(Re) Chic

I think I always knew I was going to have a DIY wedding.  Its who I am...not only do I love to craft...I tend to micromanage so at the end of the day, I'd rather just do it the way I want. My wedding flowers are no exception, not only do I love arranging flowers, but I knew I wanted real flowers, and so I did some research and found a local flower farm that sells mixed blooms by the bucket.  So, to see what sort of blooms they would have in season, what sort of colors and mixtures we could come up with and most importantly, what sort of tools and time we needed, I drove to Elida, picked up a bucket and got to play. Here are some shots of the flower adventure. Bucket-o-blooms Our bouquet attempts: I really wanted to focus on the brightest flowers in pinks and oranges.                            So the two examples above I took zinnas and dahlias and combined them with this really pre...

I really have no excuse for my lack of posting...I mean I'm a busy person but I miss doing this all the time so much...I vow to be better! Here's the re-cap of this month's goals: 1. Go to the gym (I will do this someday!) -Funny story...I went to the gym, stripped in the locker room, only to discover I didn't have shorts with me...FAIL   2. Read (or at least start depending on how bad it is)  50 Shades of Grey.   Completed!  It  really is more of a romance novel that the BDSM-ness that I expected.  But I read all 3...and now I'm halfway through Pride and Prejudice!  3. Get my professional manicure -CHECK!  I cashed in my groupon and got it last week (and my nails are already so chipped they need repainted...no wonder its addicting!) 4. Reach my 500 Twitter followers goal (I'm so close!) -I'm still 50 away!  Why is this so hard!? 5. Rearrange the spare bedroom- I started this but its not really completed.  I moved the be...

Calling all brides, grooms, future brides, and wanna-be brides. I want your take on this: via www.freedigitalphotos.net I recently read a very interesting article I saw on Pinterest from "The Things We Would Blog"   that was all about reasons why you should see your other half before the wedding and do your photos beforehand.  As a die-hard traditionalist I was immediately like "how could this crazy woman say this?!" but as I'm reading the article and seeing the photographs of just the bride and groom togther it got me thinking that maybe she has a great point.  You can read her article for her complete reasons  but what really got me was the idea that you can't process your normal day without your other half...why would you try to process the biggest day of your life without seeing them first?  Not to mention getting all the photos out of the way so you can go straight to the PARTY! Which is after all the most important part.  S...

This post is dedicated to Maggie. Not because of what I found here that I want to make REALLY bad. But because I found it through a link to a wedding website.   The project I'm lusting after.   As you can see the above project is totally me and I am determined to try it out with their excellent step-by-step directions .  Although I must say they seem like a little more work for just an ordinary candle holder so they may have to hold out for a special occasion.   The tutorial was posted on www.WeddingBee.com which is why it immediately makes me think of Maggie.  And while the blog interests me little because it feeds from the whole site what's great is the bio tab because it has buttons that lead to these lists of ideas and articles on how the couple met to the honeymoon.  For example if I go to www.weddingbee.com->click on the "Bio" tab->click on "Bouquets" I end  up at this page full of photos of bouquets each with a link with a post...

I was at a BEAUTIFUL wedding yesterday that was outise and it didn't rain!!  the sun was out, the sky was blue and the field in the background was full of yellow flowers aka weeds because the farmers haven't been able to plant yet.  I hope Val and Bill's life has just as much luck (there was a little irish theme to tbhe wedding because they're going to Ireland for their honeymoon) in their life as they did yesterday...I know if I tried to have a wedding outside it would rain all day...so jealous!s

I just got back to my apartment after being home for a wedding this weekend and I've already found a casuality from yet ANOTHER rainstorm. I apologize there are no photos, but nothing would take in the dark and my porch light wasn't QUITE bright enough. A few weeks ago I had planted a few cabbage, begonias, and brussel sprouts in half an old trash can my boyfriend had sawed in half for me.  Since it then created a container that was short one side I used an old recycling bin as a rain barrel and container side.  Today's rainstorm must have produced several inches of rain because my recycling bin overflowed, into my "container," it got so heavy it bent the side, so water, soil, and several plants overflowed out of my trashcan flower bed and onto my steps for me to find when I arrived today.  I scraped a little bit of soil off the sidewalk and tried to replant the plants a little but I'm worried the waterlogged soil from the sidewalk and the shock is not g...