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wake up early: make banana bread and bulletin boards
I love mornings. The day is full of possibilities and so much time. The world is still quiet. And for some reason, waking up early on the weekends is way easier than waking up early during the week,...
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salt dough ornaments
Its almost time to start thinking of holidays, but not quite yet. I am a firm believer that Christmas starts after Thanksgiving. These salt dough ornaments are a good intro into holiday time. They...
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a plaid christmas tree
Over the weekend, I started to panic when I realized that we didn’t really have any Christmas ornaments! So you know, I just whipped some up real quick like so the tree wouldn’t be naked. I decided on...
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silver and gold…. no, just gold.
Who said pumpkins are just for fall? We spray painted all the things gold. For the pumpkins, we spray painted them, cut some decorative holes, and made them into festive lanterns. We also gold-ified...
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festive and bright
My mom, sister, and I made these for a little crafting experiment. I like the idea of a little fabric or paper banner for the wedding, so we tried out a couple tutorials we found to see what we could...
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love stamps
This morning we looked at a wedding venue! Just to see. Because we are getting married. (I still can’t believe it sometimes.) We don’t know exactly when or where we are going to get married yet, but I...
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flowers and dump trucks
I am lucky that I babysit two of the cutest kids in the world. I have known them since they were born, so it has been a treat to watch them grow into tiny 4-year-old and 2-year-old people. Little Miss...
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conversation heart mini pillow
Those little conversation hearts are always one of my favorite parts of Valentine’s season. I think I still have boxes of them hoarded from last year… I sewed up this little plush rendition for my...
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bridesmaid cards
1. I like sewing on paper. 2. I haven’t sewed on paper in a while. And that is how the idea of these cards came to be. I sewed the little card pockets together, then added the middle insert. I like the...
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cows on cards
It was my dear Ma’s birthday last week. I like to make her blank note cards, and since there was just a new baby cow born on the farm, I made a bunch of little cow cards. The little gang of paper cows...
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spring craft break
I took a pretend Spring Break to go home and do wedding crafts with my ma. It was the best thing ever. We did some painting, a little printing and coloring, some fabric finding, and lots of spray...
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i pre-ordered stamps
That’s right. Its like I don’t even know myself anymore. I think I am almost finally done with our invitations. It will actually be kinda weird when they are done, because I will have to find something...
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our save the dates
Things I learned about save the dates: 1. If you have an idea in your head of what you want, just go for it. 2. If you make them yourself, something will probably go wrong, and you should just remember...
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making invites
So real talk: It took me a very long time to make our wedding invites. Now, I did choose something crazy, and I totally knew what I was getting into, but there were times when I thought that they I...
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pocket square perfection
I have been searching for pocket squares for weeks. I knew I wanted a variety of patterns. I knew I was going to sew a little something on them. I found these squares at Hugh & Crye. I really liked...
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a badge of honor
I made this little award badge for my ma. Because she is the best ma, and she fills my heart with rainbows.
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recipe card wedding rsvp
I thought this was one of my more brilliant ideas. We included a recipe card with our RSVP cards, and asked our guests to write down a favorite recipe to mail back with their response. We thought it...
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little details
I have read lots of things online about the little details at weddings. From some wedding websites, you are led to believe by the amazing photos that all the little details matter. Others advise that...
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wedding project: wooden sign
Our wedding was very homemade. Like the it-was-in-my-backyard-and-we-made-all-the-food brand of homemade. We planned out most of it, but there were a lot of little serendipity projects right at the...
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