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Posts from ‘September, 2009’

Ice cream sundae bar

I love ice cream.  I was thinking of doing an ice cream sundae bar at the wedding but, for the moment at least, have decided to go with something a little less complicated.  Anyway, Eat Drink Chic has created the most opulent sundae bar I’ve ever seen, along with lots of pictures.  It’s a great [...]

More non-matching bridesmaids

More non-matching bridesmaid examples, all in green…

::from here & here::

Love it

I don’t think I need any words to explain why I love this.
But allow me to add, so that you may understand why I am SO taken with this right now, that I was in love with the wildflowers in Minnesota this summer.  During my visit back, that’s one of the things that stood out [...]

Canning lemonade

How come I’ve never seen lemonade served in mason jars with the lid on before?

Perfect!
Photo from ::here::

Masking tape makeover

I stumbled upon this Japanese washi paper tape the other day and now I need a reason to buy some. I’m thinking I could set out a roll for guests to seal their candy buffet bags…
Any other ideas?
Find it ::here::

Planning a wedding is like teaching first grade

Hear me out on this one.
All the wedding mags and websites like to point out the average person’s inability to plan a party as large as a wedding. Because most people don’t have experience planning and carrying out huge shindigs, they need to hire a wedding planner to do it for them. That way [...]

If I had a million dollars

…and/or oodles of craftiness, thriftiness, and hours upon hours to kill…

I would get me some of these. I think they are so cute. I would give them to all of my wedding guests with favors of quaint little herb pots. Wouldn’t that be nice?

Of course, I don’t have any of the aforementioned skills or [...]

Overwhelmed

The word of the day today is overwhelmed. As in overwhelm. You know…

o · ver · whelm

to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by stress.
to overpower or overcome, esp. with superior forces; destroy; crush: the independent and distant budget wedding planner was overwhelmed by the stalwart wedding industry.
to cover [...]