Our Antique Kitchen Hutch

A little while back Jon and I bought an antique kitchen hutch off Craigslist!  We have an empty space in our kitchen dining area and think it would perfect there.  Of course it will look a lot better with some paint and no more yellow wallpaper on the inside.  Yikes!  I plan on painting it a barn red color and then making it look a little distressed, but my ideas may change.  I am looking forward to working on this once Fall weather rolls around.  I would prefer not to be painting in my garage in triple digit weather!  Anyway, here is a pic of the hutch exactly how we bought it.  I think it has a lot of character.  The man we bought it from said it probably dates back from the 20's or 30's.  Wow!  I will show you how it turns out once I'm done with it.

Today is a Cleaning Day

Today is a cleaning day... so I am going to make a quick post so that I can get back to work!

I wanted to show you a picture of the finished wedding arrow sign I made for our wedding. We put it near the ceremony along the pathway to direct guests on where to go. I think it looks really pretty in front of the white roses. If you want to see how I made it click here.

By the way, two days ago marked our three months of being married anniversary. I can't believe that it has already been three months!

Married Life Update & Honeymoon Pics

I thought I'd check in and let you know how married life is going. You guessed it... it is going swell. :) It's nice to be able to spend a lot of time with my best friend and not have to say goodbye to each other every night anymore. I've gotten into the whole "wifey" routine quite nicely I think, although I may not always enjoy cooking dinner and cleaning the house. ;0)

I just realized I never shared any pictures from our honeymoon on here. Here are several pictures! We stayed at the Sandals resort in Antiqua (a small island in the Caribbean) and it was absolutely beautiful! We had an amazing time. I wish we were still there.

Wooden Heart Table Numbers

Today I want to share with you the table numbers I made for our wedding! Very simple and easy to do and it added that unique homemade touch.

I bought some wooden hearts, number stencils, a craft sponge and brown craft paint from Michaels.

After I finished sponging the numbers on the hearts, I let them dry. Then I took the hearts outside and sprayed them with Aleene's Spray Acrylic Sealer to protect them so that no moisture would ruin them. Once they were dry I had my dad drill two holes at the top and we tied twine through each hole and tied them on the table centerpieces.

Here is a table number hanging on one of the white iron centerpieces.

Photo by Mark Janzen Photography

We also hung them from the mason jar centerpieces too.

Photo by Mark Janzen Photography

Starting Out Small

Time for a new post! I know... I am really overdue! Stay with me folks, I hope to get more consistent again. One reason that I haven't been blogging is that I'm really busy (but who isn't?). My other reason is that whenever I think about blogging I just get so overwhelmed thinking about everything I need to catch up on since I went MIA on here a couple months before the wedding. Ok, enough excuses!!

Today I decided to get on here and start out small. That's why I decided to show you the LOVE mugs I talked about awhile back. Here is a picture of them with the flowers in them on our guest book table. Don't they look fabulous?! I just loved them! Special thanks to our amazing florist, Amy Degraw, with Brown Bunny Flowers. She is wonderful! If you are local and are looking for a wedding florist, I definitely recommend her!

Photo cred to my friend Alexa Westerfield of Swell Life Studios

I'm a Married Woman Now!

Wow!!! I cannot believe it's been over two months since I last blogged! Sorry I couldn't keep up before, I just got soooooo busy with wedding planning towards the end that I just couldn't find the time to blog. So that means I have a lot to catch up on....

Well for starters.... I am married now!!!!!! I am loving married life. My husband is such a wonderful man and I am incredibly blessed to be his wife. Our wedding was everything I dreamed of and more. The day went smoothly and it all turned out so beautiful. The weather was great except for a little rain towards the end of the evening, but we were under cover so it didn't matter. Everything was perfect and I have pictures to show for it. Here are a few of my favorites. I will be sharing more with you later (especially the ones of my DIY touches to the wedding). :)

1 MONTH for Us... 1 DAY for Will & Kate

I've got lots to share... life is busy, but good!

2 weekends ago I had my bachelorette party! We had a lot of fun at the coast wine tasting and hanging out at the beach. I will post some pics once I get them from my sister. :)

Last weekend Jon and I flew to Michigan with his brother, sister-in-law, and sister for their grandmothers funeral. It was a sad time but also a joyous time because she is now pain free and in heaven with our savior, Jesus Christ. It was nice because we got to spend Easter with Jon's family which we wouldn't have otherwise. We got back really late Tuesday night so I've spent the rest of this week recovering from jet lag and doing laundry, etc.

Also----- Today is a big day for Jon and I because we are now officially one month away from getting married!!! My, how the time has flown. I know this month will go by especially fast. I'm starting to feel pretty overwhelmed because of all the things I still need to do before the wedding. My to do list is daunting. I know it will all get done though and I just need to take it one step at a time.

Well- that's it for now.... I will be hopefully showing you some more projects I've been working on soon.

Oh, and I am looking forward to watching the royal wedding! You better believe I have my DVR set to record it tonight/tomorrow morning! I'm excited to see what her dress and everything else looks like. :)