I’m a sucker for books about forbidden love and adventure, and Water for Elephants was no exception. Today, the movie version opens, and if you’re anything like me, that’s not necessarily a good thing. Very rarely is the movie as good as the book, much less better than it, but I have my fingers crossed for this one. With Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, that guy from Twilight, and a traveling circus –and not that cheesy kind with the scary clowns but a dreamy menagerie to which to escape –how can you go wrong?

When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It’s fate.  – Sara Gruen

Invitation from Blue Tulip Design on Etsy, Gal shoe by Kate Spade, Red Ranunculus Bouquet by afloral.com, Wedding Gown by Reem Acra, Badgley Mischka necklace from Rent the Runway, Goddess Gown by Robert Rodriguez from Rent the Runway, Elephant from Africa (photo by Root Photography)