Falling and Staying in Love from anna naphtali on Vimeo.

A little video shot on my iphone, following some rough winters... this was the beginning of a redeeming summer with my two favorites... this is my FIRST video ever. Enjoy.

Shot primarily in Charleston, SC. where we fall and stay in love.

Dress: Vera Wang// Flowers: Ginger Hussey// Glam Team: Ellie Schurter// Manual Labor Team: Bobby & Jonathan

I love that this bride (Megan Hussey) chose a sweet shade of peach-y pink for her wedding dress... and I love what she chose for her bridesmaids... (which you'll just have to wait to see...) Don't you love her style? And did you know Vera Wang now does a line of dresses for David's Bridal? LOVE.

To see the full gallery you can here: Peach Bride

 


And even in the midst of many hardships, when I look at my life in these instagrams... I think, my life is a dream isn't it?

 This is a blog test! Changes coming soon...

A little dancing... So a disclaimer, it ended up being a little colder than I thought, so the randomness of her outfit is attributed to the layers I had in my car. Music provided from the "rock" by Gloria Estefan. This was the 3rd video of the night... She got a little crazier, and I have no idea where these moves come from.

1. Southern ladies
2. Christmas music
3. biscuits
4. mountains
5. farm
6. hot tea (cream & sugar)
7. rain
8. crisp, autumn air
9. my mom's paint brushes
10. sunny drives

1. biscuits
2. sweet tea
3. sweet accents
4. fried chicken
5. fried okra
6. fried green tomatoes
7. hot July nights
8. big laughs, big cries and sometimes big hair
9. where else can you be called "Honey" by all the women at walmart?
10. we can make a list about being Southern and over 50% of it is about food.

My husband calls me darlin' and it's one of my favorite things.


Now if the idea of being Southern sends you twinges of pain read this article... I promise, you'll change your mind. ( I almost got a "Southern" tattoo after reading this article.) by the way I looked up images for Southern girls and was NOT proud of what came up... Southern does NOT equal redneck.

enjoy

Redefining Southern Belle... by Garden & Gun

I ADORE these artists (Sarah & Ryan)... their design firm is called lab partners and this is their  Hunt & Gather series... This is the way my design looks like in my brain, feminine, quirky a little whimsy. I love their work!

1. i started listening to country music (sometimes)
2. i always take the free things from hotels (within moderation)
3. i sobbed through an entire year of "pregnant and 16" when I had a 3 month old
4. i have let my daughter go 5 days without a bath (just once, i promise I'm a good mom)
5. i stayed in my bathing suit for 3 days this summer at the beach (it just seemed right)
6. i exaggerate but do not lie
7. i have painted my bedroom 4 times
8. after watching top model, have practiced my modeling in the mirror and daydreamed of entering the season "petite models"
9. have always hated the word "petite"
10. kicked my husband's guitar once out of anger.