Table Numbers

The table numbers are done!

This was EASY. 

Use quart size mason jars (make sure to buy them with the zinc lids). 

Tie some bakers twine around the lid and the mouth of the jar.

Put a sticker on the lid (got my stickers at Michaels-$4.99, with a 50% coupon it was $2.50).

Then added some buttons in the bottom.

The only thing left to do-the day of the wedding-is to add a candle!

Thanks for the first set of stickers, Aunt Lorraine!

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Plate Dress Up

I am watching my plate collection start to dwindle. My mom has taken on the job of hand-washing every single plate and packaging them nicely in plastic tubs. She has spent the last few weeks taking a few stacks at a time to her house. The good news...I ONLY have about 250 dessert, salad, and dinner plates left, waiting to get their turn in the bubble bath. No big deal, right Mom? 

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Scrabble Pieces Framed

Hey Charlie.

My $2 Scrabble game has been put to crafting use.

Add an IKEA frame to the mix and you are set.

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xoxo

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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Button Swap Meet

So, I have buttons out the wazoo, but, unfortunately, I don't have the right colored buttons.  : (

Buttons?-you ask. You'll just have to wait and see.

I need different shades of purple, gray, and green. If anyone digs out their bag of random buttons and wants to do a button swap meet, please message me!

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Honeymoon

WE BOOKED OUR HONEYMOON!

We may not have a caterer, an officiant, or a lot of the other details figured out for our wedding, but we do have our honeymoon flights booked. I mean that's pretty important, right? After hours and hours on Orbitz, we finally decided on a destination and travel dates. Ok, let's be honest, "we" didn't decide on anything. I may or may not have told Damon where we were traveling to. We aren't doing the typical: get married and run off to an exotic location immediately after the wedding and reception. We are actually waiting an entire month after the wedding to venture across the Atlantic. We are headed to Venice, Italy (September 1), and have 14 days to travel and do whatever our little hearts desire. I already have an overly ambitious itinerary, but hopefully Damon will force me to take a little time for R & R.

Our itinerary will hopefully include:

Venice-day trip to Verona, 

Slovenia

Salzburg, 

Vienna, 

Prague, 

Nuremberg
(Realistically-I doubt we will get to Prague and Nuremberg)

or

 Part of me wants to explore areas of Italy where I have never been...
like the Amalfi Coast or Cinque Terre...

I guess this is all a good problem to have.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

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R + D

My new stamp arrived. :)

Etsy: Doodlebug Design