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Now that we have less than two months remaining until our wedding, it’s time for me to stop brainstorming and start focusing on what we already have planned. In our initial planning stages, I made quite a few inspiration boards of what I thought I wanted our wedding to look like. But recently, I had a revelation!

I had been feeling particularly overwhelmed with all of the items that still needed to be crossed off my to-do list and DIY details I still have yet to accomplish. One night, I showed my inspiration boards to Mr. Turtle and asked him, “How on earth am I going to make our wedding look like this?” He stared at them for a while and responded, “I don’t get it. What do all of these pictures have to do with our wedding?”

Umm, reality check! There are a lot of beautiful weddings that have come before ours, ones that totally inspire me. But it’s totally unrealistic for me to try and make our wedding live up to weddings with completely different venues, budgets, and styles. Why set such unattainable goals? So Mr. Turtle and I sat down together and made a brand new inspiration board. We made an effort to only include details that will absolutely be a part of our wedding. We even added some of our own photos, like what the wedding party will be wearing, my veil, our venue, and the cake stand my mom bought me.

So here it is, in all its glory! Meet our final inspiration board, for real this time:

Photo credits: (Left to right, top to bottom) 1. Personal photo, 2. Personal photo, 3. Domino Magazine, 4. Style Me Pretty, 5. The Photobooth Experience, 6. Watters, 7. Style Me Pretty, 8. Classic Party Rentals, 9. Style Me Pretty, 10. Style Me Pretty, 11. A Boxed Event, 12. Style Me Pretty, 13. Jose Villa, 14. Evrim Icoz Photography, 15. Martha Stewart Weddings, 16. Style Me Pretty, 17. Martha Stewart Weddings, 18. Style Me Pretty, 19. Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, 20. Personal photo of backyard, 21. Martha Stewart Weddings, 22. Style Me Pretty, 23. Personal photo of veil

I think I’ve written about most of the aspects of our wedding that are represented in this collage. But if anything catches your eye that I have not referenced, or if you have any questions about anything, please let me know, and I will add it to my list of future posts!

As close as we are getting to the wedding, I am finding myself in a total state of peace. As far as the wedding planning goes, I finally feel like I can see everything coming together. And as far as being married, I can’t wait to take this next step with Mr. Turtle and I look forward to all of the adventures we face in our future together!

As you get closer to your wedding date, do you find yourself freaking out, or is everything becoming clearer?