Okay so the wedding has come and gone and it was absolutely perfect. Everyone had such a good time and enjoyed themselves. Pictures will be posted soon and they are wonderful.

Now I can get back to making all sorts of things! My first project that has to get done is two snow owl costumes for my friend Aprils two little girls. Bella was the skunk last year and she chose to be an owl this year cute uh!!!

Exactly 30 days until the wedding!!!!!

Okay so it is getting so close, and we are both getting so excited!!!! Everything is done except just a couple of teeny tiny things. My mom and I went and got Mitch's ring last night and of course I had to show it to him to make sure it fit and he loved it, he had to try it on two different times. He is so cute!!
I need to make the almight Sam's Club trip to get all the plates and cups and things.

We have decided to go back to Tybee Island for our honeymoon and spend time in Savannah, we really enjoyed it last year and it's kind of like our little place to go. 

Secret Project!

Last night we went over to mom and dad's to take dad all the cucumbers that I had gotten him at the Farmers Market so he could make pickles. However I was really wanting to go over there and use the cucumbers as an excuse to work on my dress. (Which I had to tell Mitch that I was at least making alterations on my dress cause it was really starting to bug him, so now he just thinks that I am fixing a hem) hee hee!!

Anyways, we ate dinner and Mitch and my dad went downstairs while me and mom worked on my dress. Mom was busy baby sitting all three miniature dachshunds because for some reason Ruby and Cooper love to play in the skirt of my dress when it is on the floor so her job was to keep them off of it. My main goal last night was to finish one of the three parts of the dress, in which I did accomplish and was so so tickled with the results. Now just two more parts, really only one, but I will break it up to make it a little easier. I am hoping on Saturday I will get to go over there and finish the whole thing and be done. I can't wait to post pictures of the dress, this is just a picture of the lining I made for the bodice.

Blah!

Okay so we now have 44 days until the wedding and I am totally excited however I have come to a screeching halt of BLAH!!!! I don't feel like doing anything this week with wedding stuff and I have no clue why because there is still tons of little stuff that has to be done. I need to make my garters, throwing bouquet, finish the flower girls dresses, my dress (secret project), favor bags, making Jodie's gift or finding something to buy her, and getting stuff together like finding old table cloths. Oh and finding carson (the ring bearer) his outfit!! So really do I have time to be BLAH, not really but I can't shake it right now, maybe I will feel better after work today.

Isn't Ruby adorable that is her new sleeping bag!! but she looks the way I feel!

Oh my... I know it has been so long but my blog has been blocked at work and I am way to busy to blog at home lol lol!!!! Please enjoy

Wedding stuff and Projects!!
I have been very busy since we got engaged trying to plan our wedding. My whole theme for the wedding is recycle and reuse and most of all be resourceful!!
I started with the 4 little flower girl dresses:Lace curtains ($4.00)

A roll of off white fabric that I found at a thrift store for only ($2.00)

Elastic that I already had (free)

Organza that I did have to purchase because I couldn’t find anything at any of the thrift stores ($5.00)

Long strands of pearls ($3.00)

Baylee's

Katherine's

Marissa's

Kenley's

Next was the maid of honor dress:

I found this dress at a thrift store that I had never been to and the color jumped out at me. I hadn’t been able to pick a color for my wedding yet but when I saw this olive green color it was perfect.

Dress ($2.00).

 This is the exact dress before I decided to revamp it for my wedding. I forgot to take a before picture but I pulled up the name on the tag and it came right up in google.

Before

Final Dress!

Sadly after all that work and an awesome dress, the olive green still was not what I wanted. So I finally just made a new one in an off white cream color that matches the flower girls dresses and I love it!!!

of course I had to try it on!!!

There's no back in it however I forgot to take a picture of that. Luckily everyone that has seen it likes it better than the green one for the wedding!! It is also made out of all recycled material! Lace Table Cloth ($5.00), slip ($3.00).

Special Wedding Project: shhhhhhh!!

I have been working on my special project for the wedding but I will not put it on here until after the wedding because I’m afraid unwanted eyes will look at the blog aka the fiance.

Ring Bearer Pillow!

I made the ring bearer pillow and it matches the little girl dresses. I have to finish adding the flowers to the pillow, dresses, and head pieces. I'm not totally a %100 sold on the flowers on the pillow but Mitch really likes it.

The pillow was made out of left over lace from the girls dresses and some silk for the trip. I also made the two small flowers out of silk.

My Bouquet Decision!

I haven’t decided on what I want to use for my bouquet either my nanny’s hand muff that she used in her wedding that was her mother’s or a brooch bouquet but I don’t know what flowers I am using yet and if they would go well on the muff or not.

 As you can see I chose to carry my nanny's hand muff and turned it into a brooch bouquet as well I got both of the things that I wanted!! Perfect!!!

I'm lucky enough to have pins and brooches from my mom, grandma, and nanny including ear bobs, necklaces, and then some of the bigger brooches I found and a thrift store and estate sale.

Flower Girl Baskets!

I did make the little girls flower baskets I am so tickled with the way they turned out. I used 4 of the same doilies that I found at a local antique and auction store. Doilies ($2.00 each) Soaked them in a cornstarch, glue mixture and laid them over some plastic pots to dry for a couple of days. Then I wrapped some wire in scraps of batting and olive green ribbon that matches the maid of honor’s dress perfectly.  I think I will end up putting some flowers on the baskets as well to match the dresses.

Here are pictures of all the flowers, favor bags, and head pieces:

Jodie's Bouquet

Boutonniere's and Corsage's

Favor Bags!

The favor bags with daffodil bulbs in them

The bags were made out of huge burlap bags that I got from a coffee shop for free!! I got about 75 bags out of each one.

Head Pieces!

My flower that will be attached to my veil! The pearl flower is actually from my mother's veil!

Jodie's flower for her hair

This is one of the 4 flower girl head pieces, they are made out of organza fabric, left over lace, and hand bands wrapped in ribbon.

The Invitation!

For the center pieces we are using recycled wine bottles that I have collected from family, friends, and restaurants that would rather give them away instead of throwing them in the garbage or recycling bin.

Hopefully I can gather up enough little bottles for some candles to sit next to each wine bottle.

I have tried collecting old lace table clothes for the table at the reception or at least maybe the food, cake, present tables, etc. They are pretty cheap when you can find them. Usually around ($5.00).

I was able to buy 22 wine glasses at the habitat store for only 6 dollars including 4 beer glasses that we will have engraved for his dad and brothers, by my dad's friend Martin.

I need some ideas to make a gift for my maid of honor, I was thinking maybe a clutch and maybe like a basket full of some different things only because she loves that. I want to get each little girl a jewelry box, because the first and only time I was a flower girl that is what they got me was a little silver jewelry box and I thought that was the greatest thing. I still have it!!

two old projects that I forgot to share

This first one was a new car seat insert that I made for my friend Kayla's new little boy. I love the colors, and for my first time making this I definitely realized what not to do the next time. But all in all I was very pleased with the way it turned out.

This is a baby blanket that I made in 3 hours for my good friend April.

The Backyard Chicks

I just wanted to share with everyone my 3 gorgeous chicks in my backyard. They are a highlight of my life I never would have imagined that you could love chickens but I love these girls!!

And here are the Booger Heads!!!

The Owls!!!

My best friend Kayla's little girl was turning 5 on her birthday and she loves owls!! So I also needed to make her a new silky blanket for her as well. The blanket got done for the party however the owl didn't get done for several weeks after. Here is the finished product!!

I took it to work along with the new earrings that I made that same weekend and everyone loved it, which left me making two more for two girls at work.

This one was for a little boy named Cole, which I think he ended up naming it Julie.

And this one was for Carrie's sister's baby shower present, I also made the cake for the shower too!!

My Wonderful Valentine!!!

Okay so he did it!!! He made my Valentine's Day the best ever!!!! He proposed with the most beautiful ring and in the most perfect way!! I get to be his Valentine for the rest of my life!! I love him, who would have thought that he would choose me!!

I love him!!