Wedding Wednesday

You may not know, if you don’t know me, but I got engaged on Christmas and I am in full wedding planning mode. We have actually been planning the wedding since last spring (you have to book stuff way way way in advance here, it’s crazy!)
I thought I would share with the blog-o-sphere what I am doing, where I found inspiration or tutorials and the true cost of things and doing them the DIY way.
Lets start with my wedding mood board: (click picture to see my Pinterest board)

*The red framed chalkboard became my inspiration for color scheme. Red, Black, Blue & White. And I mean Cherry-fire engine-candy apple red and cobalt blue.
*The alter I found via Pinterest is just what I had in mind. We wanted something that would block the view behind us, have personality, and be something we could DIY.
*I have never been one for flowers, so when trying to figure out what to do for flowers and budget… I came across the paper flower bouquets made from books and comic books… I fell in love with them instantly… bonus: WAY CHEAPER.
*I am personally partial to all things red so when I was trying to find some more blue to bring in I saw the beer bottles that had been glittered/spraypainted/ modge podged and thought about the new Bud Light Platinum bottles that are a really pretty cobalt blue. With the help of my Maid of Honor and one of her friends they drank enough (over several weekends) to get me almost 50 bottles! I will say tho that these are the HARDEST to get the labels off! More on that later
*I definitely want a photobooth. We are still working out logistics on having one setup since my camera doesn’t have a remote. My MoH will def be making the “Grab a Prop & Strike a Pose” sign, she has such pretty handwritting.
*I was looking for venues in our area and kept getting sticker shock for how expensive some places were and the restrictions they had on types of food and drinks. I was talking with my Mom one day and I was in the process of telling her about the prices and she asked where my friend Jexica was getting married (She deserves her own post for all the DIYs we did for her wedding, look for that in the future) and she was getting married outside at her grandpa’s pasture… So my mom just said.. “what about Memaw & Papaw’s?” It hadn’t even dawned on me that we could get married there and save literally thousands of dollars! They have 3 acres out in Lonoke that backs up to a nice big field (occasionally there will be horses or cows out there but rarely). Plenty of room for parking, 3 bathrooms for guests, a nice big deck to put the food on… This is the best idea my mom’s had for the wedding!
** You might notice a lot of I instead of We… in true manly fashion… Scott is letting me do what I want, within reason of course. But I still show him all my ideas and he just keeps saying “whatever you want baby” I will say tho that it was his idea for us to make our own cake… yes you read that right, we are making our own wedding cake. I’ll have a special post for all the tips I found online and our trial run we do to test the batter amounts and things like that.
On the next Wedding Wednesday: Paper flowers. Look for it in two weeks!

Making your own ephemera for art journals

I’m not sure I’m using the right word here… ephemera… Essentially I'm going to show you how to make your own art or additions or elements for scrapbooking or art journaling. ((someone want to help me out with the word I’m looking for here?))

I wanted to make a small journal for all the quotes I love and have been pinning on my Pinterest that I wanted to have to display. I thought about making a small clip board and changing it everyday and then I remembered I have 12 empty half size spiral notebooks. And that would work perfectly for making a quote coffee table book.

I printed them all off into small sizes. I was trying to figure out a quick way to do this, after attempting to put them all into a PowerPoint and arrange them I realized that I just had too many. Then {LIGHT BULB} it hit me! Windows is smarter than I remember. And I’m going to show you how I made these:

First I went through all my quotes pinned and saved the photo files of my favorites. Check what type of quality they are, some of them I saved straight from Pinterest and others I clicked through to the website and saved from there. I saved them all in one separate folder to make this process faster.

Then you select all, right click on any photo, the third selection down is print:

Windows will pop up a photo print wizard. Select the printer you will be using (I tested as a pdf to see how the photos would look). Then scroll on the right hand side the size you want. I selected 3.5x5 to give me four per page. You can play around with all different sizes.

Notice how the preview shows the one in the lower left slightly cropped? That can be fixed by unchecking the box next to “fit picture to frame.”

That looks much better, doesn’t it? Then all you have to do is load up paper in your printer and print away. I used Cardstock for this but you could use anything you wanted.

Here is an example of how one page turned out for me. Then I got out my paper trimmer and set to work.

You could use this for your own journaling digital elements, photos in smaller formats for mini-albums, or for quotes in wallet size to keep with you at all times!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the artwork shown, for links to who does please see my Pinterest board. I am making no money from this tutorial or the finished album I am making.

 

Hope this helps you make some custom elements for your scrapbooks!

 

Much Love,

Tamara

Wordless Wednesday–Obsession

Weekend Wrap-up

Last week went by so fast! Life moves too fast!

Saturday I got to celebrate one of my besties birthdays. Amber and I made it a good one! Amber picked up balloons!

That’s the birthday girl!

We kept saying it was a balloon car wash.

Which the birthday girl Caitlyn loves, and I picked up a gluten free, and therefore guilt free, cake!

We then headed up to Greenbrier for some egg dying fun! I only ever remember dying eggs once, at someone elses house. Not only did I get to dye eggs but Caitlyn picked me up a Phineas and Ferb set! I love Phineas and Ferb cartoon! I'm such a kid sometimes!

After dying eggs we headed into town to pick up a book being held for me at Hastings. (3 used books for $21! Can't beat that!) Then it was time for fried rice! After all the yumminess we made way to air up the kiddie pool to float our drinks in!

And drinking we did! Good times!

Sunday I got to see a friend of 14 years that I haven't got to see in over a year. Oh how time flies! I got to try a new restaurant and talk for hours! And I got to see her new house that I'm jealous of (I will have a house of my own soon!). And she even let me borrow seasons 1-3 of True Blood!

Then Yesterday I worked on decor for a charity event. Wine corks on a Styrofoam ball! 

And this morning I joined the crowd and downloaded Instagram for Android!

 

~That’s my update… lots of photos! Thanks, Tamara

My weekend in photos!

Saturday Funday: Went to Savers and Goodwill with Melissa looking for things to use as upcycled materials for hair accessories for The Green Corner store and Etsy. Picked up several vinyl purses and some kids color denim. Even picked up a few belts for redo. We were also looking for cute decor ideas for Jexica's Wedding. Picked up some milk carafes and a green jug at Goodwill for centerpieces. 

Then went to Benton to hang out with Amber and hit up thrifty places in the area. Spent 2 hours in Blue Suede Shoes and found a ton of interesting things, like a red velvet full leotard, silver lamae goucho pants, clip on earrings, records, signs. Had to leave because the closed, but the Uniques and Antiques right next door was open and I picked up an awesome Wonder Woman watch in mint condition. 

After our phones died we hit up Hastings for happy hour half price coffee and some electricity. Decided to go see a movie, The Woman in Black... Big mistake... Saturday night, 750pm movie... full of teens... who have no cinema ettiquette. Good movie though. Then after we hit up walmart for milk and to sniff the new Axe for women.
Realized while doing so that certain perfumes/colognes bring back memories. Its astounding how easily a quick sniff transports you back to High School, Flag Camp, College...

Sunday Lazy: made some Pinterest inspired breakfast... not impressive, we overcooked them a bit.... But they looked pretty.

 

While they cooked I had some more awesome coffee from my Keurig! 

While I was perusing some Pinterest and organizing all my "likes" onto my boards I got a text from Jess and Kristin from the mall... Went and hung out for a bit... Picked up some clearance Sperry wedges for $31!

Poor Scott was bored all weekend without me in the house. But it was so good to get out and see some of my girls!
** Until I can figure out how to get the photos to not rotate, you will have to just tilt your head. Sorry peeps!**