The Wedding

I've almost forgotten how to blog it's been so long.  About mid September my daughter got engaged and we were in full wedding mode for her Oct. 12th wedding.  And I just haven't gotten back into the swing of blogging.  But I thought I'd share some pics of the big day.

Since it was going to be in our backyard, she wanted to keep it simple but wanted touches of lace and a rustic feel with burlap.  So my first order of business was deciding what to put on the tables.  I bought a lot of burlap and made some runners for the guest and food tables.  We borrowed the tables and chairs and the backdrop.  I made paper flowers for the backs of the chairs with brown coffee filters.

 blue mason jars with fresh flowers and mini white pumpkins also sat on the tables.

I made as much for this wedding as I could.  Lots of bunting and banners. And I used a lot of things I already had.

We did the flowers and her bouquet ourselves.

The bride's sister did her hair

 

We made the food for the wedding guests, which was quite tasty.

 

 

We hung lights over the yard, had glass jar luminaries lining the driveway and floating candles in the pool.

 

The groom's mother and I made all the cakes for the reception and I made the wedding cake.

 

 We couldn't have done it without all the help that day.  Thanks everyone!

 

And now we have another member of our family!  He fits right in.

Good music, good food, good company

These two lovebirds were happy

 

And that makes this mom happy too.

 

Sometimes I can be crafty

I don't consider myself very good at crafts.  I do ok, but it's not my calling in life.  But I love banners for the holidays.  Sometimes I can come up with an idea myself and sometimes I borrow others.  I saw this idea on Sugar Baby Boutique and it was just what I was looking for.  And best of all, I had all the supplies.  Check out hers, it's really cute.  Here is my version:

It's made from book pages, scrapbook paper, and I embellished it with buttons and flowers.
I used rub on letters that I found at Goodwill for $1. 
I also used those same letters on my sugar jar

Back to my mantle.  I made this coffee filter wreath with my mom.

Her and my Dad had already done all the work of tea staining them and twisting them, (dad spent alot of time opening all of them up) then we just glued them on a wreath form and attached a flower.  I think it looks so cute on my Spring Mantle.

Now back to Goodwill (stay with me, I know it's confusing) I found these cute little letter tacks for $2.

Emily has been making bracelets, so I gave them to her to use in her jewelry making.  Here's one she made using the letters.

She made this one for me before I bought the letters, so I'm going to have her add my initial to mine.

And speaking of jewelry, back to my Dad.  He gave me this cool little clock pendant.  It doesn't look like a clock when hanging on the chain.

But wait, it twirls and spins and there is a clock inside.  Thanks Dad!

So that's my crafty story.  And I'm sticking to it.

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