tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58364980319073131082024-03-14T03:59:29.286-04:00My Daughter's Wedding to Be.....Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-30446804014145329242009-11-24T15:39:00.006-05:002009-11-24T17:57:10.843-05:00Babies..........I mean Baby's.....Breath!! As in flowers.....and you know I love me some flowers! I have always loved baby's breath, but there was a time when I saw it as cheap filler for a beautiful flower arrangement and didn't use it much anymore in the floral work I did. <p>But....I was just over at one of my favorite wedding blogs to stalk, <a href="http://www.ayleebits.com/">Aylee Bits</a>, and saw the most amazing compilation of photos of weddings where they used only baby's breath! It is amazing....see:<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SwxGEniJF-I/AAAAAAAABU4/AbvDhpUb3yo/s1600/babysbreath.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 317px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407774297710729186" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SwxGEniJF-I/AAAAAAAABU4/AbvDhpUb3yo/s320/babysbreath.jpg" /></a> Not only is it very inexpensive, but it is very easy to work with! It's also so light and airy and just makes a beautiful statement. Personally, I feel that if you're going to use baby's breath....use lots of it. Huge arrangements....roping....I love the flower girl's headpiece and I love the wreaths! Check out the gorgeous centerpieces in the picture below....bottom, center. Aren't they fabulous!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SwxGFRg1p4I/AAAAAAAABVI/ZnDgx0JJLhc/s1600/babysbreath3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 215px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407774308979550082" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SwxGFRg1p4I/AAAAAAAABVI/ZnDgx0JJLhc/s320/babysbreath3.jpg" /></a>I even like the bunches of baby's breath mixed in with other white flowers, like below: <div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SwxGE6Qti8I/AAAAAAAABVA/XNaNGHHWUMg/s1600/babysbreath2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 215px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407774302737894338" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SwxGE6Qti8I/AAAAAAAABVA/XNaNGHHWUMg/s320/babysbreath2.jpg" /></a>I did a little more "blog stalking" and found the fabulous photo below at <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/">WeddingBee.com</a>, which I abosolutely LOVE to follow. It's a blog with a group of brides past and brides to be....you get to follow their road to the altar....at the altar....and past the altar. They lean on each other for help, advice and ideas to make their wedding special. Anyway, check out this pic:<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SwxIQ2FrloI/AAAAAAAABVQ/ceuTwOTHclU/s1600/babysbreath4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407776706799572610" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SwxIQ2FrloI/AAAAAAAABVQ/ceuTwOTHclU/s320/babysbreath4.jpg" /></a>You can actually see more of this beautiful, over the top wedding at David Monn's website<a href="http://davidmonn.com/work-spring-wedding.php"> here</a>.</div><p>So, if you're on a tight budget, or just want to make a huge impact with flowers, think babies....I mean baby's....breath!Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-14136054086741535372009-09-23T20:49:00.005-04:002009-09-23T20:59:37.154-04:00You're gonna love this!I don't post here often, but when I saw <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/09/23/pocket-schedule-quick-diy/">this</a> I knew I had to post about it! What a creative and unique way to keep your wedding party and family informed about the events surrounding your wedding!<a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/09/23/pocket-schedule-quick-diy/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384830423257866050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SrrCvWoAX0I/AAAAAAAABIo/r_w68-XI-Tg/s320/pocketschedule.jpg" border="0" /></a>Folded it is about the size of a business card, so it can be conveniently tucked into your wallet. <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/09/23/pocket-schedule-quick-diy/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384830955572905922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SrrDOVpzR8I/AAAAAAAABIw/3KRPxN_9308/s320/openpocketschedule.jpg" border="0" /></a>
I love checking out the <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/">Weddingbee</a> website. All of the brides to be have such great ideas! And I love see the results of their efforts after they're married!Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-64028194200618489572009-08-02T16:40:00.005-04:002009-08-02T16:42:54.347-04:00Somebody had to do it..............and what a great job they did! This is awesome!
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Now this is original! Memories for all who attend for years to come. I love it!Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-40049161907151394472009-07-19T20:34:00.003-04:002009-07-19T20:43:06.032-04:00Dare to be different.....dare to be YOU!<div>As you all know, I'm all about weddings and I just love to see what fabulous, creative and new ideas others come up with to make their weddings special. HOW I wish I had gotten married during a time when it was all about having a wedding that is an "event"....one that everyone talks about for years to come....and one that completely reflects the couples style and personality. I'm actually amazed at how many "grooms" are actually getting involved in the wedding planning process and putting their "mark" on the day!</div>
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<div>I just love THIS wedding.....<a href="http://greenweddingshoes.blogspot.com/2009/07/real-wedding-tim-merrills-smog-shoppe.html">CLICK HERE</a>. </div>
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<div>I love her shoes....I love her gown.......I love her headpiece.....I love the guys ties....I love the table cards....I love the centerpieces.....I love, love, love the photo booth idea they came up with.....not a real fan of the cupcakes versus a wedding cake, so their cake and cupcake combo was a compromise (I'd still have to have a multi tiered cake)...I love their venue....I love, love, love, love their photographer....and I love them! What a great couple!</div>
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<div>Enjoy!</div>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-41332307178532602712009-07-02T13:30:00.003-04:002009-07-02T13:33:08.383-04:00OMG - and this to match!!!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SkzvM8GZ5VI/AAAAAAAAA4A/F-eBdHV0HuY/s1600-h/DIY+Bag.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353917062607136082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SkzvM8GZ5VI/AAAAAAAAA4A/F-eBdHV0HuY/s400/DIY+Bag.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<div>This blog is to die for! How creative!!! I'm dying to make some of these.....anyone want to send me some shoes or a bag??? Click HERE.....</div>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-76640778103153920312009-07-02T13:19:00.003-04:002009-07-02T13:21:33.506-04:00And I just have to post these, too!!!!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SkzskmpOY9I/AAAAAAAAA34/qRwxIl-wapE/s1600-h/DYI+Shoes.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353914170629579730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SkzskmpOY9I/AAAAAAAAA34/qRwxIl-wapE/s400/DYI+Shoes.png" border="0" /></a>
<div><span style="font-size:130%;">I don't know why I didn't see this project the first time around, but these are just fabulous! Gosh, I wish I could wear them!!!! Even if I could....where would I wear them??? Click <a href="http://www.lovemaegan.com/2009/05/diy-christian-louboutin-petal-sandal.html">HERE </a>for the link!</span></div>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-34949307699223240212009-07-01T22:40:00.002-04:002009-07-01T22:44:27.388-04:00I just HAD to post these.........<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/Skwe-cBMp5I/AAAAAAAAA3w/zjqg1OH8Y2w/s1600-h/SHOES!.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353688115058616210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/Skwe-cBMp5I/AAAAAAAAA3w/zjqg1OH8Y2w/s400/SHOES!.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<div><span style="font-size:130%;">I don't really consider myself a "shoe" person, although I do understand that the shoes can make or break the most fabulous outfit. I've seen this style of shoe....I think in magazines. I think they are very fashion forward, but of course not shoes I could wear....maybe years ago!</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:130%;">BUT....as you all may know, I'm a sucker for a great DIY project and I think this one is fabulous! So I'm sharing.....here's the link to this brilliant project...<a href="http://www.lovemaegan.com/2009/05/diy-blue-ruffle-shoes-removable-ruffles.html">check it out!</a></span></div>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-53608730113747178602009-05-05T17:47:00.002-04:002009-05-05T17:53:35.219-04:00Let there be light.....<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SgC1UBfKftI/AAAAAAAAA20/eeTw9Ns5igU/s1600-h/picture+lanterns.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332461314407825106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SgC1UBfKftI/AAAAAAAAA20/eeTw9Ns5igU/s400/picture+lanterns.bmp" border="0" /></a>
<div>....<span style="font-size:130%;">and let it shine on you! I just love this idea I found while "blog stalking" at <a href="http://trendsettingwedding.typepad.com/">this</a> blog. They even offer the "how to" for them! I don't know if I'd want pictures of myself on every one of my tables, but I think it's a great idea to have them on the guest book table, at the entrance, or the cake table.....or just in random places throughout your venue.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:130%;">Aren't they great!</span></div>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-63827674917721365212009-04-23T17:19:00.004-04:002009-04-23T17:59:05.121-04:00This is just the CUTEST idea!!!!<u><span style="font-size:130%;color:#0066cc;"></span></u>I know.....I really do not have the time to be surfing wedding blogs and websites, but every now and then, I just can't resist taking a break to do just that. AND look what I found!! This is the greatest idea for the groom I've seen in a looong time. In fact, it is actually quite rare that you see great ideas of things to help include the groom into the wedding event. I adore this!
You buy the socks of your choice, then go to this <a href="http://www.tiethatbindsweddings.com/products/groomsmen/2.cfm">website </a>(Tie That Binds) and download the label for $7.....unlimited prints! Don't you just love this?<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SfDigyL7ZAI/AAAAAAAAA1k/FmCBpLD2fOg/s1600-h/cold+feet.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328007412034790402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 169px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SfDigyL7ZAI/AAAAAAAAA1k/FmCBpLD2fOg/s400/cold+feet.jpg" border="0" /></a> I found a different version (this is where I saw it first) at the <a href="http://www.stylemepretty.com/">Style Me Pretty blog</a>....I love that blog! She shows you exactly how to put it all together....
<div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SfDigkETSMI/AAAAAAAAA1c/tKmn0lS2UdM/s1600-h/Grooms+Socks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328007408244705474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SfDigkETSMI/AAAAAAAAA1c/tKmn0lS2UdM/s400/Grooms+Socks.jpg" border="0" /></a> I think it would be so cool to pick out really unique socks......for the wedding day!
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<span style="font-size:130%;">They made a large square in the center with the bride's and groom's initials and wedding date. Then they had smaller squares that guests could personalize with permanent markers. Later they were sewn into a quilt!!!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291958008381404322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SXDPxUfbdKI/AAAAAAAAAus/6X75Sw81mjM/s400/guest+book+quilt.jpg" border="0" /></span>
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<span style="font-size:130%;">Isn't this the most fabulous idea??? I mean WHO pulls out their guest book to look at the written names of who was there.....we KNOW who was there! I love this more personal type of guest book...one where guests can leave their sentiments....and with the quilt you'll be reminded on every cold night just who was there and how much they love you!</span><p>
<span style="font-size:130%;">One of Shelby's closest friends, Lindsey, got married last April and I made a Wishing Tree for her....<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291958015198815218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SXDPxt404_I/AAAAAAAAAu0/ZwnmiVlMNcA/s400/Lindsey%27s+Wishing+Tree" border="0" />I just loved the idea and it looked beautiful in the room. And now she has all of these beautiful sentiments from everyone who was there with her and Darren on their special day. That is definitely more special than a guest book with a bunch of signatures!</span>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-31790337768328831422008-11-22T09:18:00.004-05:002008-11-22T09:31:59.420-05:00More Stands......<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Once I get something in my head, it's hard to get it out!!! Here are a few more ideas for cake stands:<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271487422865669698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SSgV4a3Y_kI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/YTiOjsaITOw/s320/wedding+cake+stand+2.gif" border="0" /></span></div><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">I think this is quite unique!</span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271486983659607474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SSgVe2sgVbI/AAAAAAAAAlo/L0nfBCco8eo/s320/shelbys+cake.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">This is similar to the cake Shelby has expressed interest in....except she wants it all white and she wants the hydrangeas to be very uniform (I can't find the one she made in photoshop!). In this case the flowers would become the cake stand....just raise up the cake and fill the area with flowers...how pretty!</span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271486988759272386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SSgVfJsXC8I/AAAAAAAAAlw/crQ1exAIvSQ/s320/cake+on+barrel.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">This was at a wedding that was held at a winery! What a great idea!</span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271487423409887938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 137px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SSgV4c5JGsI/AAAAAAAAAmI/mHDejbqoqdE/s320/birdbath2.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">I still love the birdbath idea....but I also think that if you took the top off of this one and put the cake in it and set it on the cake table, it would look great! You could have a riser in the middle to raise the cake and fill with water....it would look like it's floating in the water! How pretty and unique!</span></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271487006584500578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 114px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SSgVgMGOcWI/AAAAAAAAAmA/iZwMegD71Mk/s320/ships+wheel.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Now this idea is great for a nautical type wedding, a wedding on a cruise ship or a wedding held on the water! It's a ship's wheel! I love it!!!</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Well, I'll keep thinking and let you know what I come up with next!!!</span></p>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-15237672528797501462008-11-21T18:23:00.005-05:002008-11-21T18:52:06.514-05:00Dare to be Different - Make a Stand!<div align="center"><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Literally.........I was bored the other night and was surfing some wedding websites and saw the most unique cake stand! I didn't save a picture of it, so I've been searching ever since trying to find it......and I did!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271256749966926306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SSdEFfWooeI/AAAAAAAAAkI/8L5zfa8k524/s200/tree+trunk+cake+stand.jpg" border="0" /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">I'm not crazy about the twigs sticking up everywhere, but I thought the tree trunk as a cake stand for wedding in the outdoors was very creative! Many brides do pay close attention to this detail......and some take it just a bit too far!</span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271256749886872034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 141px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SSdEFfDjGeI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/ia6vYP6a_ek/s200/bad+cake+stand.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Most are pretty traditional in their choices.......... </span>
<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271258535395406482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 108px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SSdFtal9MpI/AAAAAAAAAk4/p3POceoIObY/s200/silver.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:130%;"> ....it's beautiful, but would probably only look right in a traditional setting. I find that alot of brides these days are anything but traditional. This generation's bride wants to put her own unique personality into her wedding......and I think the best way to do that is in the details! Some brides spend a fortune on cakes that feed 1000 for a guest list of 200 just to have the "WOW" factor when people walk in the room. I think you can do that just by being a little creative in choosing the base your cake sits on....look at some of these!</span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271256750606264514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SSdEFhvEKMI/AAAAAAAAAkY/JePugWPlV_Y/s200/wedding+cake+stand+1.jpg" border="0" /></p>
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">I love this!!! Right now I have a planter similar to this sitting on my front porch with a huge pumpkin on it.......I think it makes a statement. I think the cake is so much more beautiful on the planter than it would be just sitting on the table. And check this one out........</span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271256755215942578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 143px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 199px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SSdEFy6GQ7I/AAAAAAAAAkg/6PC4XUY9_zs/s200/wedding+cake+stand+3.gif" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">I think this is awesome! It would be gorgeous in an outdoor garden setting! And I think these would make great cake stands........</span></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271260118666992306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 106px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SSdHJkvUWrI/AAAAAAAAAlY/NVi7jbXyN-k/s200/metal+plant+stand.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">...this one has a vintage feel.......sitting on top of the cake table surrounded with votive candles, I think would be gorgeous. You could even add some floral touches!</span></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271260123887772466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SSdHJ4MDIzI/AAAAAAAAAlg/QgNlps1xkyQ/s200/oriental+plant+stand.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">This would look great at a wedding with an Oriental flair....</span></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271260120391166258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SSdHJrKZKTI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/1jlC8K_FbY8/s200/cake+stand+8.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">This one is perfect for a Texas wedding (not you, Shelby!!!)</span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271260114660185842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SSdHJV0BVvI/AAAAAAAAAlI/dHcmkzVL3kQ/s200/cake+stand+7.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">This is soooo shabby chic!</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;">Or you could take a tip from the show I saw the other night on CMT.....My Big Redneck Wedding......her cake stand was beer cans! Whatever your choice....whatever your personality....make it you! But don't forget the details.....no one else will either!</span></p>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-24666367806203255452008-10-27T18:45:00.002-04:002008-10-27T18:50:48.747-04:00I'm Moving!!!!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SQZFvE0oPJI/AAAAAAAAAeg/3QJHJbHaeLM/s1600-h/move+blot.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261969889679654034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SQZFvE0oPJI/AAAAAAAAAeg/3QJHJbHaeLM/s320/move+blot.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<div>I know it sounds crazy, but I've found a new home. It just doesn't sit right with me to blog about stuff that isn't wedding related....this blog is about a wedding and I'm going to leave it to that...blogging about weddings (one of my most favorite subjects!). </div>
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<div>Soooo.....visit me at my new home, <a href="http://cola-insideout.blogspot.com/">Inside Out</a>!!! Feel free to stop in anytime.....and make yourself at home!!! See you there!</div>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-18490428861028031572008-10-26T09:12:00.002-04:002008-10-26T09:15:37.038-04:00Good Morning!!!!<div>Sometimes it's hard to sleep after the sun comes up.....but sometimes we really want to sleep in a little. We have skylights in our bedroom, which makes it extra bright in the morning, so once in a while one of us (or both) will get up and retreat to the sofa for a few extra winks..........this is what I found in the living room this morning:</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261450327874348578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SQRtMmRQJiI/AAAAAAAAAco/cfcEWiHbjj0/s400/DSCN2153.JPG" border="0" /></div>
<p align="center">Isn't that cute!!!</p>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-26392667395049810022008-10-18T19:47:00.002-04:002008-10-18T19:53:01.982-04:00They're baaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">Welcome Home, Shelby and Justin!!!</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Shelby called a little while ago to let me know they are home.....tan.....and tired! We didn't talk long because they have to get unpacked, do laundry and then Justin has to pack again........yep, he has to do a rotation 3 hours away from San Antonio and will be gone for a month! Poor thing!!</span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;">I think I'll just sit here and wait to see Shelby's vacay post.....can't wait to see the pictures!!!</span></div>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-53955184934793026842008-10-17T22:52:00.003-04:002008-10-17T22:58:02.346-04:00Whoaaaa....girlfriend, you need to syndicate!!!!!!!!!!!!!I was just checking out Courtney's blog to look (once again!) at the picture of her, Lindsey and Shelby and happened to check our her counter! Holy Moses, girl!!!!!!!! You could pay for your wedding if you would just syndicate your blog. Dang...............I thought I was getting alot of hits!!! Here's Courtney's counter as of 10:54 pm on Friday night!: <div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258321826284452914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPlP11pePDI/AAAAAAAAAXs/4GW8_NZuIjs/s400/courtney%27s+counter.gif" border="0" /></div>Geeeeez.................I feel so small now! I thought my blog was getting alot of hits! But then I'm sure I don't have anywhere near as many friends as her (they started dry rotting years ago!)!!! Girl, your blog is a hit!!! Syndicate, syndicate, syndicate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll manage your bog for only 10%!!!! :o)Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-54618801311408093292008-10-17T18:40:00.025-04:002008-10-18T09:28:50.361-04:00Haven On Earth......It was close, but we made it to Graves Mountain! We were packing in the morning when we heard the "You've Got Mail" sound....yep...another foreclosure that Dennis needs to list! We didn't panic...just took care of everything and figured we'd get out of town by 2 or 3...plenty of time to make it for dinner! NOT.......an hour later another one came over and 20 minutes after that...yep, another! Three in one day!!! We rushed to get done what had to get done and got to Graves Mountain just after sunset.<p>
Shugs was soooo excited to be going for a ride in the car and she loves it even more when her bed gets to go, too!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkVas1x8aI/AAAAAAAAAU8/BtKqVF0vjTE/s1600-h/DSCN1604_edited.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258257588389278114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkVas1x8aI/AAAAAAAAAU8/BtKqVF0vjTE/s200/DSCN1604_edited.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkVezQ2gVI/AAAAAAAAAVE/53h1MhaPyDY/s1600-h/DSCN1605_edited.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258257658832912722" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkVezQ2gVI/AAAAAAAAAVE/53h1MhaPyDY/s200/DSCN1605_edited.JPG" border="0" /></a> She used to hate going for a ride in the car, but once she figured out that the alternative was to stay behind without us, she started going along and now she just loves it!<p>
I could hardly wait to get there....it's been 6 or 7 years (can't really remember!) since I've been and each year I've known when it was Graves Mountain weekend...if you weren't there this year, it smells the same...it looks the same....it feels the same! There was a great group this year......20 of us on Friday night, 15 on Saturday night and 6 of us on Sunday night! Of course, we all really missed some of the OSLers that couldn't make it this year....as a last thought before heading out the door, I ran off copies of Shelby and Justin, Courtney and Austin, and Lindsey and Darren....figured it was better than nothing! Y'know...I think they had a great time!!! They got to sit by the fire,<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkW-hos9AI/AAAAAAAAAVM/QIBAZQ1HWno/s1600-h/DSCN1695_edited.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258259303368553474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkW-hos9AI/AAAAAAAAAVM/QIBAZQ1HWno/s200/DSCN1695_edited.JPG" border="0" /></a> eat at the harvest table.
<p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258274172870028034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkkgC2HawI/AAAAAAAAAXU/uovteGAD04g/s200/DSCN1649_edited.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258259566683954146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkXN2j_G-I/AAAAAAAAAVU/MRlaMm1mASc/s200/DSCN1744_edited.JPG" border="0" />...sit on the porch....Shelby and Justin even helped make the Cabin Chicken Chili (recipe coming soon!)...yep, I think they had a great time!<p>
On Saturday the guys had breakfast going before our feet hit the floor...it was delicious! Melinda started her Cabin Chicken Chili for our lunch, then headed out with Jess and Robin to a baby shower. Dennis and I went down the Apple Harvest Festival to check it out...great bluegrass music, crafts, food and I love watching them make apple butter. I thought I was taking a picture of the guys making it, but I guess I wasn't...check out the video! Sound like the festival????<p>
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</p><p></p><p>Then we took a drive up to Skyline Drive.....it wasn't peak, but the colors were brilliant on one turn, then you'd make another and it was pure green.....it was a beautiful drive.<p>
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On the way back, we decided to mess with "Gypsy" (our GPS system) a little bit. We really just wanted to go <em>through</em> the mountains to get back instead of around them. So when she said go straight, we took a left....when she said take a left, we took a right....she recalculated so many times I think she was dizzy. THEN she decided to mess with us a little....she had us going down a "slightly paved" road, which turned into a rocky road, which turned into a dirt road that got narrower by the turn.....we were having such a great time! We really thought we were going to get back to Graves by going over the mountain.......not! We ended up at a gate...with a sign....and the sign said, "If you can read this, you're within range!". Needless to say, we did a quick u-turn and I could swear that I heard "Gypsy" chuckle.<p>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkbj04H0yI/AAAAAAAAAV0/E07TF4lrGPs/s1600-h/DSCN1685.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258264342235173666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkbj04H0yI/AAAAAAAAAV0/E07TF4lrGPs/s200/DSCN1685.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkbrYwOIzI/AAAAAAAAAV8/3vdCXO_Rg1g/s1600-h/DSCN1686.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258264472124793650" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkbrYwOIzI/AAAAAAAAAV8/3vdCXO_Rg1g/s200/DSCN1686.JPG" border="0" /></a>
We gave up and got back on the main road....we got back to the cabin in time for dinner and some relaxing on the porch! Later Adam started a fire in front of the cabin, the OSL and Partners hangout! The adults sat on the porch with the puppies and drank wine, although I do remember a s'more or two! Yummm!<p>
Melinda and I were the last to bed....we ran out of lime juice for our gimlets, but found some cranberry juice and made our version of "Decks Out of the City"....get it? I was a hurtin' fool the next day, but that night chatting was worth every pain that shot through my eyes into my brain!<p>
On Sunday Dennis, Leslie, Karen and I headed to "town" (the apple shed, grocer and a couple of yard sales)...we found some interesting things at the yard sale. Check out what was inside of this tin when Leslie opened up! It must've driven that poor lady crazy when she couldn't find those teeth! In hindsight, I probably should have bought them....they might come in handy someday!<p>
<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258266495417708146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkdhKG17nI/AAAAAAAAAWE/0s9IjfF1Y_Y/s320/DSCN1711.JPG" border="0" />When we got back to the cabin and told Melinda, she HAD to see it! So she, Dennis and I headed out to check it out......then we decided to take a little drive over the hill to a winery! It was a cute little place and they had a house and log cabin on the property for rent....the log cabin was different, but nothing like Graves or Baby Graves!!!<p>
<p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258267313947670642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkeQzXl-HI/AAAAAAAAAWM/H-bUuyCHHcw/s320/DSCN1724_edited.JPG" border="0" />After we left the winery, we took a back road we'd been told about by Mark, Everett's brother (they're from up in that neck of the woods....). We were expecting dirt roads, but I guess progress has been made and it all now paved, but it was a beautiful drive!!!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Back at the cabin, all of the kids had left......there was only Melinda, Brad, Everett, Robin, Dennis and me left! The place looked kinda lonely......and it sounded kinda quiet.....the chairs were empty....and the bonfire was out!<p>
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Sooooo.....we heated up all of the leftovers and had a feast! </p><p></p><p>Then Dennis went off to try his hand at fishing and Everett decided to take the chill out of the cabin by starting a fire....only first he had to split wood! He was doing great until he got to this one piece....it looked like it was pretty hard, but that man refused to let that piece of wood get the better of him.....here's the picture story of how it went:
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<p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258269228254041218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkgAOtzFII/AAAAAAAAAWk/NYbT69hRo54/s200/DSCN1728.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258269230268626386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkgAWOHNdI/AAAAAAAAAWs/Op31N5iFC00/s200/DSCN1730.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258269231305547490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkgAaFVXuI/AAAAAAAAAW0/clATV2OtF6c/s200/DSCN1732.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258269234609107762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkgAmY9szI/AAAAAAAAAW8/GwuwePm79bU/s200/DSCN1734_edited.JPG" border="0" />Now I would have given up long before that hatchet got embedded in that piece of wood, but it didn't deter Everett....he headed down to get his feet entrenched in the earth, then tried a piece of wood to hammer it through, but ended up using a huge rock to pound the thing. I didn't get a picture of that because we were all laughing so hard! But he DID IT! I'm impressed! </p><p>
</p>I sure am glad that we had plenty of leftovers to eat and weren't depending on Dennis' catch of the day..... he said it's hard to catch big fish in little bodies of water.....I guess that's why he loves the Chesapeake Bay so much! Oh well, back to the salt water fishing!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258270395080556050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkhEJe6vhI/AAAAAAAAAXE/k2lc5hbNMyM/s200/DSCN1735_edited.JPG" border="0" />
Monday was a sad day.....seemed that we'd done everything we could to fill the weekend and now it was time to pack and go. Shugs did get a little "dog watching" in.....there was a Golden Retriever swimming in the pond area of the creek....Shugs just sat there and watched, but I'm quite confident she wasn't thinking of jumping in!
<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258271241583368322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPkh1a86mII/AAAAAAAAAXM/dr8RSaDjVvA/s200/DSCN1749_edited.JPG" border="0" />After we left, Dennis and I headed back up to drive the rest of the Skyline Drive....we stopped at Loft Mountain for lunch, then headed home. I drove, while he napped....not long into the drive Melinda called shrieking that her niece had gotten engaged and they're hoping to get married next October during Graves Mountain Weekend!!! ARGHH!!!! Melin says that she told her brother that she'd drive to Graves on Friday, Philly on Saturday morning, and Graves on Saturday night..........it would take more than a wedding to keep that girl from that cabin.....she hasn't missed that weekend for 17 years....I'm sure next year won't be the first!<p>
See you there!!!
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PS - Sorry for the long blog, but it was a long weekend! I have lots more great pics that I'll post later....my hands are tired and this "Add Image" button really ticks me off!!!Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-57201350953141476582008-10-14T19:56:00.000-04:002008-10-14T20:04:00.895-04:00It Seems Like Yesterday.........<div>...........that we were celebrating your first birthday! I could hardly believe that it had been a whole year! You had learned so much that first year....you even learned to walk at 10 months old! Just in case you don't remember (!), here's your first birthday party:<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257164054765097618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SPUy2qo50pI/AAAAAAAAAUs/_rb-j8Jw_TQ/s400/Shelby%27s+First+Birthday.jpg" border="0" /></div>
<p>We kept it small....just you, me, your dad, Granny Galvin and Jim Case. We had just gotten in the night before from taking my first cruise....a Carnival cruise to Nassau! It was fun, but it was the first time I had left you and that part was so hard!</p><p>My what a pretty baby you were....and what a lovely young lady you've become! I love you and miss you and hope you're having the best birthday ever!</p><p>Love, Mom</p><p>XOXOXO</p>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-65999025967358416252008-10-14T00:29:00.000-04:002008-10-14T20:37:16.577-04:00Happy, Happy Birthday, Shelby!!!!I just spoke to her....they're having a great time at sea! I sure do miss her...but I'm so happy she's having a great birthday!
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<div align="center">I love you, Shelby!!!</div><div align="center">Happy Birthday!!</div><div align="center">Mom XOXOXO</div>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-38240235059419169252008-10-09T09:55:00.000-04:002008-10-10T00:50:25.853-04:00Save My Skin!!!!! Please!!!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SO4OK0j8KuI/AAAAAAAAAUU/I2Add-_cuqE/s1600-h/notepadchaos.jpg"></a>I<span style="font-size:130%;"> used to doodle on scraps of paper when I was on hold with tech support or a teleconference.....now I "surf" blogs! I've seen some gorgeous blogs and really think that mind is boring, so I started "surfing" skins (which I originally called "templates"....taboo!) I've found one I love, but I can't figure out how to make it work right!</span>
<div><span style="font-size:130%;">I've read about issues with widgets and when I tried to download the one I love, I had a widget issue, even though I have no clue what a widget even is!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span>
</div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Here's the skin I'm in love with.....can someone help me figure out how to make it my own? It's sooooo me.......it looks just like my daytimer!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/20/notepad-chaos-a-free-wordpress-theme/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255153593073273554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SO4OWZNACtI/AAAAAAAAAUc/3KT3tWVMwLw/s400/notepadchaos.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></div>
<p></p><p>Don't you just love it!!!! It's called <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/20/notepad-chaos-a-free-wordpress-theme/">"Notepad Chaos"</a>....how appropriate is that???</p>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-24991192487804388002008-10-07T20:08:00.000-04:002008-10-07T20:14:53.819-04:00It's Twins!!!<div><div>Well, it's that time of year.....and although it's been a while since I've sat on that porch, I'm sooo dreaming of the smell of Graves Mountain and hoping that this year I'll be able to go to the cabin...it's been toooo long! Business is crazy right now, so Dennis and I both have to get it when it's there....makes for last minute planning to go out of town, but I've got my fingers crossed!</div><div></div>
<div>I just went to their website....just had to see a picture of it again! I'm telling you Melinda's "babies" look so much alike they're almost twins. The only difference is their age:</div>
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<div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Well, that and the porch railings........but they will be finished the next time we're up! Isn't that amazing.....that for all of these years she's waited to find it....and it found her! Melinda's Baby Graves!!!</div></div>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-5210420781086693742008-10-05T15:16:00.000-04:002008-10-05T15:29:44.698-04:00Hellooooo.....is anybody there!?<div><span style="font-size:130%;">Wow......I put a counter on the blog on Thursday night and I already have over 125 hits! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253753708383862386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SOkVKYWcfnI/AAAAAAAAASI/3gsEknlJPHU/s200/counter.png" border="0" />Now, I don't know who you are (well, I know who <em>some </em>of you are!), or how you got to my blog, but I'd love to hear from you! Heck, if no one looks at your blog and talks back to you, it's just a diary....been there, done that....it's more fun to share!</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:130%;">By accident a found a couple of great blogs....I hit that "Next Blog" button at the top of my blog yesterday when I was making a post on <a href="http://www.apronsrequired.blogspot.com/">Aprons Required</a>...I thought it would take me to my <em>other </em>blog, but I saw this blog called <a href="http://homesicktexan.blogspot.com/">Homesick Texan</a>. At first I thought that Shelby had changed the name of her blog......but it's not Shelby! This is a great website for recipes....and her photography is awesome. I'm inspired....and check out how many comments she gets to her posts! Unreal! I don't think I want to go <em>that </em>far!</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:130%;">Anyway, I'm happy to know that someone is visiting my blog....I love company! But it would be alot nicer if I knew you were there! Let me know who you are...and how I can check out your blog! Hey, if you can find a mate on the computer, you can find new friends, too! See ya around!</span></div>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-21897733769945103922008-10-04T17:14:00.001-04:002008-10-05T13:00:27.476-04:00Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens......A few years ago Shelby gave me Oprah's 20th Anniversary Collection for Christmas....I think we watched the entire set of DVDs on Christmas Day! Almost every time she came over, that's what we did.....watched Oprah! I especially love her "Favorite Things" show, but it inspired me to do the same thing for my friends.
The first year I gave them baskets filled with some of my favorite things: A Wusthof Santoku knife, Aromatique Cinnamon Cider scented oil, samples of Clinque moisturizer (courtesy of Clinique), Lindor truffles, among other things.
Last year I drove myself nuts trying to design a cookbook with my "favorite recipes" for my Christmas Favorite Things gift. I knew the kids would love it since they no longer lived at home. But designing a cookbook and figuring out how to print and bind it to look nice was getting quite difficult. I was watching the Today Show one morning and they were giving some great ideas for Christmas gifts......one of them was a cookbook! You just go to <a href="http://www.tastebook.com/">Tastebook.com </a>and type in your recipes, add your pictures and they send a beautiful cookbook with the tabs for each section and the recipes.....they look gorgeous! You can add up to 100 recipes.....it was close to Christmas, so I only added 50 at the time, but you can go back in and complete the rest of them and they will send them to you to hand out to everyone. You even get to pick out your own cover! Here's what mine looks like:
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<p>I think this is such a great idea.........you could ask everyone in your family for their favorite recipes and put them all into one book! You don't have to buy the book to enjoy the recipes....you can "share" them with others.</p><p>I will be posting some of my favorite recipes from the book at my newest blog, <a href="http://www.apronsrequired.blogspot.com/">Aprons Required</a>. In fact, cooking on the stove right now is the next entry, Pasta e Fagioli!!!</p><p>Have a great day!</p>Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836498031907313108.post-41439784258433575932008-10-03T18:45:00.000-04:002008-10-03T18:48:25.844-04:00Courtney.....this is for you!<div>I was at Harris Teeter the other day and bought a stem of white hydrangea....it's been in the sunroom, so I forgot I had it! When I walked past it a bit ago I thought of you. This is <em>one stem</em> of hydrangea.....it cost me $5. I have bought them at different times of the year and they aren't always this full, but I would think they would be in July! </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253063100243550850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A--e1XEApxg/SOahDsi6ooI/AAAAAAAAAPo/L52Uk2LZBF0/s400/DSCN1482_edited.JPG" border="0" /></div>
Just an FYI for you.........Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458243311983596038noreply@blogger.com2