Wedding:
A week ago we attended the wedding of one of Chad's friends from college. The wedding was at Liberty Hall in Lawrence. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Liberty Hall. I've only been twice to see movies. We saw The Artist there this winter and it was the perfect venue for a silent film.
Since it is a movie theater, the wedding ceremony took place on the stage in front of a gorgeous gold curtain. The guests were seated in the balcony. It was really cool!
After the ceremony, everyone went downstairs for the reception. I didn't get photos of the ceremony, but I did pull out the camera at the reception!
They did a thumbprint guest book (I ♥!)
Jacinta and baby Joaquin
Jill and I
The guys
Their invitations and programs were so pretty. Silhouettes are coming back...seen some on pinterest.
And did I tell you about the food?!? It was incredible. So many fresh fruits, numerous types of cheese, salami and so much more. I adored their food!!
The bride's gown looked vintage. Lots of pretty lace :)
Birthday:
My good friend, Jeinny's 22nd birthday was this week. I had seen these cupcakes on pinterest and thought I could tackle the project. I was surprised at how easy...and fun... they are to make!
Chad was convinced they really looked like hamburgers. He was expecting them to TASTE like hamburgers.
So really they are just yellow cupakes with brownies as burgers and frosting as condiments.
Here is the tutorial I used to make them: Burger Cupcakes
Crafts:
I've been crafting quite a bit after work. Some people think it's silly, but we all know that I go a little overboard...
I love holiday decor!!
That's a patriotic wreath for the front door. But it's sort of boring. I'll have to play with it today to see what I can come up with.
Been trying to use mostly items that I have in the craft hoard. So I've spent very little for any of my 4th of July decorations.
I have my entry table set up with items. The wall looks so bare...but there's a project that might be perfect for that spot!
There are so many yarn wreaths online. So I just winged it and came up with a simple pattern.
My grandma had a cute little jelly jar with the mason jars she gave to me last month. So I put in red, white, blue and a yellow button.
Bought this guy at Dollar Tree a couple of year ago.
The frames are from Dollar Tree, the scrapbook paper was super cheap and the letters were something like 50 cents each. And I love them!!!!
Ribbon was on sale at Hobbly Lobby last week. I used thick flag ribbon, medium thickness red polka dot ribbon and a thinner width navy ribbon. Let me tell ya...this take a lot of ribbon. I ran out quickly. But my styrofoam ball was pretty big. It's supposed to be a topiary, but the bottom of the ball is empty until I get more ribbon.
This is what inspired me:
The ceramic stars are from a garage sale...The yarn was in my stash...The flag was Dollar Tree and so was the basket.
This might be my favorite item:
SO easy!! I want to make more to put along our picket fence in the front yard.
I used duct tape to make the stripes and I cut out stars from scrap paper and taped them to the burlap.
I did have to buy 2 cans of spray paint, but there are other projects they can be used for, too.
Here's the other spray paint project:
I didn't have white spray paint. Will have to grab some today to finish.
Went to St. John's Mexican Fiesta last night with Chad, Linda and Kaelum.
Chad and I had not gone for a couple of years. So it was fun. Ran into Nick and sat with him to eat and to hang out.
Totally forgot to take photos of my dinner. Real enchiladas with potatoes and peas (yum!) and a tamale.
So to make up for the lack of food photos, here is me digging into a slice of peach pie:
The women of the church make hundreds of confetti eggs and the kids go crazy with them. The empty eggshell is filled up with confetti and then they put a strip of tissue paper over it. The point is to crack the egg over someone's head and have confetti spill all over them.
Kaelum got his grandma!
Early in the evening, they have kids dancing on stage in wonderful costumes.
And here are some random photos of people I know...and people I don't know.
Good times!
