The Wedding of the Century...well at least from my Point of View!!

I married my best friend on June 4th! 

      It was the most wonderful day, I couldn't have asked for anything to go better than it did! The weather was perfect, the ceremony went flawlessly (well except for my dad stepping on my train..but that was actually pretty funny)...and the reception was a blast. It was great to see friends I had not seen for a while, and of course amazing to get married!

I wish I could share this day with everyone...but the best I can do is share some of the photos...These photos show some of the finished products of the DIY projects I have blogged about before as well as some pictures from the wedding!! I was also lucky enough to have a photographer friend....and she did a trash the dress session for me..FREE of Charge!!..and It turned out AWESOME!!

My wedding was truly the happiest day of my life! I hope you enjoy the pictures!!

Cake Description Chalkboard I Painted

The Test Tube wedding Favors

Quilt Table for my "wishes quilt"

One of the squares from my quilt!!

Bouquet Charm I ordered off ETSY..the husband had a matching one on his boutonniere!

the wedding!!

the Ring pillow my mother made!!

Ribbon Wands!

Personalized Embroidered Koozies my mother made!! -I painted the boxes!1

Pinwheels for the kids

the Pinwheel garden displays!

Birdcage card holder I painted and decorated (banner from ETSY)

Trash the Dress Session!!

My Happily Ever After!!

So here's to my together-forever kinda love!
<3 A

Unique Wedding Favors...My Style!__ Another DIY project

  What does every bride want...

• A beautiful dress
• The perfect groom
• Great food
• To have a good time

and the list could go on... but if you look to the root of it all..

Every bride wants their day to be special, and to reflect the relationship they share with their betrothed

So, this brings me to my upcoming wedding. I, like every other bride, looked for cute options to make my day SPECIAL! I have talked about various things before that I have done to accomplish this; such as wedding wands, a card cage, and a pinwheel garden.

But this idea was actually the first one I thought of only weeks after we were engaged...so about 18 months ago...

Now backstory... I am a first year medical student and graduated from college last year with a degree in biology. My fiance' is starting dental school in June (2 days AFTER the wedding), and also graduated from college last year with a degree in biology (yeah...that's how we met!!)....
point being....we are big science nerds...but the cool kind!?!?!

So.. My FANTABULOUS wedding favor idea..... TEST TUBES!!!

I know what you thinking...how can test tubes fit into any wedding...unless you are having it in a laboratory... and though I do LOVE SCIENCE...I am not having my wedding in a lab...

So My Idea....
Order Test Tubes
Order Cork Stoppers
Order NERDS (the candy....because test tubes are nerdy...and we are too...cheesy I know!!!!!)
Order custom labels that are the wedding color with our names, date, and location of wedding.
and Get bows to put on top of cork somehow....

and that's what we did...

We Got the Nerds

We got 500 test tubes (I would go with plastic...the glass ones kept breaking when putting together..._)

We found bows to go on the top!

We started on em...

and they started coming together.....

My mother and her friends may have put the nerds in them....while drinking wine of course!!

I found baskets and of course put the "Wedding Ribbon" on them

And Chris' best friend help me design these labels!!

 

 

 

Test Tube project complete!!

I am beyond happy with my wedding favors, and I know my guests will say ... "That's soo Chris and Alex"..... Well that and the coozies they are getting!! Anywho..I am just glad that I am able to bring some personality into my wedding and just CANNOT wait!!

27 days and counting!

Here's to being yourself!!
<3 A

Wedding Favors...Child Style!!

       In the midst of my studies last block, I discovered Etsy. This was both a good and bad discovery as I ABSOLUTELY love Etsy, and I was shopping rather than studying! I could spend HOURS (and still can) just looking at all the beautiful things people can make. As usual, in my shopping fits, I bought a few things...
      Well I of course have wedding fever as one month from today I will make the transition from Miss. to Mrs. So most of my Etsy shopping revolved around my wedding. Now, I already had my wedding favors which are candy filled test tubes (I'll write about these next...they are AMAZING ...well at least in my opinion.). So I couldn't justify buying any of the beautiful favors on the website. However, I did buy this lovely cards sign, to hand on the birdhouse I turned into a little project (add pain, ribbons, and such) to have a card cage.

        I also bought some bouquet charms with our initials to add a little rustic touch to my walk down the isle.

       But my favorite purchase were my pinwheels. Now, they were smaller than I thought they were, but thats entirely my fault for not reading descriptions or being able to tell lengths....I mean I was just excited because they were gorgeous. So I ordered 24. 12 of them were pink floral, and 12 of them were brown and white.

     When they came in I realized I had to find a FABULOUS way to display them at the reception...I mean they are darling and I know the kids will love them...That's where Mama dearest comes in. We put our heads together...and this is what we came up with.......
 
               A GARDEN OF PINWHEELS!!!!!


We bought floral foam, artificial vines, moss, and used the "official" wedding ribbon that can be found on just about anything we have touched (even the birdhouse) and TA-DA!!!  Garden!!

      I am so happy with the outcome, and my mother is pretty pleased as well. They will look super cute on the favor table next to the test tubes, and I am happy that there will be something there to entertain the children.

Here's to my next DIY adventure!!
<3 A