Monday, December 29, 2008

DIY Card Box

This was the perfect project for my fiance to join in the DIY fun that I have been having for a year now. Here he is working on putting together the 4 picture frames which we purchased earlier in the day :o)


Look how hard he is working. . . . yup that's my man!




His part of the project was almost completed here is the box you can see all of the brackets inside. Now it was my turn to make the top while he cut out the bottom of the box.






So I purchased fabric from Joanns that matched our wedding colors. I attached the fabric to the top with a hot glue gun and then stuffed it so it has a pillow affect. Here is the finished product. . .







A bit of work but totally worth it!


Our Engagement Pictures were taken by the amazingly talented Carla Ten Eyck

Sunday, December 21, 2008

DIY Table Numbers

So I just designed my table numbers. The table numbers will actually be 3 sided and will include the table number, menu card, and the word love written out in different languages. I played around with photoshop and this is what I was able to come up with. . . .









After I printed out my templates I put a card stock mat behind it to bring in the colors and give it a layered look (which I love). All you have to do is tape the ribbon to the mat and then tape your template to the mat. Final step is to tie your bow and there you have it!

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

~*~Our Honeymoon~*~

Today we have booked our honeymoon. I'm very excited to complete this venture! When began talking about our honeymoon we didn't think realistically. . .first thought. . .HAWAII!!! Yeah well finances were not taken into account so it was back to the drawing board. After researching different options I remembered how much fun I had on the 2 Princess Cruises that I have had in the past. So onto the Princess website I went. . . I found one and only one cruise that fit our schedules. A 9 Day Caribbean Cruise out of New York. We have 4 stops. . .first stop will be in Bermuda then on to San Juan, St. Thomas, and last stop is Grand Turk. We worked with a travel agent at AAA and she was such a doll :o) We got a free upgrade to a balcony room which I am super excited about and we may receive more upgrades as well as we get closer. So I have a few things in mind for some activities and I know for a fact I am going to hit up that spa. I cant wait to share this special time with the man that will be my husband <3

Monday, December 15, 2008

12/15 Wedding Monogram and Invites

I guess I am now venturing into designing invitations as well. . .here is what I designed for my fellow knottie Lauren :o)

. . .and here are some more monograms that I have created :o)


Sunday, December 14, 2008

12/13 Wedding Monograms

I worked on some more monograms over the weekend. This bride wanted to incorporate a greek key design, I couldnt find one so I designed it myself. I love the way these have turned out its a nice touch but not too much in your face.



Wednesday, December 10, 2008

12/10 Wedding Monograms

I made a few more monograms for a bride :o) She requested that I incorporated cherry blossoms so I hope she likes it!












Sunday, December 7, 2008

Knottie GTG 12/6

This Saturday we happened to have another Knottie GTG. I must send out a special thank you to our lovely hostess Karen! I must also add that these girls are just amazing, everyone is super supportive and not catty or nasty in the least bit! I love spending time with all of them and I cannot wait to meet up with them again :o) Here are a few pictures of our crazy times together. . .







Tuesday, December 2, 2008

12/2 Wedding Monograms

Here are the most recent monograms that I have created :o)






Sunday, November 30, 2008

Invites in Calligraphy

So this weekend I decided I was going to tackle the calligraphy task. I am doing calligraphy for others so I knew if I was still going to do my own it was going to have to be now or never. A while back I completed all of the return addresses so I just had to all of the mailing address to complete. It took me 2 days just a few hours a day and now I have one more thing checked off of my DIY to do list (which seems to grow by the minute). So YAY for checks!!!!!

That's a whole lot of calligraphy!