The Pacific Northwest is known for being just a tad bit rainy, especially in the winter. After the wedding we stopped into some cute little shops near our hotel, and Steven bought some Portland raindrop magnets to put on our refrigerator. You can get your own set right here from bishopart. They’re just about the […]
My Favorite Wedding Blogs
If you’re planning a wedding, there are a ton of blogs out there with great ideas and advice. I flipped through a couple of bridal magazines, but with the exception of Martha Stewart Weddings, I found them all pretty boring and uninspiring. Most “traditional” wedding stuff just isn’t my taste, and I wanted to handmake […]
Sweets
Photo by Karla Z. We won’t have any of the official wedding photos for awhile, but I thought I’d share some of the ones taken by family and friends. I figured I’d start with the sweet stuff. As I’ve mentioned a few times, my sister Andrea made our cake. She spent several days in the […]
Catching my breath
It’s been a crazy week, but we got married on Sunday! For now we are trying to just relax and enjoy a few days together in Portland before we go back to the East coast, but I thought I’d share of few peaks from the wedding so no one dies of anticipation (kidding!) I’ll have […]
Wedding Invitations
Today we’re leaving for Portland to get married next weekend. I thought it would be a good time to share the wedding invitations that we sent our guests. Steven and I collaborated on them. I did an initial sketch, we went back and forth with the design a bit, then he inked, painted, and lettered […]
Fringed
Since I’m getting married in oh, 11 days, I apologize if I turn this into a wedding blog for a little while. But remember my ombré fabric project? I was thinking of cutting the fabric into strips and using it kind of like streamers, and then the other day I walked by an Urban Outfitters […]
New York Minute
This weekend we went to NYC again to see friends, especially the one who is going to be our wedding officiant. We’ve known her ever since we all lived in Portland at the same time, but we moved to San Francisco and then she moved to New York a couple of years ago, so it’s […]
Paper Rosettes Tutorial, Method II
On Tuesday I showed you one way of making paper rosettes/medallions, and here is another. I like the first method better, which is why I showed it to you first, but this one will give you fuller rosettes with a diameter of 6 inches instead of 8. It is pretty much the same as this […]
Spotty Coverage
I usually don’t bother to include my purse in my outfit post, because it’s often the same one, but this time I got more creative. Though I have a pile of vintage purses, moving my stuff from one purse to another is usually too much trouble. I literally stumbled across this one, though, and it […]