The River Walk

My favorite part of our day in San Antonio was the River Walk. I've had a thing for cities with busy rivers through town since living in Turku, Finland. I'd walk home and to town along the river all the time, and I loved it. The walk along the San Antonio River was really awesome, at any time of day. We spent a lot of time just wandering, and stopped for lunch at a place called Acenar for some tasty fajita time. Later in the day, when we got out of randomly seeing Wreck it Ralph, the sun had set and we took a river tour at night (which I highly recommend). I'm certain I was smiling the whole time. I would love to stay at one of the hotels right on the river and walk around in the morning. Of course that would require spending an exorbitant amount of money on a hotel room, but a girl can dream.

where we ate lunch

a theater across the river (apparently Miss Congeniality filmed here)

 The river loops right up to the mall (where we saw the movie); they've set up the big Christmas tree already

- From the desk of Mrs. M

San Antonio

San Antonio is a beautiful place. We spent the day there and ended with a night river tour ride (definitely the way to do it). Our car window was smashed and car broken into (parked in a well lit parking lot; lots of bus and pedestrian traffic all around), so we ended the trip on a bad note (and with a very loud 2.5 hour drive back to Temple with all the windows down). The policeman said, "I hope this doesn't keep you from coming back to San Antonio!" I don't think it will. I would love to spend some more time there.

More photos and story to come when I get a new phone cord. And a planner. I feel so frazzled.

- Mrs. M

A Little Tip

Kyle has a four day weekend and I feel like putting off work (not really), so we're going on a little trip to San Antonio! We're going to spend Saturday in San An, and probably stay in New Braunfels for the night to check out Wurstfest and perhaps Faust Brewery on Sunday before heading home.

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- Mrs. M

Little Touches

This post gives you a glimpse into a number of the little decoration details I worked on and accumulated to make the day a little more fun, a little more pretty, and yes, a little more sparkly. I spent a lot of time on Etsy and Pinterest, getting ideas and ordering little things; with some I had a specific plan for, other things I thought "buy now, make it work later," especially since I was gathering all of the decoration down in Texas, and couldn't possibly envision exactly how everything would be used in the old PA farm. I warped some ideas I saw about the internets, and came up with some on my own as well. The farm is a big place to fill, and it has a lot of character on its own, so I didn't feel I had to fill every open space with something.  My aim, rather, was for there to be little some larger points of focus, and other little touches that some people would care about notice and others might not. I received many compliments on all of the little details I put into the decoration, and it really made me feel good that people appreciated and enjoyed the fruits of my frenzied wedding planning labor! I am usually one of those people who, if I want something done right I will just do it myself, but luckily I had my ladies and mom to help set up a couple days before the event, and they came up with some great ideas for where to place certain things, helped poof the tissue paper flowers, and overall made the daunting decorating process go very smoothly. The farm looked wonderful, I just couldn't get over it.

PS- I will try to source and give info on where I got everything at a later date. I don't have time to right now, but it may be a winter break project!

colorful striped and dotted straws

green/gold BHLDN dot strands donning the large support beams in the basement

random pom bouquet

DIY Doily Flowers, mostly made by Christy. Strung up alternating with heart coasters (BHLDN) with silver glittered clothespins, and custom burned clothespins.

tea lights in the walls of the basement for cocktail hour

custom napkins

tassels to spruce up the Caricature artists loft

 True story: this wax dripped on Kyle's coat a little bit. Whoops!
smile print from The Calm Gallery

I glitter spray painted these Xs and Os from Michael's

You are my Sunshine print from The Calm Gallery

stacked paper poofs to decorate the candy bar

print from The Calm Gallery

with custom clothespins

Our guest "stump" ready for signing

I stamped these little paper bags for the candy bar

drink menu and dinner menu

gold and silver spray pained animals, because they are fun

gift and guestbook table with random decor

chalkboard painted tree slices for signs; lots of mason jars and candles

spray painted letters

custom burlap flag banners

the program I made! 

and our cake topper

All photos by Jana Scott Photography.

- From the desk of Mrs. M