Keep on keeping on!

This is the quote of my life right now. All I can do is keep going and hope that the next 55 days go as smooth as possible.

This weekend my mom and I got SO much accomplished (and are still going). Some people may think we are nuts (ahem, dad!), but we enjoy this little thing called event design. So much that we hope to start a business together one day. Everything we are creating now is a foundation for that. So many possibilities for those that dont have time, don't like to deal with the details and can't envision their event, can come to us. We can totally see it... believe us!

Here is our list of things we completed-All CUSTOM:

- Table numbers
- Reserved signs for the church
- Reserved signs for the tables
- Name tags for bridal party
- Name tags for memory cabinet
- Coloring books
- Letter H for the ceremony (yay!)
- Gift sign
- Send off sign
- Favor sign
- Props (some--not all are our designs)
- Guest sign in
- Dessert labels
- Food labels


SHEW! And thats in 48 hrs. Goodness, what would I do without photoshop and an awesome creative mom (& a trusty printer)?!  You would think with all of that we would be close to done but we are working on the bridesmaids gifts later tonight... And with all of that, I leave you with a little sneak peek of two of the above...

My "H" and a prop! Jayda tested and approved!

That's all for wedding stuff now... House update soon!

Photo Dump

My brain is mush and I am so behind on life happenings. So here is a big ol mash of stuff, made into collages for your viewing pleasure :)

So, we bought a copula for the house. Found it on Craigslist from some pretty awesome people up in Indiana for $250. They had a cute little farm with chickens, 3 or 4 Golden retrievers and, wait for it.... A POT BELLY PIG! Sadly, I did not get any pictures of him. Fail on my end. Gosh he was so cool!

Also, I made the two big decisions on  pieces for the house... the bathroom vanity and an old pie safe! The vanity was originally $899 on sale for $399 at the peddlers mall. Yep, that's how I roll! Saw it posted on Craiglist (I'm seeing a trend) went the next day and bought it. Boom! The pie safe is for the wedding then I will probably re-do it for the house. I think its so cute! Oh, and it was found for $150 on Craiglist. Shocker, I know. What do you think of our 3 big purchases?

On to the next one...

Often times, I drive Tyler out to work on the house after work. One day while we were waiting on some others to show up we took some pictures of our the fruit we have growing on our land! I just love my pear on a pear :)

Check out the creeper face from Tyler. He is good at that. Also, good at getting our non existent mail. Soon enough, I'm painting that ugly mailbox. Good thing about it? Its one of those HUGE mailboxes so I can receive large amounts of Amazon/Ebay/Etsy orders.. yippie! 

The next week my family from Okie Homie came to visit! They drove out to see the place and make fun of us for making a huge mistake congratulated us on the house! ;) Little man was very excited to see the "big truck" and rode around the farm on it. 

That weekend was also Little Mans 2nd birthday! He is growing up so fast! We went to eat at Outback, and then Buzz opened all his goodies!

He tried to blow his candles out but then decided Woody would to a better job and almost caught his forehead on fire. Little Man= Sid. 

His Auntie M/Aunt Moggie and Aunt MiMi sure did love having him around for the weekend!

Next up... More house updates coming your way. It's too late for me to keep going. Yes, I'm old and I get tired at 11:00 and I also need to eat my ice cream before it melts.

 Aunt Moggie out! 

What wedding?

In the midst of all this house madness, there is still a wedding to plan believe it or not. So lets back up a few months... ok like 5 months. Back in April, 5 out of 7 of my lovely maids joined me at Bridal Warehouse to find their dresses for the big day. Back then, we thought this wedding was worlds away, now look at where we are. 64 days. 64! I will have a HUSBAND in 64 days! Total freak out moment! Anyway... What I thought would be a difficult venture really turned out to be quite simple. At first, having 7 girls with different heights, shapes, likes and dislikes, I was worried. Plus ,I wanted them to have something comfortable and I had to please one that lived in Hawaii and one in North Carolina via photo text... gosh I love smart phones :)

My sister (Matron of Honor) brought the rest of the girls bags full of goodies! She had "B" written all over the bag. See, everything we are doing has 90% of the time started with a B... Bardstown, Blue, Baptist, Books, Burlap.. you get the picture... IT was a cute little gift :)

Katie and Shannon were like kids at Christmas!

AWE SHANNON! Love you girl!

Amy and Katie shopping till they drop 

Sarah AKA sexy duck :)

Brenda Boo explaining what she liked about this dress

Below  is what they all agreed on! Except, not in purple.  PS- If you ever need a good knowledgeable person to help you at Bridal Warehouse, Bethany behind that computer right there is your girl! She just saw me last week at my sisters fitting and totally remembered me! She is so sweet :)

Bridesmaid pumps

I LOVE ALL MY GIRLIES! We missed you Christie and Tiff!!!! 

We then headed to Applebees to stuff our faces. That how we roll.

Demolition Derby

This has been the most exciting part of this whole process! Seeing this place get flipped turned upside down... I'd like to take a minute just sit right there...

Sorry Fresh Prince flashback... bet you sang it though.

Anyway, I haven't been keeping up in real time so the following pictures are about 2-3 weeks ago. I'll get caught up eventually...

Out with the old!

Think I'm gonna sell that door... any takers?

 Yep, we found some hardwood under there! It is actually in REALLY good condition however, we have to cut the floors out to get under the house to jack it up. So, Molly gets the floors she's always wanted! hip hip hooray!

Wood everywhere!

The next week my mom and I pull up to this... AHHHHHHH! The house was lookin' janky. But I had faith it would all be ok!

             

      New Windows!

Poles for porch

yay lumber!

He was all sweaty...

   So whats going on here? They've ripped the bottom of the house off! No really, thats basically what had to happen. They dug the footer for the front porch and marked the new front door placement. Also, my contractor taking a diet coke break... it's ok, I allowed it.

King of the castle.

This house be lookin' crazy underneath! There was termite damage but it's not active now. So, the next phase for the men is to jack up the house and put new boards underneath. The next step for us women, is to pick the cabinets, flooring, vanities etc.

Here is  the route I'm thinking of taking...

Here are a few inside demo pictures that will really wow you... they did me anyway!

BACK PART OF BATHROOM

OLD CLOSETS, NOW PART OF OUR BEDROOM

My dad is standing in what will be our walk in closet/laundry room area. The middle walls you see will be knocked down eventually and that will all be our open master bedroom :)

MY JOHNNY BOY :)

Can anyone picture it yet? Will can.

Again, more to come soon! They are moving faster than I can write these posts!