style, stories & everything in between
as you may have already deduced, i'm not the typical bride. so though it's totally a rite of passage, the thought of having a "typical" bachelorette party kind of made me cringe. but then one of my best girls told me to think of it less as a bachelorette party (complete with penis straws and ...
there's underwhelemed, overwhelmed, and what i'm currently feeling. beyondwhelmed. i am beyondwhelmed by the love i experienced on sunday at my bridal shower. it was truly a magical event filled with some of my favorite people on the planet and i wish i could package the whole thing up inside a snow globe so i ...
aside from maybe the flowers/decor, music is probably the next most important thing to create a memorable ambiance at the wedding. let's be honest, we've all been to that one wedding where all the dj insists on playing is techno music and "shout!" and we're supposed to be surprised that no one is dancing? S and ...
arguably one of the best parts of the wedding planning process is knowing that at the end of everything (you'll be married to your best friend), you'll get treated to a relaxing honeymoon at (possibly) some exotic locale. and while we're not taking said official honeymoon until next summer, at times it is definitely the carrot ...
in keeping with the intimacy of our wedding, S and i decided early on to forgo traditional bridal parties. instead, we each selected a family member (my cousin, his younger brother) to stand beside us at the altar as an attendant, and concluded that the rest of our favorite people would celebrate alongside us as guests. ...
oh em gee. i am over the moon to share our engagement photos with you! i still can't believe how quickly rachel was able to get these back to us! we took the photos at marian bear park, a public park filled with trees and walking trails located just east of la jolla (almost exactly where the ...
we might as well deem july the month of wedding appointments because in addition to picking out our wedding bands and taking out engagement photos two weeks ago, we also had our tasting with our wedding caterers. since our wedding venue requires you use one of their four recommended caterers, it was nice to have our options ...
the best thing about getting married in your 30's is that most of your friends have already said "i do" so you have an unlimited supply of wedding advice at your fingertips. the weekend we got engaged, i spent an hour on the phone with one of my best friends who, having just gotten married last ...
another weekend, another item checked off our wedding list of to-dos. we actually checked two things off the list, but the second one is a topic for later in the week ;) anyway, saturday afternoon was all about finding out wedding bands! we went to gems of la costa, the jewelry store where S designed and purchased my ...
i mentioned in my last update that over the two months since we got engaged, we have managed to solidify all of our dream vendors which has made my little bride heart the happiest (which has in turn made my little groom's heart the happiest, too). today i wanted to highlight one of said dream ...
shawna leeann rivera
san diego-based style blogger and twin mom to henry & delilah. curator of simple, affordable fashion. lover of my husband, family, coffee, traveling, and the bravo network.