Back!

It's been forever and a day since I posted last (July 12)

and a lot happened.

I got married. It was fun. Here a couple of photos.

That dress was so heavy I had to change out of it into a little reception dress.

1: husband and I walking into reception

2: newlywed photobooth

3: mom and bro in photobooth

So now that the wedding is over, I have nothing to stress about and will be free to craft and post once again. 

I'll do a full wedding post when I have more photos. :)

Wedding Wreaths

After consulting with my mom and her flower friend while in Michigan- the final wedding wreath design was decided on. I am pretty happy with it if I do say so myself. 

The felt flower pattern I used is from purl bee's rose barrette pattern,

and I purchased 12 styrofoam wreath bases for only like $30 with shipping from save on crafts. Great site if you are making bulk crafts- The wreaths were like $3.50 each at the craft store. Yay online shopping win! 

bachelorette party

Back from Chicago and Michigan where I saw my ladies and my family! Also got to spend some quality time with Katie's bunny! (Of under the red umbrella).

I have a lot of updates soon!

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Blue Vintage Suitcase

Just bought this little gem to display at the wedding and perhaps to put cards or notes in.

source: shabby vintage home

sort of like this:

Can't quite recall where I pulled this photo from.

I believe it's Style Me Pretty

Wedding Wreath number 2!

Updated wedding wreath.

This time it's a more circular circle and the yarn is a little tidier.

A vast improvement if I do say so myself!!

Do you recognize those little hearts? :)

Now only like 20 more to go. WooHoo!!!

Wedding Hearts

Another little project I'm working on for the wedding.

I'm crocheting tiny hearts in our wedding colors to throw on the reception tables.

They are super fast to whip up, but I have to make A LOT of them.

I figure if I make a few everyday I'll have enough in time for THE BIG DAY. 

What do you think? How many do you think I will need?

Wedding Wreath

Here's a prototype of one of our wedding decorations.

Clearly it's uneven and not really perfect like I wanted, but I was just practicing ok- don't judge!

I'm thinking of hanging these from each pew- what do you think?

Latest News!

Sorry for not updating more, a lot with my life has gotten crazy lately. Work has been dramatic, and we're moving in a week so there's a lot going on in my non blog life. Since all my crafty happies are packed up- It'll be another week or so before I have a good update with substance, I appreciate your patience!

But I can tell you that we booked our honeymoon to CABO BABY!!!

Look what we got!

The rings!!!!!

I gave them to my mom for safe keeping, but I wanted to wear it wear it wear it so much. I am told though, that wearing the wedding ring before the wedding is bad luck. 

I'm back in SF now and glad to be- it was COLD in Michigan. Geez. But we did accomplish a whole lot. Picked a venue, and a date: SEPTEMBER 23RD. 

Now the real countdown begins I suppose. 

241 days to go.

It sounds like a lot- but it really isn't. We've still got a ton to do. But it WILL get done!

My DIY Pocketfold Invitations

If you haven't seen me mention that I have a strict, self imposed wedding budget- then here it is. I have a strict, self imposed wedding budget. I refuse to spend a ridiculous amount of money on one day- and so I've been planning lots of DIY projects. 

I've been hitting up all the wedding blogs and trying to keep up but ultimately the wedding is going to be our own and so it's up to us to set the tone. We're both creative people so we're trying to do as much ourselves as we can.

So that brings me to invitations which, are surprisingly easy to do yourself. Mr. Rockit is an Illustrator/Photoshop Genius so we are creating our own templates and printing them out on cardstock bought at the craft store. I received a $100 gift card to Joann Fabrics which was the perfect gift- because that's $100 less I have to spend supplies. We spend about $50 of my gift card on the supplies and paper so far. Not bad.

1: project wedding 2: martha stewart

I found a ton of tutorials online about how to do pocketfold invites on the cheap, and decided to do the first photo which you can do with 8.5 x 11 cardstock. Disregard that color and typeface- we're doing something different, but the template is great and cute. The card folds up to be about 5 x 7 which fits a regular greeting card envelope. The second image is my inspiration for the yarn added onto the paper. So here are some pictures below of my progress. 

Just gettin' started on these babies. 

. We're making it our own by adding personal touches like the button closures and the yarn across the top of the inserts. I got some supplies- like my fiskars paper trimmer thing which helps me cut straight lines- and a little edge rounder punch, and a paper scorer thing. 

The sweet little button closures were Mr. Rockit's idea- they are going to take a really long time to put on so I'm still debating them but they're just so adorable I think I may just have to do it.

If I don't do the button closures I'm considering just tying a little yarn bow around the invite.. what do you think?

Anyway, I'm pretty proud of them so far- I have a hundred and some more to make, but I'm starting super early so hopefully a little bit here and there will be enough to get the job done. 

Sneak Peek!

I got some new toys to use in my DIY wedding mission- can you guess what I'm making? :)

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!

I'm excited to not work on Monday for MLK day,

and then have a two day week next week because after that we're going to 

MICHIGAN!

Okay it's not that exciting but I get to see my parents and my future in laws, so it'll be a happy reunion time.

And we've got tons of wedding stuff to get done.

WOW are weddings expensive. Trying to budget and it's proving slightly *understatement* stressful.

Here's one DIY I really want to do.

In order to save some money on decorations/flowers, I figured I could make some of these pretty things to toss on the tables. Mr. Rockit calls it "layering".

You can find the tutorial here. 

I'm really trying to save some money and make some in the meantime. One really awesome thing is that our friends who did our engagement photos have offered to shoot the wedding for free which is AMAZING. What awesome friends we have! I'm still trying to sell stuff, but fellow crafters and bloggers... Etsy is not easy. I need to sell something on there! Any tips? Advice? I think I need help!

New Blog!

Mr. Rockit and I are starting a blog to detail all our adventures and wedding excitement.

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Adventures of the Shizz

Destination Wedding

We have decided on a destination wedding.

Most likely spot- Cabo San Lucas. :)

We just didn't want to think about so many details and so many crazy things about getting married in my hometown, and we always dreamed of a smaller more intimate wedding.What do you think?