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Etsy Inspiration: Offbeat details

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:20:19 +0000

Although I don’t consider myself to be much of a traditionalist when it comes to weddings, there are a few things that I personally choose to keep in line with: wearing a white (or off-white) dress, providing a meal and loads of alcohol for your guests, wedding bands, vows, etc. The main stuff. Everything else, however, is definitely game for creative interpretation / re-imagination! Like these whimsical cake toppers and bouquets from Etsy:

Bouquets:
1. Handwired Paper Flowers
2. Custom Large Paper Bouquet
3. Dried Billy Button Bouquet
4. White Feather Bouquet

Toppers:
1. Classic Cute Couple Topper
2. Fall-themed Fancy Couple Topper
3. Hand sculpted blue birdies
4. Mr. and Mrs. Roboto (my favorite!)

Tying the Knot

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:09:02 +0000

This DIY bridal shower takes the knot theme to the extreme. I especially love the little thread-ball flowers and chandelier! Could this work for a breakup party too? He was “stringing” you along? Maybe not.

Designs by City Cradle Designs! See more at Hostess with the Mostess!

Wedding Inspiration!

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:11:35 +0000

It’d always seemed that the Big Day (or BFD as I like to think of it sometimes) only allowed for the standard chandeliers, ballrooms, grand floral centerpieces, some fancy-shmancy details and hoity-toity ambiance.

Totally not my thing. Or the boy’s thing. We pride ourselves on being comfortably casual and practical (also known as cheap and lazy). So we always knew we wanted to do something just a little offbeat. And we wanted to personalize it. And I myself had a desire to reach deep down into my cobwebby creative core … and emerge as a DIY diva extraordinaire.

Will that happen? The cheap side of me says yes. The lazy side…well.

Either way, first thing is first. Inspiration! Happy, sunny, squishy inspiration!

The now infamous Max and Margaux wedding. Their backyard banquet is a dream.

YELLOW! Is TEWTALLY going to be a color for me. It just screams summer and sunshine! Which are good things. Table design by Charm Event Design. See more on the Hostess with the Mostess!

Paper! Fancy streamers and garlands keep the feeling happy, but casual and hip! Thank you Martha Stewart!

I like goals.

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:14:54 +0000

Without clear goals, I get aimless and start to loathe myself and my life. I like always feeling that I’m working towards something – that way I can’t sit around and complain about the present or dwell on the past. Not that I really have all that much to complain about, but I prefer to keep things moving and improving. I plan to set and maintain my goals here, which will hopefully help me accomplish them sooner (and inspire me to set new and interesting ones).

Goals:

1) Learn how to cook 3 Korean Dishes proficiently (so that they’re edible).
2) Re-decorate and successfully cute-ify the condo.
3) Teach my cat how to use the toilet.
4) Run a half-marathon.
5) Plan, pay for, and enjoy a budget DIY wedding without losing my mind.

Old Married Fartville, Here I come!

admin — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:25:23 +0000

It’s official. I am engaged. I didn’t see it happening this soon. Since I’d been living with my very commitment-oriented lovey-dovey cheeseball boyfriend (I mean that in a good way)– I definitely knew it was coming, but tried not to think about it. Part of me wasn’t prepared to do all this grown-up stuff yet. But of course, I said yes, so here I am.

The purpose of this blog has changed many times over the past few years, with each idea never really getting off the ground. I had once hoped to dedicate it to my half-assed attempts (and hilarious failures) at becoming more domesticated – so now that I’m rapidly approaching wifehood, I figured this would be a good time to revive that theme. Enjoy!