The Charleston Nine.

Today we remember Louis Mulkey and the rest of the Charleston Nine for their ultimate sacrifices. 

You can read previous posts regarding Louis and The Charleston Nine here and here.

 

Father's Day + Tease Dry Bar on Living Social!

What a wonderful Father's Day weekend it was! To start, the weather was amazing. Nice and sunny, with little humidity.

Friday night, we had my parents over for dinner and drinks. My mom brought the delicious appetizer you see below, which was toasted french bread drizzled with olive oil, topped with mozzarella, prosciutto, and basil. Holy YUM. I could have just eaten that for dinner.

For dinner, Cameron grilled NY Strips, and I made twice baked potatoes and a caesar salad.

 Saturday, I had to work. Boring.

Sunday, we went out to Cameron's parent's house on Johns Island for a day of sun and family time!

Then we came home and crashed on the couch with our furry pup. He was happy to see us.

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This is where Emily and I got our hair done the morning of my bridal luncheon and rehearsal dinner.



Baker Wedding: First Dances.

Introducing for the first time, "Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Baker!"

 

Obsessed with the clear top tent we added on and the chandelier.

 

For our first dance, we danced to "Heavenly Day" by Patty Griffin.

I have been obsessed with this song since the first time I heard it, which was when I was working for a company that booked bands and DJ's for weddings and events.

I can't even listen to the song anymore without getting happy tears in my eyes.

"Oh heavenly day, all the clouds blew away
Got no trouble today with anyone
The smile on your face I live only to see
It's enough for me, baby, it's enough for me
Oh, heavenly day, heavenly day, heavenly day"

"Tomorrow may rain with sorrow
Here's a little time we can borrow
Forget all our troubles in these moments so few
All we've got right now, the only thing that
All we really have to do
Is have ourselves a heavenly day
Lay here and watch the trees sway
Oh, can't see no other way, no way, no way
Heavenly day, heavenly day, heavenly day"

 "No one at my shoulder bringing me fears
Got no clouds up above me bringing me tears
Got nothing to tell you, I've got nothing much to say
Only I'm glad to be here with you
On this heavenly, heavenly, heavenly, heavenly
Heavenly day, all the trouble's gone away
Oh, for a while anyway, for a while anyway
Heavenly day, heavenly day, heavenly day"

 

My Dad and I danced to "My Girl" by The Temptations.

It has always been "our song."

It was all going swimmingly, until we attempted our first twirl....

 

Yep, he stepped on my dress. :) I like to give him a hard time about it, but it really wasn't that big of a deal. My facial expressions are pretty hilarious though.

 

We tried it again with success.

 

And ended with a dip..which, clearly, I was nervous about.

 

Cameron and his mom danced to "You've Got A Friend" by James Taylor

 

This picture makes my heart melt.

Thursday's Thoughts.

-First, I'd like to apologize to my seester for not giving her an official Happy Birthday blog post. She turned 26 this past Sunday and still looks 16. It runs in the family.

 I met her and her boyfriend, Aneeth, out for a few drinks after work Saturday and on Sunday, we did the family celebration at our parent's house.

She's actually on a plane right now to Iowa where she will meet up with my Aunt Debbie and then they will drive to Omaha to watch some of the College World Series! So jealous! Would have been even better if the Gamecocks hadn't lost on Tuesday..but I guess you can't win every year.

 

-And an early Happy Birthday shout out to my wonderful sister-in-law, Kara! I seriously hit the jackpot with the in-laws, y'all. They are all so awesome and so fun to hang out with!

 

-Loving my new skirt I got from Bashful Boutique in West Ashley.

Cameron, it's Emily's fault, she made me go in there.

 

-Thank you to all of my readers for your super kind comments on all of our wedding photos! Thank you for letting me relive that day in multiple, multiple posts. And I'm still not done yet! I always loved seeing real weddings during my planning, seeing and hearing about specific details, so I'm hoping that you all feel the same way!

-I've been working with Lauren on designing a new look for the blog and I am SO excited with how it is turning out so far!! Thank you to Katie for recommending her to me!

-Look at all of these gorgeous flowers I got to take home with me after last Saturday's work wedding! Since Cameron has the worst allergies, he convinced me to give half of them away. It didn't take much convincing though because we gave them to his sweet grandmother, mom, and my sister. 

Look how humongous this peony is!

-Brady gave Cameron and I a scare last night. Cameron fed him a piece of table scrap (naughty, I know) and he started doing this weird breathing thing. After calling our vet friend, Justin, he told us that he was probably reverse sneezing. What?!? I've never heard of that before! He said people frequently bring their dogs to the emergency vet because they think they're choking.

Here is a You Tube video to show you what it looks like just in case your dog does it. 

Baker Wedding: The Details.

 

This was our guest book table. It had engagement photos, a bridal portrait photo, photos of our parents on their wedding days, and obviously the guest book, which was a framed map of Charleston that used to belong to Cameron's deceased father. The framed picture with the heart on it said "In honor of our guests, we have made a donation to the American Heart Association." This was in honor of Cameron's brother. 

My good friend, Jenny, designed and printed our programs as a gift to us. They were sewn together with gold thread, which I loved. 

 

My bridal portrait.

Another "oopsie" moment - we had all of these photos set out prior to the ceremony and guests could look at them before they even saw me walk down the aisle! 

 

To save a little money, I made the centerpieces for the smaller round tables. Just a vase, a pillar candle, and some nautical rope. There aren't any pictures of them :(, but the tent pole covers and cocktail tables were also tied with this rope. 

 

Like I said in a previous post, I was obsessed with my bouquet. It turned out even better than I had imagined! It was mostly white, with a touch of the lightest pink. Filled with hydrangeas, peonies, ranunculus, garden roses, sweet peas, astilbe, and greenery.

Oopsie - It was supposed to be wrapped in lace from my mom's wedding veil. She brought it with her but my florist forgot to ask for it. I even asked my florist if I should bring her the lace the week of the wedding, but no, she said just to bring it the day of the wedding. Ugh.

The Bakerita!

They were your standard margarita, but tweaked exactly to our liking. Not too sweet, not too tart. Just right.

With the ribbon straws I made.

I followed this tutorial, but used actual cocktail straws instead of stirrers. I'm all about usability, people! 

 

These were the mini fried green tomatoes that were passed during the cocktail hour. Also passed were mini crab cakes, caprese salad skewers, and my beloved fried green pickle chips! They were served in the cutest way, but sadly no pictures were taken of them. :(

 

We had a Lowcountry Garden Display table that consisted of: pimento cheese, crab dip, lowcountry caviar salsa, fruit and veggies.

For dinner there was a beef carving station, shrimp and grits, and lowcountry eggs rolls (pulled pork, collards, corn and a peach mustard sauce)

I had a really hard time deciding on what I wanted my cake to look like. All I knew is that I  wanted it simple, and I was pretty sure I wanted a pretty "B" on it.

(I see you, Shelby!)

 

Close up shot of our rings, with the bottom of our koozie in the background. One more place that the special heart was found.