Two Years

Two years ago yesterday, I had a very fun first date with a very cute, very stylish curly-haired firecracker. Long story (very) short, in less than one year's time we will be MARRIED. Crazy how life works, innit?

Happy Anniversary, Clawz.

Photo by our pal Phil Hamilton

Ring-a-Ding-Ding!

We've been getting requests from our friends to "cough up the ring pics"! We considered putting a photo in the Thanksgiving weekend roundup, but we wanted to give our designer, the lovely & talented Blanca Monrós Gómez, the credit she deserves in her own post!

Esme first saw Blanca's jewelry on *A Cup Of Jo earlier this year & casually mentioned to Pete how much she loved it. Months later, we were sitting in Blanca's Brooklyn home admiring a jewelry box full of her designs & five loose sapphires. We thought on it & stared at all of them for a looong while before deciding on this pale blue beauty.

We couldn't be happier with how it turned out! Esme can't stop staring at it, watching it change shades from periwinkle to slate to sky throughout the day. We're looking forward to our second visit with Blanca to design our wedding bands!

A BIG Thank You, Blanca, for designing our perfect ring.


*& Thanks to Joanna Goddard for her excellent recommendation :)

It's Official!

Hi, friends! Esme here with a belated update. Hello, radio silence! Who knew unemployment would be so time-consuming!!

Most of you know by now that we're back from New York with some exciting news:

We're engaged!

It finally happened, & we couldn't be happier! Now that we have the Who and Why, we can't wait to start planning the When, Where and What kind of celebration we're going to have...But don't worry, there are already too many amazing wedding blogs out there, this will not turn into one. 

Here are a few photos from our time in New York for Pete's 32nd birthday + a peek at my lovely, perfect little placeholder ring, designed by the talented and oh-so-sweet Blanca Monros Gomez (more to come about the engagement ring & design process when it's completed in a few weeks). 

Thank you, friends, for all the kind words and congratulations! 

We're so happy, & we're so happy you're happy!