centerpieces

it's been a few days, but i've been horribly sick with a sinus infection, and now my ribs and back are absolutely killing me. i have no idea what's going on, but i wanted to update while i am at least feeling a little better than i have been.
last weekend when josh and i visited our parents up north we found our reception venue! right now we're in the middle of a battle of sorts with someone who has "tentatively" reserved our day, meaning they reserved it with no money down and basically weren't completely sure if they wanted/needed that day. so the manager is giving them until monday, then she will assume they don't want it and will be giving it to me! if all else fails and they do call back wanting the 12th, we have picked a new wedding date that we know is available and open.
we also went to a few antique shops in the cleveland area, we went to the maple festival, and to a library book sale where we got about 10+ books for under $4, it was pretty amazing. mom bought us 6 vintage/old books as part of our centerpieces, that i'm really excited about. we decided that we'd only buy a few because my deceased uncle was an avid collector of books that we are going to be able to use! lots of shakespeare, which is great because of the romance books! when we bought the books at the library book sale, i made sure i grabbed some with neat titles that describe us. there are so many little things you can do to make the decorating process completely 'your own'.

the photo i added is just a draft i guess you could say. we're actually kind of interested in reading some of the books, and they will be great decoration for our future home :)