New Year’s Newlyweds Update: What a blast! We rang in the New Year with the newlyweds at a fabulous fete at Zart 1312 in downtown Des Moines. Here are a few shots from the extravaganza:

With every new year comes new resolutions to keep. My biggest being to get into gear with my wedding DIYs. I have decided to take on quite a few of my own tasks for the wedding and I must be diligent about getting them done earlier than later. I don’t want to have a case of the “I should’ve done this a long time ago” syndrome come May 1st. First up are my favors. We have decided to go with an “Iowa” themed wedding so I wanted to give our guests something to take with them that is Iowa-made that would fall in line with the yellow theme. Enter in Sue Bee honey made in Sioux City, Iowa. I found the perfect little octagon, gold capped jars with golden honey in them that will be at every place setting. Now all I need to do is get the labels and ribbons put on all 360 of them! Here goes nothing (and everything!)