Thirteen

Thirteen years from this day….

if I’d known that we’d get to run a company, or two, together and be successful entrepreneurs

if I’d known that we’d get to ride a gondola in Venice, drink from a coconut in Fiji, eat kangaroo tail in Australia, and scale mountains in New Zealand

if I’d known that we would both get our work featured on the cover of multiple magazines

if I’d known that we’d be best friends, not just partners

if I’d known that we would choose to stay up late talking into the wee hours of the night just so we could be together longer each day

if I’d known that we’d laugh so hard it hurt, every day of our existence together

if I’d known we’d conceive and raise the single greatest child on the planet

if I’d known we’d one day build our dream home together, piece by piece

if I’d known we’d live in the country with two dogs, a cat, and plenty of room to run in our fields

if I’d known that we’d look better and better with age (haha!)

if I’d known that we would be happier more days than sad and love each other more than we did this very day…

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Jessica & Eric | Boulder, Colorado

I have found the one, whom my soul loves. – Song of Solomon 3:4

She planned it all in just over a month. From the ideas, color palettes, layout, guest lists, and style. And possibly because she poured her heart and soul into making this union so over-the-top special, the sun beat down warm rays in a Colorado October as her reward, and it was the most beautiful fall day I’d ever seen! My sister-in-law isn’t only gorgeous, she’s creative, energetic, and a hopeless romantic. I’m still smitten over all the details she designed and feel so lucky getting to be a part of it; but I was also wildly excited about being able to work with some of my closest vendor friends as well: Jessica’s ideas coupled with Bare Root Flora‘s styling, made the flowers of this wedding one for the books, and her vision of a garden-themed backyard wedding, laced with sparkle paired flawlessly with the vintage pieces from Yonder House. Every last detail was thought out and styled perfectly, so I’m thrilled to finally share it! ♥

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Von Eschen/Beck Wedding

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Father’s Day Thoughts

Tonight I sat down to write about you. How you are my solid foundation. My rock. My strength. My shield. But then I was lost for words and nothing but tears came when my mind was grasping for words. In more ways that I can explain, our lives have been turned up-side down the last two weeks. And yet, you’ve been tirelessly working to help make them feel right-side-up for me. I know that often people will say they don’t know how they’d live without someone…but I couldn’t be any more serious and literal in saying I genuinely don’t even know how to do life without you. I feel abundantly lucky and blessed that God has gifted you to me and that you are the one I spend most my days, most of my minutes, with. I have long thought you were the greatest husband on the planet, but you have proved to me in a multitude of ways that you are the very best of fathers. I could write pages, perhaps volumes, on how I’d define a good father…your name would fall next to each one. I had never loved anyone as much as I’d loved you. Until I met our Son. But the three of us share a love that, I’m learning, can withstand any and all hardships. Even ones I never would have thought we’d be tested to endure. That phrase: iron sharpens iron? That’s us. But that’s only because of you.

Jason, since I cannot think of an accurate way to thank you for loving me, protecting me, and saving me all these years, I decided to share the first letter I’d written to you on your very first Father’s Day. If I hadn’t already written it, I would have laughed and told you I felt the EXACT same way as the author. And the pictures of you truly living this out, even years later, speaks more than my dictionary of words ever could. Nothing’s changed since then, my Love. Except my heart’s stretched out wider and it beats loader for you than ever before. Can you even imagine that?

Thank you for loving me and Eli and for being the anchor of our lives when we are all lost in the waves. I love you more than life. Happy Father’s Day!

xx Shannon (& Eli)

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