Spring Has Sprung!

Spring has finally sprung!

I have an extensive list outdoor to-dos before June (Wedding):

• Curb Appeal - Our front yard is in need of a little lovin. We want to take out all of the rock from the front and replace with something else. Also, extend the front porch maybe use some slate like this?
  
  


• Re-do the flower beds and change up the bricks circling the trees


• Plant some lavendar in front of the windows for some nice evening breeze scents


• Start our backyard garden


• Start my cutting garden


• Power wash and re-stain the deck


• Compost bin


• Rain barrel - I want to set it up so the rain from the gutters go into the barrel and some system

Here is a picture of my arranged backyard plans. Its not as crowded as it looks ;)

What do you think? What are your springtime/gardening plans?

Oh and of course, some lovelies I would enjoy for spring:

My "Moi je jou" outfit: Bicycle Basket, Dress and my flowers from my soon-to-be garden and I will be set:

Check out Channel's commercial on YouTube, song by Bridget Bardot

Invitations are out!!

Invitations

We went to Archivers to find some inspiration for our own Wedding invitations. We figured since we are having such a small Wedding, we could throw together a few invitations ourselves.

We bought paper supplies from the Yours Truly line. It took about 5 packs of Brown 4x6, Pool A2, Pool Postcard and Brown envelopes (I had some of my own white cardstock that I used for the wording page). The total on invitations was around $130 for the paper, paper cutter, swirl stamps, ink pads and postage stamps. Thanks to Archivers handy printing templates that can be downloaded from their site, it was a piece of cake to print with minor tweaks since we aren’t Windows OS users. I used clear block stamps, which I highly recommend using versus rubber traditional stamps, on the invitation, RSVP and Envelopes to add a fun personalized and elegant look.

For paper conservation (and postage is only $0.27) we went with a simple postcard for RSVPs. At the bottum right corner you see numbers which correspond to each guest in a spreadsheet, to ensure the returned card matches with the correct guest.

Our info card is two sided. Side one includes directions to the Ceremony/Reception location, our website and my contact information.

Side two was a map I drew using Power Point and Google Maps. See WeddingBee for details how to make your own map :)

There are many differnt stamps these days, I went with a Minnesota stamp versus personalized or wedding theme

AND, it was a blast to make :)

Updates

Well, sorry about the lack of updating...

I lost my job earlier this month, so I have been working my patootie off trying to get a new job. While also thinking about what is it that I really want to do and getting the chance to finally sit down and work out some fun crafting lovelies. I have started a bolero, gloves, worked on my Twilight Lucky Swap, my sister's baby bibs and oodles of changes. And on the Wedding side, I finished making the invitations (which somehow was harder than I expected), figured out ceremony and reception placing since its not really a traditional wedding location, were doing things a little differnt. Then my lease is up in March so I have been trying to move things over to my fiance's place. And, his Mom and I have been redecorating his bathroom, re-organizing the entire house

SOOO, I have found the perfect dress on complete accident. I went to show my Fiance's Mom that there really weren't any dresses out there for me and that the Nordstrom dress was the best one for me. Here is the drama from my last entry. Well, the gal just happened to run across a sale item that was in ivory tea-length and full of lace, pearls and sparkles. It is hands down the dress I have been looking for that I never knew exsisted. I am SO excited about it.

I will post later my how to on wedding invites and ceremony funs!

Dress Drama

So, I might cry or just totally start over on this wedding dress thing. And I apologize this is really picture heavy so it might take a bit to load.

OH** no tato viewing sorry love not sure what I want to do yet!!**


OK so I decided awhile ago that I wanted a different non-wedding dress. I tried on a couple of dresses from some higher end bridal salons, regular stores, consignment stores and even tried just looking for basic white or ivory dresses at Nordstroms, Macys and even Targets odd wedding section. Here are a couple I was pretty much in love with:

But I am worried they looked too Medieval, or I think I am in a metal band, running around on stage in a half untied corsets screaming on a stage... ok yes I love the style, but not for a wedding.

I decided that I'd really like a dress similar to the gorgeous Inara from Firefly. I gave in and decided to get it made.

So here is what I had made.



It is supposed to be fitted to the measurements I gave her and I can barely keep the top from sliding down. I wanted a soft ivory and its a little more champagne-colored than I had asked for. And the sleeves are a really stiff and not the jersey fabric I wanted. Then look at the corset bodice... yes it is really crooked and I cannot fix it at all. and it doesnt REALLY go with the birdcage veil that I want or the aqua accents I wanted to add.

Here is a newer inspiration: Just this ivory dress with a blue cardigan. Or this blue dress with a cardigan.


*SIGH*

Thoughts?

Rain Boots - Wishful spring thoughts

Wishful Spring Thoughts





And as you may know, I have a little obsession with umbrellas... SO I just need two more hehe A pagoda red vintage umbrella, much like this one from Bella's Umbrellas and this LED Star umbrella (nerd I know)

Turquoise Boots, Tattoo boots, Peacock boots, Magic Carpet boots, rain coats at kaboodle