{9/52}: Wedding Invitations

Ooohh wedding invitations....

I've had them printed since last August. Yes, I have a problem ; )

I made/designed them myself, with inspiration from various sources. I very much enjoyed the satisfaction of having done it, making them completely custom for us is just fun!

April rolled around and started steam rolling through the days, which had me saying crap! I need to start addressing the invitations soon!!

I had this brilliant idea to print the names and addresses onto the envelopes along with the little love birds from the invitation off to the side. Unfortunately, that idea was only good in theory. This was the result of said printing....11 ruined envelopes later, I couldn't figure out if it was Word, the printer, user error, or an unfortunate combination of all three!

So, I gave in to the "proper" way of doing things (proper schmoper, this girl is digital...) and hand wrote addresses. I had a custom stamp made for the wedding favors and whatever else I felt like putting it on, but the first go around it was too big for the paper tags that I had already bought. So, the gal who made it gladly made me another smaller one at no extra cost to me (she does awesome work--http://www.jessicalynnoriginal.com/). I now had an extra stamp and decided it was the perfect size to dress up the envelopes a little. I used clear embossing power and a heat gun (craft blow dryer lol) so the ink was raised up and stood out. I love how it turned out, even if it did take a little bit longer....and even if nobody else really cared *lol* ; )

Stamp...

Sprinkle embossing power...

Shake off the excess...

Heat 'em up and voila! Cuteness : )

{8/52}: The Mariners::Happy Birthday, Thomas!

My mom and I took Thomas to a Mariners game for his birthday--one of my favorite things to do in Seattle! Cody does not share my love for baseball even the slightest bit, so he chose to stay at work instead of going to the game with us : P

Even though they lost, it was still a great evening. We had killer seats in right field, right next to the foul pole. I was hoping for that home run catch, but no such luck.

I love everything about Safeco field, and while we froze our butt off in the 40° air, the garlic fries, cheeseburger, and hot chocolate run made it bearable : )

{7/52}: I'll get there!

My soon-to-be sister-in-law (okay, we've dropped the soon-to-be for a while, its just easier! lol) Keana kindly reminded me that I was on more like an every other week blog posting schedule...

Guilty as charged!

I do have several things I want to post about wedding projects we've been working on, but as I sat here debating about what I should post, I was like you know what? That means I haven't been sitting at my computer, and I've decided that's a beautiful thing sometimes. I'm attached to my phone at the hip as it is! I've been busy with things I don't necessarily want to be busy with, but working full time means I'm makin' that $$$! ...too bad most of it is going to savings for wedding/I want spending money in Portland : )  I've done another couple photo shoots, enjoyed the sunshine whose presence we were graciously blessed with over Easter weekend, and even gotten a little down and dirty refinishing some counter tops with Cody this past weekend. These arms need some working out before they are cut out for any more sanding!!! But, they are looking amazing, and I'm actually kinda sad that I'm going to be at work while Cody finishes it up. We are so impressed with this product that we are probably going to be doing our kitchen this week--it will at least be half saying adios to the 70's flare! : P

Before

After (minus the final clear coat)

Pretty neat so far, huh? : ) Next will be sanding down and painting their cabinets!

I am starting to get a little stressed about wedding stuff, but not in a bad way. It's more like the holy crap I need to start addressing envelopes and mailing out invitations kind of stressed. More than one person has brought up eloping in Vegas, and let me tell ya, some days I wish we would have run with it when Cody suggested it a year ago! ; )

It's going to be beautiful, and the first day of the rest of my life with an absolutely amazing man. Period. : )