Fringe Find: Vintage With Lisa

Have you started following @shopVWL on Instagram? I've become a big fan of their refashioned tees, dip dyed flannels, and embellished cut offs.  What I love most of all, is they are standing for slow fashion. One-of-a-kind, hands-on pieces are mixed with some market styles to curate a really rad collection.  Right here, I'm wearing one of their refashioned tees with a form-fitting, high-waisted skirt.

Fringe top from Vintage With Lisa/ Sanctuary skirt

 Earrings found on Poshmark

Terrell Country Store

I had a 2nd metatarsal osteotomy at the beginning of March & I'm cropping those feet out til I'm out of these lovely Velcro surgery sandals.   Getting my feet back in some Luccheses can't come soon enough!

My Romantic Wedding Day Look

Me and my Mr. in our Lucchese boots

I was able to make this belt, inspired by my Bourbon and Boweties bangles.

(Even though the belt was made in haste the morning of the wedding, and that was after Cassie had to break into my house to get the ribbon I left behind).

Me & my girls at the top of the world.

Watters gown and veil from Wildflower Bridal

My maids looking stunning in their Free People threads.

Photo credit: Sassyfras Studios (and I would pick them again, every time)

Flowers: Flora (them, as well)

"I'll keep on turning the pages,

Oh, what a story to tell,

You'll still be my sweetheart when everything ages,

You'll be the last book on the shelf,

I know you're the end of my story,

I know you're as far as it goes,

I hope you're the last words, I ever utter,

and it's never your time to go...."

Life's Firsts: Bridal Shower in Our Honor

It's 8:30a.m. on a Saturday and I'm waiting on an oil change at the Ford place. I have been wanting to share about my bridal shower this past weekend since Monday, but of course our wi-fi crapped out.... and of course Netgear will offer you tech support for the low price of $80 to fix it, so needless to say, we didn't fix it.  Austin and I were the guests of honor at a bridal shower this past weekend thrown by Colleen's incredibly sweet teacher friends and family.  Having people take time to make homemade sweets and fruit trays, shower (no pun intended) you with gifts, and give you their undivided attention is nerve racking awesome and something we were so grateful to experience.  But what really pulled my heart strings was having loved ones that don't normally mingle in ONE place, ALL for us.  That is something special.  

Anyone familiar with the Shoe Game?  It's where they make you sit back to back and tell on each others messy tendencies, and ask you who the dog loves more, and whose families craziest and laugh at your answers.

I didn't give up an answer on craziest family.... good thing it was a trick question.

We'll have the SAME family in June :)

Vidalia Vogue Necklace

 Lace Dress c/o KUT from the Kloth // Lucchese boots (on Austin, too)

The internet couldn't handle these pasty legs close up in real color... take my word for it.

As always, thanks for stopping by.

2015: The Year of Mr. & Mrs. Thompson

Do most of my posts start with the statement "better late than never"? Cause I feel like they do.  This post has been a long time coming, but after I had already waited so long after our engagement shoot session I figured I might as well wait til 2015.  

Where: Asheville, NC

Hair & Makeup: @beautybycort

Photographer: Victoria Grace Photography

I set myself up for having a lot of anxiety about this photo shoot by writing this article on What to Wear for Your Engagement Photos before I was engaged.... long before.  I felt like I was dressing for Summer and he was dressing for Fall, but I think (I hope) the colors we chose made us look cohesive.

And I was happy to take my own advice on bringing a prop.... the dog & the bouquet I made in a hurry.

Also, I tried to narrow it down to 5 for the post, but I just couldn't.

 Him: Levi's Shirt/Wrangler Jeans/Lucchese boots

 Her: Dress & Bracelet from Anthropologie/ Frye booties/ Necklace from Vidalia Vogue on Etsy

My hair! Did Cortney do a beautiful job, or what?!  Waylon and Austin look handsome, as always.

Both Frye booties I wore in this shoot are ones I picked from this very lucky occurrence.

 Him: J. Crew vest/ DL 1961 shirt/ Lucchese boots/ Belt buckle from Waylon Jennings Merch Co.

Her: Dress & Bracelet from Anthropologie/ Frye booties/ Necklace from Elementality - Asheville, NC

 This is might be my favorite.

No, this one is definitely my favorite.  My version of American Gothic was executed beautifully.

Thanks for running the pitchfork out in a hurry and being a stand-in stylist [requesting Austin to roll up his jeans for this last one], Mom!

We were using truck headlights for light at this point.

That's all she wrote, folks! Thanks for being interested in this special, special moment in my life.   God has truly blessed me with my forever friend.