London-Bound: The date is set!

Random, I know. But I love Sticky Toffee Pudding.
And that's one sweet thing I'm looking forward to in London. YUM!

Yep, that's right. I finally booked my one-way ticket!

I leave for London exactly three weeks from today. 

It's a tad bit scary and overwhelming, considering I have yet to finish my thesis, and need to finalize quite a few wedding bits before I go. (We won't be back until about 10 days before the wedding! ACK! That's when my first dress fitting will be AAAAACK!)

Plus I need to make sure to say goodbye to friends and family properly.

And pack.

But besides all that, I am pretty darn excited. A new adventure is about to begin! And I cannot wait to see the boy/man again!

Where we're at: Part 4 - The Theme

I meant to write about this a while ago, cause I know I left you all in the dark about our super inventive "Rustic Chic" wedding theme*.

This is pretty much my perfect rustic chic look
via Style Me Pretty

So before even deciding on our venue, boy/man and I (well, mostly I) started thinking about the general direction we wanted to take with our wedding. Since we knew we wanted something outdoorsy/woodsy and "Canadian" to move away from the typical hotel reception hall wedding, I started searching Google Images for inspiration. 

At first, I started with broad searches, like "outdoor + wedding" and then eventually came up with a number of elements that spoke out to me (and the boy/man, although he didn't know it yet). 

We hesitated about a travel or maps/globe theme (since I am Canadian, he is British, and we met in Brazil). Then we thought we should do only Brazilian. Then we realized we couldn't find the right vendors in Montreal for that.

Then one day, in my web perusing, someone somewhere in the wedding blogging world had an inspiration board they called "rustic chic" and I thought that was exactly what we were trying to achieve.

And, after much obsessive blog scanning, I now have created a mighty huge Word document of all the images I love. So far. (It is 60 pages long, has a table of contents and sections. But I don't have all the sources for the pics, so can't really upload it all here. However, if you want it, just leave me a comment and I will gladly email it to you.) 

These are the elements that make up a rustic chic wedding to me:

Wood
Tree trunks, bark and branches for invitations, decor, and signs

Burlap
For table runners, around the flowers and as bunting and décor

Antiques and vintage finds
Mason jars, milk bottles, old crates and vintage, beat-up suitcases

Romantic-y things

Lace, moss, chiavari chairs, and white hydrangeas, and roses

And LOTS of candles and lighting
Including mason jars (hanging and on tables) and strings of twinkling lights

 Yep - so that's our rustic chic vision. You like?

* I thought it was inventive at the time, but this was before my wedding blog obsession began. I now realize that 90% of weddings these days (at least those features on said wedding blogs) incorporate some or most of what I consider to be "rustic chicness." But I don't care. It still looks good and not everyone is wedding blog obsessed, so they won't know our wedding is un-original.

Oh where, oh where can I get me these?

Sperry Top-Sider Shearwater.

They were on my feet. 

Then I hesitated. 

Then I came back to the store and they were gone.  For good.

Sold out across the universe it seems. Well in this color anyway. The gray leopard print ones are still available and the brown/tattersall ones too. But I'm in love with the navy/tan.

Size 8, please. Anyone? Boy/man are you reading this?

I {heart} this cake.

Seriously, how cool is this heart cake:

Amazingness from i am baker
(with a tutorial!)

The boy/man is away, but I may just attempt this anyway for V-day*.

Could be a pretty cool wedding cake too. Just saying. Although we're leaning more towards pies, cupcakes, cookies and other generally sweet goodies**.

But a cute little cake wouldn't hurt, right?


* I swear I didn't mean to rhyme.
** More on that soon. A slew of "Where we're ats" are in the works.