tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29066144051986791152024-02-18T20:53:46.316-08:00Bridezilla on a BudgetOne DIY bride's mission to have a unique wedding on a $6000 budget...Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-28064584443876539102011-09-02T17:42:00.000-07:002011-09-02T17:42:19.077-07:00The ShoesAfter searching and searching and more searching.... I finally found my wedding shoes. (I think).<br />
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I'm indecisive, but if you know me at all then that's definitely not a surprise. On with the shoe search story...<br />
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First I found a pair of awesomely cute pale pink Franco Sarto shoes at Goodwill. The best part was that they were only $8! They were just missing the "Wow!" factor. So I DIYed them and made them pink and glittery. (I'll have to do a tutorial on that in the future, I suppose).<br />
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Anyway... then, based on a number of factors, I decide they weren't <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">the</u> shoe. I thought maybe I wanted a fuschia shoe. Then I thought maybe a brown shoe, or an ivory shoe, or a gold shoe. I couldn't decide. I just knew that A) I wanted something I'd be proud to have pictures taken of on the day of my wedding. and B) I wanted to really LOVE them and be excited about them. What can I say.... I <i>loves</i> me some shoes.<br />
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So, I went on the hunt. Do you know how hard it is to find a size 10 (or even a size 9 or 9 1/2 for that matter) fuchsia, peep-toe, slingback shoe with less than a 4 inch heel for under $50???? Well... now that I've said all the requirements <strike>out loud</strike> in type it does sound a bit demanding. It was definitely a needle/haystack type of situation.<br />
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One day a few weeks ago I was out shopping, like I normally do on Saturdays while the fiance is working (I have an addiction to shopping. Seriously... I need to be cut off), and I meandered into Marshall's. I didn't go there for any particular reason. Browsing and window shopping is my favorite hobby after all. As usual I scanned the shoe wall and something sparkly caught my eye. They were peep-toes! They were slingbacks! They were less than 4 inches tall! They were not fuchsia (darnit, I was on a roll). But they were even my size!<br />
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The best part is that they are Nine West shoes and on clearance for a glorious $15! Freaking Score!<br />
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I snatched them up even though I wasn't 100% convinced in that moment that they were <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">the</u> shoe, but I did know that if I let them slip away I'd regret it. Now, I love them even more as the days go on (man, I sound way TOO into shoes. lol).<br />
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So.... without further adieu, here they are:<br />
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The picture doesn't do them justice, so I guess you'll just have to take my word for it. :-)<br />
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Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-20792973478867025932011-08-14T10:32:00.000-07:002011-08-14T10:32:37.214-07:00Bridal Shower InvitationsI can't believe that we are finally close enough to be talking about my bridal shower. Eek! A long time ago my sister and I decided the theme would be a mad hatter tea party. It goes with the over all theme of the wedding itself, it's fun, and it's cute and girly. <br />
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Also a long time ago.... I saw these packs of invitations on clearance at Michael's for only $2.99 per pack!!! Score!<br />
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In case you can't read it, it says:<br />
<em>Don't be late for this very important date!</em><br />
<em>You're invited to a very merry bridal shower in honor of Samantha _______!</em><br />
<em>On October 1st she'll be our Queen of Hearts.</em><br />
<em>At two o'clock the party will start.</em><br />
<em>Be like the Mad Hatter - wear something up top</em><br />
<em>With feathers or bows or colors that pop.</em><br />
<em>Please RSVP so your presence is planned.</em><br />
<em>We hope you can join us in our Wonderland.</em><br />
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I love them and can't wait for my bridal shower! It's going to be SO much fun!!!<br />
Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-23374674391868976302011-08-12T16:19:00.000-07:002011-08-12T16:23:40.820-07:00Semi-DIY: Flower girl dresses and headbandsWe are having two flower girls. They are both pretty young, so I don't really expect them to behave like older flower girls would, but they are both just so darn cute that at the very least I'd like to have them in pictures wearing their cute outfits. <br />
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I scoured the internet looking for the perfect flower girl dress on a budget. I really didn't want my friends (or myself) to have to pay more than $30 for the flower girl dresses.<br />
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I happened upon the girl's department in JCPenney yesterday and saw that all of their "special occasion" dresses were on sale. SCORE! There were several that I loved, but then you factor in the prices and the sizes available, and the choices were definitely narrowed down for me. However, I didn't want to be impulsive. I knew that I had recently been sent at least one coupon from JCPenney in the mail. So I didn't buy them then. I came home only to discover that I actually had 2 $10 off coupons! Yay! <br />
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So, today while I was off work, I went back to JCPenney. The choices I liked were still there, and I had my coupons in hand. One dress was the front runner, but it was also more expensive, and there were still things I'd want to change about it. In the end, I decided since I wanted to make changes anyway... might as well go with the cheaper dress. I enlisted my MOH (my sister) to come with me so that we could use one coupon on each dress. <br />
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I ended up getting the dresses for $11.99 each! They were originally priced at $54.99 so this was absolutely a bargain! I got two flower girls dresses for under $25! The one I bought looked like this:<br />
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They are ivory (which I love) and they have a lace-looking embroidery on the skirt (which I also love). However, I'm not loving the flowers on the front AT ALL. I mean, if I had to... yeah, I could deal with them. But I'd rather not. So, they looked fairly simple to remove. I figured at $11.99 a dress, even if I messed them up it wouldn't be that upsetting. So, I removed the flowers on the front, and also the sash/bow that started on the sides and tied in the back. Then I added a brown ribbon to correspond with our wedding colors (the hot glue gun is my BFF) and I ended up with this:<br />
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I mean... seriously, where did all the time go?!?! We have had a long engagement (almost 23 months) so at times it seemed like we'd never get to this point. But now, here we are... a mere 94 days away. It feels unreal. I remember reading other wedding blogs and feeling so jealous that they were getting so close to their weddings. For the most part, everything is planned and picked. It's just the execution that I have to work on now. I think I may have taken on way too many DIY projects. I have eliminated a few that I decided that I could live without, but the others are important to me and I need to get them done. I realize that not many guests are going to really care about our ceremony programs or the pew decorations, etc. But those things are important to me. I want to set a tone for our wedding. I want to have no regrets when it's over. So while a lot of the projects are intended for other people to see, they really are for me too. It's my day and I want it to be fabulous and have lots of special details. <br />
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I've enlisted the help of my MOH (my little sister) and two bridesmaids to help me with the rest of the projects. We are having our second DIY "party" this weekend and then another DIY "party" in September. Hopefully we'll be able to get everything finished and I'll have lots of pictures. <br />
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I do have a few DIY projects to post that have been finished over the past few months... so hopefully I'll get a chance to post those soon!Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-8413436103444388092011-04-17T10:03:00.000-07:002011-04-17T10:03:54.832-07:00The Honeymoon!!!!Today we officially booked our honeymoon!!! I'm SO excited! When we first got engaged I really wasn't sure if we'd be in the right financial state to actually go on a nice honeymoon. However, then my mom and future step-father decided that they would pay for our honeymoon as a wedding present! (Thanks mom!)<br />
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Anyway, we search and researched and evaluated and decided that the best bang for our buck would be the Mayan Riviera. It's got everything we were looking for (ocean front room, all inclusive, jacuzzi in my room, etc) and I. CAN. NOT. WAIT.<br />
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We will be leaving the day after the wedding and spending 5 days at the <a href="http://www.nowresorts.com/jade">Now Jade Resort and Spa</a>.<br />
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In less than 7 months I'll be relaxing here!<br />
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I can't wait to relax and unwind with my new husband. :-)Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-68187960751327745062011-01-30T09:48:00.000-08:002011-01-30T09:49:19.589-08:00The chair cover situationChair covers are not a necessity by any means. However, the chairs at our reception site aren't the most eye-pleasing things to go look at and I really think it'd just help pull things together if I had chair covers. Also, the white tablecloths included in our reception price aren't floor length, so I feel like chair covers help give the illusion of longer table cloths and cover the gap between the table cloth and the floor.<br />
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Anyway.... I contemplated trying to make them myself, but then realized that between the price of fabric and my <em><strong><u>very</u></strong></em> novice sewing skills that it just wouldn't be worth it. <br />
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Then I talked to our reception place yesterday about renting them. The problems with this were 1) It's $2.50 per chair cover w/ sash. 2) They don't even have any of my colors in sashes yet. They said they might be ordering a pale pink sash later this year, but there was no guarantee. 3) I hate paying almost $300 only to have nothing to show for it in the end. <br />
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Then I scoured the wedding sites to see if I could buy used ones. Typically they were all sold before I could get to them. Apparently I'm not quick enough on the WeddingBee classifieds. lol. It's also a little scary to buy from someone you don't know and have never heard of, not to mention that most of the sellers on there are asking a price close to what I can buy my own for.<br />
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So... in the end I decided to buy new chair covers (hopefully I can sell them to another bride after our wedding and recoup some of the cost) from linentablecloth.com. They are having a sale right now where their <a href="http://www.linentablecloth.com/for-your-chairs/chair-covers/banquet-chair-covers/polyester-banquet-chair-cover-white.html">white polyester banquet chair covers are $1.97 each</a>, plus I had a 10% off coupon code for January (they give them out on their Twitter account), AND they have free shipping right now if your order is over $50.<br />
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So.... I bought 110 brand new chair covers for $195. That comes out to about $1.77 per chair cover!<br />
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This does not include a sash. I have not purchased sashes yet, though I will probably also buy the sashes from the same site. I am waiting because they have a rewards point program and for every 1000 points you accrue you can get $10 off an order. Rewards points can be accrued by registering on their site, signing up for the e-mail newsletter, reviewing a product, and for every dollar you spend there. Hopefully I'll accrue enough to get $10 off my sash order at a later date. I have been searching other places to see if I can find any cheaper, but no luck yet.<br />
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Once I receive the chair covers I'll let you know what I think about them.<br />
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<em>*I have absolutely no affiliation with </em><a href="http://www.linentablecloth.com/"><em>www.linentablecloth.com</em></a><em>. They did not pay me or give me any sort of additional discount for this post. I simply liked their site and made my purchase.*</em>Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-10677277471614673552011-01-24T19:29:00.000-08:002011-01-24T19:34:37.607-08:00DIY: Groomsmen gifts- Etched glass mugs<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">I love the look of the personalized large beer mugs for groomsmen gifts, but I don't love the $40+ price tag. So, I decided to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">DIY</span> this one too. I chose to do just the first letter of each guy's last name.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;"><u><strong>Supplies:</strong></u></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">- Contact paper ($1 at The Dollar Tree)</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">- Printed letter in preferred font (Free. Done from my computer and printed at home on regular paper.)</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">- Small paint brush (Free. Already had on hand)</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Exacto</span> knife (Free. Already had on hand)</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">- Glass etching cream (Free. Given to me by one of my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">BFF's</span> who used it for her wedding last year and had some left over.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">- Glass mug ($1 each at The Dollar Tree. Seriously... these are heavy, about 7 inches tall, and look like nice quality too!)</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">1- Tape your printed letter to a piece of contact paper (The side that you'll be looking at after you stick it to the mug.)</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">2- Cut carefully around the letter (also cutting through the contact paper since it's taped underneath) with the knife, leaving a stencil made of contact paper when finished.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">3- Stick your contact paper stencil on the mug. Be sure to center and smooth out and make sure all edges are stuck securely to the glass so that cream doesn't ooze under any parts of the stencil.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">4- Paint over open part of stencil with glass etching cream (read directions on your brand for instruction on how long to leave it on. Also... be careful not to get too much on yourself as this can burn your skin. So maybe wear some gloves, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ok</span>?)</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">5- Wash cream off (I left mine on for about 2-3 minutes each time) with warm water until all is removed from the glass.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">6- Peel off stencil and admire your handy work.</div><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">Ta-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Da</span>! I love them! No, they aren't perfect, but they are still great! (trying so hard to not be such a control-freak/perfectionist when it comes to all things wedding related). So, there you have it.... 4 personalized etched glass large beer mugs for a total of $5! That's a TOTAL budget bride victory!!!</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-70649397357030843622011-01-18T12:28:00.000-08:002011-01-18T12:31:53.551-08:00DIY: Bridesmaid Bouquets<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">These were basically pre-made bouquets from Michael's. I believe they were originally $7.99, but I used a coupon for each one making them only $3.99 each. (I typically wouldn't have gone with a pre-made bouquet but I love the color of these roses.) And since you can only use one coupon per transaction, I also enlisted my sister (the MOH) and the fiance to each purchase one with one of my coupons so we could condense our trips to Michael's. :-)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">Ok, so then I just wrapped each bouquet in standard brown satin ribbon. They still looked like they were missing something. So I put a single strip of lace, left over from my <a href="http://bridezillaonabudget.blogspot.com/2011/01/diy-lace-hair-flower.html">DIY lace hair flower</a>, around the middle and then inserted 3 diamond type pins in the stems. During the process I arranged the flowers like I wanted them, but then some of the stems were a little too long so I had to trim the ends (see tip below).</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">I absolutely looooooove them. I can't explain it. They are just the epitome of everything I want in my wedding... they've got the pink, the brown, the lace, the romantic/rustic feel to them. I. LOVE. THEM.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;"><u>TIP:</u> Don't cut your finger with scissors during the process like I did. It was quite a deep cut, and was bleeding everywhere and definitely impeded my DIY attempts today. However, now my bridesmaids can know that I put LITERALLY my blood, sweat, and tears into their bouquets. I'm sure they'll love that thought....</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzv2-rJabARay-mCeDNIlUmMnjF6KANsdxwM1liwR58qGP57qZOvbWrB6fHgWZORRlOVjLObyxBo0kB5U-TtgA8y81W1LiWjEleeETwIzDyPMtgPSdPB59RaFgDAU8qxreWWhkyI-tNqb/s1600/DSCN0201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzv2-rJabARay-mCeDNIlUmMnjF6KANsdxwM1liwR58qGP57qZOvbWrB6fHgWZORRlOVjLObyxBo0kB5U-TtgA8y81W1LiWjEleeETwIzDyPMtgPSdPB59RaFgDAU8qxreWWhkyI-tNqb/s400/DSCN0201.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">These are also going to be sitting on the head tables as decoration at the reception. I will be putting glass jars (recycled from things we use at home so these were free) at several spots along the table for each girl to sit their bouquet in.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DpqmalzuVVePflg9hEMLOHwoowuAUFDG5ChbEKNtFuKVXXhfwdOm4jHp9gDS2Nu5hdLxcG-pFk5SbvyhDjHmHGue0iaZ4qs7aJOyhkXlURFeBg_BTdK-tLEXiOxwDiM3xwUxcudsegVk/s1600/DSCN0199.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DpqmalzuVVePflg9hEMLOHwoowuAUFDG5ChbEKNtFuKVXXhfwdOm4jHp9gDS2Nu5hdLxcG-pFk5SbvyhDjHmHGue0iaZ4qs7aJOyhkXlURFeBg_BTdK-tLEXiOxwDiM3xwUxcudsegVk/s400/DSCN0199.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-49055914511411072122011-01-10T19:20:00.000-08:002011-01-10T19:20:59.960-08:00DIY: Lace hair flowerHello again! Long time, no blog!<br />
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Threw this random DIY project together as I was recently thinking about how heavy my veil is, which means I may not wear it the entire reception. So, I thought of creating a hair flower.<br />
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Supplies:<br />
- 1 sheet of felt (30 cents at Michael's)<br />
- Scissors<br />
- Glue gun and glue stick<br />
- A couple feet of lace (found whole spool on sale at Joann Fabrics for $2.50. Forgot to measure exactly how much I used, but I'm guessing it's around 2 feet or so)<br />
- Decorative button to use as center of flower. (Got mine on sale at Joann Fabrics for $2)<br />
- Hair clip or pin to glue on back. <br />
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-Cut out 2 inch circle from sheet of felt.<br />
- I cut my lace off of the seam but I imagine you could probably use it as is, but I liked the look of the flat lace.<br />
- Using hot glue gun start gluing one long section of lace around the felt circle so that there is about 1/2 inch of lace hanging off the outside of the circle.<br />
- Once you have completed one rotation around the felt circle, cut the lace where the edges meet. <br />
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Here's what it looked like at this point:<br />
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- Start gluing another section of lace onto the flower (cut lace length-wise to make thinner if you so desire. This should be based on how big your felt circle is and how wide your lace is) to make a smaller circle inside (and on top of) the this one.<br />
- Glue a final even smaller circle of lace inside the second one. (hard to explain, but the final picture should hopefully explain it better than I can.)<br />
- Hot glue your decorative button of choice into the middle of the flower covering the visible edge of the smallest lace circle that you just created.<br />
- Finally, hot glue your hair clip or pin of choice onto the back.<br />
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You could glue a hair clip on the back like I did but there are also a lot of other possibilities. It could be attached to a headband, could be a broach with a safety pin on the back, or glue a long length of ribbon on the back and it could be a sash of some kind.Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-80126748017558040752010-11-11T17:57:00.000-08:002010-11-11T17:57:30.010-08:00365 days and counting!!!I've been a deadbeat bride (and a deadbeat blogger) lately in terms of DIY projects (and postings). <br />
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However, I would just like to make sure it's known that today marks exactly 1 year until our wedding day!<br />
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I can't wait to marry him! <3Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-87493829220742120702010-09-26T07:51:00.000-07:002010-09-26T07:51:04.095-07:00Yup, that's the man I'm marrying!Thursday I was feeling a little down. Alex noticed and hates when I feel sad and tries to cheer me up.<br />
Friday morning comes along...and this is what happened:<br />
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Alex leaves for work before I wake up, but he knows my routine. So, I wake up and go to feed my 2 cats. It's the first thing I do every morning as they are always waiting right by the bedroom door when I wake up and are ready to be fed NOW. lol.<br />
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So I go the closet to get the cat food and there's a post-it stuck there:<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Then I head to the bathroom to shower. On the bathroom door is another one (which I forgot to take a picture of) that say "Love You!"</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Then I go in the bathroom and on the bathroom mirror is this one (Please ignore the 1970s tile in my apartment bathroom. haha):</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Then after I've finished getting ready and am heading out the door to work, I find this one on the inside of our front door:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJqgwj8971MQAF0XLr_hA559fjnRLujnhsrgsKto5_d8KULaVhzg1a7tUetHDhhuuxhnPDX1_LDGRWOVUGd9jarArIinDMWvXca6xBbsiUVa-h0g_uYzNYdllfusCKR6LdBTi2cuT7BpR/s1600/IMG00227-20100924-1722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJqgwj8971MQAF0XLr_hA559fjnRLujnhsrgsKto5_d8KULaVhzg1a7tUetHDhhuuxhnPDX1_LDGRWOVUGd9jarArIinDMWvXca6xBbsiUVa-h0g_uYzNYdllfusCKR6LdBTi2cuT7BpR/s320/IMG00227-20100924-1722.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>And that's one of the MANY reasons that I am marrying this man. :-)Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-89212729442480002962010-09-22T17:13:00.000-07:002010-09-22T17:13:41.380-07:00I want to win........ the giveway at Bridal Gown Blog, that is. I entered to win one of the awesome personalized hangers.<br />
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If you want to head over and enter too, here's the link:<br />
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<a href="http://bridalgownblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/its-giveaway-time.html">http://bridalgownblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/its-giveaway-time.html</a>Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-11677746970845191332010-09-11T15:09:00.000-07:002010-09-11T15:14:32.827-07:00DIY Lovebirds Cake TopperI'm sure many of you have seen the variety of sculpted cake toppers. From personalized brides and grooms to animals... there is a large selection. One of my bridesmaids saw some sculpted birds for cake toppers and I LOVED them! However, these cute toppers usually come with a hefty price tag... and I just can't justify in my mind spending $40+ on a cake topper. <br />
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Enter crazy DIY bride notion to make her own. :-)<br />
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I had no idea what to do, what I'd need, or where to start. So I just winged it. (Most of these pictures were taken with my phone as my camera was on the fritz. Sorry).<br />
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<u>SUPPLIES:</u><br />
- Sculpey clay<br />
- Acrylic paint<br />
- Paint brushes<br />
- Oven<br />
- Toothpicks<br />
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<u>PROCESS:</u><br />
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- Ok, so I went to Michael's and bought one of the small blocks of Sculpey clay. This is not the smallest block, but probably counts as the "medium" size at Michael's. I picked this clay because it's the kind that you bake after you've molded it. I like this idea because then I didn't have to rush or worry about changing my sculpture, since this doesn't harden just from being exposed to air for a bit... and because after baking they get very hard so I didn't have worry about messing them up from that point on.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">- Ok, so... buy your sculpey and sculpt your birds. Again... I just kind of winged this part. I looked at some other pictures of clay birds for reference though. I chose to sculpt all the parts of my bird separately. The body, the wings, and the beak. I didn't really want my birds to be too realistic looking.... so adding the parts on later seemed to give me the look I was going for. If you plan on giving your birds legs then you need to make the holes for the legs <u>now</u> as you won't be able to after it's baked and hardened. Toothpicks ended up being just the appropriate size for my bird legs. (Don't leave the toothpicks in while baking, just make the holes and then remove them.)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">- After you've sculpted your birds, you then bake the clay in the oven according to the directions on the side of the Sculpey package. I believe it's like 15 mintes for every 1/4 inch of thickness or something. Read the package, it'll tell you.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTW8tL1X1i9_NarI5Usfbyvbve2KFwfD77ccaZkdMNW2Ew4lYwe2wxPAqkPhYGl77zlch5kcYCU3lhEzKtOiYXOYCrKmMiq66ttW7mGspflchdKV4zsZpfrJ0z3WqCGQU5K2JZj72yzM7S/s1600/IMG00103-20100819-2203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTW8tL1X1i9_NarI5Usfbyvbve2KFwfD77ccaZkdMNW2Ew4lYwe2wxPAqkPhYGl77zlch5kcYCU3lhEzKtOiYXOYCrKmMiq66ttW7mGspflchdKV4zsZpfrJ0z3WqCGQU5K2JZj72yzM7S/s320/IMG00103-20100819-2203.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">- Take the birds (and their various parts) out of the oven and allow them to cool completely.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">-After they've cooled you can paint them any color you prefer. Also, paint their various parts and accessories. I painted by birds a pale pink and their beaks a mocha brown color.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>-Add accessories. I chose to give my groom a dark brown bow tie that I sculpted from the clay too. The bride has a veil that I created by just cutting a small rectangle shape from a piece of tulle and then sewing with white thread at one end to gather it.<br />
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- Super glue the wings, beaks, and accessories onto the birds. <br />
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-Paint some eyes on. I gave mine dark brown eyes.... the bride got some cute eyelashes.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">And there ya have it. They aren't perfect, but they are handmade and I adore them. And this project probably cost me about $10 total. Awesome!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmK9gNvOI2vSYUZ6TgBu_1qY-8Gm4qHoJohDvRr0cTnNo8W7Z68mFTaI1ktlvaBV48LFEn4XdTNXSn183zD_wqrXAzCqFfNSOIT1YV-wXvbmby-yFC80kD6o7gJWaUt4aFkvyNV-UttRZ/s1600/DSCI0014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmK9gNvOI2vSYUZ6TgBu_1qY-8Gm4qHoJohDvRr0cTnNo8W7Z68mFTaI1ktlvaBV48LFEn4XdTNXSn183zD_wqrXAzCqFfNSOIT1YV-wXvbmby-yFC80kD6o7gJWaUt4aFkvyNV-UttRZ/s320/DSCI0014.JPG" /></a></div>Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-61730744996250673922010-09-07T07:17:00.000-07:002010-09-07T07:19:04.507-07:00DIY CoastersLots of lots of projects still going on. I had a long weekend from work for Labor Day so I've been doing lots of shopping and lots of DIY. Here's the more recent one.....<br />
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-I purchased a pack of 125 square, 4 inch, chipboard coasters from an Ebay seller for about $14.50 (including shipping).<br />
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-I already had the ink pads (have to use the pigment ink on coasters since it's water resistant) from previous projects. <br />
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-I purchased the "lovebirds" stamp and "Thank You" stamp at Hobby Lobby for about $2-2.50 each (during one of their stamp sales).<br />
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-The heat gun I borrowed from my future father-in-law, who had used it for rebuilding an old car. It's not an actual embossing gun, but it gets the job done just the same (and I didn't have to pay for one, which is awesome). <br />
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-The clear sparkly embossing powder I bought from Michael's using a 40% off coupon.<br />
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<u>PROCESS:</u><br />
- This one is pretty easy. I just took the bird stamp and inked it up with the brown ink and stamped them on the coasters. I had to get a good amount of ink on there and then press down really hard on the coaster to make sure that I got all the lines nice and complete, but they came out pretty good.<br />
-Then I took the pink ink and the "Thank You" stamp and stamped it right below the birds. Since I was going to be embossing the pink part I had to have the embossing power open and ready to go since I have to sprinkle it on the ink immediately after stamping to ensure that it sticks.<br />
-So, after stamping the "Thank You", sprinkle on the embossing powder.<br />
-Shake excess embossing powder off the coaster (I shake mine into a bowl that way I can reuse it later by just funneling it back into the powder jar).<br />
-Then take your heat gun and melt the embossing powder until you see it start to become cohesive and shiny.<br />
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*<u>TIP:</u> When it comes to embossing I've tried tons of inks, powders, etc. What I found that works best and gives me the clearest image (this is especially important if you are dealing with a pretty detailed stamp) is to stamp the image with the color of ink you want and then emboss it with the clear powder. Embossing with the colored powders looks more messy for a detailed image, at least in my experience.*<br />
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All done! I LOVE them. The birds are so cute! Not sure how my wedding theme came to involve birds, but I love it. We definitely have a rustic elegance look to most of our stuff.<br />
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Have a great rest of the week!Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-16118515505462661632010-08-07T10:25:00.000-07:002010-08-07T10:25:36.108-07:00DIY Personalized Napkins<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I'm all about having as many personal touches to our wedding as we can. Deep down one of my biggest fears is that I'll look like a generic bride and our wedding will feel like a generic "cookie cutter" wedding. That's just not my style and not what I want. Now, our isn't going to be anything crazy strange or anything like that, but I definitely want to have as many little unique personalized touches as I can.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So... as I'm sure many of you have seen on the numerous wedding sites we all visit, they sell napkins that you can have personalized with your name and wedding date. They are cute but I just can't justify spending so much money on something people are going to wipe their mouths with. So, I decided to just to a more simple DIY version.</div><br />
First I got an ink pad from Michael's (again, used a coupon. I hardly buy anything at Michael's without using a 40% off coupon). You have to make sure for things like napkins that you get the pigment ink because it's water resistant. It doesn't bleed when a sweating glass is placed on it and it won't wipe off onto your guests faces (I tested it out to make sure).<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I already had the clear acrylic stamp blocks from Michael's (40% off coupon again) from when I first thought we were going to attempt embossing, which didn't really work out as great as I thought. I found this little pack of "W" stamps in one of the dollar bins at Michael's during one of my many trips there. We ended up using the one in the bottom right.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Then I went to Dollar Tree and got 4 packs of 20 pale pink napkins. I also had an open pack of white from when I attempted embossing in my earlier days so I used those too. Then I just started stamping away. I let the fiance have some say in what stamp we used. I tried several (not pictured) but he just liked the plain "w" the best. Some of the more intricate stamps don't look as clean or nice when stampng on a napkin, so that's another reason we stuck with a simple design.<br />
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Ended up with around 100 napkins for a about $7.<br />
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Nothing too fancy, but still cute.... and super easy to accomplish.Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-21020843192936386542010-08-03T18:11:00.000-07:002010-08-03T18:11:35.531-07:00Frame and Poem for the Guestbook TableAnother quick and easy one today.<br />
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I found some frames from the dollar store that were kind of rustic looking. They gave me the shabby chic vibe that I was going for.... except they were totally the wrong color. Their original color (which I forgot to photograph) reminded me more of an outhouse, which isn't <em>really</em> the vibe I'm going for at my wedding.<br />
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So.... last weekend I went to BM Tonja's house and we had a spray paint party. She was nice enough to let me use their deck and help me paint. (It's a little hard and kinda unsafe to be spray painting in my apartment, I guess.)<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So I spray painted the frames ivory. They came out pretty good. I am thinking of making them a little more "rustic" by using some sandpaper on them to give them that antique/vintage vibe, but I haven't officially decided yet. Then I typed up a poem to put in the frame to kind of explain our guest "book". </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I've never really been a fan of the traditional guestbook, just because I'd hate to just put it away on a shelf and that be the end of it. So months ago I came across this photo (Sorry, can't remember where or I'd give credit where credit is due.) and knew that's what I wanted to do. We went to a second hand record shop and each bought a record of our favorite old bands. I picked an album by "The Doors" (I Loooove me some Jim Morrison) and the fiance picked an album by "Led Zepplin". We'll have the guest sign them with paint pens and then hang them in some collectible display cases (larger than the one pictured) that I got on sale at Michael's a few months back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLQlxcxwyr0-Q_-X2jy2pQwNd8TpA_Oko7U-dSDd4HxF9bbVO6166FJq9fv7mkSBM73yc-Fex-37Imr0iV7S4NC_EAHfTdIbGCrhN-NgDGJy4T-CGmwVdUxpEF1OJOkd09tph3rNjpLdj/s1600/Guestbook+Record.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLQlxcxwyr0-Q_-X2jy2pQwNd8TpA_Oko7U-dSDd4HxF9bbVO6166FJq9fv7mkSBM73yc-Fex-37Imr0iV7S4NC_EAHfTdIbGCrhN-NgDGJy4T-CGmwVdUxpEF1OJOkd09tph3rNjpLdj/s320/Guestbook+Record.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Anyway.... so I typed up the poem and put it in the frame. The first 2 lines I read somewhere on the web (again, I'm bad about remembering where I saw things. Sorry) and the rest I just made up. It's not perfect, in my mind, but I'm trying not to be a perfectionist when it comes to all things wedding. And since this is something that most people may not even read I didn't want to spend too much time on it.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In case you can't read it, the poem says:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Instead of a guestbook</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>stuck in a drawer,</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Alex and Samantha </em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>thought they would do more.</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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First I found a cheap small wicker-type basket from Goodwill. (I often frequent the 50% off Saturday sales, so I got this basket for about 50 cents!)<br />
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Then I picked up a can of spray paint from Wal-mart in my desired color. I chose Krylon's "ballet slipper" pink.<br />
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So then I painted the basket in the pink color and got some chocolate brown ribbon on sale at Michael's to tie on each side of the basket.<br />
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I have lots of DIY projects to post and recently have stepped up my DIY efforts as I realized that with as many as I have to do, I should probably get started. I may be being a little over ambitious with the DIY projects but I just want to do as many as I can to make our wedding budget friendly and very personalized.<br />
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I've also been back on my healthy eating and exercise plan or the past 2 weeks. I took too much of a break during my birthday a few weeks ago. I'm back on it now though. Not just because I'm a bride-to-be but I've been attempting this for the past few years. I've lost about 35 pounds or so, but things kind of stalled after that point. I want to get back on it because I want to LOVE my wedding pictures and not look at them and think about how I hate my flabby arms and chubby face. I know it's not about how I look though, it's about the committment I am making that day. But I'd like to love the pictures that I'll be spending so much money on. I also want to get healthier because we are planning on starting a family soon after we are married and I have already had some problems down in the lady parts with Fibroid tumors and such so I'd like to be healthy so I can be the best expectant mother that I can be. I want to give my future babies a good home for those 9 months and I want to be around a long, long time and watch them grow-up.<br />
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In other news, the fiance's sister is getting married 2 weeks from today. So that's exciting. We are considering using the same family friend as our DJ that she's using at her reception so I'll get to see him in action to know if we want to use him for our reception too. It'll be a fun time. I love my fiance's family. They are the greatest and I can't wait to be an official member of their family.<br />
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Anyway... have a great weekend, ladies! I'll try to start posting all my DIY and other post soonSammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-86229790274245032232010-04-15T16:55:00.000-07:002010-04-15T16:55:23.335-07:00Free Postcards.Well... one my favorite blogs is giving away stuff! I'd like to win it, but of course I'm not greedy.... So any readers/lurkers/whatevers head on over to <a href="http://soontobemrsf.blogspot.com/">Lucky in Love</a> for a chance for some awesome postcards (So many uses for these!)Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-57935156884798615912010-03-20T20:56:00.000-07:002010-03-20T20:58:19.830-07:00DIY Doily DisasterI've been wanting to do some sort of craft lately, so I figured I would do a trial of the canvas totes that I wanted to make for part of my bridesmaids gifts.<br />
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I have seen this project on SO many blogs lately, but I believe that <a href="http://itsgreattobehome.net/2009/12/30/a-dash-of-doily/">this</a> is the one where I first came across it.<br />
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I thought it seemed cute. I liked that I could still personalize it, and it seemed easy. So today I had the fiance drop me off at Michael's (I didn't make him go in as he has apparently reached his limit on the number of times he can suffer through a Michael's shopping trip with me) and I went in search of the items I needed. I already have lots of paintbrushes at home, so I bought one plain canvas tote, a bottle of brown fabric pain, some 10 inch doilies, and a can of spray adhesive. Thanks to a 40% Off One Item coupon, this cost me about $12.<br />
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So, I came home and attempted it. I had read on some blogs that people had had some problems getting the paint to look exactly right. It seems it often creeps under parts of the doily and then you don't get that tidy look that I was going for. Still... I figured I'd give it a shot.<br />
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Well.............. It didn't work out. The bag looked like a sad little doily disaster. I thought I did it all right too. I adhered my doily. I made sure it was firmly in place, but yet my paint still got into places I didn't want it to. I read on another blog (can't remember which one right now) about how she found out that if you use an Exacto knife and cut out a freezer paper stencil from the doily and then adhere that freezer paper stencil to your bag it comes out much more precise, but I'm lazy and dont feel like cutting out all those little tiny holes so the doily idea may have to just go into my "DIY Fail" file.<br />
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So, here I sat with a messy looking $4 canvas bag. I couldn't let that go to waste. I tried to figure out something else to do with it that would cover up the doily mistake and yet still look cute. I couldn't think of many easy things. I didn't feel like searching for a new project or stencil... so I decided to just wing it.<br />
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When I first went to visit and saw the room with one of my bridesmaids, Anna, I loved the room but hated the way it was painted and some of the decorations. It just looked a little dated. The walls were a pale peach color and the accents were a light green color. However, I was willing to deal with that for the price, all the things included, and the general facility was really quite nice. Weeks later I took my fiance back to see the place just to make sure he was ok with it too before I paid the deposit.... and SURPRISE! They had repainted everything. The room is all crisp and white. This was the best thing I could have hoped for. So, now I am quite excited. Here's a picture from their website of our room.<br />
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The <a href="http://backyardbrideblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/ulta-giftcard-giveaway.html">Backyard Bride</a>... is giving away an Ulta giftcard so you can stock up on some make-up/hair supplies.<br />
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And over at <a href="http://soontobemrsf.blogspot.com/2010/02/love-is-all-you-need.html">Lucky in Love</a>... there is a give away for a $25 gift card for myweddingfavors.com. So many cute and inexpensive things there that I would love to spend that $25 on!<br />
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</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm completely indecisive.... you'll learn that if you keep reading. I apologize in advance.</div>Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906614405198679115.post-4059542231534704702010-02-03T21:30:00.000-08:002010-02-04T07:30:12.517-08:00Making my own Monogram<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I love the look of the personalized monograms for weddings. So, I've been trying to create my own. It's still in the very early stages, especially since I don't really consider myself a computer genius. They have started out very simple, which I like. I just don't know if maybe I want to incorporate something else with them. Perhaps some sort of fall element? We'll see.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Here are the preliminary options:</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTChhUT9drXaqbZVfTn1JsjCHY84vbgEePScIyJDUlytGZSpGdLPRtDBWjyirzczOzEV58S_JR5NkApif8MX6R7S7NMY4IGrFnEy1R23cOiBN6QQEHaIwhuw_JD70uCfWR8KKsWQU89PWv/s1600-h/Monogram+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTChhUT9drXaqbZVfTn1JsjCHY84vbgEePScIyJDUlytGZSpGdLPRtDBWjyirzczOzEV58S_JR5NkApif8MX6R7S7NMY4IGrFnEy1R23cOiBN6QQEHaIwhuw_JD70uCfWR8KKsWQU89PWv/s200/Monogram+1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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I am getting married 11-11-11 to my favorite man in the world! <br />
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We picked this date because:<br />
1) It's a cool looking date. <br />
2) Maybe since it'll be easier to remember, he won't forget our anniversary. <br />
3) We are on a tight budget and need time to save up the money for this wedding. <br />
4) I want to DIY as many of the wedding details as I possibly can.<br />
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So this will be my place for ideas, inspiration, projects, rants and raves.Sammy Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08756257201101310800noreply@blogger.com4