A Ball of Sunflower Happiness!

POMANDERS!!!!

So I've become incredibly addicted to pomanders and decided I'd try to DIY them myself. So super easy I must say... and crazy addicting.


Step 1:
Obviously, purchase whatever materials/items you need. The foam balls are available at Michaels, Wal-Mart etc. Personally, I like the quality of the ones at Michaels better... they didn't shed on me :-). You also need the flowers, a wire cutter, a hot glue gun and a skewer or stick of some sort. You may also want paint to match the colors of your flowers.





Step 2 (optional):
paint ball to match flowers... just in case you have extra space and you can't tell.

Step 3:
Trime the flowers off the stems. I left about an inch of stem attached to the flower. Discard the remaining greenery.






Step 4:
Poke a hole in the ball,fill with hot glue (lowest heat setting as possible), put flower in hole.





Step 5:
repeat with varying pattern and play with how tight/loose you want your flowers packed in there.






Step 6:
glue on ribbon.

Step 7:
Enjoy your happiness.

Mmm... food.

http://www.intimateweddings.com/blog/food-stations-18-exciting-ideas-to-make-your-mouth-water/

Monogram Madness

So I was playing on amazon.com looking for more monogrammed items... here's a ton of misc. stuff that I found




I actually bought one of these and was looking for another one so WAHOO. Yay for me.

Here are some other flags they have...










I don't know why... but everyone needs one of these.




to match the banners!

Fun stuff

Here are some things that I think would make neat centerpieces.






Or how about these for favors since the FI's last name is Dunkin.. anything with donuts rocks :-)

Rained Out

*Sigh. Stinkin' rain. We were planning on going to SMC to take our E-photos today and get some ideas for pictures next year but of course the heavens decided to open up and rain on our parade. We'll end up rescheduling for this coming week sometime.





On a side not, the FI (fiance) and I, ur, well he, worked on our invites last night. We got the basic concept down and worked on our monograms (I can imagine my mom shaking her head as I type this at the mention of monograms) but I'm super excited about how they are turning out.





Here's one so far.. it's more of a logo than monogram, but I think it rocks.

1 year, 1 day and counting.

So we're going on Sat. to take pictures and play with the lighting on location for the wedding. Here are some E pictures that I've been inspired by.

Cakes and Dresses!

So the past two weeks have been wedding extravaganza! First, I went to PA to see a college buddy of mine get married. Before the wedding, 3 of my 4 peeps were able to go dress shopping with me. Most people I talked to about this thought I was insane for doing that, but I love my people and really wanted them to enjoy the dress. It was funny that 2x two of the girls came out in the same dress. We decided on this one but in black. I am super excited about that.










































These are really neat center pieces from that wedding in PA. I love the lights!

Last weekend, we went to Will's cousin's wedding in Georgia. I had never met the bride and groom in person but it was so sweet. I got teary-eyed during the ceremony.








The best part was when her dad came up and prayed for them while a song played. It was incredible. This is a blurry picture... but you get the idea.