The Wedding Day

by KT on May 11, 2012

The ceremony took place on the golf course at Cassique.  We were so lucky to have amazing weather the whole weekend & Saturday was no exception.   We had the ladies locker room from noon until the ceremony started at 6pm.  

This was the view the guests had during the ceremony.  I was able to take a few pictures on the second story porch of the ladies locker room.  This picture definitely does not do justice to how pretty this site is.  The bride & groom received a really special gift on Friday night at the rehearsal dinner of a framed one of a kind painting of this view.  It was given to them by friends of the groom’s parents and will be such a special keepsake for them.

The ladies locker room was beautiful.  It had a long table with mirrors & chairs on each side of the table.  We all had our own little station to get ready.  

Naturally there was a lot of this going on…   And then my camera battery died!!!!!  I still don’t know why I didn’t just run over to the house to get my charger, but I didn’t.  So, the rest of the photos are iphone pics or borrowed from friends.  :(

These were the bride’s shoes.  I should probably mention that the on paper it would seem like the bride &  I shouldn’t be friends as we are total opposites.  She grew up in the pageant world – she had won 3 cars by the time she was in high school!!!  The opposites attract theory worked for us!  So, needless to say her wedding was quite blingy! 

Photo by Friend of Bride

Isn’t she beautiful!!

  

Photo by Fia Forever

We had the best time with the photographers, a husband and wife team.  They were amazing…the perfect balance of calm & assertive.  I loved them.  If you’re thinking of getting married in the Charleston area you should definitely look Fia Forever Photography up. 

Photo by Friend of Bride

This is the bride & her dad walking down the aisle.  It was so special & may people had to wipe their eyes. Notice the bouquet…it was antique broaches from the bride’s grandmothers & mother.  Super sparkly. 

Photo by Friend of Bride

 I love this picture of the bride & groom.  Having known both of them for 11 years it was that much more special to see them tie the knot.

Photo by Friend of Bride

The reception was in a tent at Cassique.  The entire tent was draped in white lines & had up-lights in shades of pink.  The dance floor was flanked by white leather couches & the chiavari chairs were wrapped in pink & silver.  As you can see, the flowers were amazing.  Seriously, every detail was perfection.

This is a terrible iphone picture, but after dinner the bride changed into a super sparkly, super tiny reception dress.  It was AMAZING & she looked KILLER in it.  I’m not looking too hot here as this was after LOTS of dancing & several ‘really awesome cocktails’.

Photo by Fia Forever Photography

Here’s the whole wedding party.  I’m the the 3rd bridesmaid from the left.  I can’t wait to see the rest of the pictures from Fia Forever.  I know they are going to be perfection! 

 Congratulations my friends.  REF & I love you so much & wish you a lifetime of happiness.  

xoxo

 

 

 



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Luncheon

by KT on May 11, 2012

Sorry for the little hiatus, but life has been crazy the past two weeks.  I’ll post about that sooner then later too, but now onto the rest of the wedding weekend.

Saturday the bride’s mother hosted a lovely lunch for the bridesmaids at the beach club.  We were set up to be outside overlooking the ocean, but it happened to be VERY windy & therefore very cold so the staff scrambled & moved us inside.  We had an awesome lunch complete with drinks.  

SIDE NOTE: If you had asked me if I wanted Champagne about four years ago I would have turned my nose up to it.  However, after a trip to NYC to visit my bestie & a four hour lunch at Pastis  I realized that I do like it.  In fact, I love it.  Add some raspberries to it & I’ll drink my weight in champagne. 

The bride with her mom & future mother in law.

Here’s the whole group.  I absolutely hate this angle, but it was the best picture that we got of the whole group during this day.  The bride gave us beautiful engraved jewelry boxes, a “diamond” bracelet & earrings, AND free gifts from the cosmetic line that she represents.  It was WAY too generous & over the top, but that’s the bride!

The groom has three sisters, so I had to get a picture of the bride with her new sisters in law! 

 

 

 



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Really Awesome Cocktail

by KT on May 3, 2012

The bride & groom live in San Francisco & they wanted aspects of their wedding to reflect their southern heritage, but their West Coast lifestyle.  The food & drink was an obvious way to accomplish this task.  One seriously San Francisco touch was the St. Germain Cocktail.  I referred to this drink as  the “really awesome cocktail” all night & everyone knew what I was talking about.

St. Germain is an elderflower liqueur & just had an extremely light taste to it.  This drink is the most refreshing drink I’ve ever had.  HANDS DOWN, AMAZING.  It will now be my new summer cocktail.  

Apparently, there are LOTS of variations to this drink.  During the cocktail hour they were garnished with a cucumber, which I thought was perfection.  At the reception they had a lemon twist.  After doing some research I’ve seen them garnished with strawberries, raspberries, & limes.  I think you couldn’t go wrong anyway you garnished it.

Can you imagine it with some Veuve?

 



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The Bedrooms

by KT on May 2, 2012

The cottage this past weekend had 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms + a powder room.  There were two master suites, 1 upstairs & 1 down.  They all had flat screens, dressers, walk in closets & beautiful bathrooms.  There was a golf motif throughout the house, but it was done nicely.

This was our room.  We were in the downstairs master & had a view of the putting green & pond from our window.  The bed was amazing.

This was our bathroom.

All of the bathrooms had beautiful marble counter tops, rain showers with benches, and paneled walls.  I loved our bathroom.

The upstairs master had a beautiful bay window.  This picture has a great view of the ceilings throughout the house.  They gave the house a warm, cozy feelings.

This is a great view of beautiful marble.  Side note: If there was ANYTHING to complain about this it would be that the bathrooms only had 1 sink in them & there were NO full length mirrors in the whole joint. 

The “non” master bedrooms had two queens.  They were about double the size of the master bedrooms & were equally beautiful.  This one had a dark wood dress & the other had a beautiful painted wood dresser.

All of the closets were awesome too.  I love having a nice closet on vacation so that you don’t have to clutter up your bedroom.  I desperately wanted to take one of those robes home with me.

This window was beautiful.  It was really dramatic from outside the house at night time.  

Oh did I mention that we had daily maid service too?

 

 



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Cassique Club Cottages

by KT on May 1, 2012

We had the most amazing time this past weekend celebrating our friends, Jennifer & Ian.   I’ve decided that I need to break up the posts for their wedding weekend.   Warning…picture overload! 

Accommodations for the Weekend

A year ago the groom told a handful of the wedding party that he had reserved a cottage for us to stay in during the weekend of their wedding.  He couldn’t offer any pictures, but it was supposed to be steps away from the reception site, The Cassique Club.  So, when REF & I pulled up on to this house on Thursday early afternoon we weren’t sure we in the right spot.

It wasn’t until I walked in & saw this that I was truly convinced we were in the right spot!  This cottage was no cottage.  It was in fact a mansion.  

Every detail of this house was both elegant & comfortable. 

I loved the couch in the bay window to the right.  Do you see the drapes?  Those can be drawn for an afternoon catnap. 

This is the view into the kitchen.  Those glass panels could be pushed back into the wall.  I thought they were beautiful.

This kitchen was a dream.  It literally had everything you could want including tonic, soda water, lemonade, tomato juice, a fruit/cheese platter, a wine cooler and ice maker.  I was in heaven.

Here’s another shot of those beautiful panels.  I absolutely loved them.  I also loved the open shelving & lighting too.

Our patio was beautiful.  It had a huge gas grill & our very own private putting green.  Yes, I’m serious.  That was JUST FOR US!

Someone made himself VERY comfortable.

This is a view of the front garden.  Down this path about 10 steps was the Cassique Golf Club, the reception site.

Finally a view of the front of the house.

Tomorrow I’ll give you a tour of the bedrooms.  

 



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Dreaming

by KT on April 30, 2012

I’m back to the grind today, but I’ll definitely be dreaming about having one of these…

I can’t wait to post about our amazing weekend!

 



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I Neglected to Mention…

by KT on April 24, 2012

Yesterday when I talked about my shopping trip to several boutiques & the mall on Saturday I neglected to mention that my hunt for the perfect rehearsal dinner dress was cut short.  Why was it cut short you ask?  Well, I’m a klutz. 

At brunch with all those lovely ladies I had a cup of coffee, a double mimosa (it’s cheaper that way…), and a glass of water.  By the time I got to the mall I need to visit the little ladies room.  So, after a quick in Sephora I walked down to the ladies room.  Now, we have a pretty nice mall & the bathrooms are nice too.  They have marble floors & real wood doors.  They don’t have the standard metal partition.

So, I stroll down the marble hallway in my jack rogers & turn the corner to the hallway with the stalls.  It was there  that things went south.  There was some water (I hope) on the floor.  I slipped on this water & flew face first into the wooden door jam.  

I was shaken & basically knocked out.  That thing happened where everything goes black & then yellow.  I shut myself in the stall out of embarrassment, but luckily no one saw me.  After that “backout” sensation went away the tears started flowing from the pain.  My face was throbbing & my ankle was twisted.  After a few minutes I collected myself & went to wash my hands.  I had a huge goose egg on my forehead.

The rest of the afternoon is a blur.  I realized when I was walking in circles at Anthropologie (a store I NEVER go in) that I needed to get out of the mall.  I knew my mom was at her office which is around the corner so I drove over there.  After some ice on my forehead & sitting a few minutes I felt well enough to go home.

That was Saturday & today is Tuesday.  My ankle is still swollen, the goose egg is still there, but now it is black & blue, and it still hurts my jaw to chew.  

The funny thing about this whole (way too long) story is that this type of thing happens to me ALL THE TIME.   No one has ever nicknamed me Grace.

 



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Refreshing Weekend

by KT on April 23, 2012

I almost left town on Friday after work to go see my nephew, but I decided I needed to stay in town & get a few things done.  I ended up having such a nice weekend.  While I’m sad that I didn’t get some QT with my favorite little guy I think my body is glad I stayed in town.

Friday night REF & I went to watch The Bobcats play the Memphis Grizzles.  We used my company’s corporate tickets and parking pass.  The seats and service are great, but The Bobcats are working hard on becoming the worst NBA team in HISTORY!  Our seats are directly behind the bench (where the owner, Michael Jordan, sits) & so we could hear everything the players and coaches were saying.  It was hard to watch them trying so hard, but still come out losers.  It still was a fun night & I recommend going to a game if you’re in town.  

On Saturday morning I went to meet a group of blog/twitter friends.   Christian was in town from Memphis & so we all decided to meet up at Pewter Rose to welcome her to Charlotte!  In the picture above… From L to R you have Lauren, Adelaide, Christian, April, me & Annie.  We were surrounded on both sides by bridal parties which was pretty fun!  

Thanks for putting this together, April!  It was so nice to brunch with you ladies!

After brunch I headed out to do some shopping for the weekend.  REF & I are heading out in a couple days to Kiawah Island, SC for my college roomie’s wedding.   We’ll be staying here at the Cassique Club Cottages with other members of the The cottages come with bikes & porches.  I’m looking forward to early morning rides & afternoon cocktails on the porch!  REF’s going to do a little golfing while I’m doing bridesmaids stuff so I think we’ll both be happy campers by the end of the weekend!

I ordered this Elizabeth McKay dress from Rue La La in spicy orange on April 12.  I thought that I would wear it to the rehearsal dinner.  Unfortunately, it STILL hasn’t shipped.  So, I’m on to plan B.  What is plan B?  Well, I haven’t figured that out yet.  I searched high & low this weekend to find a suitable dress that fulfills my requirements of being a classic design with a little fun, having both sleeves & structure, and is long enough that I can sit down & not be worried that I’m showing too much leg.  Everything I tried on was too slinky or too short.

Hopefully I can find something by Wednesday.  If not, I’ll be shopping my closet!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

 

 

 

 

 



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Admitting it is the First Step

by KT on April 20, 2012

A couple of weeks ago REF was heading to Chicago for work.  Being the control freak amazing wife that I am I wanted to help him pack.  When I got his suitcase out of the guest room closet I realized that I had a more serious problem than my issues to control my husband’s packing.

The issue?  My love of totes.

I pulled all of my bags out and put them on our bed.  Then I called REF into the room & asked him if he thought I had a problem?  Obviously, he rolled his eyes, as I’m sure you are right now.  I didn’t realize that my collection had become this large.  

The thing is that they all are special to me & they all serve a purpose.

In the top picture: The black Herve Chapelier bag in my parents gave me when I graduated from college.  The green copycat that is monogrammed behind the black bag I received as a bridesmaids gift from a dear friend.  I use both of these when I do a weekend travel to carry my toiletries since they both have zipper tops.

In the second picture: The pink boat & tote with the circle monogram is from my pink swap partner, EAS. It is my newest bag & I’ve been using it this spring as an everyday bag.  Behind that the green boat & tote with the block monogram was a bridesmaids gift from a college roommate.  It is the perfect shade green for me! The navy boat & tote was my first & is probably my favorite.  It still has my original (non-married) monogram & it is the largest.  My grandmother gave it to me when I was in high school.  I have used it for basically every beach trip I’ve taken as an adult. In the foreground is my Vineyard Vines patchwork bag.     I got this bag in Charleston with my friend after a girls weekend.  It has a zipper top & tons of pockets inside.  I use this in the summer as my work bag.  The black & white bag was a gift from all of my bridesmaids during my bachelorette party.  It has my married monogram & I brought it on my honeymoon! The pink & green Emilie Sloan  bag was the first married birthday present that REF bought me.  It is totally me & is a nylon type material so if something spills in it the bag isn’t ruined.

Finally my black Longchamp .  I have several Longchamp purses, but this is my only Longchamp tote.  My girlfriend, MTV, bought this for me back in fall & I’ve been obsessed with it ever since.  I have used it to travel (zip top), for my work bag, as a purse & I’ve even tried putting Winston in it.  He does not feel the same way about that I do.  Long story short…I love this bag.

I don’t have a purse or shoe obsession so I’m semi okay that I have this weird bag obsession.   I love giving the giant, zip top, boat & totes as baby gifts (a tip I learned from my friend KDT) & I think the medium size boat & totes are FANTASTIC bridesmaids gifts.  The other bags are just a bonus in my opinion! 

What’s your obsession?



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Where Have I Been?!

by KT on April 19, 2012

Sometimes I don’t blog because I haven’t uploaded pictures.  Sometimes I don’t blog because I have don’t have much to talk about.  Sometimes I don’t blog because it feels forced.  Sometimes I don’t blog because I’m lazy. Sometimes I don’t blog because I’m busy.  This past silence has been a combination of all of the above.

So, what have I been up to?

I went to visit this guy, his mom and his dad to celebrate his 6 month birthday!  We played in this jumping thing, ate rice cereal, went on a walk sitting up in the stroller & read a bunch of books.

We celebrated MK’s 30th Birthday complete with a surprise visit from her NYC friends, a spa day, cookout & a party bus!

This is her face when her NYC friend walked into the garage to surprise her!

REF & I celebrated Easter with my parents & had a low key day.  We ate a wonderful brunch, hit golf balls, planted flowers, watched The Masters & had an amazing dinner.  Unfortunately, I didn’t take 1 picture!  It was a much needed break. 

We also celebrated MK’s baby’s baptism last weekend.  The service was lovely & they had over 60 family and friends join them at their house for a BBQ.  Like always, REF & I stayed over too late & had too much fun!  We sure do love having them in CLT now!

What have you been up to?

 

 

 



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