Being a wife

P.S this happened

It is more than I ever expected.

It is somewhat of a roller coaster of emotions: Being in love with Ace, yet missing my parents; the excitement of living at a University campus, yet missing my hometown (and friends)!

And if you know me, you know I don't like roller coasters!

I know people want to hear about the wedding, and let me tell you-it was awesome!!!!! But, that is only one day of our lives (although quite a day!), and today I want to share about what comes after the wedding day- marriage. I will share about the wedding day, but that will be for another day!

Even tough Ace and I have been married for 2.5 months, we have only been living in our apartment (at the University) for the last two weeks. Let me tell you- I love it!!! I love having our own place to call home (although both of our parents' houses will always be home) and living with my best friend in the whole wide world. I love falling asleep in his arms and waking up next to him every morning. 

I love the fact that there is a fitness center within walking distance of our apartment and that the walk is always so pretty!! This campus is awesome! Yet, because of Ace's masters program, we do spend quite some time apart. Which leads me to the loneliness of living at a University campus and not being a student.

I think that has been the toughest transition, but it has definitely taught me a lot about myself. First off, meeting people (aside for Ace's friends) has become a challenge because there really aren't many opportunities to do so. When I do meet someone, they automatically assume that, because I'm around, I must be a student. Regardless, I've taken it upon myself to greet every person I see during the day! And 98% of the time, I get a greeting back :)

It has also been difficult because we have been coming back to our hometown/home church every weekend (I want to continue to serve at the high school ministry until the end of this school year), so there isn't too much time for us to hang out with people during the weekends (or during the week).

(My awesome parents- picture taken by my iphone, hence the poor quality)

Regardless, the joy and goodness far outweighs anything mentioned above; we are really enjoying this season of our lives. The Lord has been too good to us. And I love having sooo many neighbors hehe 

He has continuously reminded me that He is present in our lives and marriage. He has blessed us tremendously through all of our friends and family: our home is fully furnished thanks to them! (and thans to some other random people)  There are some days in which I feel so overwhelmed by His goodness that I can't help but keep certain songs on repeat (sorry neighbors!!).

Until next time,

be blessed

P.S. This happened last week! (yup! that's milk all over our coffee station and Ace's guitar case.. woop!) I think I'll leave the coffee making to Ace! He is quite the cappuccino crafter!

A Piece of my Heart a week before my Wedding Day

          Part of my New Years resolution is becoming comfortable with being vulnerable. I tend to be uncomrotable with vulnerability because it shows your emotions, and my emotions change by the minute! 

So then I become afraid that people would hold those emotions (shared in moments of vulnerability) against me. 

Well, today I will break that pattern. One of the reasons being that I won't be able to relive this part of my life and I would like to share my feeling.

         For the past year (of engagement to Andrew) I have faced a roler coaster of emotions. They mainly range from super extating, to being patient, to being anxious and then again to being excited.

I'm sure more than one person can relate to those feelings before a big day/event/trip, etc.

Well, as I sit here listening to Oceans by Hilsong, I can't help but rejoice in the knowledge that The Lord has my future in His hands. There is no uncertainty there, that fact won't change based on my feelings.

         For the last 21 years (almost 22) the place I've called home has been wherever my parents/sibiling have recided. For the past 5 years, I've slowly considered Andew's house a home, but I've never actually lived there. I've never really lived outside my parents' house (aside for a short 3-month internship a couple of summers ago) in my life! That's about to change in 7 days! 7 short days.. It seems so surreal!!! It's frightening (It will be a HUGE change), yet the excitement overtakes any other emotion.

         After five years of waiting and dreaming with Andrew, the day is finally here and I couldn't be more excited! There is anxiousness insisde of me, yet there is peace (that surpases my undersanding for sure). The Lord is definitely leading me to a place in which my faith has never been before. 

I know he has called both, Andrew and I into this marriage and a life-long devotion to Him and His Kingdom.

So Lord, take me deeper than my feet could ever wonder for I know that when Andrew and I call upon Your Name, You are there.

God bless,

Aranza

DIY Fresh Flower Necklace Tutorial

I recently got the opportunity to make anythjng in one of my floral classes and I was pumped!!

I decided to make this necklace and wear it the following day (it's a night class)

And I lived it! And so did many people I encountered that day..

Annnnd, since I've abandoned my blog lately (sorry, classes, finals and wedding planning!), I thought a tutorial for this would be a great way to get back and share something I'm passionate about.

I started with  long piece of (14 gauge?) wire, made a "moon" shape (as seen in the picture) and used that as an armature for the necklace. 

I added leaves on the "back" side of the necklace so there would be a base (I used cold glue to attach them, as seen in the picture above). This is what it looked like from the back: 

I made sure to have a loop on one of the "moon" ends, and a hook on the other end of the wire, like so:

I laid the necklace with the shiny side of the leaves facing down (that would be the part against my skin so the wire wouldn't scratch), place the flowers where I wanted them to be and then I glued them with some more cold glue!

I added some pearls and was done!

I paired it with a white lace dress my brother and his fiancée gave me for Christmas 

A matching belt

And the shoes I recovered (with floral print) and that u wore the day Andrew proposed!

I hoped you liked the tutorial :)

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