[photo taken on my iphone during my last trip to LA] first of all – thank you all so much for your sweet comments on our engagement photos! second of all - i am SO excited for this weekend! i a...
we did a little engagement session with our good friend (and one of my favorite photographers) brooke a few weekends ago. she is ridiculously talented and we really LOVE how they came out (especially...
yes, i am just as shocked as you are that i’m actually doing a “food post” and giving you guys a so called “recipe” (yeah, i’m pretty sure you can’t even cal...
friday night we went to our friends’ wedding at kualoa ranch. it was one of the most beautiful weddings i’ve ever been to and we could not be happier for the bride and groom! the venue is...
sorry for the lack of blogging lately, but it’s been a rough couple of weeks. work has been really stressful. i’ve been making dumb and careless mistakes, feeling incompetent, inadequate,...
hawaii was pretty unreal yesterday. the weather was absolutely perfect and the water was perfectly teal blue. for mother’s day, we took reis’ mom out in his parents’ little boat and...
now that all of my future bridesmaids have received their “message in a bottle,” i can share with you how i asked my best friends to be my beloved b-maids! since all of my bffs live in th...
today marks jayAdore’s ONE YEAR anniversary! what the heck? i honestly can’t believe it has been one whole year since i started blogging! a part of me feels like so much has happened in t...
have you guys heard of the app “teux deux“? omg. i just discovered it not too long ago and i’m obsessed…not only with it’s functionality, but with the simple and sleek d...
first things first — how awesome is that mango tree that is in my backyard?? i’m pretty excited to reap the benefits of those babies, namely in the form of mango smoothies. YUM. i’m...
this photo sums up my saturday morning. i slept in, got up and did some work, went back to sleep until 2, and then went out for a late lunch with reis. it was really amazing. the rest of the weekend ...
photo credit: the style eater oh my goodness. dress shopping at monique lhuillier was a DREAM. COME. TRUE. i’ve been a long-time admirer/obsessor of her dresses and to be able to actually try o...
ive been wanting to go to LA for a weekend to go wedding dress shopping with my mom. i feel like you only try on wedding dresses once in your life and it’s a pretty special thing that i wanted ...
via on saturday morning, reis and i celebrated my almost-being-done-with-tax-sea son with a yummy breakfast at the creampot in waikiki. then he had to go into work so i went shopping and did some seri...
photos from this trip as of yesterday, we have officially booked our wedding venue! it is my absolute dream venue in santa barbara and the perfect combination of rustic, woodsy, coastal, and romanti...
via the countdown has begun. tax season is almost OVER. 3 more days til the madness ends and i. am. stoked!!! i don’t think i will ever take a saturday for granted ever again! the one plus ...
remembering what jesus did for us and his eternal promises. going to sunrise service at waimea bay. coffee drinking. after-church picnicking + catching up with friends. lounging on the north shore. n...
ever since we got engaged, i have been wanting to get a wedding planner/notebook to stay organized. our friend brett gave me a moleskine notebook awhile ago and it was too beautiful to just do any o...
via hmmm. i’m not sure why i thought a billowy, horizontal stripe top + wide leg trousers would be such a good idea. i should have worn a sign that said, attention: wide load coming through!...
bottled drinks are expensive. so i’ve been saving them for a dual purpose: vases for my kitchen window sill! with lame faux flowers. so chic, i know. but i am never home and would forget to...
i am loving this whole “doesn’t get dark til after 7″ thing. reis and i went to diamond head market & grill last night for dinner and it felt like summer! it’s close to...
i like running. a lot. i like running even more when it’s not tax season and i can actually go on runs. outside. in the sunlight. not on a treadmill at 10:00 at night. anyways, here are a f...
guess what i did last night? i finally dropped the wordpress from my url address and registered www.jayadores.com! step 1 to becoming a legit blogger: check. now i’m in the process of redesi...
(photo taken at papailoa beach, the morning reis proposed!) oh hey blog. nice to see you again. it’s been awhile. this girl has been busy. reis finally got his tentative schedule for next ye...
sunday, february 26 was one of the best days of my life. seriously. that was the morning that reis proposed. which by itself was enough to put me in “oh-my-goodness-i’ m-so-excited-happ...
source today’s look is inspired by the beautiful emily: an insanely popular fashion blogger who has built an empire of a brand out of her famed blog cupcakes and cashmere. after searching for ...
a few photos from yesterday: shots from the beautiful drive to the north shore (there’s so much more to oahu than waikiki!), teaching sunday school to the little 2 year olds (not gonna lie, see...
ooof sorry i disappeared for a few days but wow, thank you all so much for your sweet comments on my engagement post! your sweet words really mean so much to me so thank you thank you thank you! thi...
i’m engaged!! on sunday morning, reis asked me to marry him! (obvs i said yes). i feel soooo incredibly blessed, overjoyed, ecstatic, and so. in. love. i still remember several years ago whe...
so a few weekends ago i discovered the amazingness of STUMPTOWN coffee at morning glass coffee + cafe in manoa. ever since this girl posted about it on her travels to portland and seeing it pop up a...
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