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DIY Wedding in a Week (actually 3 days) • What the Crazy?!!

8/6/2012

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Sometimes I wonder about my children. And I'm talking about the adult ones. Last year 3 of them got married, all in a month and a half. See what I mean. Two of the weddings were ours to put on. It was crazy. Some of it's here. 

Well, I thought last year was as stressed out as it was ever going to get for us as far as weddings are concerned. Silly me.

We were on a family trip 2 weeks ago when my eldest called and said she was getting married - in less than a week. What the crazy? And it was going to be at our house. We wouldn't be home for several more days. Needless to say we cut it short, got home Sunday night and had the wedding Wednesday. And I have to say we didn't do half bad. Or even three quarters bad. Okay, it really turned out all good. So, that's how we celebrate around here - intensely.

We're so happy for our newest member of the family, Sky. More of their story is here.

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All the fam was here except for Barry, though we got to see him through video chats.
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I'll try to post some of what we did and how we put it all together so fast later.
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29th Wedding Anniversary Celebration • Our Love Story

9/24/2011

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The Boyfriend and my 29th anniversary was a month or so ago. This invitation from Mod Memento, was the inspiration for my gift to him. 
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Image from Brianna @ Mod Memento
I decided to write our relationship in this storybook pattern. It's written third person and actually was quite easy to write. We have 29 years, with a lot of history, so it turned into 2 boards.  I loved doing it. Here is a copy of it.
Allen & Shannon's Love Story (unedited version)
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File Type: pdf
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I also wanted to try this transfer method so I put the two together. It was a lot of work and wouldn't suggest it for a first timer. But, I do love the result. And he did too. Here it is hung in our home.
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The image is terribly shot but that's the only one I have right now. Sorry about that.
 Here is a slide show with a few instructions. The play button is in the top left hand corner.
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DIY Wedding Dresses • 2 Months, 3 Brides, 3 Dresses

6/9/2011

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I am CELEBRATING! The three DIY weddings are over! I'm thrilled for the marriages of my kids, but glad I'm at this end of the work. Here are the 3 DIY Wedding dresses. Luckily, I didn't have to sew all three. I sewed 2, which wasn't so bad, except, they were customized patterns, and you know, for the timing of 2 months to do both. Thank goodness they were simple. (Well, that was after I vetoed trying to make a Vera Wang number for wedding #2.) 

Here's wedding #3 dress and couple. 
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Wedding #3 • Chiffon & Gathers
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Her favorite part - the Chiffon Twirl
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Or... it could've been the boots

Here's wedding #2 dress and couple. My two girls look different and have totally different styles.
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Wedding #2 • Satin & Shimmer
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Her favorite part - 4 inch heels

Here's wedding #1 dress (compliments of her Grandmother) and couple. That's my son, so pleased.
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Wedding #1 • Lace & Buttons
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Her favorite part - the red, or maybe it's the kiss
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DIY Wedding • Favor Table • Oh Happy Day!

4/18/2011

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DIY Wedding Favor Table • Birdhouses
Okay, she (Creative Momma Chelsea) just posts better and faster than I do. Which really, it works for me. So, here is the link to more of the wedding stuff we did over at Creative Mommas. Inside the birdhouse windows I put little votive candles. Some of them had words worthy of use in marriage. And others had sayings.
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Loved this little quote, and movie line. Daina, who took this photo, does too. 
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photo by Daina Steward
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