Snow Day Snow Day Snow Day

(image via flickr)

No work for me today! Woo! Here's to hope I do something productive with my time off. So far all I've done is read a magazine and eat cereal.

And I want to wish a happy birthday to my dad!

Bear with me....

(more bouquet progress! I realize it is lopsided but the back of it is still blank so hopefully that will stop after I fill the whole base (the base is a stryofoam ball cut in half. I bought styrofoam cones to use for handles))

...while my posts are far and few between. I know things are happening but I'm not sure what to write about. I feel like I'm being very lazy (even though I am doing the 'Natalie' version of workout 1 of the 30 day shred and my legs don't hurt as much anymore! so thats progress right???)

This has what has been going on with me:

-managed to single handedly give heartworm pills to all my cats with only 2 scratches to show for it! bam! (also: very surprised by who behaved the worst)

- attempted to go through my mom's attic to find some of my grandmother's old jewelry (brooches!) which resulted in me looking at prom pictures from high school and friend requesting my date (for both years) on facebook. hope its the right adam and that he doesn't think i'm a total creep! (update: its is the right adam but not sure about second half of that sentence)


(me and my maid of honor promin' it up! thats me on the left)

-won some more brooches on ebay. For some reason my computer doesn't want me to post them. Will post them as soon as I get them and hot glue 'em. Not sure at this point how many more I want to order (the base is more than half full but I also want to do little bouquets for my ladies too). Also, they are heavy.

-ordered some supplies from etsy for secret bridesladies gifts! Also, ordered some yellow striped ribbon to wrap the bouquet handles in. I then became obsessed with finding a cool "L" pin to pin to the handle. I get on these ridiculous hunts for a singular idea of something I am convinced I need, like a monogram pin.

I am having one of those weeks where I find myself organizing my sock drawer instead of doing things I actually have to. Like now how I'm updating my blog and looking at sites like this instead of putting out the trash and picking up the house.

Okay I'm going to go do the trash.

For real.

Ok now.

Weekend Project pics

start of the bouquet!


necklace chains bought for necklace making!


awesome postcards my friend Jen gave me the other week but I neglected to post until now!


More flags I made!


More pinwheels!

(I also made more bibs but the picture I took was awful and upside down and I didn't feel like fixing it. Its Monday! Cut me some slack :)

*** also, sorry these pictures are so brutally bad!

I am a crazy person

(I won these!)

Is it the season? Perhaps. Is i the ridiculous to-do lists I write for myself? Quite possibly. Regardless, I feel like a totally nutso lately. I looked at Ry last night and just said "I'm worried" and he said "About what?" and I said "Everything!". Do you guys ever feel this way? Maybe it is the depressing winter but I am stressed about money (as always! mo' money mo' problems), the wedding (like the absurd amount of stuff I am diy-ing, things still need to be done/bought,etc), this silly party coming up, my taxes, etc etc etc. Also, ebay! Ebay how I loathe and love you at the same time! Are you like me and take it personally when someone outbids you? I always think "Maybe if I message them and explain to them I need this for my wedding they will stop outbidding me...." but alas I think that makes me crazier since I think I might be bidding with old ladies since we have similar tastes. As of now, I have only won 10 brooches and have been outbid on a ridiculous amount but I am refusing to spend too much on a single order especially if they are not that great or there is only a few of them. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I atleast win the 25 group I am in the lead in now.

I think ice cream might solve all my problems. I'll let you know how that works out :)

Happy Friday!

(print available at this etsy shop)

What are you weekend plans? Same old, same old here. Wedding crafts, brunch with mom. Need to pick up more hot glue sticks, work on the 30+ projects I am in the middle of and hopefully win tons of brooches on ebay! Wish me luck!

nerdin' it up

(image via wedding chicks...not the fantasy floral website...I am sort of a snob when it comes to websites that play music...I usually can't deal with them especially when there isn't a way to turn it off except muting my laptop)

-Its happening people. I decided this is exactly the kind of bouquet I want. I am currently bidding on bunches of brooches on ebay and will hopefully win them all! I did a search by "lot of vintage flower brooches" and looked for the most I could get for the least amount of money. Also the biggest since it is not too helpful to buy teeny weenies for this project. As I get them, I will let you know my progress! ***

-so I totally need to work on my posture. I'm way too young for back problems right? I hunch over when I make things alot of times when I'm making something (example right now when I am making more fabric flower poms) and boy does that kill after a while. Also, when I work out I need to be more conscious that I am not hunched over when lifting. Heres to being better and not being folded in half by back pain on my wedding day! Wooo!

-apparently my wedding website is a hit. My coworkers love it. I feel kinda bad since it is not completely filled out and there are pictures missing but I guess no one is judging me!

-being the biggest nerd of all time, I am typing this entry wearing a 'free martha' (as in stewart which I'm sure you already knew) half-shirt. That's right, half-shirt. Love it.

*** Update! I just won 6! Blammo!

Help!

(buy this awesome print here)

So my dears, I have a couple questions for you and if you could help me out I'd be much obliged!
(if you can't tell, most of these are spawned from my avid reading of wedding "checklists")

1- what is the deal with the morning after brunch? really? do I have to? I like brunch as much as the next guy but is this just like the rehearsal dinner squared except I'm more tired? Also, I'm getting married on a Sunday so I doubt anyone is even around the next day.

2- why do I have to plan the rehearsal dinner so far in advance? isn't it just eating at a restaraunt? Or a backyard cookout?

3- am i offending our lovely families by wording the invite like" together with their families Ryan and Lisa...".....errr.... thats all I got so far. you know instead of those very flowery invites which seem very un-"us" especially on a superman themed invitation.what do you think? come party with us? I would love to write something like 'we request you and your bad self" but I don't know how well that would go with my Nans.

Thanks for your help in advance! (Also, I'm sure theres more....)