Featured!

Eek! I'm excited about his one folks!... Our wedding was featured on the LDS Bride! LDS bride is a wonderful website that helps brides plan a wedding on a budget. It was so fun to plan but even more fun to experience it. I can hardly believe that we've been married for almost a year. It has been so wonderful and I've enjoyed every minute of it. I absolutely love our wedding photos and I hope you do too.

Girl I be Trippin!

Slang words. I think they are funny. Most of the time they come out of no where, make absolute no sense, yet they catch on like wildfire. Take Dope for instance. For years and years it was a word used for drugs. But now, thanks to some skater dude it can mean "Cool" "Crazy" Insane" and who knows what else. Trippin is a slang word that has multiple meanings and right now I am feeling all of them. Let me explain:

Guilt Trippin: to go on a guilt trip based off of an action or non action of some sort.
Yes I just made up that definition in case you were wondering. Actually you probably weren't wondering because it doesn't make much sense or define it correctly. Right now I am going on a guild trip for not having posted in well over a month! I guess you can diagnose me as clinically inconsistent. Or you can diagnose me with post graduate depression (more on that issue to come). I guess I haven't changed much from my teenage days when I wouldn't write in my journal for months on end, then begin again with an entry starting with "Dear Journal, Wow it's been a long time since I've written last and SO MUCH has happened. Where do I even begin?" Then to follow with an entry that skims over the big events in my life where later I would wish I had said more.

Trippin: Not able to wrap your mind around a concept to the point of semi-insanity.

 Jacob Spori and I have a special relationship. I spent 94% of my college education in this one building. The art building. That's right. I said the art building... the communication students just get to have the privilege to dwell in our presence and use a few of the class rooms. (Ha ha jk I took some of those classes so no need to get offended)

Right now I am trippin over the fact that I am a college graduate! I can hardly believe it and it honestly feels like I'm on summer break. I know it will come as a shock when Fall rolls around as it always does and I'm not picking up my books or sharpening my pencils with all the other students. It also doesn't feel like I've gradated because we are still living in this blessed small college town. Not much longer though folks! I think I would be more excited if I knew where we were headed after wards. But right now, your guess is as good as mine. Any ideas?

Pretty soon we'll be outta here! Ah I love my hubby so much!

Ha ha my mom is notorious for blinking in photos and my dad has a reputation for an awkward photo smile. Welcome to my family. I sure love them.

Trippin: To travel or relocate yourself preferably to an unknown or unexplored area.
Shortly after graduation, I put myself on a jet plane, not knowing when I'd be back again and headed to Oregon. What brought me to such a trip? Going to one of my best friend's wedding! I'm so happy for Darci and her new hubby Tim! I know they'll be great together and it meant a lot to be there. Oh man she looked so beautiful!

 

The last thing about my trip that I'm trippin about is the fact that I bought my first ever car! That's right folks! I've gone almost 22 years (because my birthday is in 14 days (not that I'm counting)) without ever having purchased a car. In high school I was a late bloomer and didn't get my license till I was a senior. Looser I know. And in college I never had a vehicle. It was a stressful process because Chris wasn't able to come to Oregon with me so I was flying solo on this one. Luckily my dad worked as an auto insurance claims adjuster so he was able to help me understand what salvage titles mean and other terms I'd never heard of, and my mom grew up around cars thanks to all older brothers. I was constantly sending Chris craigslist links 24/7 on cars that I found that we might be interested in. After a week of hunting, calling, and appointments that didn't show up, we got a car! It's a 2001 black Honda Civic and we LOVE it! Our favorite part is the gas mileage! Going from a 1994 Jeep Cherokee that got 14 miles to the gallon to our new lovely, we are in heaven!

There you have it. I am trippin. That is one way to explain this last month and trust me, there is a lot I left out. Only to keep you from information overload. So it's for your good. Trust me.

baby news!

I had a baby. I know my figure is looking good already hu?! Don't worry I'll teach you all my tricks. Ok so maybe it isn't the kind of baby your thinking of. The kind when two people who love each other very much, combine their DNA, and make an offspring. This kind of baby came from an idea and Dreamweaver to make an offspring...aka a website. This baby required lots of attention and nourishment, many sleepless nights, along with blood sweat and tears. Well the pain is over and the site is done! I'm really excited to unveil this to you and I hope you like it. Let me know what you think of it. Emily Gilmore Designs

addiction

I have a new addiction. I don't have many so I feel I'm still ok... but please catch me if I start to spiral downward out of reality. My latest addiction is the new HGTV show Secrets From A Stylist. I think I'm addicted because she captures the couple's different styles and molds it into one. It can be hard to mash opposite styles into one living space once you get married. However, she shows us that it can be done! I love what she did with Joy (from Oh Joy) and Bob's living room. She mashed her feminine style with color and patterns to his simple and sleek look by bringing in furniture with chrome finishing and solid colors. This was the final product:

*Sigh* Yes it's official. I'm in love. Check out the episodes and you'll fall in love too!

Spring is in the air... and so is wedding season!

I'm so excited to share this set of invitations with you. It is such a sleek yet romantic set. If you don't remember, these are the final wedding invitations I designed for the lovely Meredith and Seth (which I showed you the test prints before). The lace inner envelope is by far my favorite and enhances the romantically vintage look they were going for.

Thirsty Thursday!

Happy Thursday everyone! "Thursday comes before Friday and then it's Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday" If you aren't familiar with this Rebecca Black quote, check out this ridiculous music video. Conan O'Brien made a spoof from it that cracks me up. Anyways, for Thirsty Thursday be prepared to laugh your head off. Because I know it did. Not literally of course. That's gross and you shouldn't think that way. Ahem... anyways. When two people get together such as Dear blank, Please blank and Sapling Press a beautiful baby is born. See exhibit a:

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Vacation on my mind

Winter and end of school always has vacationing on my mind due to burnt out brain cells and the need to relax by a pool. As I'm sitting here, frustration brewing over the portfolio website I'm trying to create for class and post gradiation needs (do what I say Dreamweaver!) I can't help but think of our little post graduation trip we are planning... VEGAS BABY!

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I can't wait to relax and think of something else besides my list of things to do. You know I love typography, so naturally I want to hit up the Las Vegas Boneyard!

Don't you just love the idea of a photoshoot there? Source

If you aren't familiar with this fabulous place, it's where all old signage goes to rest in peace. I like to call it, typography heaven.  Besides the Boneyard, we don't have any other plans. For those of you who have been to Vegas recently, any suggestions of must see places? Restaurants?