Weddingbee Blog

I know I kinda dropped off the face of the blog-world, sorry! Some crazy things have been happening lately, but I do have a couple more posts to share with you guys before I say goodbye!

When I got engaged on September 7, 2009 at the top of Mont Blanc, I was ridiculously excited to start planning our wedding.

At the time of this photo, I had NO IDEA how much I would change over the next year and a half as I went from engaged to married.

The Miss Socks in that photo was a year out of college with a good job but she didn’t have a creative outlet. She didn’t know that planning a wedding would open up a world of creativity, community and deep personal satisfaction. She also didn’t know just how much her love for Mr. Socks could and would grow as they planned their wedding and lives together. In fact, the Miss Socks in that photo was probably thinking about the fact that she didn’t have her real ring yet to show off. She could be a little petty like that. 

In the year and eight months since that photo was taken, I can say without hesitation that I have grown personally, professionally and emotionally.

Yes, the whole fiasco with Mr. Socks’ family definitely contributed to many of these changes, but blogging affected me just as much, if not more. Blogging opened up the door for me to write again, which I hadn’t since I had graduated college. Writing was such a passion of mine, but when I graduated, burnt out and without professors and deadlines to pressure me, I stopped writing even for myself.

Blogging pushed me to be more creative, it pushed me to do the best that I could even on the silliest of projects because it wasn’t just me seeing the end result—I had to show off for you guys, too! My projects provided a creative outlet, my blogging provided a sense of accomplishment, and Mr. Socks encouraged me in every endeavor.

I’m a happier, more confident and creative person from having planned our wedding and blogging about it. I’ve taken the energy that I put into our wedding plans and am applying it to other aspects of our lives. My wedding planning actually made me into a better life-planner!

Did planning your wedding have as big of an impact on you as it did for me?