Can I be a wee bit self-indulgent here and share our Save the Dates? What’s that you say? This entire blog is the very definition of self-indulgence? Well, don’t mind if I do, then.
The fact that we actually sent out our Save the Dates is a miracle in and of itself since I’ve had multiple freak-outs over the past few months about getting married again, which I’ve already covered in this space. I’m proud of myself moving forward despite the fear, so actually sending out these little postcards was a big step for us. We went with Minted for the production, which was easy peasy since we were able to use a pre-selected design that I felt was premium, minimal and fully in line with what we wanted to execute. They have a designer check your print prior to production and I’m annoyed that the designer didn’t flag the fact that Keith was going to basically disappear once our photo was applied to the paper stock I selected. Surely they could’ve edited the photo somehow to make his black skin look as beautiful when printed as it did in the digital photo we used? I almost sent them back when they printed, but we decided to go ahead and move forward.
The memory of when we took these photos this day on the beach will stick with me forever. I was still pretty sick with my vertigo on this trip, but I had a vision. I was captivated by this photo that Gabi Fresh shared on her instagram and was determined to recreate it. I ordered a $200 sequined dress from Asos, packed up our little tripod and got Keith fully on board with the plan. When we were in Cabo, we kept putting off taking the photo until we only had one or two sunsets left. Once we finally decided to take the photo, we got decked out in our room. When I put on the dress, it seriously weighed about twenty pounds! It was so heavy. We were running late getting ready, so we basically had to sprint down to the beach to make it in time for the sunset. Everyone in the resort was looking at me because I was basically a disco ball running through the resort trying not to sweat all of my makeup off. When we got to the beach, we had initially planned to take the photo under the arch where we’ll get married, but they had it all set up already for a candlelight couples dinner, so we had to reassess. I set up the shot and then we kept setting the self timer and then sprinting to get to the shot before the sun went down. Eventually, a nice man came over and offered to take our photo, but we had already clinched the photo above. It was so epic. When Keith and I returned to our room, we were seriously concerned because we were sweating profusely due to the stress of getting the shot (plus my heavy disco ball dress!). We had to just lay naked in the air conditioning for a bit to regroup.
I love that man so much for being so supportive of my crazy ideas. I love that we have this beautiful photo and this sweet memory to attach to our little Save the Date cards. Everything from getting the shot to gathering the addresses to sitting in the post office adding up to 4 stamps to each card to get to the 35 cents we needed for postage is a wonderful memory for me, one that I hope to cherish forever.
When I think of what I want to accomplish with this blog, the first thing I want to do is use this space to gather up all of the sweet memories I have of my beautiful life. I hope that by doing so, I’m able to encourage you all to pause and appreciate all of the special moments in your own life. Life really is beautiful if we take the time to pay attention. Our society is so focused on the bad times, but each of us has little miracles and moments of joy in the everyday. Sometimes I think the best thing I can do to improve the world is to always search, find and share the good and the beautiful.
What’s a beautiful memory you never want to forget? Please feel free to share here in this space. 🙂
