getting there

things are slowly moving along on the wedding front. we've secured our photographer and last week my dress arrived. it's from the 60s and needs some attention. there were some rust stains from the covered buttons and i was able to get them out using this magic potion mom sent. there are a few more places that could use the potion, and i'll have to replace the buttons. it also needs a new sash.
i had pictured al wearing a forage bow tie or a liberty of london tie, and jen suggested i use liberty for the sash as well. now i'm completely distracted from my digital curation project, drooling over all the possibilities. i'll head over to britex one day soon to see what they have. might have to get my local londoner leigh to do some scouting as well.

floors

we've already purchased so many things for the cabin, but our list is long. i'm on the lookout for rugs so when apartment therapy featured some "good, cheap summer floor covers" i went looking. dash & albert has a lot of choices i like, i'll have to see what albert says. also found a cute option on ll bean, but it's more expensive. i think al would vote for the black and white.

gold toned

i've been looking at this red and gold skirt in dear golden's etsy vintage store for a few days, and found this sunny number in the anthropologie catalog yesterday. i'm not sure which one i prefer, but the prices can't even be compared. i like how the anthropologie skirt has an elastic waist, but also feel like it's really expensive for an elastic waist! would the dear golden skirt fit? if not, it's under $30. i'll sleep on it a few more days.