Crabs!!

I found these pics from last summer of some crabs we cooked. I took about 3 pictures during our recent trip to the beach (sorry--I was sick for some of the vacation and in full relaxation mood for the rest of it.) But, we did cook crabs again---so the pics work! =)

The Winning Kitchen & Linen Shower Invitation

You may remember this post...well here is our winner! I ordered this invitation designed by Hicks Paper/Whitney English for my friend L's upcoming kitchen & linen shower and I just got the proof back yesterday from Mollie at The Paper Cafe (in less than 24 hours I might add) and it is SO CUTE!! I know L will love it!! Unfortunately, this is yet another shower I will not be able to attend because of being in NYC, but I do love doing the invitations for my girls!

Paper Cafe Giveaway--The Paper Menu Stationary

JULY GIVEAWAY FROM THE PAPER CAFE!!!

Don't you love these cute note cards? I have the very top design and I love it!! Here's your chance to win 40 FREE Personalized Note Cards from one of my very favorite paper lines, The Paper Menu! You can find most of them here, but you'll have to click over to the next page for more cute designs!

To enter: simply send an email to mailto:papercafe2@yahoo.com

enter "JULY GIVEAWAY" in the subject line, and tell them which design is your fave!

Winner will be selected at the end of the month! No purchase necessary!

Spotlight Store--Babycakes Art

A few months ago I won a Bloggy Carnival giveaway from Babycakes Art. I wanted to share the cute announcement they made for me for my friend A's new baby girl Scarlett. They also made me some note cards and stickers! I've included pictures of my other favorite announcements and hope you'll check out their cute store!

Movin' On Up

It's official...we got my friend A's apartment! We will probably be moving in the next month! I'm so excited and looking forward to having a little more space and a fabulous Junior 4 Pre-War apartment that is MUCH closer to the subway! We will still be on the Upper East and I like the neighborhood a lot better (even though it is only a 5 min walk from our current apt). SO EXCITED!!!

Happy One Year Anniversary To My A!

As promised...in honor of our one year anniversary on June 30th here are some more of our wedding pictures taken by Courtland Williams. Please do not copy the pictures without permission. You can email me at magnoliasmarriageandmanhattan@gmail.com. For more pictures of our wedding that I have previously posted, go to the "wedding" label or "wedding outfts", or "wedding accessories."

Enjoy!

Vacation Notice and Happy Anniversary

We're leaving on our vacation tomorrow!! 9 DAYS and 8 NIGHTS at the beach!! I am so freaking excited. This is our first vacation since Christmas and we deserve it! As you know we were originally going to the DR, but we recently had to cancel due to a variety of circumstances (husband's job, we're looking to move, needed to save the $$, etc, etc, etc). But, we now are staying the entire time at my parent's beach house...for FREE! =) We also will have more of a chance to see family and friends. I get to see my friend A and meet baby Scarlett, see my friend S and her new man, see our good couple friend S and L (we just found out S is expecting Jan 31st!), see our honorary ring bearer and his wife, see my old roommate L, and so many more! I am getting excited just writing about it. My parents will join us on Wed and A's parents are joining us on Thursday. A 4th of July with both sets! We're very lucky to get to spend this special time with them. We booked skymiles tickets down there and lucked out with first class on the way there. Just put me on that plane asap! This white Southern Yankee needs a little color!

Monday is a very special day for us--it is our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! It is so hard to believe it has already been a year---but at the same time so much has happened and we've had tons of ups and downs so it kinda seems longer than a year. It's almost our one year anniversary of living in the city. Our cake is at my parent's house so we'll get to eat it for our anniversary! I can't wait to see how it tastes. We are giving each other a present--a trip to Atlanta to see the Alabama vs. Clemson (tickets=paper) game for Labor Day weekend and we are moving into a bigger apartment! We've been looking for over a month and we've seen about 25 apartments. Most were out of our budget (did you know 2 bedroom apartments on the Upper East side average about $3400-$4500---1 bedrooms average about $2500-$3300--yeah that is to RENT--and it sucks!). Anyways--we most likely (fingers crossed) are going to move into our friend M&A's Junior 4 apartment (A is the one that just had the baby). They are moving back South and we are moving into their darling apartment should everything go accordingly. Please say a prayer for us that it does.

So that's the update. I'm off to bask in the Southern sun and fill myself up with good seafood, southern dishes, and lots of love from family and friends!

I probably won't be posting next week, but do check back on Monday for some special--never seen before wedding pictures that I'll post. Have a great 4th of July everyone!