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Mr. Oyster and I actually got engaged in January of last year (the ring arrived a couple months later), so I had a while to think about our wedding without doing anything about it.

My plan for designing our wedding was to think “outside in”. Choose the overall effect you want, and create it. Then, work inward from there. It makes sense to me! A great book for this is Michelle Rago’s Signature Weddings.

I’m a big believer in “following your instincts,” so I decided to close my eyes, imagine our wedding, and write down what immediately came to mind. Over the next several months, this would change many times in many different ways, each change reflecting some revelation or something new I’d discovered about myself or about us.

Introspection aside, initially I loved the idea of getting married outdoors somewhere and having a classically romantic indoor reception. I love the whole “inspiration board” trend, and I decided to create one myself! Do these stylistic elements match?

Bouquet from Michael Norwood Photography, garden wedding by Stacy Reeves, dress by Lazaro (3701), earrings by Tejani. Chocolate favor from oncewed.com, invites & iced tea from theknot.com.

Stay tuned to see what actually happened!