It's all on the Outside.

Imagine my happiness when the Mr. and I rolled up to our house to find this pretty stack of goodies sitting on our porch one afternoon.  While I had no idea why the giver had left the present, I immediately knew who she was.  Turns out, it's a gorgeous stack of wedding gifts that we can't stand to open.  So, for two weeks this beauty has been sitting on our dining room table just as it arrived.  I can't stand the thought of deconstructing something so lovely.  It's dripping in feathers, tied up with twine and ribbon and sweet little notes, and topped off with a little piece from our invitation and a gold pouf that has my name all over it.  Sorry, Farra & Juan, but it just doesn't matter what is inside- this is gift enough.  You could have given us empty boxes and we would be happy.  

Just thought I'd leave you with a little bit of pretty on this rainy day.

xo,

T

A 30th Birthday.

One of our dear friends around here just turned 30.  Remember this hot lady in the green Gucci wedding dress?  Well, we decked out the patio of one of our favorite San Diego restaurants, Jayne's Gastropub, one Sunday morning to celebrate her.  She's the kind of person whose house is truly a home, who will cook you a homemade breakfast at 7 am before her work day begins (on fabulous china served in her garden), and who will throw you a damn good shower full of all the things you could dream of having at a shower but never knew it. She'll have your uncle dancing to mariachi's at your wedding and will turn just about any old party into a tequila dance fest.  The life of the party and also the most caring person in a room.  We are so lucky to know her and to call her friend.  And if you knew her, you'd be lucky to.

So what do you do when someone like this turns 30?  This hardly was up to par but we wanted to share anyway.  A rustic, farmhouse style brunch for one of the loveliest ladies in town.  Happy Birthday Miss F!

We Stand At A New Doorway.

Happy 2011! We'll be back to our regular blogging in a while, but in the meantime, we're still dreaming of our last night of 2010....

We love New Years Eve (no shock here- any excuse to get dressed up in sequins is good by us!) and this year was no exception.  Check out this pretty window from where we spent our night dancing away.  It's the gorgeous home of our dear friends Farra & Juan.  Their house is always filled with friends, amazing food (he owns and runs MIHO Gastrotruck) and so much warmth.  Truly the best place to ring in the new year!  We fell in love with this spot in their home and just had to share.  

2011, here we come!

Ace Halloween. Sneak Peek.

Many, many more to come (in fact, we are a little scared to see some of those Smilebooth pics) but here's a little sneak peek of the night.  As usual, The Flashdance rocked the house and Paige & Kelly (our wedding world idols) worked Halloween magic decking out The Commune.  

Special thanks to Miss Farra for creating these glittery beaks for our bird trio.  

The White Wedding.

More eye candy from yesterday's shoot featured on Green Wedding Shoes....

{Shewanders Photography}

Huge thanks to Shewanders Photography, Brightly Designed, & Organic Elements for being so amazing and helping create our vision!  And our real life, truly in-love couple, Farra y Juan-  you make marriage look like cake!