making a mess of shane's workspace...

Sometimes you just have to make things yourself! I've wanted these wooden planter boxes forever and just couldn't justify 15 dollars a piece when I could make them for about 3 bucks. 4 hours at Home Depot, 88 pieces of 2x4x8's, 3 sheets of birch cut to 8x8, stain, a box of # 2 nails and a hot dog later and voila! supplies for 22 wooden planters. and no idea how to make them. couldn't be too hard right?

success. by 2 am. sorry for the wood scraps and dust shaner!

if i got married today

following ms. p, if I were to get married today, I would carry a huge, wild bouquet of gypsophila and wear a leather belt. that is all.







from grey like weddings, dog n' bird

twentytimestwelve

table pieces for JUF.

Probably had a heart attack.

First, I got ranunculus AND poppies for 6 bucks. Don't know how, but I wasn't going to ask (I suspect donuts for the wholesaler is appreciated). Just say thank you and keep moving.

THEN, I get home and unwrap them to make samples. Je-sus.
Absolutely perfect. Shane laughed when I said it was like floral porn but really, I could not stop staring. Heart was racing, breath shortened, I think my palms were sweaty and then I had to work with the things. Full on heart attack so I just sat for a minute and stared.

Just awesome. God is a pretty cool dude.

Finally I finished and had some remnants (yay!) so fighting off brutus and ranger from them is going to be hard but totally worth it. I think I'll make a bout for me to wear everyday this week...

Ready for the picture overload?









(I'm typing this is in bed, with shane sleeping on my left, brutus on my right and ranger using my legs as pillows. life is good)

if you have a flower girl...

have her wear one of these! Cause seriously, who doesn't love tulle.




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Trash The Dress-Part Deux

A while ago when we talked about Sara Anna Photography and their amaaaaazing pics of a trash the dress session with flowers by Oh My!. Seriously, they are such awesome photographers and if getting married in the Chicago/Milwaukee area, we just have to recommend them- they are the best! Here are a few more pics from the shoot; the pooch and I picked all of the greens from our woods that morning and tied it in a turquoise satin ribbon. Sigh....wish we could have one of these days, everyday.

I really live 5 miles from here?

Three and a half years ago, I entered "tissue paper gown" into ebay and came up with about a dozen hospital dressings, a few paper dolls and a dress. A beautiful, thin, dreamy piece that for some reason unknown to the universe, was my size.

OF COURSE I bought it (because it was 80 bucks). And OF COURSE it was perfect (because everything is perfect when you're in love). And OF COURSE my mom hated it.

So being the obedient daughter I am, I schlepped to my neighborhood bridal chain YUCK! and bought the first dress the mum said was "gawww-geous". Sighhhhh.....

Lucky for me, I've become friendly with a super photog couple, Sarah and Kevin of Sarah Anna Photography and their little creative hearts told them to invite me to do a "Trash the Dress" session. I think if I had worn the dress I reeeeeally wanted for my wedding, I would've refused to use it but I'll be damned! I had that thing hanging in my closet for over a thousand days. It needed to be photographed.

Sooo- here we are, running around with no coats on, smiling at the silliness of walking down a street in a wedding dress, looking like a bride gone awry and asking cops not to ticket our cars after leaving them abandoned at a railroad.


more pics layta', as Sarah goes through them

Flowers by me :)
Pin: Shane's awesome Granny Pat
Location: Hoffman Estates IL

Dia Tres- More Stripes, Por Favor

Personal favorite: anything striped. I went through this phase in high school where I had to wear something striped everyday; socks, shirt, skirt- whatever. Thinking back it was kinda awful but maybe I was doing it wrong. Wait- I WAS doing it wrong! Look at how awesome it can look for a wedding/dinner/party.  Ugh, why didn't Danielle tell me?

bouquet, table setting!, bridesmaid dress, bridal dress from here of course, photobooth, chucks

Day Two

Like we mentioned earlier, it really seems like violets, purples, lavenders and plums are going to be super in this year! Our wedding this weekend has a rockin all purple and black theme and another in February has lilac and silver. Sweet!  For silver themed, always remember dusty miller (cool silvery foliage) and brunia (cute silver pods).  Anyway, here are a few more for the color purple, without getting all Alice Walker about it:

remember this?

board, bridesmaids dresses,  dress, mini cakes, invites

On the Color Wheel

A very good friend just got engaged over the weekend (yay!) and they got us to thinking about colors! Thinking back about our faves, we decided to come up with a new one for the next few days:
enjoy and wipe the drool.

from here.

And these too, cause they're pur-dy:

dress,  shoes, cake, skirt