i do monograms

Here are some of our latest creations- crazy about them all but I especially "Love" the Love parasol :)

Just a reminder you only have a little longer to get your 5% off at Wedding Paper Divas! Use the code AFL2. I absolutely adore their wedding invitations and save-the-dates... so pretty!

Okay okay so I'm obsessed with wedding magazines... yeah yeah I know, my wedding is over- but I have a good excuse... I'm in the wedding business! Since we just moved my sister into her new apartment she was ready to give up the stacks and stacks of wedding magazines that I had let her borrow as she is planning her own wedding- so now I'm going back through them all and I have to say, I missed them... and I want MORE!!! RockBottomMagazines has great deals so I'm going to have to go ahead and get a few subscriptions to my faves :) You know you have tons of wedding magazines scattered all over your house too... anyone have any interesting ideas on what to do with them once you're done with all the planning? I'd love to hear some creative suggestions!

Surprises are so stressful... you're constantly afraid of slipping or that someone else is going to slip, you're on edge always wondering if the person being "surprised" already knows, and you just want to tell so bad you can hardly stand it. With that being said, when you can truly surprise someone... it makes all the stress completely worth it. Last weekend, we surprised my sister with her first bridal shower- and she was DEFINITELY surprised.

The set-up: We had gone up to PA for her graduation from Villanova University, which was on Sunday morning. On Saturday, we spend the day moving her out of her apartment and then we had my great Aunt's 70th birthday party that night. Well my sister was particulary concerned about her appearance for the party. She took so much time getting ready, went back and forth on what to wear a million times, and had a look of anticipation on her face all afternoon. When we arrived at the party she looked confused. She leaned over to me and said, "Kris, I thought this was going to be my bridal shower!" Of course I knew the whole time this is what she thought, so I was in hysterics as was the rest of our family. We enjoyed the party and then went home to get some sleep for graduation the next morning. After her graduation on Sunday the "plan" was that we were all going to her new apt. to unload the moving truck. We had to stop by her old apt. to pick up a few last things before we got on the road and we knew she would want to change out of her graduation dress into comfy clothes. We thought that if we all told her we weren't going to change that she wouldn't change either, but sure enough, she did... which validated that she had NO CLUE that she was on her way to her shower! This is why she's in a t-shirt and jeans in the picture above! We knew she could easily change back into her graduation dress (which is of course what she did immediatley after she realized what was going on!) so we just let it go and knew it would be all the more priceless her walking into her shower in her moving clothes!

Moral of the story: surprises may be stressful, but when they work, they're incredible! The shower was a hit.

Ah yes, wedding season is in full swing and I'm definitely feeling it.... sorry for the lack of posts recently but I'm hesitant to say I'm going to get any better at posting more regularly due to all the work... it's just so hard to find time for anything else! I will say that I'll try my best though :)

It's true... I have a total soft spot for verse runners. Okay so yes, they take forever and a day to create, and yes, it is a tiring process waiting for them to dry, but I just can't help it... I'm in love with verse runners. They turn out so beautifully and they make such a statement. I absolutely love the one I just created for a May Bride, Laura. Laura's getting married in Puerto Rico and I can't WAIT to see pictures of her fabulous day! Check out some of the other latest creations that I've been working on as well:

With wedding season in full swing it doesn't leave much time for anything else other than work work work... which means I have to give up some fun things like going out of town for the weekend with the hubs to visit his family. Wishing I was with him right now- but at least I'm getting a ton of projects done this weekend... go me :)