Bridesmaid redux

Again thoughts of health care, cabin and teaparty nonsense dance in my head but this post will be much lighter. I do not want to bore people in real life with what feels like trival selfish thoughts, but I sure am going to bore the internet world.

Here is my new thought for the wedding ... work in progress. The plum and cameo just wasn't feeling like it had enough pop for my taste.

Also I feel like an uber teen for using polyvore.

Life's a Hoot

SO I was actually really happy about how this little guy turned out. He may have a lazy eye but I think that just adds to his adorableness. I could easily make like 15 of these bad boys. I am still afraid to feel like Cinderella(a bad thing), like I don't belong with all these nice things. I will show up with my little owls and get laughed at .... but I need this wedding to have a fun element, whimsy. If it turns out horrid at least I tried.

On the brightside, today is beautiful and has started out bursting at the seams. We met with a caterer and although I think I had a mini heart attack about prices, the creativity was abound. We were talking sliders and mini cheese steaks. They gave us the hard sell with pastries, a gift and a sit down with the head chef. Also a wine dinner on them! I know I am probably being suckered, but I think I like it. They made the experience so pleasant.

My next possible craft experiment:

Dreadfully Ironic Yuppy

So my grand ideas ...

The vase did not work out so well ... I actually sliced myself with a razor blade so I think we can officially call it a fail. I am not sure if I will go back to this project ... I think I need a better blade (better to cut myself with).

So the tree worked but needs some tweaking. Phantom is worried about it being able to hold up the 45 record. Back to the drawing board.

I think for my next trick I am going to try and make felt owls (HP owls) and possibly a felt tree. I think I might go to joanns tonight and get fenatic with felt.

Wedding Theme

I was going to write a post about how much John Roberts has been annoying me ... but somehow my mind has gone wedding. It is a sickness.

So we had to scrap some of the rustic ideas I had been tossing around. Mason jars and cotton just don't seem to fit in this space. I am usually a whirlwind when it comes to decorating and fashion and I am worried about having a cohesive look. Phantom got really excited about incorporating books and we had seen 45s used as table numbers so here are some of the elements I am thinking about:

They are on sale right now at Amazon. We had playfully discussed leather bound books but the covers on these beauties are to die for ... I am currently playing with the idea of stealing the look for the programs, I am thinking maybe silver Owls on dark purple paper? Eh we shall see.

Once wed has the HOW TO for this pretty sweet card box ....

Trying to find uses for my old law books, book trees or a vase.

One element that we were already considering was 45s as table numbers. I think maybe I could find a way to maybe have the 45 coming out of the paper vase pictured above? I also need to pick up some colored tape.

Colors: Deep Plum, Black & white (stripes? or dots?) and maybe a hint of pink or blush colored.

Also velvet ribbon and postcards and the kitchen sink.

Go Ask Alice

So the Tim Burton movie is out and Alice is everywhere.

I was bitten by the bug and made cupcakes for a friend. I personally am a big fan of the old woodblock prints. There is wall paper, a blog post bonanza and many clothing companies trying to cash in with themed outfits and tees. Trendy always sounds negative, fickle but I am amused at all the neat little projects and products popping up.

The movie can not be better then the inspiration Alice in Wonderland brings. I want tea party. I even want to play croquet. It is a great theme. Whether for kids or the young at heart I would love to see one of these in real life.

The dark side of Alice lends to her mass youth appeal. Go ask Alice was one of the first books my youngest sister and I shared. We tore through a bunch of books in that genre, but she always read much faster then me. Adolescence is such a terrible time, but it is nice to be able to pull some fond memories out of it. Reading depressing books with my little sister is one of those memories. I should probably read the orginal.

Party!

So my summer reading list will be to become part of the Harry Potter Nation since it seems we might be using that font and owls as accents in the wedding. I like our magical wedding venue but my first impression was more Beauty & the Beast then Potter. Somehow we would like to make Hatch show prints, Potter, books and art nouveau work together without looking a hot mess. Oh ya, and we are totally having a bridal party:

Ladies first:
Whitney Dawkins - kid sis
Crystal Gatton - My Mafia Princess
Abby Harris - Stunted like a chinese foot, keeps me in check.
Jenni Kreller - Stare! The muscle.
Jenny Green (Dunkle) - Last Christmas I gave you my heart, dance coordinator
Erin Mahoney - The brains and pop culture expert.

Gentleman:
Russell Wrenn - big bro
Ryan Honeycutt - The coolness and the tallness
Robert Testerlou - Scheduler extraordinaire/ documenter
John Machovec - The Muscle, Winter is coming!
Andrew Shannon - The jokes!
Jonathon Nilsson - The brains and shot coordinator

3-12-2011

Ladies and gentleman, may I present the Peabody Library. On March 12, 2011 Phantom and I will be celebrating our wedding at this gorgeous venue.