A Wedding that Wowed

We returned from Idaho just yesterday and thirteen (13) hours in the car is far too much for one day! But, the long drives were well worth it! My sister is married and the wedding was perfect (minus the outbreak of bugs). We had so many people help us with everything that there wasn't a bump in the road at all! I can't wait to see the photos from her photographer Ross Knight (see his blog here) Ross was everywhere, but not distracting at the same time. I was very impressed with him.
At the wedding I really saw what it meant to have family. Family came from everywhere to be with my Darling sister and her husband on their special day. They even had a friend fly in from Germany. The families helped out a lot and it couldn't have been so great without their help.

Here are the favors, a DIY of course!

Yes, finally the pomanders that I spent hours and hours making finally see the stage!

Tree streamers

From a distance...

The cutest table numbers ever made!!! (A DIY)

Family helping decorate the Country Club

Taking a break for a smile

Signature Cocktail sign (A DIY)

Seating Sign

Family doing last minute touches to the favors

I wish I would have taken pictures of the center pieces we made. They ended up being SO awesome! The whole night was awesome. The DJ was great too! I would say the biggest success was everyone danced! Stay tuned for pro pictures hopefully!

75 Circles to completion!

My sweet sister cut over 200 circles last night to get our pomander process up and running! I had to follow suit and get busy! Here is a large stack of the gray circles that she cut, along with some that I had already made.

And I discovered tonight it takes 75 of those bad boys to create one pomander! So, I commenced with my gluing ways while My Mustang Man showed me You Tube clips of the hilarious Conan O'Brien.

Here is the finished product:

One down, 5 more to go... of the gray. We still have green and purple to do as well! But, if you ask me, I think this wedding is coming together swimmingly!

Pomander Progress.... continued: part trois

Also, pomander progress.... I finished what I could but officially ran out of fabric. It actually worked out in my favor though! I like the way it is able to sit more like a center piece. I do wish I had a little more fabric so I could have made it a little fuller at least, but for a first time, I think it will do!

I think because of the amount of time this took I might try out the tissue paper ones I made in high school Spanish class. Those look like a "lighter" bit of fun. Although these fabric ones look more fancy, perhaps what I am actually looking for is indeed light and airy. More to come after I test out the paper ones!

Pomander Progress and Bets

Okay, so I went to Michael's again today, LOVE Michael's, and picked up some awesome stuff for my sister's bridal shower. Prizes and such! Anywho, I decided to get the foam ball to test out the pomander too! I thought I was going to have to wait 'til the weekend to start my lil' project because Michael's doesn't have fabric. However, later in my workday I remembered all the little things I saved for the potential of projects, pack rat that I am. I had a lovely fuchsia curtain that I used when I was a single lady, after an hour of searching for said curtain I was ready to get the show on the road, tonight! So I got my gear together...


I used a CD to trace the circles that I needed...


Well, if you think you have cut out enough circles... you haven't. I was cutting and cutting and this is where I got! I realize I am going to have to dedicate a lot more time to this than I thought... But I think it looks awesome!


My Mustang Man says that I won't have it done by Sunday, I say "You're on!" I am up for the challenge! (And now I have $2 on the line!)

Hello! I'm Cutting Costs!

In a time of cutting costs, no cable, no going out to eat, no clothing shopping and cutting as many expenses as possible I have decided to take on DIY (do it yourself) projects! I am currently madly in love with a DIYer of sorts. He does all the fixen ups on his Mustang ,Steve, named by me. This is an ongoing DIY project for the two of us. There is always something new and fun to do to his ride!

This is Steve after he got his new shoes (wheels)

Anyhow, my sister is getting married September of this year and, through researching other awesome blogs, ideas are filling my head so fast I had to start a blog! I made my first DIY tiered necklace 2 weeks ago and I think it turned out quite well. I didn't have any instructions, I just went to Michael's and purchased, for a mere $24, the items I thought I would use. And use them I did!

My darling Stang Man took this photo with his iPhone... how very modern of us.

My next project is DIY Fabric Pomanders. I learned about it from the AWESOME wedding site Project Wedding in this post, I think I might test it out this weekend. My plan is to use them for my sister's bridal shower in July, which should require PLENTY of DIY projects!

Happy DIYing!