more thrift shop finds!

The Everything Wedding Book

The Bridesmaid Guide

The Best Friend's Guide to Planning a Wedding : )

101 Uses for a Bridesmaid Dress

The last one is the absolute best!

#5 How about a taffeta hammock?

#14 Make your vacuum cleaner extra stylish!

#44 Create a line of Barbie Vegas Wear for your young cousins!

#101 Blow it up for a hot air balloon - and escape the wedding madness that seems to descend on every bride-to-be!

thrift shop finds!

Six elegant glasses for the the dessert buffet.. maybe a mini trifle in each one? Angel food cake, strawberries, and whipped cream? next, is the photo of the menu chalkboard I have yet to paint creamy white.. the frame is from a thrift shop..hobby lobby put in the chalkboard.. and the stand is from garden ridge.. i'll post a photo of the menu after I motivate myself to paint it...

blog hopping...

I found myself staying up all through the night flipping back and forth looking at these gorgeous inspiration photos from my new favorite blogs:

www.savethedate4cupcakes.com

www.twigandthistle.com/blog

www.imprintables.blogspot.com

www.ellybevents.com/blog

I especially like the dessert buffets on "savethedate4cupcakes" ..I love the creative use of candle holders, stacked plates, gift wrapped boxes, etc. to display neatly aligned and unique desserts and candy!

Resume Procrastination

I can see the floor of my bedroom again..hooray! It looks all neat and nice..but most of the wedding stuff got crammed back under the bed and behind doors... but at least this side of the bed is walkable space yet again and showcases my peony inspiration..along with some other flowers I picked up at Michael's yesterday..for no reason at all.. they were just saying buy me! buy me! I'm sure i'll think of a legitimate reason for them soon..or at least that's what i tell myself.. This photo album is the reason my printer is now on the blink.. I had this sudden moment of inspiration/revelation to use this album that i've never figured out what to use for (another random purchase) ..and print out every photo of wedding inspiration/ideas I had saved on my computer.. well i think my printer is on strike and refuses to print anything or acknowledge the driver exists on my computer.. but the album is very handy and its all nice and the images are in order of the events of the wedding..

Organization!

I think I'm a compulsive organizer.. I wasn't satisfied with the wedding planner book that I bought last year.. I thought it was perfect at the time..or I was just in "the moment" after being newly engaged and didn't care about what the book detailed so much..just in love with the cute design.. the book became too wordy..telling me info that was just plain common sense.. and provided info and organization for things not needed..so I began to rip out the pages of what I did like and in combination with martha stewart weddings templates.. i made this.

It's perfectly organized just how i like it..tabs and records for the budget, guest lists, etc. plus its a binder so I can hole punch all my receipts and notes..

This guest list template I found off of martha stewart weddings.. I had bought this cute little white photo box and wanted to write everyones addresses on tiny notecards like they do in the movies or atleast in "Father of the Bride." The cards became too mixed up.. so I made this.. that was our new year's eve..organizing and re-editing the dreaded guest list...

it's my lucky day

I went to Jo-Ann fabric store this week... and found these fabrics for a dollar each.. I was just about to walk out the door when I spotted these clearance fabric samples.. pretty nice for a dollar.... they are discontinued prints from companies such as waverly, tommy bahama, nautica, and ralph lauren.. The pintuck, toile, and beiges i'm going to use for more pillows on the benches outside the reception.. The light and dark blue prints i'm going to use for either the bedroom or couch for our apt.

Thomas and I stumbled upon the cutest little bakery and cafe yesterday. They feature an assortment of fresh baked cupcakes, desserts.. an a breakfast and lunch menu...annnd a soda shop....and the best part of all..they make macarons!! yes a place nearby that makes macarons! I talked with the owner and discussed the macarons for the dessert bar for the reception. Just had to post a pic of the sweetest little cupcake with its own cute box..