items for sale

i will be selling items i have made or used in my wedding on my website shop here.
you can also pick up some earrings or a huge 2010 wall calendar on my etsy shop here.

i will also be listing non-wedding items on ebay in my store here.

enjoy! and i hope i can help you make your world a little more awesome!

more pics from the pros

our photographer uploaded some more pictures this week and i am loving them SO much. i wanted to share them with you guys.

sparklers

lanterns and pom poms

the flower girl loving the glow bracelets


centerpiece. the double stick tape kept coming off on the ribbon because i made them so far in advance. fyi. if i had known it would come off after 3 months i would have glued it.


luminaries out from of the church


the flowers for the girls


i couldn't believe how bright the flowers are in color and how pale in black and white. but it looks cool to me.


the church


the pomanders hanging in the drinks area


mints anyone?


really cool shot of the ceiling in the reception hall


the crosswords we made


our cake topper i love


my bouquet. the more i look at it the more i love it and am thinking about making them for other people. maybe sell them on etsy?


i hope i could inspire awesomeness. at some point i need to list a bunch of the stuff online for sale on etsy or ebay.

stuff for sale: (contact me if you want info by leaving a comment with your email or a link to your blog or something)
- centerpiece vases
- the pomanders from the drinks area
- the glass votive candle holders and some of the candles from ikea
- wood branch pencils with orange ribbon
- gift envelope box with brown and orange glitter spots
- sparkling gems used in the centerpiece vases (also hanging on pomanders)
- 2" brown satin ribbon (in 8 ft and 3ft strips)

diy vinyl wall decal

now that our master bathroom is done and i am adding finishing touches, i wanted to add a few monogram decals to the room. my inspiration was this one over at etsy.com. being the craft master that i am (and the fact that i own a huge roll of white vinyl my mom gave me way back when) i wasn't about to pay for something i could make myself. and in the future if i want something other than white i can use the vinyl to cut out a stencil and just paint whatever on the wall so i don't have to free hand it. nice!

i designed what i wanted in indesign (i am a professional graphic designer so i have this software and normal people don't but could maybe use something else) and printed it out. i originally made mine reversed because i thought the vinyl had a sticky layer but it didn't so i had to cut on the side that would be showing. no biggie. i taped the printout to the vinyl and cut it out with a sharp (new blade) exacto knife. i rule with the exacto.


you then remove whatever parts you want the wall to show through.

i then covered the front with painters tape since it isn't super sticky and would release easier.


after you cover it with tape remove the original paper backing to expose the vinyl's sticky side.


then just stick it wherever you want it and press down so the vinyl adheres. i wasn't getting as good of adhesion as i would have liked because of the stupid gloss in the bathroom paint but it should be ok. at least i know it will work perfectly fine in the rest of the house since it is all flat paint with no shine to mess things up.


remove the tape slowly while holding the vinyl with one hand so it doesn't pull off the wall.


voila! instant free awesomeness. at least for me it was. if you are lucky, you will rule as much as me and it will be free too. have fun kiddies!!

my side


the hubs side



the bathroom (with all our junk on the counter). please ignore the slacker looking crafter behind the curtain!!!

townhouse decorating

it's been a bit since i have updated about the house seeing as we have been trying to get out of living in the land of boxes and confusion. we have gotten some rooms done and i wanted to share the before and after photos. neither of our offices are anything but large storage rooms at the moment but hopefully we can get some of it handled during christmas break.

the downstairs guest bathroom before when it was brand new


we knew we wanted to paint some room orange to match the great rugs my husband's aunt made on her loom for a wedding shower gift. so we did the downstair bath which we now call the "cheetohs" bathroom. that's my wedding bouquet decorating the toilet.

the inspiration rugs

the bathrooms were the easiest things to get accomplished so we did them all.
the huge poster on the wall behind the door that i got when i was in college.



the upstairs guest bathroom before

and after



the master bathroom before


and after. the bathrooms are my favorites so far.

the water closet in our bathroom


the master bedroom


the curtains my handy man hubby hung


my office before


and after paint but not organized yet


this years tree with champagne, gold and silver ornaments. i still love last years pink/red combo best.



the lights we put outside

dot loves having carpet instead of wood floors


while looking for dot's "accidents" on the carpet with a blacklight we noticed how cool the tree looked.

getting to see teaser pics from the pros

i am SOOOO excited to have seen some of the pictures on our photogs facebook tonight. they turned out so freaking amazing that i am wide awake and giddy right now. when i make our albun it is going to be pimp! i am so glad we paid for a pro and eased my mind. here are some of the freaking great shots from kurz studio photography!!! enjoy!

my shoes and bouquet. the more i see it the more i love it and am so glad i made it so it lasts since it's all paper.

my shoes were awesome. thanks ebay!

the flower girl's pomander


my flower for my sash. i glittered this thing out and added swarovski crystals to the center.

veil just chilling on the couch until it's time

the boutonnieres i made for the guys


this picture is so freaking cute!

church pom poms


we're hitched!

love this photo!


that's one photogenic street lamp right there

another favo

i thought it was too funny she put the rings on one of the glow bracelts for the kids since i was wearing them from the second i got to the reception hall and my new niece kept bringing me more.



something orange and brown threw up in here


escort cards


the crossword puzzles i made

the banners i also made


drinks sign and pomanders i made (are you getting the hint!?! i practically wove the linens)

pomanders next to drink sign. i have to figure out what to do with these. i don't know if i should use them somewhere in the house or sell them on ebay or etsy. my bouquet is already in the downstairs bathroom making it look even more awesome with the cheeto orange wall color and the brown towels.


oh my stars and garters those look good! and yep, i made those too.


i didn't eat a single cupcale until 2 days after the wedding. i didn't even want one. i was so sick of making them.

i need to find a use for our b & m cake topper that i LOVE.


the table numbers and holders i made.

yay for glow bracelets!

woo hooooo


i hope you all enjoyed the pics and i will put more as i get them. we are still in the process of living out of boxes and trying to get out of them but it's tiring and you can only do so much in a day. and the current insanity is getting the christmas shopping done and mailed in time. if only our family were all local! happy holidays ya'll!

post wedding updates

we are still waiting on the pics from the pros (of course) but here are a few pics snapped by the people at the shindig. the lantern leds didn't light as bright as i would have liked but i didn't care. the groom was forgotten and ended up missing my entire walk down the aisle. so now we have a story to tell our kids. we are still in the insane process of moving into the new house and getting everything put away which seems like it will never be done. i can't imagine there being a day when i don't need to be unpacking anything. it's also interesting getting used to living in a place with stairs when i haven't since high school. my legs are going to look FABULOUS!!

i didn't eat a single cupcake until like 3 days later because i was so sick of making them. i wish i had 2 ovens for this process. i also managed to mess up the frosting for the lemon and it was WAY too sweet so i had to fix it on the day before my wedding. next time i will make sure i have enough lemons! everything tasted fabulous and it was all box mix with homemade frosting. publix provided the cake to cut since the one i did looked wrong to me and i am a perfectionist.

one of my bridesmaids being crazy with the crossword puzzles and tree branch pencils we put at each seat in honor of my love of crosswords.

the lanterns and pom poms over the dance floor area. i am pretty sure we still have leds on in the bags from the wedding and it's been over a week since it happened.

centerpieces. i don't even want to think about how much stuff i have that i need to list on ebay now since i don't need 200 ikea tealight holders!!!

the eat, drink & be married banners. everyone loved everything and brian was talking about me making everything all night which i thought was adorable even though i didn't know until later since i was dancing all night.

happy wedding planning people and i'm happy to answer any questions!!

day before becoming someone's mrs

what a LONG day today was!!! i went to bed at 5:30 am after baking all night. i HATED how the cake i made for us to cut looked so it got scrapped and the recipe for the lemon frosting turned out wrong. brian thinks it's one of those recipes that doesn't multiply well. so when i went to bed at 5:30 am i had a mini-breakdown because i was so upset about both issues. i managed to wake brian up coming to bed and he knew something was bugging me. i freaked out but he promised we would work it out. and in the morning, he did. he got everyone to come help decorate so that we could get it done fast and i could fix the cupcakes. all i had to do was scrape off the messed up frosting and do new. it turned out yummy. we bought a plain small white cake from publix to cut up and i wrapped the same ribbon we have everywhere on it and will stick the topper on it tomorrow morning when i go in to put the LED's in the lanterns and set up the cupcakes. then home to shower and go with the girls to get dolled up. we had rehearsal and i am getting more nervous about everyone watching me walk down the aisle and stand up there. i am terrified of being in front of crowds even if it is family. so tonight i hope to get much needed sleep and pray for calmness in the nerves of the ceremony.

here are some photos of the decorating we did today. it's all done and ready for a shindig!

the escort cards

table set up. the oranges look severe on my camera but i will post the pics from the pro when i get them.

the kraft paper door covers i punched holes in for hours. the light looks super cool coming through.


the cupcake table