**BM Dress's are in**

Ok so sorry I haven't posted in forever! Things have been really crazy around here. So the BM dresses came in last week and I LOVE THEM!!!!! I am beyond excited about how great they look. Here is a picture of my little sister and maid of honor Maria, her dress is a little different then the rest of the girls but you can get the idea. . .

I also added a BM, my FI's sister in law Corey. . .she is such a doll and I LOVE her!!! She said yes so we are working on getting her dress! YAY. . .boy is time flying by!

New Years Day

First off. . .Happy New Year everyone! I really couldn't believe it when it struck 2009 I whispered to my fiance. . . "we are getting married THIS year". He proposed on December 22, 2007 and 2009 seemed so far away and now it is almost here. I am so beyond excited not just for the party or putting on a pretty dress but I am excited that I am marrying someone that I am head over heals in love with. Like any real couple we have our ups and downs but I would rather be with him than anyone else. So New Years Day I decided to get some things done for the wedding since I didn't have work. I printed up 4 of our engagement pictures and put them into the card box which I posted previously. I LOVE that card box. . . FYI once my wedding is over chances are that will be for sale I doubt I will have use for it later. I also decided to work on my table numbers which again I posted previously. I am still working on them they are pretty time consuming but here is some of the progress that I have been making. . . .

I still cant finish until we decide on our menu but I love these :o)

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

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!

~*~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

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)

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.