So as you may have noticed I have not been blogging in a while! While I miss it so much I have been constantly non-stop and haven’t had a second to myself. Between my business, our new company Chic Sketch and wedding Planning, things have certainly been hectic and exciting.

Here is a little recap on what I’ve been up to…

I have had an amazing time live sketching at:
Carolinna Espinosa
Sears
Bene Rialto

Live sketching for Chic Sketch at:
Cartier
Aerosols
Viktor & Rolf in partnership with L’Oreal and Saks Fifth Avenue

We flew into Miami just for this event in-store! We also had 8 doors across the country that participated with the Chic Sketch promotion for the 1 year anniversary of the fragrance Bonbon by Viktor & Rolf!

We are working on tons of new exciting projects and will be very busy in the next few months! I can’t wait!!

I am so blessed to be able to do what I love and make a living doing it!

On top of that we are currently 23 days away from Our Wedding!!!!!

We had my bridal shower and bachelorette party and I am putting the finishing touches on my dress which I designed and am having made!  Jordan’s tux will be custom made as well and I have been doing everything for my wedding dress from choosing the fabric, dealing with fabric deliveries, picking up zippers and notions, getting fitted (multiple times) draping my train, making design edits and more.

I have selected all of my jewelry and accessories, gotten all the details for my bridesmaids, am working on special touches all around our wedding, working with my wedding planner and decorator to make it special for our unique personalities and hopefully not look like a wedding anyone’s ever seen before! We are incorporating my love of fashion and Jordan’s love or technology into everything we do and have some very special and personal touches lined up all around.

It’s the last few weeks and me and my fiancé are both sick! (And that’s probably why I’ve had a moment to sit down – while waiting for a subway train to head to the garment district for my gown- to write this- yes I am writing this on the subway platform!!!!)

We have called in the big guns, going to get some antibiotics (can you believe we need that) and I am trying to take some r&r while I know that is nearly impossible given all the things left to do.

I am focusing on wrapping up my custom orders, continuing my workout routines, doing some at home DIY facials (organic honey on a clean face for 20 minutes- trust me it’s amazing – it is a natural humectant and antibacterial, then coconut oil as a moisturizer) and making sure my skin, hair, nails and I physique are on point.

We are leaving for Miami a week before the big day so we can get my dress down there (it has its own Plane ticket) as well as all the details and things that we need to pack.

We thought a destination wedding would be less stressful then having it in NY but I don’t think I realized that we basically need to ship the whole wedding down to our venue.

Anyway I just wanted to fill you in and let you know that as you can guess, I need to take a little hiatus from my weekly blogs but I hope to get back on my regularly scheduled weekly inspiration after I go from Miss. to Mrs. Sometime in mid to end of June when we get back from our mini-moon in Miami!

Hope that inspires you to live the life you want to live and to remember to take some quality “me” time when you need it and make sure not to wear yourself out.

With all of my love,

Emily

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