets in her hands
all she thinks about
no responsibility no guilt or morals
cloud of judgement
smile on her face
she does what she damn well please

and she don’t care about the things people used to do
she don’t care that what she does has an effect on you
she’s got freedom in the 21st century

cut off the bottoms of my feet… cut off the bottoms of my feet
make me walk on salt… make me walk on salt
take me down to the police… take me down to the police

Local Love

I’m so excited I could BUST. My vibrant tie dyes are now being carried in TWO of the local shops around town… so check out The Carousel and of course, Flowers & Thyme for lots of colors and sizes of my hand dyed wares!!

Valley Fest 2012

Last night I met some friends downtown for the 2012 Valley Fest that my hometown holds every year. I say “every year” but this is only the second year… there are a few kinks they need to work out (like making sure the vendors stay until the event is over) but overall it was a lovely time. A touch cold but that can’t really be controlled. Camp Normal played at 4:00 (which is WAY too early, if any of you festival folk are reading this — PUT THEM LATER NEXT YEAR) and they KILLED it. I even spotted someone (I won’t name names) who’s notoriously uptight and even she was tappin her toe to their cover of Elton John‘s Saturday Night. After the show we got some yummy BBQ and went our separate ways until about 8pm, then we regathered at Maddog’s for drinks and TONS of laughs. It was a GREAT day.

Lyric Love :: Hold On

I love them Alabama Shakes. I know it seems like I LOVE everybody… but these guys are the real F’ING deal (I’m trying to watch the language because I am not a sailor). As I understand it they were touring with the Drive-By Truckers for a while, now they’re opening for F’ING Jack White… they’re playing F’ING Bonnaroo, and they rock the F out. What more can you ask for? They hail from Athens, Alabama… they’ve hit the late night circuit and they’re gonna be big.

(image: Don VanCleave)

Here’s Hold On, the first single off the GREAT record Boys & Girls. Check it out for sure. It’s one of the best releases of the year thus far and you’re probably going to like it! I am so team Alabama Shakes!

Bless my heart.
Bless my soul.
Didn’t think I’d make it to 22yrs old.
Must be someone up above sayin “Come on Brittany you got to come on up.”
“You got to hold on…”

So, bless my heart and bless yours too.
I don’t know where I’m gonna go don’t what what I’m gonna do.
Must be somebody up above sayin’ “Come on Brittany, You got to come on up!”
“You got to hold on…”

YEAH! YOU GOT TO WAIT!
YEAH! YOU GOT TO WAIT!
BUT, I DON’T WANNA WAIT!
I DON’T WANNA WAIT…

So, bless my heart.
Bless my mind.
I got so much to do, I ain’t got much time
So, must be someone up above saying “Come on girl! You got to get back up!!”
“You got to hold on…”

“YEAH! YOU GOT TO WAIT!”
I DON’T WANNA WAIT!
WELL, I DON’T WANNA WAIT!
NO, I DON’T WANNA WAIT!

“You got to hold on…”

Lots of THIS and THAT

Busy, busy, busy!! Here’s what’s up…

1. Wedding Crafts

2. Dead Cats

3. BFF Day Dates

4. Babies are NEAR and dear.

Easter Eve

We love to celebrate… everything. And we love to get creative in our celebrations! A couple of weeks ago I was invited to an “Easter Eve” party. I know it probably sounds terrible… a party for Easter?! Yes, indeed. Since it was techinquely NOT Easter… I figured no harm, no foul. Or however that expression goes. Basically… I WAS DOWN WITH IT.

1.  day drinking… Coors Light, NOT Magic Hat

2. We had LOTS of prize eggs!!

3. NOM M&M’s are so good.

4. We love a fire.

5. Glow Stick Ring Toss… totally my brilliant idea.

6. My Easter Eve findings!!

7.  Drunk quotes in the eggs… LOVE it.

Happy Easter!!