Sneak Peak...

Just a few little teaser pictures on how the wedding plans are coming along. The burlap and jute theme is coming along quite well. I am really learning how to make roses out of just about anything! There are some great places to find just about anything you want. Inspiration and the best place to find it is at Pinterest.com

I typed in burlap wedding and WOW the things I found!!!

And just where do you find all this burlap, especially when you need yards and yards?

burlapfabric.com

This site has everything hundreds of yards of burlap for the table runners and more, go take a look!!!

Jute Webbing is what these beautiful roses were made out of. It was just stiff enough to make these big roses beautifully. Even he rosebuds turned out great with it!

This saying is going to be painted on burlap,you will see later how all this ties in with the roses.

Little touches of burlap ribbon behind the ribbon rose looks cute on this candle...

And this jute raped handle and muslin cabbage rose is so cute...

You will see the rest of this picture later too, but it looks really nice lined with all the burlap! I am having so much fun trying new things with burlap and jute along with some other textures and things are really coming together I think. So keep watching for more updates and you'll get to see it all after the wedding in June!!!

Mason Jars...

We are making Hillbilly Wine Glasses out of Mason Jars. All the cups for the night will be mason jars, and all different size jars for decorations.

This will be the cabinet that will have all the mason jars in it,trimmed in grapevine and accented with an old antique door that has the sign that says: "Your glass for the night for whatever tastes right". Tag your cup. Everyone will write their name on the tags that will be on the jars. I popped a couple hydrangea's in the grapevine so we could see how it looked. There will be more flowers and leaves woven in among the grapevine right before the wedding. It is going to be a very Shabby Chic Wedding with lots of old looking things for sure. So see we are getting some things done. I will keep posting as time goes on...

The Veil...

Well we are in full Wedding Mode...

My DIY daughter wants to make everything. I guess if she weren't so much like me I would say she is crazy but we are just alike and we are having fun. But it is a full time job for sure. We are down to 4 months now and I think we are doing pretty well. One of the first things she got done was buying her wedding gown. But she couldn't find a veil she liked and of course she wasn't about to pay $100.00 and up for a veil she said she could make for $10.00... LOL So we have looked and pondered over lots of different styles and we chose one she liked. Now we just needed to make it.

My mind was working over time...

And the light bulb came on!!!

My veil was huge and very long, so we drug it out of the closet and gave it a look!!!

She loved the idea!!! So away we went...

Here I am modeling my veil from May 18, 1974...

We started measuring and away I went with the scissors. I wanted to make sure if I was going to use this that I had enough left over in case my daughter Colleen if she wants to do the same there would be enough for another one! There is plenty. I didn't remember it being that long...

So here we are veil in hand and ready to put it together. I finished sewing it onto a comb last week and now for the time consuming part... We are going to bead it like the trim on her gown... as soon as the sequins come in we will start, her on one side and me on the other...

So now she has her "Something Old"!!!


I can't wait to show you some of the other projects we are working on!

Full Wedding Mode from Momma Lynn

Hi this is Amanda's Mom

Just thought I would share with you what we have been up to

that I posted on my blog this week!!!

Well we are in full Wedding Mode...

My DIY daughter wants to make everything. I guess if she weren't so much like me I would say she is crazy but we are just alike and we are having fun. But it is a full time job for sure. We are down to 4 months now and I think we are doing pretty well. One of the first things she got done was buying her wedding gown. But she couldn't find a veil she liked and of course she wasn't about to pay $100.00 and up for a veil she said she could make for $10.00... LOL So we have looked and pondered over lots of different styles and we chose one she liked. Now we just needed to make it.

My mind was working over time...

And the light bulb came on!!!

My veil was huge and very long, so we drug it out of the closet and gave it a look!!!

She loved the idea!!! So away we went...

 Here I am modeling my veil from May 18, 1974...

 We started measuring and away I went with the scissors. I wanted to make sure if I was going to use this that I had enough left over in case my daughter Colleen if she wants  to do the same there would be enough for another one! There is plenty. I didn't remember it being that long...

So here we are veil in hand and ready to put it together. I finished sewing it onto a comb last week and now for the time consuming part... We are going to bead it like the trim on her gown... as soon as the sequins come in we will start, her on one side and me on the other...

So now she has her "Something Old"!!!

Hope You Enjoyed!!!

Momma Lynn

More projects and Great finds...

         We have been working very hard and now we are down to 4 months. It doesn't seem like it should be this soon but it is. We have all been working on about a million things trying to get stuff perfect yet we keep finding ourselves starting new things. I honestly think we are crazy! And mom of course has been hard at work painting all kinds of stuff. But i thought maybe you would like to see some of the new things we've been working on including my dumpster diving finds that I am sooo happy about. nothing like seeing something and asking someone if I can dig through their trash to get it. All they were going to do with it was burn it the next day but nope their trash is my treasure. And I also  have been recently trying to get back in shape, maybe it was the wrong time to start that because I put my dress on tonight to see if something would go with it and it's now to big. I guess its better then being to small. Although I'd love to tell you why I had to try my dress on I think I'll keep that one a secret. But here are some more pictures hope you like them, I just can't wait to see the end result and how everything looks all together...

Starting the decorations...

     The past few nights we have been working on different decorations for the reception, it's been alot of fun doing them all different. We have been collecting bottles for the past month or so and they are adding up and looking very nice, and yes i said bottles. Wine bottles liqure bottles ect. and no it's not tacky well atleast I don't think so. We have also been working on the invitations and a few other things and I have to say if it wasn't for my mom I wouldn't know where I'd be right now. For those of you that are not blessed to have a mother you are close to or have lost your mom I'm sooo sorry because I have been blessed with the best parents I could ever ask for. I wouldn't be anywhere with this wedding if it wasn't for my mom she has been the best at everything for me, shes been there through all the good and bad things and has spent all of her spare time working on things for me. These are the memories that will stay with me for the rest of my life and I just want to thank her for all she does. I love you mom...

Coming up fast...

        Ok, so we are coming up on the 5 month mark it just doesn't seem possible that we are getting this close. I went to my moms tonight to work on some stuff and I think we might have the invitations we want and maybe even my bouquet...Yay. I'm going to post some pictures of the bouquet and the throw away bouquet but mine isn't quit finished the will still be some live flowers added to it along with baby's breath and the ribbon might be alittle different but for now it's just the rough draft but I LOVE IT!!! There is just so much going on right now I really don't know where to start and what needs done now and later and I'm just crazy...But I guess at some point it just has to work out right? Well here are some pictures hope you like them just keep in mind it's an outside wedding in just and very country and laid back...                                                       

        The extra white rose just shows what it will kinda look like with a real rose in the bouquet, plus it will have baby's breath and a few other things in it...

Staying busy...

        Oh boy...Someone please tell me how to pick between what it is that I want for decorations. I have done nothing but play around with different ideas but cannot figure out which one I like the best. Last night I stayed up til almost 4 am making things to see if I liked them or not, low and behold I love them all. And if anyone else has any ideas they want to through out have at it. I love new ideas. So for those of you that will be at the wedding it's probably going to be a cluster of different ideas I've found. Tammy, Jr's cousin made a few things and brought me a few other things and I love all of them as well. What to do? what to do? Sooner or later I know I'm going to have a mental break but for now I think Jr is just going to kill me with all my crafts. Last night when I was working I went outside at around 1 am and cut a million branches off of one of our trees, so he came home to nature inside with the smell of glue lingering everywhere, haha. He knew my family was crafty but I think I might be going over board. So will someone please STOP ME...

Asking for help...

   Ok everyone so I have found a new addiction thanks to Abby Riley-Kavolick. If any of you have heard of pinterest.com I absolutely love it and can't get enough. I have found so many new ideas and I had already had some dealing with mason jars but now I have so many more so now for my question, Does anyone have mason jars? With all the ideas I have now I'm going to need a bunch so if anyone can help out I would be greatly appreciated. For those of you that don't know my number just facebook me. And I hope everyone goes to my pinterest page and look at all my ideas I have also posted different things that we have already done like my bouquets. They are beautiful I'll post a picture on here so you can see one, although all the flowers are going to be different colors you'll get the idea.

Flowers...Yay

      I've really been wanting hydrangeas for the wedding because not only are the gorgeous but they also dry and look exactly the same as they do on the trees. So for the past three weeks I have been knocking on these peoples door in Shinnston to see if I could cut theirs. Knowing they would probably think I was crazy. Well fortunately for me they were out of town for over two weeks at their daughters wedding, so I caught them just at the right time. When I noticed they were home I ran over hoping and praying they would say yes. Low and behold she didn't even hesitate, she told me I could take them all... I was so happy I went back the first pretty day with my tough box in hand not knowing what I was about to get myself into. To say the least I had to send my friend Bri to the gas station to buy garbage bags because I never thought there would be quite so many, and when I say so many I mean I didn't know there was going to be a TON!!! After 2 1/2 hours a huge tough box and 10-11 garbage bags later I finally have my flowers...

And this is only half the other half is at my parents house...

I found it...

     After 6 long hours and 2 appointments in the same day at the same place I finally found my dress. I'm sooo excited. And the best part I got to spend the whole day with my mom and my sister. I didn't realize that doing this with them would be so much different and so much more important to me then going with my friends. I'm sure it would have been nice with them to but just not mean as much. But back to the dress, it is gorgeous and just what I wanted very simple and light weight since the wedding is outside I don't want to be real hot all day. I also found my shoes...To say the least they are bad ass haha. All I kept saying all day "well if anything at least the shoes will make anything look good." But the dress with the shoes is just perfect.

The shopping starts...

   I had a few things to do yesterday and I decided while I was out running my sister and I could stop and try on some dresses...just for fun! I never thought I would actually find anything, but I think I might have found my dress. My mom and I are going to go back Thursday so she can help me choose. I found three to be honest with you, two are very similar and one is nothing like I would have ever picked out. The woman at the store pulled it off the rack and said "What about this one?" I just said sure I'll try anything, knowing it wasn't was I was looking for. Then I put it on and I didn't know if I was going to be able to take it off. I know they say that you will know the dress when you see it but what if you don't actually like it on the hanger but love it when you put it on. Is that what I'm suppose to do is just try everything on then pick??? Thank god I'm not that picky and when I find something I know it.

It's final...

    I mailed in my deposit today so it's final, no going back now. And all of the ideas for decorating and dresses and everything are just going and going and going through my head. No one ever said how much stuff there is out there for weddings. Thank god we are going the DIY route. I now understand how so many people can go into debt over these things. I'm just glad I'm one of the happy brides not one of the crazy ones!!! 

We got it!!!

   Well today was a great day...I went to my appointment with the owner of the venue and I got my wedding date. I'm sooo excited I can't stand it. I will officially be getting married on June 30, 2012. There was already someone wrote down for that day but apparently backed out, their loss is my gain. I have the venue for both days the 29 and 30 and they even give me a place to stay. It is sooo cute and I wont have to worry about having a place to get ready then driving into a outside wedding where everyone will be able to see me, I will just walk right out of my room into my dads arms onto the isle. Here's a glimpse of my venue...

   

Fingers crossed!!!

    Well as of last night I think I might have my venue for the wedding it's not really the date I wanted, but it is a very hard place to get, so I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that I got it. As of right now it will be on June 30 and I even got it the 29 so I can spend the night there the day before. "I'm sooo excited." And got love JR when i called him to make sure the date was alright all he had to say is "Whatever you want is fine."
    For those of you that have never been to Hestons Farm it is beautiful, it's a nice laid back place right on the river with many different things, they also have a new winery and distillery they just put in. Check out their site http://hestonfarm.com/   Just please everyone KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED!!!

The Begining!!!

      My name is Amanda and I'm 29 years old and just recently got engaged to my boyfriend J.R., and this is our story. A few years back at a Halloween party one of my close friends (Chad) called and said he was coming down with a few friends. When he showed up he had a friend (J.R.) that just returned from Iraq, we didn't really hit it off at first. Both of us had recently gotten out of relationships so we weren't looking. A few nights later Chad, J.R., and a couple others stopped by the local bar I was working at and J.R. had ask me to play pool. We ended up talking all night. When it was time to leave Chad told me to call when I got off, but he would be at J.R.'s house and he had no service so I would have to call J.R.. I found out that was just a way for J.R. to get my number. We had talked off and on for a while, and then it became every night, we became very close very quick. We fell in love...