I went for a walk this weekend and snipped some blooms from forsythia and another flowering tree that I don't know the name of. To help the stems take water, take pliers and pinch the ends of the stem.
happy day!
Monday, March 26, 2012
DIY flower arrangement
I went for a walk this weekend and snipped some blooms from forsythia and another flowering tree that I don't know the name of. To help the stems take water, take pliers and pinch the ends of the stem.
happy day!
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Martha's Paper Globes
Through out this wedding planning, designing, breathing, eating, not-really-sleeping-well process. There has been a constant source of wedding/crafty/sanity that I keep referencing: Martha Stewart.
I really, really, love her.
Something I've found about planning weddings, is that shit happens, plans change and you just have to roll with it.
I could run down a laundry list of things that have changed, but allow me to focus on one thing in general.
I had this idea of having paper lanterns with lights in them hanging from the (very open, tall) rafters where the dancing is happening in the front (see picture). I had this planned for months. As I began shopping for the lanterns I realized that this project was going to be too expensive, time consuming, and not really feasible in general.
The only way to light lanterns are rope/Christmas lights, which need electricity, and extension chords, therefore outlets, which we were lacking. The other option was the electric battery tea lights, but the lanterns would be hung so high that the labor costs would be raised just to hang, light, and then take them down.
Enter: Martha Stewart and all her infinite wisdom of craftdom.
I saw this idea of tissue balls in various colors and sizes strung together. Since the ideas of lights were out, this worked perfectly.
Since we'll be there the night before to hang them from the rafters, no labor costs needed to light them.
Finding the cheapest and widest selection of tissue balls was tricky. Most places you can buy bulk, of only ONE color per order. If you only want one color this works, but I wanted 4 (peach, red, yellow, and white), 12 of each color and each size was also not working for me... that was too much. Martha advertised a few places, but they didn't have a wide selection of colors.
Enter: Factory Direct Party . Not only did they have the best color selection, but 5in, 8in, 12in, 14in, and 19in per color! Bonus: I also found matching festooning too to go on the lighting rods (see above picture) in the hall where we'll be dining. For all the paper decorations for the wedding I spent a little over $140.00 with shipping and handling included (see below)! I spent about 1.5 weeks researching the best price/selection... and Factory Direct Party definitely won. If you are planning to do this Martha Stewart craft, here's what I ordered for a room that's approximately 45' x 40'.
| Oh yea, I got this here. |
I really, really, love her.
Something I've found about planning weddings, is that shit happens, plans change and you just have to roll with it.
I could run down a laundry list of things that have changed, but allow me to focus on one thing in general.
I had this idea of having paper lanterns with lights in them hanging from the (very open, tall) rafters where the dancing is happening in the front (see picture). I had this planned for months. As I began shopping for the lanterns I realized that this project was going to be too expensive, time consuming, and not really feasible in general.
The only way to light lanterns are rope/Christmas lights, which need electricity, and extension chords, therefore outlets, which we were lacking. The other option was the electric battery tea lights, but the lanterns would be hung so high that the labor costs would be raised just to hang, light, and then take them down.
Uhhhh....
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| Tutorial from Martha Stewart, here. |
I saw this idea of tissue balls in various colors and sizes strung together. Since the ideas of lights were out, this worked perfectly.
Since we'll be there the night before to hang them from the rafters, no labor costs needed to light them.
Finding the cheapest and widest selection of tissue balls was tricky. Most places you can buy bulk, of only ONE color per order. If you only want one color this works, but I wanted 4 (peach, red, yellow, and white), 12 of each color and each size was also not working for me... that was too much. Martha advertised a few places, but they didn't have a wide selection of colors.
Enter: Factory Direct Party . Not only did they have the best color selection, but 5in, 8in, 12in, 14in, and 19in per color! Bonus: I also found matching festooning too to go on the lighting rods (see above picture) in the hall where we'll be dining. For all the paper decorations for the wedding I spent a little over $140.00 with shipping and handling included (see below)! I spent about 1.5 weeks researching the best price/selection... and Factory Direct Party definitely won. If you are planning to do this Martha Stewart craft, here's what I ordered for a room that's approximately 45' x 40'.
Monday, March 5, 2012
happy monday!
Don't you love when you've had a full, productive, and relaxing weekend filled with great company, loud belly laughs, yummy food, and festive drinks?... this weekend was that weekend for us.
Last night by the time my finance and I settled on the couch to watch East Bound & Down, the dishes were done, laundry folded, two Hawaii books were purchased for honey moon research, two caterers were met with (one that we loved loved loved... BABBETTE'S KITCHEN), a late night at the kitchen table spent with friends drinking, joking, smoking e-cigs, and drinking until 4am, celebrating our friend's engagement, a wonderful brunch with my bride's maids filled with lots of love/mimosas/bloody Mary's, and we also walked through Millbrook Vineyards where we'll be getting married, wandered aimlessly in A.C. Moore (one of my favorite past times) to see "what they've got going on" (which my finance knows is code for me wandering for a few hours in A.C. Moore).
I have not laughed so much and so hard in a long time... thanks guys.
Friday, March 2, 2012
open air vase...
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| Courtesy of DESIGNLOVEFEST |
I love this blog. Bri's aesthetic is always sunny.
I think this tutorial on how to make open air vases (perfect for dried flowers or herbs) is brilliant. I'm wrapped up in weddingcateringmaddness right now, but I think I might need these in the kitchen to dry herbs from the garden.
Just had to share.... have a happy day!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
killing twobirds...
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| Courtesy of KayKonvertibles |
I had this beautiful plan of all the brides maids wearing a different color and a differnt dress, but with a similar hem and style...
then life happened.
People have kids, work, school, a life, and are busy, getting everyone together was rough enough... forget the whole dress-mess.
Enter: The Convertible dress
TwoBirds features such a dress (all over every wedding blog known to (wo)man kind. My friend used them in her wedding and they looked great...but they are $300.00. Don't get me wrong if you know you'll wear it again I guess it's justifiable, I guess. What if you're not?
The solution: ETSY! (Etsy is usually always the solution).
Specifically, KayKonvertibles' Shop.
She makes Konvertible dresses... for a fraction of the cost, plus she is wonderful to correspond with (we did via email and talking about wedding...stuff). Get this: she offers 40, yes 40 colors...err kolors. Twobirds offer 20 choices.
Well that's one thing to check off the list...
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