*And I did not know when I made the board that those are paper plates! They look glass to me!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Red, Aqua and Blue Wedding Inspiration Board
I hope you enjoy another Wedding Inspiration Board! Let me know what you think about these colors. Do you have any color combinations you'd like to see on an Inspiration Board? You might just see those ideas on a future post ;)
*And I did not know when I made the board that those are paper plates! They look glass to me!
*And I did not know when I made the board that those are paper plates! They look glass to me!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Halloween Decorations!
I'm getting really excited that Halloween is right around the corner, because then it's Thanksgiving, and then it will be Christmas!! :)
I found some cool Halloween Decorating ideas from the Martha Stewart website, so I hope you like them!
These first two pictures are of how you can make fake spiderwebs around your house...
This second example of fake spiderwebs is much easier. You can use old or cheap white pantyhose, make cuts in them, and then stretch them out to get the effect that you are looking for.
These plates and this cup were made my taking a plate/cup of another color and cutting the edges with decorative scissors. Then, you can hot glue the decorative plate on top of the regular plate, and slide a regular cup into the decorative one!
I found some cool Halloween Decorating ideas from the Martha Stewart website, so I hope you like them!
These first two pictures are of how you can make fake spiderwebs around your house...
This first one was done by setting hot glue pads (or newspaper, something like that) around what you want to spiderweb-ify. (Yes, I'm a complete genius when it comes to making up words!) Using a hot glue gun, squeeze out about a dime size drop of glue on the newspaper. Then, dip the tip of the hot glue gun into the glue. When you lift the glue gun out of the drop of glue, it will start making a "trail" of the dried glue, that you can just wrap around whatever you're working on!
This second example of fake spiderwebs is much easier. You can use old or cheap white pantyhose, make cuts in them, and then stretch them out to get the effect that you are looking for.
These plates and this cup were made my taking a plate/cup of another color and cutting the edges with decorative scissors. Then, you can hot glue the decorative plate on top of the regular plate, and slide a regular cup into the decorative one!The final two pictures show how you can use pumpkins as flower vases or baskets. They're pretty cool, and I would've never thought to use pumpkins like this before!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Sweet Treats!
I love Candy! Pretty much every type!
When I went to my good friend Lacey's wedding last Halloween, she had a cute little "Candy Bar" (Seriously, that just came to my mind and I about died with excitement for my creativity. Of course, I'm sure someone else thought of that way before I did!) set up at her reception. Here's a picture of hers:
When I went to my good friend Lacey's wedding last Halloween, she had a cute little "Candy Bar" (Seriously, that just came to my mind and I about died with excitement for my creativity. Of course, I'm sure someone else thought of that way before I did!) set up at her reception. Here's a picture of hers:
I decided to look online and see what other people had come up with for their own candy tables. Hope you like what you see...and then go out and treat yourself to some candy :)
Friday, September 17, 2010
Orange Themed Wedding
~I had read about the website Polyvore where you can put together different images of things you like and make collages or inspiration boards with them. I told my sister about the website and we both have been hooked making all kinds of boards. I will admit, lots of hers look so much better than mine...we just both have that very different eye, but they all turn out great!
~What's cool about this site is as you search for images to add to your "set," polyvore saves the information about the object, such as where it can be purchased, and for how much, so later on you will know where to go to find them! It's pretty neat. For instance, you can click on the image of this inspiration board, and it will take you to a polyvore website displaying my board. As you scroll your mouse over the picture, boxes will appear outlining each object. When you go to a certain object, another little box will pop up giving a description of it! It's like the computer has a mind of it's own. Oh, wait....
~Anyway, here is one of the first ones that I made, while watching Whose Wedding is it Anyway, which is why the first one was a wedding theme. haha. Hope you just like the colors :)
~*And I want the shoes!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
do nothing
This isn't a normal inspiring post. Nothing creative or crafty. Nothing at all like that. Yet, still stomething inspiring.
This past weekend, my family, along with 3 other families, went to Jellystone Campground in Luray, VA for Labor Day. I had been soooo excited to go and was glad that I was able to schedule my RA duty around these days. And let me tell you. It was so worth it. I almost made the mistake of taking my planner with me, because I take it everywhere with me. But at the last second, as I was packing up the last few things, I told myself, "I don't need this. Why am I going to take it?" So I threw it on my desk and it sat there until I got back to school.
I can count on one hand the amount of times I thought about school or the work I had to do when I got back. I knew I had right much to do, but I also knew that I already needed this break.
On the way to Luray, Matt and I listened to a wide variety of music, but I'd have to say that my favorite thing we listened to was my Phineas and Ferb soundtrack. Yes, I am twenty and that cartoon is my favorite show. I have no idea why, but that show always makes everything better. One of the songs on the soundtrack is called "Do Nothing Day." I told Matt that I seriously needed one of those days. He just said, "Well, that's what this weekend is for. To do nothing." And just knowing that I was about to spend the next 3 days with some amazing people and just relax felt amazing, and made me even more excited to get there (if that was even possible!)
And one more thing. When I first went inside our cabin, I took my phone out of my pocket, checked the time, turned it off, and left it on the table. It stayed off until I checked it Saturday evening, just to see if any of the RAs had texted me. No messages. It went back off. I checked again Sunday night. One message. And I didn't even care. I loved having my phone turned off and off of me.
So, this past weekend, and of course, Phineas and Ferb, inspired me to have more planned Do Nothing Days. Let's face it, we all need those days!
This past weekend, my family, along with 3 other families, went to Jellystone Campground in Luray, VA for Labor Day. I had been soooo excited to go and was glad that I was able to schedule my RA duty around these days. And let me tell you. It was so worth it. I almost made the mistake of taking my planner with me, because I take it everywhere with me. But at the last second, as I was packing up the last few things, I told myself, "I don't need this. Why am I going to take it?" So I threw it on my desk and it sat there until I got back to school.
I can count on one hand the amount of times I thought about school or the work I had to do when I got back. I knew I had right much to do, but I also knew that I already needed this break.
On the way to Luray, Matt and I listened to a wide variety of music, but I'd have to say that my favorite thing we listened to was my Phineas and Ferb soundtrack. Yes, I am twenty and that cartoon is my favorite show. I have no idea why, but that show always makes everything better. One of the songs on the soundtrack is called "Do Nothing Day." I told Matt that I seriously needed one of those days. He just said, "Well, that's what this weekend is for. To do nothing." And just knowing that I was about to spend the next 3 days with some amazing people and just relax felt amazing, and made me even more excited to get there (if that was even possible!)
And one more thing. When I first went inside our cabin, I took my phone out of my pocket, checked the time, turned it off, and left it on the table. It stayed off until I checked it Saturday evening, just to see if any of the RAs had texted me. No messages. It went back off. I checked again Sunday night. One message. And I didn't even care. I loved having my phone turned off and off of me.
So, this past weekend, and of course, Phineas and Ferb, inspired me to have more planned Do Nothing Days. Let's face it, we all need those days!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
a website with everything!
One website that I love to look at and find things I'd like to buy (but never actually do!) is Etsy.com. It's a site where people can sell their own handmade things and it's amazing to see what some people can make!
In particular, I like to search for crafty things. I love crafts and I wish I were as creative as some people are, but I kinda try.
Here are some things I just found on Etsy that are similar to what has inspired me before.
These are fabric yo-yo's...used for quilting and probably some other stuff that I don't know about! My great grandma used to make these a whole lot and made a quilt out of them. She would use a whole lot of different types of fabrics when making them and I would always pick out my paper. One time when we went to visit her at the river, she taught me how to make them and sent me home with circles of different fabrics that she had already cut out, some thread, and a needle. In my attempt to make these yo-yos, I think I stopped after making no more than ten, because I was frustrated that they weren't coming out as good as Grandma's!
I love making bracelets out of string. I normally use embroidery thread. I love how many different colors you can find and how many stores have huge packs that you can get for so little. I just love them :) But this bracelt looks really cool, and I'd love to sit down one day and figure out how to make one for myself!
And last but not least, ornaments :) I actually have painted and made some Christmas ornaments over the past few holiday seasons. Of course, I can't make the perfect Nemo on the outside of a ball ornament, but I have painted glass ornaments that you can usually buy at Walmart, Ben Franklin, etc.
My favorite one I painted would have had to been where I used this glitter glue that had silver glitter and then snowflake confetti pieces in it. I painted the inside of the ornament and it turned out really cool!
I've also taken a few bottles of Christmasy color paints (red, green, gold, white, silver) and squeezed a little bit on the inside and tilted the ornament until the paint left a cool design. Then, I repeated with all of the other colors; it kind of turned out looking a bit like stained glass. Very fun too :)
Friday, August 13, 2010
Luck
I always say I'm so lucky that Matt is my boyfriend and that I have the best boyfriend in the entire world. Hands down.
Ok, in all honesty, what girl doesn't say that?!?! haha
I came across this picture, and I think it was from a fun engagement shoot...not 100% sure. Either way, it's very fun :)
Ok, in all honesty, what girl doesn't say that?!?! haha
I came across this picture, and I think it was from a fun engagement shoot...not 100% sure. Either way, it's very fun :)
I love how in today's time, photographers have come up with creative and unique ways to take a couple's pictures--engagement and wedding. Not just the traditional family photos, etc. that you would normally see at a wedding. In addition to all those nice pics, they throw in a few fun pictures. I especially love seeing pictures of bridal parties jumping....they're even better on the beach.
So, hopefully this post will inspire you to get creative and think outside the box more when taking pictures. Even the simplest of things can make a picture look a thousand times better!
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