Painting Pottery

On Wednesday a few friends and I went to paint some pottery after work, at Practically Pikasso in Waco. It was a lot of fun, even though it took me forever to decide on what I wanted to do with my little asymmetrical bowl (something I plan to use, so long as the cats don't break it)! It's a really great activity to do with friends, as it takes a couple hours and you can chat the whole time. Somehow I don't think I've ever been to one of these places before, but I know I will be going again! I also learned it's a lot of fun to take pictures of art supplies- so colorful, and all sorts of shapes and sizes.

Our creations will be ready on next week; hopefully my little bowl will turn out well!

- From the desk of Mrs. M

Wednesday Weddings: Invites (a closer look)

Hux in my wedding box a few weeks ago. There's no room in it for him now!

Since our invitations went out last week, and I've already started getting RSVP cards in the mail, I thought I'd share a closer look at our invitations! They're from Wedding Paper Divas.

I found these online and thought they were perfect, as I knew I wanted to include mason jars and striped straws at the wedding. I originally wanted to customize the invite so one straw could be green, the other the raspberry color (of the heart), but the image is all together so they couldn't make that happen. I tried a couple different color variations after that, but I really like the simple raspberry heart I decided on. 

Once my Sarah and Kyle mason jar stamp arrived in the mail (stamped on the back of the envelopes), I got a little stamp crazy, and picked up a couple more at Michaels. I stamped a simple Thank You on the RSVP card envelope, just a little thanks the guests would see when sealing up the RSVP. 

For the RSVP card, I changed it last minute right before finalizing the order. I wanted to make it more clear exactly who would be attending, so I made sure to separate their name, their guest's name, and if they were attending or not. 

Since we're already married, I wanted it to be clear that we weren't ignoring that and pretending everything is the same as with  a typical wedding. I think I made it pretty clear with our save the dates (which say: "Kyle and Sarah McPherson are already married. Now it's time to celebrate!"), though they didn't go out to everyone (mostly people that would have to travel). I had to tweak the wording a bit, and had to come up with how our names should be presented. Typically you'd see first and last name of the couple, but as we already share the same last name, it'd look pretty weird to see "Sarah McPherson and Kyle McPherson..." So I came up with using our first and middle names, which makes it both a bit formal and avoids the odd repetition. 

I'm particularly proud of my simple solution to sharing registry information. At Home Depot they have these perfectly sized rounded square color samples, and my brain just put it together to glue a little slip of info to one and include it with each invitation. That way, it's not just a slip of paper that would easily get lost. And using paint samples is very "me," you know! ;)

The Weekend is Here

Kyle has today off, so it's a long, rainy weekend for us! 

A weekend of:

Grocery shopping

Visiting friends

Laundry

Movie watching

Making a registry

Maybe some wedding things I've ordered will arrive 

I also want to go to Michaels for some wedding craft inspiration. 

for example

I want to make these. For the wedding. I really do. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

A Little bit of Christmas

Getting a little bit of holiday cheer into the house before husband arrives! I apologize for all the glitter on the floor, Kyle.  Apparently Christmas brings out the Ke$ha in me. 

- From the desk of Mrs. M

DIY: Holiday Gift Tags

I caught a glimpse of this cool idea for making your own gift tags for Christmas on Pinterest, and you know how I love projects with paint samples, so I made a quick one today. I will have to go get more paint samples as my supply is running low. I also had to use tape since I have no glue, but it worked. Also, I think yarn would look better for the hanging loop. SO basically this is not the most polished project and maybe I should have waited to post better ones but you get the idea. They are easy to make, and you could do other things aside from Christmas trees. I also ordered Christmas cards today... I guess I'm getting a little into the holiday spirit; this will afterall be our first married Christmas (whether we get to celebrate together on the day or not) so I thought it was fitting to send cards from the both of us.

Update: Here is a photo of more tags I made when my supplies had been refilled!

- From the desk of Mrs. M