The Day :: In Photos

Today was BUSY! Busy for everyone! Today I had planned to meet with my mom, stepdad, uncle and cousins for breakfast in Snohomish, and then head to the barn and get cracking on getting the field where I plan to marry the love of my life in seven days. We got SOOOO much done, it's more just waiting now to see the grass grow and cut it again at the end of the week.

Of course, I did some photos of the flowers in the garden (I was weeding at the same time, so technically still working!)


I LOVE peonys and this photo has NO extreme editing done, except adjusting the fill light, and adding my information. I just LOVE being out in the sunshine. I know it's a common thing to say that sunny and bright days make for harsh photos, but sometimes, I can't help but disagree!
Zoe spent the day over with our friends, Beth, James and Baby Maddy. James and Zoe are exactly 11 months, 3 weeks apart. His birthday is October 14th 2006-- she is October 7th 2007. Silly thing is, when she was one week old (to the day) we were over at the barn Beth was managing for James' first birthday party! Beth thought I was nuts, I thought I needed to get out! She and James had a BLAST! Beth is like the worlds craftiest, smartest and most resourceful person. To top it off, she has a heart of gold. She also has a blog. I'm sure she won't mind you peeking around. It's not updated all that often (with two little ones, a home farm and work to be done... do we blame her?! Not one bit!) but they are wonderful photos added and information when she gets a chance to!

After picking Zoe up, we headed over to J&S RC in Smokey Point/Marysville to watch daddy do some RC'ing.

Adorable girl I have! Beth and I joke that 'Zoe and James are betrothed' the next part of the joke is that we'll gladly pay for the wedding, if they pay for all the counseling their children will need. lol. (I guess you might have to know us, and our kids to get that one). Of course :: she ended up FILTHY & eating candy. Surprise, surprise- right?
It was a great day, and I can't wait to hit the hay! Right about now, Adam is in watching TV in bed, Sophie is asleep in her kennel and Zoe is in bed 'watching' her movie (also known as sleeping). I hope everyone had as amazing of a day as I did. I just got a few more thank you notes made and written out for wedding gifts that have arrived in the past few days. I am one sleepy girl!

These are what the cards I am sending out this batch look like::




And--- Goodnight!

The Cat is IN the bag.

While over at my maid of honors house this morning, figuring out exactly how we want the centerpieces at the wedding to look like, I used a big burlap sack to carry in the branches and horseshoes. I tossed it onto the floor, and soon found Sesame, their cat playing in the bag with all the branches still in it. We made them out to look like this, and I really like how simple they are. The horseshoes are real, and actually from horses hooves, used and still covered in mud (that I REALLY need to scrape off before giving them as favors). A farrier friend from the barn, gave them to me to use as our 'barn wedding' favors. A few girlfriends who couldn't make it to my bridal shower took me out for dinner, drinks and dessert last night at the Casino, and we had a blast. Ginny made me a really cute card that actually triggered my card-lifting for the one I made this morning for Nicole.

I brought Nicole a card just to thank her for all the work she's put into my wedding. I doubt it would end up nearly as great without her. She has gone above and beyond making sure I stay on top of things, and making sure that we actually get flowers, food and drinks! She has been super helpful with the who clothing aspect, and what not and I finally got all of the men in the wedding (all 6 of them!) their shirts ordered from JCPenney's today. You can see them here. They are Concord Green, and Adam and my Dad will have shirts that are a similar style but some patterning on them.
I just love how this card turned out! I haven't ever really thought about doing paper piecing on cards, but I think I will be hooked! Also, the buttons, I sewed onto the flowers, which I cut ising the Accent Essentials Cartridge, and then pop dotted them on. I drew the 'stems' with a black gelly roll pen, and the paper is PTI & Abbey Road.

Enjoy! I may have some more posting to do tomorrow. I am thinking that I may order the My Pink Stamper Punny-licious stamp set in the next day or two. I have chosen to order from Hallmark Scrapbooks this time, I've ordered from Custom Crops a few times before and my stuff NEVER gets shipped faster than 7-10 days after I order, and then it has to get here! So, I'm hoping I'll have better luck with Hallmark.

Have a good night!

Dawn

Bridal Shower Easel Thank You Cards!

I know, I know... my shower was only last night, but of course I need my 'fix' of paper slinging once I got home, and was snooping around on Lauren's Creative and saw this adorable little easel card she made for the My Pink Stamper Challenge. I made this card for the same challenge.

So, back to the story. I wanted to get the Thank You cards made for all the beautiful and amazing gifts I was given at my shower. After seeing Lauren's Creation, I knew I wanted to do something similar. They all are the same pattern, so I could crank 12 out at once, instead of making them one at a time, because Lord knows if (or when) people would get thank you cards!

I made the card, using the dimensions from Nicole, over at Canadian Nickle Scrap'ns video. She has got an awesome video that totally simplifies what looks like a tough card to make, but it's actually pretty simple!

I hope you enjoy! Also, we will be doing some blog candy here in the next few days, so get ready to pass the link around to enter and win!

My Pink Stamper NSD Day Challenge #5

This actually was only made with scraps, but also fits the criteria for the creating something to show your appreciation. I figured with all the scraps I have in my scraproom, I could come up with something more exciting for that challenge! Enjoy!