Photo Guestbook, my latest venture

I was up past midnight last night designing what will be my "Photo Guestbook" similar to the one seen above. I didnt want your customary sign-in guestbook becuase 1-I'll never look at it again 2-it's a bit boring for me and 3-If I'm never going to look at it I'd rather just x it completely.... but I do want to remember everyone that was present and give them the opportunity to lay down the wisdom so instead I went this route. Through Shutterfly I uploaded my images, layed them out how I wanted them (over 20 pages) and added in quotes, songs and sayings on marriage, leaving just enough room for messages from my guests. I used my engagement session photos since this'll be a nice way to dispaly all 50+ photos.

With shipping (which was waived on orders over $25) I got it for a whopping $27.99!! I did find other site that did it for cheaper but the layouts they provided weren't to my liking... I'll also be putting on of our photos on canvas for the sign-in table (and later for our hallway) and making a book for my boudoir photos :0) Hope they come oput nice I'll repost as soon as I get them!

I look like a sexy alien :)

I am taking off running today! I dipped out on the gym today and got right to crafting. My Card Box is 90% complete, I just need to glue on the bases and add on the orchids and then, it's a wrap! First project almost complete!!!

these bases are the reason I'm alien-like. I used a sponge brush, green paint and glitter on each base once dried I'll glue everything together an add the flowers.

added some ribbon and letter sto the top tier

in the end it will look something like this, almost there but not quite...

I'll get back to you

I also started on my flower girl's pomander:

I used a metal skewer to poke the ribbon all the way through, and hot glue to attach the flowers.

Originally I'd bought hydrangeas at $8.99 a branch from Michaels, then found these carnations at Walmart for about $2 a branch and they look fuller and better.

Not too sure about these leaves, they're not glued in, thinking of maybe

adding them for a splash of color...but I dont think I like that dark green.

I'll be adding a strand of pearls for a triple handle effect. To be seen

I've also decided to make my own aisle runner...and large initials...and add rhinestones to my heels, and, and, and....lol we'll see how much I can take.

Flower Girl Pomander

Along with the card box I am also working on my flower girl's pomander, for your newbies to the wedding lingo it's the } more neat} alternative to the basket with petals.... and is pretty easy.

I bought a styraform ball from Michaels, a hot blue gun, some silk flowers, ribbon, wire cutters and green paint to cover the styafoam ball and ensure there were no white spots left uncovered.... In the end I hope this

looks something like this:

The making of our card box...

Once upon a time there were plain boxes sold 3 for $7 at Michaels, til one day Future Mrs. D came upon them with a vision, a vision for a better, prettier tomorrow... this is my more expensive reference/inspiration:

It's a bit "much" for me so I'm going for a more subdued version in the same color combination.

For this project all I used were the round hat boxes, spray glue, ribbon, a hot glue gun (to attach the ribbon), box cutters (for the holes), wrapping paper, wire cutters (for the silk flowers) and silk flowers... check Walmart for cheaper prices on the glue gun, spray glue and wire cutters.

my DIY completed!

today everyone got my DIY projects. So far great reviews!! My MOH was happy even though it was a little small (the black tank with "P.Lo") lol so it's turned into a gym shirt :), my bride-to-be, Ivy got her Bride-to-Be shirt and loved it!!! And we're still waiting on Busy V's reaction, but I cant take the anxiety so I'm posting! Ready, set, post!

Unfortunately, the yellow one didnt make it...RIP Old Navy Tank.

Look what I can do!

So this weekend I was productive, but totally NOT for my wedding lol. I got inspired to make things and decided to roll with it. I made a few things for my friends {which I'll post after they see them} and a few things for your truly:

and a sneak peek at what I made them, or at least the gift tags:

You guys are making me look bad...

So I've been on billions of blogs and everyone is sooooooo creative in their method of proposing to their bridesmaids...I've seen fancy cards, fancy gifts....well I'm not at all creative {we'll I have ideas I just can't create} and I'm broke!! So in my own way I wanted to let my girls know that I appreciate them... Dont laugh at me! It's my first time doing this and I will never claim to be Martha Stewart or anything close... So here's how I proposed to my MOH and one of my bridesmaids:



Needless to say they said yes lol but who can turn down red velvet cupcakes with chocolate frosting?? {no matter how ugly the lettering} like I said I'm no Martha but I try.

Invites... it's not just about paper

It started with googleing images of green and white invites and seeing how expensive customized invites are.... I actually WON customized invites, or at least a dicount on them and was being offered them for $300. $300 for invites alone is not inthe budget. N-O-T in the budget at all. So luckily, I have amazing friends and once again V came through... here goes the process:

It started with shopping around 4 different paper stores...before this I only knew of Office Depot and copy paper. God, who knew there were so many differen versions of white and textures, etc! So overwhelming!

Noone said chosing paper was pretty lolWe were up until 2am drafting, sketching, scanning, tracing and just being creative
and of course Mr. D could not stay focused...so my MOH taught him how to knit lolI heart those little lips <3in the end we came up with something like this...

Monograms, shamograms....

So it's been quite a while and not much has been accomplished...we got side tracked with house shopping and after finding one we like enough to put in an offer we're back on track! So hi everyone and brace yourself for an inundation of informaton!! We've been working with the bet brides maid ever on our invitation and monograms and came up with some pretty cool ideas with which I present you:

So what do you think??