YAYYYYYY

GUESSS WHAT?!?!?!?!
two things:
1. I have bought my wedding dress <3
2. I have passed the NCLEX and I am now Ashley Hemphill, RN

My dress in 3 words: romantic, beautiful and unique!!!! It is perfect for our venue!

juicy details.

So for the bread and butter of our wedding day: the venue.

We will be "wed" on the lovely beach of Duck, NC in front of the home, Absolute Ambiance. How did I come across this beauty of a home you may ask? While in the OBX for the OBXWA wedding expo weekend we knew that we wanted to visit this home during the open house hours. We pulled into the driveway and BAM, fell in love. As we walked through the main room it felt like us, our wedding theme and exactly what I had been dreaming of {not to mention there were dolphins swimming in the water behind the house.... uhmmm sign that this was IT} and on top of being esthetically pleasing this home has a beautiful caterer size kitchen and a grand room with the most magnificent ceiling that could house our wedding if.... {god forbid} there need to be a rain plan. Each room has a unique design to it making for many opportunities for wedding day pictures. Out back of the house are two lovely decks which will hold tables and chairs during the reception, a pool and hot tub which will be fun the week before the wedding and a perfect grill preparation area for our reception food. Okay, enough from me, let the pictures do the talking : 

back of the home.

 I mean look at that window!!!! did I mention the amazing ceiling

 just one of the many beautiful rooms.

 part of the great room and a view of the huge kitchen.

 rain plan.

 where we shall be wed :)

 food prep area and pool.

 front of the home.

Isn't it amazing?!?!?!?

some links.

if you want to follow some of the design aspects of the wedding day, you can check out my pinterest! This is where I will be getting tons of inspiration as well as trying to put it all together in my head. Follow me :

http://pinterest.com/ashhemp/the-big-day/

i will also have the awesome Renee Landry on our wedding team to help design and implement all of the crazy ideas floating around in my head. We will be having a "meeting of the minds" while we vacation the first week of August and I couldn't be more excited. Renee has a fantastic vintage and unique feel to her work, which matches our wedding perfectly. You can find her here : 

http://reneelandrystyle.com/

{Also check out her new iPhone app Flatter Chatter}