Let them eat cake.

So obviously I love the detail and femininity of lace (hence the whole grace and lace thing). I would love to have a lace bridal gown and am looking for other ways to incorporate lace into the wedding decor. Recently, I looked through the top trends in wedding cakes on weddingchannel.com and couldn't help but notice that it is the beautiful little details on wedding cakes that really make them unique. I think it would be lovely to have a wedding cake reflective of the lace in my dress. Here are a few cakes I've found inspiring.

Enjoy the yummy eye candy!

Have a fabulous day!

~ Future Mrs. O

Roma!

Instead of my usual routine of powering up gchat, playing scrabble on my iPhone and checking all my favorite wedding blogs for updates before focusing on anything work-related....

Today, I walked in the office determined to stay focused for at least an hour to finish a presentation I've been working on. GOOOOOOOO ME!

Five minutes in I got distracted by an email from Robbins Brothers.

Subject: WIN A TRIP FOR TWO TO ROME

Too tempting to pass up. I spent the next 15 minutes writing (in 200 words or less) "My Ultimate Romantic Wish" in hopes to win an all expenses paid trip to Rome, Italy!

Here's what I came up with:

My Ultimate Romantic Wish

Dear Robbins Brothers,

My fiancé and I love to cook together. Almost as much as we love to eat together. I am certain that in another lifetime he was a world famous Italian chef. In fact, when our conversations find their way to the topic of cuisine, (insert Mr. O's real name here)'s eyes light up with the fantasy of quitting his “day job” and perusing his dreams of enrolling in an authentic Italian culinary arts school. (insert Mr. O's real name here)'s cupboards are filled with cookbooks that promise to help capture the flavors of Italy and deliver them to the kitchen table. Before we have our weekly Italian cuisine nights on Wednesdays, he spends hours meticulously planning the perfect menu from those books and roams the isles of our local grocery store in search of the freshest ingredients. When we cook those special meals together, it is a time to rehash our day, laugh, plan our future together, and pretend… more like dream, we are somewhere in Italy (Rome perhaps!). Though (insert Mr. O's real name here) and I have never traveled to Italy, it is truly our ultimate romantic wish to experience the adventure, culture, and most of all, cuisine of Italy together. Here’s to dreaming!

Sincerely Yours,

(insert Future Mrs. O's real name)

To be completely honest, we ate Stouffer's lasagna last night for "Italian cuisine night."

Until next time,

Future Mrs. O

Big news.Try to stay calm.

BIG news...the venue is booked and boy am I relieved!

Who would of thought that 11 months in advance, the one date we picked as our "big day" would have already been snatched up and claimed by somebody else?! grrr.

For a split second the Bridezilla buried deeeeeep down inside of my "easy-going" bridal exterior started to freak. Remember the scene in "Bride Wars" where Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson's characters attempt to bribe, threaten, and stalk the woman who has one of their wedding dates booked?

Yep. That could have been me.

But alas, after talking it over with mah-boo and both sets of parents, we were able to decide on a new, BETTER date that works for us.

So my dreams of a Fall wedding at my favorite venue are a reality. Hallelujah.

More posts soon!

~ Future Mrs. O