April Fool's Prank + New Haircut

Today I pranked my coworker by turning his office into a swamp complete with a camouflage TP covering his chair, a 6 foot long paper mache alligator, and swamp plants.

Yup.
In other news, that's my new hair-do! Bye bye 7 inches - thanks for the inspiration yesterday, friends!

Did you get pranked today or did you do the pranking?

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To Chop Or Not To Chop...

Okay, I can't take it any longer. I think I'm ready for a change.
My hair grows so quickly and I grew it back out to almost pre-wedding length, but I am getting the itch for something new and fresh.

Because I get up at 5AM for work, it's so tempting for me to sleep in 30 minutes later, spritz some dry shampoo into my blonde locks, and pretend like having a ponytail is totally chic and acceptable everyday. Well, I'm 28 years old and should probably look a wee bit more professional than whisking my frazzled hair into a pony just because it's long enough.

So I started thinking that a good chop could do the trick. When my hair is short it looks so much fuller, soft, healthy, and dries in 5 minutes flat. It's so easy and you always look put together. I mean, if you can do your hair in under 10 minutes, there is no excuse, right? So here is what I'm thinking at my appointment today...

My hair inspiration board on Pinterest is filling up quickly with these cute little stacked bobs. I could go for something flirty, layered, and sleek. And add a little pop of fresh blonde in there too.

What do you think? A fresh spring do?

To chop or not to chop, that is the question...

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Warm Fall Locks

My roots are thanking the high heavens that I have a color appointment today!

After a late spring and all summer of bright strands, I am craving a warmer fall look to change things up a bit.

Don't get me wrong, I love the Barbie blonde look, but have my eye on a warmer, rich buttery color. With my pale skin tone and light eyes, bright blonde works well, but I am just loving these mulit-tonal honey blonde shades.

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What do you think?

Craving a change for fall too?





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I'm Baaaaaack!!!

HOLY SMOKES!

It's been f-or-e-v-e-r. How are you, dear friends? Everyone hanging in there?
It sure feels good to be back to real life (and blog world!) after an insanely amazing wedding and honeymoon vacation. I cannot wait to show you photos from the big day, but don't have them back quite yet!

In the meantime, here's a few to share (thanks to the help of a few friends)...

So our wedding was incredible. The food was great, the wine was flowing, people were breaking it down on the dance floor, and it was a blast. The best part? Being completely and utterly overwhelmed by the love and blessings of our dear family and friends. What an unbelievable feeling.

Our sweet little cake.

The venue being set-up in the morning.

The candy bar, which was a total hit.

Pretty mother-in-law and sister-in-law.

Getting beautified.

Besties since elementary school.

Our first dance as husband and wife.

So that's a little quick photo teaser for ya! More coming soon (wedding, honeymoon, new house!), so stay tuned.

In other news...

I was so thrilled to cut off 8 inches of my hair yesterday! I am just loving my short, swishy new do, and feel so sassy. What do you think?

 Do you see the sass?

I'm telling you, this haircut has made me a whole new woman!

And most importantly of all...

Today is my very sweet hubby's 29th birthday.
I woke up extra early to make him some tasty homemade birthday waffles and give him his presents. He looks like a happy camper, doesn't he?

That smile.
Swoon.

And yes, that is a candle in his waffle...

(I'm cheesy and sentimental like that - haha)

My goodness, I didn't know it was possible to love someone so much. I didn't realize I could be more in love with him today than on our wedding day, and I know it will be even more tomorrow than today.

I am blessed by such a wonderful, selfless, funny, thoughtful, affectionate, caring, handsome (and I could go on for days) man.

Love you, bud.

Looking forward to seeing all of our friends and fam for dinner and dessert at our house (!!) tonight. Don't worry, lots of pics will be coming!


Missed y'all.
Like so so much.
xo

Dreaming of the Post-Wedding Chop

Ever so often, I daydream about reaching over to my tiny mesh office supply holder, grabbing the orange scissors, and snipping away at my long golden locks. I have days where I absolutely love having long hair, and then I have days where I seriously don't think I can take it any longer.

Have you been in the same boat?

This hasn't just been a thought the popped up during the last few months of wedding planning. Yes, I am well aware of the terribly taboo idea of "New Wife" haircut. And since when did the idea of whacking your hair off after your wedding become such a cliche?

Well either way, for the past year or so I have been pining for a super chic shorter do. I would love to look much more put together, with an easy and sleek style.

In order to have a more full wedding hairstyle, I've bribed myself to keep it long, but come March 10th... it's free game! Adam even jokes about swinging by the salon so I can get my haircut before we catch our honeymoon flight.

Such a clever sassy man...

Sometimes I wanna smack him.
And then probably kiss him. (TMI?)

Anyway, here's what I'm thinking, loves...

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Thoughts?
Did you do the post- wedding chop-chop?

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Wedding Update: Romantic Bridal Hair

Well it's been quite a while since I've given you the insider scoop on our big day. Thanks so much for all of your e-mails and questions about my upcoming nuptials! Hopefully this post will offer inspiration and insight for all of your questions.

Now an important disclaimer...

If your name is Adam Evans, you have red hair, lovely brown eyes, and you're addicted to sour patch kids stop reading.

Yes, I'm talking to you, Mister!
(love your freckly face though.)


Now we're in girl zone!

My other half has no idea what my dress looks like (!!) or any beauty details, and I would love to keep it that way until our first look on March 9th. ;)

Moving on to more girly bride things that I am excited to dream up... my hair do.

More than anything I want it to be romantic, loose/whispy, soft, voluminous on top, and pretty. Here are some inspiration photos that I plan on bringing my lovely stylist, Whitney, for my hair trial in a few weeks...

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I have also hired the lovely Jamie Lee, owner of ChatterBlossom etsy shop, to custom design a few bridal hairpieces to complete the look! Delicate and small is what I'm thinking... can't take away from the dress, right?!

I'm still gathering a collage of looks I like, but here are a handful of pretties that I am loving for this custom order...

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What's your favorite bridal hairstyle, lovelies?

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Misikko Flat Iron Review

Calling all girly girls!
This post is just for you! The lovely folks over at Misikko gifted me a fabulous flat iron and asked me to write about my experience using their product!

Blogging perks are super fun! :)

I got the flat iron in the mail yesterday and the packaging alone was too fun! Inside was a silicon mat to lay the warm flat iron on when in use, a nice case for it, cute girly decor, and an assorted amount of Elf makeup! Thanks guys!

Of course I was super excited to test it out, but excuse the cell phone photos. The silly camera was malfunctioning! Here is a before picture of my hair. As you can see, my hair is naturally pretty straight after blow drying, but I do love the pin straight look, so I was excited!

Although my hair was a little too thin for the flat iron to clamp down on it as tight as I'm used to, it provided a glossy straight look I was craving!

The plates ran over my hair very smoothly adding shine and no frizz! It took mere minutes it through my hair and barely a second on each section! See?

When all was said and done, I gave the flat iron an A! I love the lightweight body, swivel cord, and smooth plates. The added shine was definitely a bonus and I got compliments all day. The only down side, like I said, was how thin my hair is and not being able to clamp it and pull down.

BUT, my sweet work friend just a had a baby a few months ago, has tons of baby expenses, and was in the market for a new flat iron... so I thought she needed this more than I do!

With a tight newborn budget, I thought she would love being passed along this amazing straightener to run through her thick jet black hair. Everyone at work complemented her the Monday after I gave it to her and she was thrilled! Now THAT makes my heart happy! :)


So there you have it!
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