A Napa Fairytale: A Gift from My Groom

After I slipped into my dress, MOH handed me a little bag. Inside the little bag was a little box. Inside the little box...

(photos by Luke Snyder Studio)

...was a little diamond bow ring.

If you know me, you know I have a thing for bows. Any bow will do, but satin bows are the best. The strong knot, the billowing loop, the notched ends-- gets me every time. I *kinda* had an inkling of what it was when I saw the little box. I spotted it at the Santa Rosa Mall a few weeks earlier when Mr. Barrettes and I were shopping for wedding party gifts and I made a quick comment about how adorable it was. He told me I was silly and that I'd like a string of sausage if it was tied in a bow. Surely I would, but that little diamond bow was just perfect!

When I returned to the mall a few days later, I swung by to see my perfect little bow and it was gone from the case. I tried really hard not to get my hopes up, anyone could have bought that ring. The minute I pulled out that little box from that little bag, there was only one thing I knew I would see. He did good!