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Mom to Iris. Wife to Todd. Our little family lives at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Fayetteville, Arkansas. We love it here and I love sharing little bits of our life.

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(no. 1) Getting Married

This top ten list is in no particular order, but I just can’t help but start with my wedding day.

I was never the girl who dreamed of the perfect wedding day, but the moment I first saw Todd playing on stage with Lucero, I whispered in my girlfriend’s ear, “I’m going to marry that guy.” A few years later, my very first thought was confirmed. After a couple years of dating, Todd proposed to me in Eureka Springs. Thanks to the support of our amazing family and friends, we were able to have a wedding that truly fit us. Isn’t that what it’s all about, anyway? Our “ultra casual” wedding (as the invite states) was my favorite day of the decade, if not my life.

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Wedding favors: Stickers & Buttons.

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Front page wedding!

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I love September.

I have been insane-o busy lately with school. Besides my fourth semester of German (ich bin nicht gut), I am taking all upper level journalism courses that are very time consuming. On top of that, it’s finally time to start working on my senior paper.

Fantasy Football is also attempting to take over the few free hours that I do have. So far I lost my first match up, but it’s still crazy addictive. I can’t complain though, I did choose one guy because his last name is McAlister and I love love love to eat at McAlister’s. Anyways, go team Cuddly Kittens!

Next week I’ll be in Key West for Katie’s wedding and then a few weeks after that Laura & I are going to Vegas. I can’t wait for either trip, especially since I missed out on the big adventure to Kansas City this weekend. Somewhere in-between Florida and Nevada I turn a year older too. So not fun anymore.

I have a few exciting things to report…

+ Bittersweet Styles was in the newspaper a couple days ago in California.
You can read the full article here.

+ We were also featured on my friend Jazzi’s fashion blog!
Jazzi is a stylist in LA/NY who is also a contributer for Teen Vogue (at almost age 27, one of my major guilty pleasures).

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+ Laura & I did a fun little photoshoot for Mason’s for this month’s issue of Citiscapes…

+ Of course I have more wedding photos to share as well. I’m just going to post a few of my favorites because I uploaded all of them on my Flickr account a while back.

+ I’ll end with some photos from lately…

Too cute…

Todd built us a Chill Zone

Our Chill Zone (part 1)

We went to the fair!

As my grandma would say, “That’s all she wrote.”

Luv,
Sarah

More Wedding Photos

Here are a few more photos that (most of which our friends & family took). I will probably post more in a few days once the rest of them roll in…

silk screened poster invitations by Sasha Barr

wedding favors

our “guest book”

for the champagne toast

one of the few shots of the ceremony that i have right now

taking off

Tons more over on Flickr

Luv,
Sarah

wedding polaroids!

Thought I would go ahead and post the Polaroid portion of our wedding photos. Big thanks to the lovely Erin Abbott for almost all of these shots!

For those of you all who don’t know, we got married in a little old house right next to the University of Arkansas campus. It just so happens to be the house where Bill & Hillary Clinton use to live (and where they were married). Plus, we just so happen to be the first couple to get married there since them, hince all of the Clinton references below and the newspaper article.


Todd & Sarah Gill

my girls & me (and our airbrush backdrop straight from the Memphis ghetto)

cupcake wedding cake thanks to Laura & Darling Deserts

Polaroid wedding cake toppers

sharing the first cupcake

we had mini cans of Sofia Coppola champagne for the toast

making it official (in Bill & Hillary’s old bedroom of all places!)

dudes + cigars = true love

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cheers Bill!

Brandy w/ a famed letter we got from Bill Clinton!

i think Three Six was playing

cracker jacks, salt water taffy, nachos, corndogs, & pizza!

true love for real

me in my wedding dress next to Hillary Clinton’s wedding dress

me + erin = true love

me with my niece Mariam & stepsister Roxy (who caught the bouquet)

Todd, his dad, & me

it was hot. we had tents, but it was still hot.

good friends

Todd w/ my mom

two hot ladies serving champagne

Be & Erin (we had toy flutes & kazoos instead of bubbles for our send off)

Cory & Karen

Brandy & Laura

bouquet toss

Joel, Kerri, & Brandy

the fam – Mariam, my mom, Roxy, & Tim

Kerri & Joel

Pretty ladies – Brandy, Kerri, & Erin

my dad video taping the fun

Brandy & Erin

Todd & Aaron

Laura & Bev

Jonathan + a beer = true love

Katie (Todd’s sister), Erin, & Bill

Erin & my momma

Kerri & Erin

Kerri & Brandy

Ed (Todd’s setp-dad) & me

me + my mom = true love

sexy bridesmaids

awww more true love.

all the ladies w/ Todd

the send off!

got married… & went to the car wash!

eating more cupcakes at our fab hotel room! we stayed at an old hotel on campus that use to be a women’s dorm long ago & now is suppose to be haunted.

snapshots from our honeymoon at the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami

Luv,
Sarah