Cupcake Nation?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkbcupcakes/3268195504/

Polka Dot Lovin'

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hi, my name is crystal... and i'm addicted to polka dots... but i'll spare you.

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.