Things I suddenly find myself wanting

…that I didn’t even think twice about before.

Succulents in jars with burlap table runners.

 

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…or just some potted ones.

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Striped Straws in grey.

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to use for drinking out of cute jars

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and lace-wrapped bouquets

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with a little hanging down…

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It’s amazing how much my vision has changed since starting this wedding-planning adventure 12 months ago!!  Some details I gawked at a year ago are now on my want must have list…crazy.

Kodak $15

right now you can get a $15 credit on Kodak gallery!  Just thought I’d spread the word…  I used mine a couple weeks ago to make holiday cards!

so if you have a disc full of wedding/engagement pics that you’ve been meaning to get printed…now’s your chance!  or if you want to make super cute holiday cards like me…you can do that too!  Go here and click the link on the bottom left (or here) to get your $15!

Our Wedding Has a Poster

I never actually planned on having a wedding poster…it just kind of happened…here’s how it all went down.

Back toward the end of September I won a free poster size print from a blog giveaway!!!  (hooray for winning!!)  When I got the email with the info on how to redeem this free print…I noticed I only had ONE MONTH to come up with something!!  Well there goes my grand plan of waiting till after the wedding and having one of my favorite pictures printed.  I briefly toyed with the idea of dressing my two cats up in little outfits and taking their picture and having that printed*…but I quickly convinced myself that no…I should really use this for something WEDDING related!

That’s when I remembered all the lovely wedding posters I had seen on Etsy!

via ello there on Etsy

via unless someone like you on Etsy

I loved the simple/whimsical/fun tone of these posters!  I thought to myself…how cute would it be to have something like this displayed at our wedding reception and then later hang in our home…a keepsake of our wedding for us to treasure long after the day is done!?!?  SOLD!  Now…if I only had mad design skills (trust me…If it isn’t clipart I can insert into powerpoint…I’m clueless)…oh but maybe I can find someone to design one FOR me!!  I mean this blog-world is FULL of awesomely creative peeps!!

So that’s exactly what I did…I contacted the talented Budget-Savvy-Bride turned awesome-designer to see if she could whip up something fun and Nebraska-ish for me.  I sort of spat a lot of random ideas at her (“I want corn..and a windmill…and some little cute birdies…and a lot of open space for signatures!”)…which I’m sure sounded totally nuts.

Well bless my little heart…the girl pretty much took the image RIGHT OUT OF MY HEAD and put it on paper.

So without further ado…I give you…Our Corn-Country Love-Bird Wedding Poster…

sorry…had to blur out the date…gotta keep some stuff private.

Ummm…is it not super-amazingly-perfect?!  I LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!  The plan is to have our wedding-party and immediate family sign it at the rehearsal dinner…and then display it at our reception…and later in our home!!  Oh wedding-blog-land…how I love thee!!

*kidding…I would never dress my cats in little outfits…ok fine…maybe if they actually let me I would…

more hair envy

I LOVE her hair…I’m envisioning something like this for myself…

 

OK there might be a little wedding envy too…

*all phots via Tec Petaja…oh so lovely.

A yarn lover’s dream

I have a zillion things to blog about…but haven’t had the time (or energy…) but when I came across these images on Once Wed I just HAD to share…a wedding full of YARN!  Yes YARN!  (well actually it is an inspirational shoot…but if this is the inspiration…imagine how great the wedding will be!)

brace yourself for the greatest ring shot of all time…

brilliant no?!  I’m considering bringing a ball of purple Malabrigo along to the wedding just so I can score a similarly awesome ring shot!

I have an embarrassingly large stash full of random skeins of yarn…I can’t help it…there’s just something about the different colors and fibers that I can’t get enough of…I often wish I could just decorate our house with yarn balls…but we have cats…not such a good combo.  This wedding is pretty much a yarn-lovers dream no?

*all pics by Kellan Studios via Once Wed…go here to see more!

Garter-knit style!

My friend Christy just posted her wedding garter pattern on Ravelry!!

I’ll be sporting one on my wedding day…thanks to the talented knitter herself…we’re thinking purple ribbon or purple lace….hmmmmm….I haven’t decided yet!

So if you would like to knit a garter of your very own…or have someone knit it FOR you…head over to Yarn & Snow and get the pattern!!  OR if you’re on Ravelry… go here!

Gah…I wish I could just write super amazing patterns…yeah right I struggle enough just reading them…

 

Even my little sis…

likes corn pics…

pic via Becky Novacek’s blog

my little sister’s sr. pics just showed up in my google reader today!!  I stumbled upon Becky’s blog a while back…she is a photog from my tiny little hometown in Nebraska!  Super right!?  I emailed my  sis and told her she had to book her for her sr. pics…and I’m glad I did b/c they turned out awesome!  (of course she won’t admit that it was ME that pointed her in Becky’s direction…but I’m taking credit for it anyways)

Did I mention I like corn pics??

…because I do!

(the last one is my favorite!)

all pics via Jagger Photography…for more beautiful-ness from this wedding…go here and here!!

Happy Birthday to ME!

that’s right…it’s my birthday today!!  the big 2-7….eeeeeeek!  and although neither Nori or Mini brought me a cupcake* this morning…a year ago today Nori was wearing a little shinny ring around her neck!

So yes…it is also officially our one year engage-iversary!  Crazy how fast this year went by…guess it’s time to buckle down and get this wedding-thing going…only 7 more months!!

*Lance DID bring me lots of choc-chip pumpkin bread…carrot cake…AND tulips this morning!  He knows me all too well

The Other Half

OK so finally here are some pics from the race…overall it was really fun.  The first 7 miles went by quick with gorgeous views…then the hills started.  I believe we gained 200ft in a little over a mile and a half…yeah.  But we survived…and took some photos along the way!!  So I guess I will just let the pics do the rest of the talking…

Waiting for the race to start…it was cold!!

everyone getting ready at the start

rounding mile 2

pit stop at mile 4

looking ahead after mile 6

a nice guy stopped and offered to take our pic for us!

drummers bringing us into mile 12!

and we made it!  re-hydrating with some free Moab brews!

pretty views along the Colorado River!

Bib and Medal shot!

oh and I couldn’t forget the FREE pint glass we got for signing up early!!  (notice Mini giving it her approval!)

So there ya have it…the Moab Other Half.  Pretty neat race!  I have no idea what our next race will be…maybe the SLC 1/2 in April??