Engagment Pics!

Orrin & I took our engagement pictures last Thursday at my Uncle Ernie's house in Ramona.  He has the coolest, most "rustic" property ever.  Here are some pics of the property, including his old train, a saloon with the swinging double doors, and a few of the props we used:

We get to see our pictures from our amazing photographer, Kristina, any day now....we CAN'T wait!! :)

I finally got working on the shutters that my Uncle Mike's gf gave me...here one is before:

We have 8 total so we'll prob be using them to either hang some family wedding pics on and/or to use as a seating chart for people, we will see..

A few frames I got cheap from goodwill, one was black before the purple and one was white..

 Me ready to paint (and cousin Chelsea's bf, Jessi, behind me)

 Finished purple chalkboard for the menu

Rustic-Vintage

When people ask me what the theme for our wedding is I usually say something like "Rustic-Vintage" but more modern, haha...which is usually followed by a blank stare :)  So, let me explain...when I say rustic I picture things like a chandelier in a barn, twinkling lights, lots of trees/greenery, burlap, whimsy DIY elements, wood cake stands, the list goes on.  Some rustic things that we'll be incorporating are large mason jars on cocktail tables holding flowers with twine, mason jars for champagne cocktails, chalkboard signs (not sure if that's rustic), jam favors, hopefully a wood cake stand, a burlap banner, possibly making burlap bout's for the guys; that's all I can think of right now..

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I think people get the vintage part though.  Here are some vintage details to our wedding:

vintage handkerchiefs

shutters

gray/white striped straws

 lace gloves perhaps?

milk glass vases



With 3 months left to go, I see our wedding becoming more vintage and less rustic.  I just love the soft, romantic look of the vintage details.  Not everything in our wedding matches perfectly & I like it that way because it's different, it's unique & it's us.  The biggest reason Orrin & I booked Orfila is because we loved the simplicity of the venue, the scenery, the mountains.  We thought it was so "us" and we hope our guests can walk away saying "Wow, that was so Orrin & Shawndene!"  Nothing fussy or overdone, just love and loveliness. :)

Flower Girl

We got Gracie's flower girl outfit.  Such a cute little white dress with a flower and tulle underneath!  And sparkly pink shoes.  We're also looking for a pink cardigan.  She's so adorable :)



Decoupage

This is my new favorite thing.  My soon to be amazing SIL, Melanie, told me about decoupaging awhile ago and I had never heard or seen of it.  Well, it's pretty cool.  Basically, you cut out pictures; you glue the pictures onto an object; and then cover the object and pictures with a few coats of glue/decoupage medium to protect it. Check out this website if you want to see how many projects you can really do and all you need is the glue, Mod Podge.

http://www.modpodgerocksblog.com/

We had a bunch of coasters laying around from when O's dad was redoing the tile in their house so I decided to test it out.  I just cut out my favorite pieces of scrapbook paper to fit the tile and started glueing away...

Melanie & Craig just moved into their new place so I made them a little housewarming present

 Plain tile

 Different scrapbook pages with a few layers of mod podge

Finished product!  I also added a protective water sealant on top of the coasters so cold drinks don't bleed through the paper.

Some signage I made

Bri is letting us borrow her card box & I dressed it up a little

The first thing the guests will see is the gift/card table so I made a welcome banner to match the card box letters

We had so many left over fabric circles from craft day I got little 2" styrofoam balls & made the flower balls to save money on real flowers

 Rough draft of Mr & Mrs signs to hang on the back of our chairs at the reception

What do you think?

Flower Friday

I know I've found the "perfect bouquet" like 1,000 times but this wildflower bouquet really is it!  It's simple, chic and rustic. 

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And, of course, I LOVE the lace.

Tutu's for adults!

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I don't think my bridesmaids would be too happy :)

100 days left til the wedding!!!  Tomorrow we'll be in the double digits! :)

Flower girl dress shopping this weekend!

I am so all over the place with the flower girl attire vision in my head, seriously on complete opposite ends of the spectrum.  I'm pretty sure I don't want a poofy white dress for Gracie.  If we did a white, "normal" flower girl dress, maybe something like this:

Target $39.95

Macy's $69.99 

We could always dress up a plain white dress with cute shoes & a cute bow or even a pink little sweater

Macy's $78

I think this dress is adorable and the shoes below SOOO cute!  Kind of vintagey with the floral pattern.

 See, I go from thinking like that to this little sassy number with fun shoes :)  Maybe not typical flower girl but still very cute and Gracie's a fun girl!

 I could totally see her rocking these shoes

 And here we go, totally different look but I LOVE it, in fact this might be my favorite!  Why are all the cute dresses online and you can't try them on in the stores?!

$50.99

See, I'm all over the place :)  Well, we're going shopping this weekend so hopefully we'll find something for the lil cutie