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08/01/2008
beautiful Married! I'm putting on his boutineer just coming out of the temple - married! one of my favorites! running away awww me and my girls! luv this - my sexy men. my babe being babe Our wedding party at the temple under the veil my babe Most everyone at the ceremony My family! My girls again love Just me me and the guys <3 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I am Mrs. Shellhart!
finally married!
I am now Mrs. Shellhart!! Whoo Hoo! Luv it!
We had soo much fun! I wish we could do it again and again! ;o) So here are some of the ceremony pictures - I will post reception pictures when I get them too. I will also post the goods and bads and all the craziness that we had later. It is inevitable - nothing is ever going to go absolutely perfect, but luckily most of it does. But just to point out- since it was OUR wedding day, it was absolutely perfect in every way. I think the best part of it all was the way Brandon looked at me all day - I have never seen him so happy. Ladies it is the greatest feeling to have your man look at you that way! You have one beautiful day waiting for you! The photographer did such a nice job - thanks to Vladimir Triska. I definitely recommend him and his wife Irina to anyone! It was worth every penny just to all of those brides out there considering whether or not to have a professional. At least schedule one for an hours worth! www.voirphotography Oh! Thank you gratefulbride and everyone who commented that was thinking of us on our wedding day! That was so sweet. |
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07/08/2008
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My Menu's!
Hmm...
So here are how my menu's turned out. I think I like them! I had plenty of time to obsess over them (and the book Twlight) seeing as I was sick all weekend with the flu! yuck.
* Anyways I am not sure if I like them better in color or black and white? * |
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07/05/2008
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Grooms Cake Practice!
The little things that make him happy ...
This is a dinosaur cake my sister and my three adorable nieces and nephews made together! We are going to make one for Brandon's Grooms Cake. I am going to have all the neices and nephews help make it because it is super easy to make and soo fun to decorate! He is going to love it!
I am especially excited because the one thing Brandon is most excited to get from our wedding registry is this silly green silicone dinosaur cake mold from target! I think sometimes we get so caught up in the little details and crave so much perfection that we forget that the little and the most unperfect things make us the happiest! I love the little things that make him happy - it is too easy! |
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07/02/2008
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I'm confused and don't know what to do.
Ok, so I didn't think this would ever happen, but someone actually took the liberty to invite and rsvp themselves to my wedding! I was looking through my RSVP's on my website and noticed a name that was definitely not on my list! It was an old "friend" from high school who I haven't talked to in years.
Actually, the last time I saw this friend, she completely snubbed me and walked away! What is going on? Why does she want to come? She rvsp with another friend of mine, so she must of assumed she was invited!? But this is the ceremony. It would be one thing for the reception I could probably handle that, but to the ceremony? This is supposed to be a private close friends and family event. And my MOH just called me confused wondering why (lets say) a 'Karrie' called to rsvp to my bachelorette party when she didn't have her on the list! Obviously that is a no, but she is seriously stocking me. What am I supposed to do? I am not trying to be like 'oh you can't come to my birthday party' (I know this is different), but how do you tell someone no, without hurting their feelings? She obviously really really wants to come. But brings drama everywhere she goes. She must have assumed that because we used to be friends five years ago, it's ok... I have too much to do than to call and figure out feelings with this person. I could talk to my friend that obviously thought it was ok to invite her, but that will still hurt feelings and burn bridges in the end. But I don't know what else I can do if I don't want to be stressed out about it. I don't know, should I just buck up and let her come? Or say screw it - it is our wedding? Anyone else have a similar problem? ** UPDATE ** first of thanks everyone, I am calming down and realizing that this is not such a big deal. I talked to my MOH and she is totally comfortable telling people NO. Thank goodness. She is just going to call her back and say she has to keep to the list, Alyshia's orders because she wants it small. As for the wedding I am just going to call my other friend who seemed to invite her that we only have limited seating. And that's that. I liked timsgirl's idea to just maybe say to have lunch with her some other time. WHEW!, |
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06/27/2008
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Thank - You Cards
So I ordered my thank-you cards from Vistaprint! Actually, thanks to mjview22 who got me hooked with all her cute stuff months ago!
We decided to do a postcard style thank - you and then ordered extra envelopes, so they would still be protected. So there is a picture of what the front and back will look like. TOTAL COST: $15.05 For 100 postcards, 100 envelopes, a sticky note pad, a pen, a small decal window sticker and address labels (with all the free promotions things they have). I might need more though, but I have no problem with going back! I can't believe I only have 3 weeks! yikes! I need to get my butt movin! |
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06/19/2008
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Shoe Crisis - What's a girl to do?!
Ok. so I went shoe shopping today (online and at Macy's) and I can not decide what shoes I like better. I think I like the colored shoes, but I might want to go with the all white look too... Tell me what you think and which shoe you like! Thanks!
*** Thanks for your comments everyone! ( I will definitely check out the comfort of the flats now)*** Just so you all know the white and blue lace flats are Report shoes and called Cassie. The white pumps are Unlisted and so are the colorful flats. I found all of these at amazon.com. Unlisted and Report shoes can be found at Macy's too. The blue & green striped shoes are Joan & David, the style is Marjean, I found them on ebay under the seller shoemetro kelleghf |
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06/17/2008
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06/13/2008
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My DIY invitations
I finally had time to post them!
So here is how they turned out! Whew. Assembling them was actually a lot easier than I thought they would be - (but I usually expect anything I do to be difficult).
** I posted how I made them below this blog to help spark ideas for other DIYers out there!** I think the worst part about them was getting the picture right. I was so picky about how the wording looked and how the color turned out. I was at Costco all the time trying to get the pictures to look how I wanted and still I am not completely happy, but finally Brandon and Mom said - enough - and made me just order. I am a really bad perfectionist ( OCD! ) |
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06/13/2008
MOH helping! love ya! Our work station! The INVITATION picture! 5 x 14 1/8 and hole punch Printing before fold After it was folded before glue dots were placed on invitation the bow ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Making the Invites!
So here is how I made my 120, 5x7 invites: Cost $135
First I wanted the picture to be right: See picture #3 1. I placed the picture I wanted into powerpoint. Then I played around with all different fonts, colors and wording to get the text to look just right on my picture. I found some fonts that I liked too such as 'Helinda Rook,' 'Penman Scrpit,' 'Scriptina' at: shanbritedesign. I ended up using Monotype Corsiva and Edwaridan Script. 2. When I liked how my picture and the wording looked, I adjusted the page in powerpoint to a large view, so that when I copied the picture I didn't lose quality. 3. I pressed 'Ctrl' & 'Print Screen' and opened the program Irfanview. (If you don't know what this is, it is a free picture editing program that I absolutely love, you can download it free here: irfanview) 4. I pressed 'Ctrl' & 'V' to paste my copy into irfanview. It looks confusing at first because you think you are still in powerpoint since it copies the whole view of the screen you were just at. 5. From there I cropped the image back down to the original picture size (left click and adjust to size, then press, edit: crop selection) 6. I saved my file and uploaded it to costco's photoshop online to be printed as a 5 x 7. It took me about 15 pictures (& 4 pick-up visits) to find the right one. 7. If I found the wording to be too light or the picture to be too dark, I went back to powerpoint and did this again. (I edited my picture's brightness in Microsoft Office Picture Manager). 8. Once I liked a picture I ordered all 125, 5 x 7's . (I only did a few extra pictures, because you can't really mess them up too bad when making the invitation). Cost: $50.73 Before I assembled - I got my supplies! : 1. I called a local print shop and asked if they had the heavy weight cardstock of the color terrestrial teal in the Astrobrights (Most of the time they do, but they order it and a day later it comes in). You can google all different colors in the Astrobrights online or go to the shop to get samples of the Astrobrights or other colors. 2. Ordered 160 in my color (So I could mess up, but I had a ton of leftovers) and had them cut the cardstock to the dimensions: 5 x 14 1/8 (the extra 1/8 is so the invitations can fold). With the A-7 (5 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches) envelopes the cost came to be $39.73 3. From there I bought a bone folder, small rectangle hole punch, glue dots, and ribbon in a nice contrasting color at Michaels. (I needed 41 yards for 125 invites or about 12 inches for one invite). Make sure to bring coupons if you go to Michaels as they will take coupons from JoAnns. I also had a ruler, pencil and eraser handy. Cost: $40 4. For my ceremony inserts (that I pasted in the invite), I just formatted 6 of the my design to a page. (If you want the template I used, just email me and I can send it to you). I found the design for the top at the shanbrightdesign website too. Make sure to view it in print preview, so wording isn't cut off. 5. I printed a couple samples on white paper to make sure they fit right into my invite and then printed about 19 pages (for 125 invites) on my computer using the cardstock ink option in printing preferences on the Terra Green cardstock paper in the Astrobright. 6. Went to Kinko's to get them cut (about a $1 a cut, but they do all the pages at once - I had four cuts). I made a sample with lines where I wanted them to cut, so I had even and centered inserts. 7. Did the same for the maps. I did my maps in Word in the drawing pad and used the shapes option to arrange my lines. I looked at a map from mapquest to get my lines and streets right. Bring your girls to come help!: 1. First I printed my wording in the front of my 5 x 14 1/8 pages on my printer in the cardstock printing option. (I did this before I folded). See picture # 5 for how it looked before I folded it. 2. Then I whole punched little rectangles into the top parts of the paper. See picture # 4 2. Then time to fold. Measure and mark with a pencil 3 1/2 inches with the ruler on the top and the bottom. Place the ruler down against the marks and take the bone folder pointy edge to make a crease along the ruler. Erased the little pencil marks. Then fold the paper and slide the large part of the bone folder along the crease to make a nice crisp crease. Did the same thing for the other side. Make sure the 5 x 7 picture fits in the opening. See picture # 6 3. Take the glue dots and place them on each corner of the picture. It should fit exactly in the center. Once the glue dots are down there is no return. On one side I placed the ceremony insert with glue dots and on the other I placed the map with the glue dots. 4. From there I cut 12 inches of ribbon to make 120 or so strands. 5. Placed the ribbon through my hole punched holes and tied a bow. DONE So that was basically how I did it. You can always email me if you are still unsure about something?! Well, I hope this helped inspire and not wear you out! |
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06/10/2008
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Monograms
Here are my final two monograms
Anyways, for anyone who doesn't know how to make a monogram, this is what I did. And it was very easy to make, I placed a bunch of fonts in powerpoint, made my design and saved each monogram on a seperate slide as .jpg. Then I went to paint or irfanview to edit and center the design. |
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05/28/2008
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05/20/2008
Brewery City PIzza - yumm |
Catering!
Finally all confirmed and ready to go!
So, we have finally confirmed all the food arrangements for the reception! Yipee! Our local pizza restaurant in Olympia is going to cater 200 people for us for very cheap! $$$$ So excited. Here is our very casual menu (very simple, but only our favorites, so it makes since) ;D
Fettuccine Alfredo PiZzA: Bell pepper, olives, bacon Foccacia Rolls Caesar Salad "Simple yet satisfying" |
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05/20/2008
It is titanium with a brushed rim and three little and very manly round diamonds! Our rings together - so pretty! ![]() ![]() |
Brandon's Ring!
Great! This website sometimes!
Brandon's ring came in today! I luv it!
It is a titanium ring, so he won't wear it down as fast and it still matches the white gold on my ring very nicely! It also has three round diamonds that match by round diamond too - I'm so excited to it on him. (Well he saw it once and then when I got it in I had him close his eyes so I could make sure it fit and that it looked nice - it was perfect!) ***Sorry to you guys who commented from before! Somehow the site goofed and tried to delete your comments when I posted a response! ahhh! But I somewhat saved them (backspaced and copied them). So that's why it looks funny!**** |
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05/04/2008
ugghh! :) that was fun Brandon trying to push me into the lake - or was he? He refused to take off his sunglasses he kept trying to give "the look!" us trying to fix each other ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Engagement Picture Bloopers!
Just impossible
We almost have are engagement pictures decided, but I thought these ones were funny because it shows how DIFFUCULT it is for Brandon (and me sometimes) to take a decent picture... We goof around way too much! uggh
There are definitely more pictures where these came from! |
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04/27/2008
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You can't invite everyone!
So what IS the "right thing" to do!? I have 33 classmates in my nursing program and I know all of them, but am close to maybe 10 of them, but some people that I wasn't planning on inviting have (of course) expressed interest in coming! I want to invite just those I am close to, but I don't want anyone with hurt feelings because really all 33 of us have been through a lot together. I would LOVE to invite everyone, but that is just not necessary. The wedding is a month after we graduate, so maybe I can get away with sending out those particular invites late? Ahhh, what do I do?! What have you guys done in these "toughy" situations?
Another thing- True that when you invite just one person you know you need to "add + 1 guest"? Is everyone following that rule to the tee? I don't want to be rude, but all these guys know each other, so they don't need their significant others!? |
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04/09/2008
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Engagement Ring
It came in finally!
**UPDATE**
I did finally get my ring in a couple weeks ago - here are some better shots of it! It still was not the right size (it is a 4 and a 3.75 was what I wanted) so now it twirls around my finger, but at least I can wear it and I luv it! I just noticed that these pics were taken over my school notes when I was SUPPOSE to be studying! It is so distracting planning a wedding! |
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03/25/2008
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Target / Bed Bath & Beyond
We finally finished registering today! There is still some editing to do (Brandon thought it would be amusing to scan toilet paper, a playstation 3 and a my little pony, but only the essentials you know? lol)
But I wanted ask what people registered for gifts in the $25 range? I have found that most of my items are like $40 and I want to have more options. Also has anyone registered on amazon.com? I have been debating this and am not sure. How is it working out for you? But at least we are registered and well on our way! Bed Bath & Beyond / Target here we come! |
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03/24/2008
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Decoration
Table runners
So I did some shopping on Saturday for my DIY projects at JoAnnes...
We found the cutest material for the table runners on clearance and I didn't even know it! It was going to come to $66 for 10 yards, but I got 12 1/2 yards for $33! Yipee it was an exciting day! I also finished buying the candles and I bought some ribbon to play around with! It feels good to get some things bought and out of the way! |
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03/20/2008
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Wedding Newsletter
Whew! I finished!
Ok - so I first saw the post on wedding newsletters on gratefulbrides page and I thought - cute but I will not be needing one.
As soon as I said that all drama broke out. Oh my goodness! My soon to be mother-in-law calls my fiance's brother outraged that she has not been included and she knows NOTHING that is going on for the wedding (hey - we have something in common- neither do I! lol). So apparently my future brother in law has been the one to communicate with her and is telling her all the wrong information! Like our ceremony is in Bellingham and it is really in Bellevue! Bellingham is up like four aways away towards Canada! Oh no! So then she was planning on not going to the ceremony! Can you believe the craziness? Anyways since I am off on spring break I have been working on this newsletter ALL day! It is not perfect because I had to convert the .doc to a .pdf and it got a little off. I will send one to all the family members, so when plans are discussed they all have a hard copy! whew! SO a BIG thank-you to all of you who have inspired me while I ran around crazy today trying to pull this together! ♥ gratefulbride ♥ kellydave4ever ♥ http://wedding-planning.suite101.com |
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03/09/2008
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Photography
LUV it! Can't wait!
Yipee! we finally signed the contract! We LUV LUV LUV their work! They are a husband and wife team in Seattle that are going to do an hour of our wedding for $250 with all HIGH resolution negatives on CD with signed copyrights to us to use to print other places! Vladimir and Irina Triska - the best in Seattle www.voirphotography |
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02/18/2008
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My Inspiration Board!
Thanks to Amy :-)
I finally finished my inspiration board! (I was having an internal blue color crisis), but all is well now. Some of the blues still don't match up "perfectly," but I am a major perfectionist. It will probably change images periodically. yipee!
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02/15/2008
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Something Fun
DIY Spa Day
I found some of these spa tips on www.weddingchannel.com "Eve's Home Remedies" I know you can find tips like this everywhere, but some of these were different. Here are some of them. They look fun!
*Eye drops will remove redness not only from your eyes but also from red blemishes. Freeze a drop in a spoon, place frozen over blemish and hold, it will shrink swelling. *Parsley will help freshen your breath from the inside. Parsley contains chlorophyll, which is found in Certs and Clorets. *Gently rub baking soda (3/4 cup mixed with 1/4 cup water) for three minutes on face and rinse off. A great, inexpensive exfoliator. *Crush cucumbers into a pulp, and pat over face and neck. Good for oily skin and to unclog pores. *Brush your lips with a toothbrush and use Vaseline to exfoliate and plump up your lips. *Eucerin lotion over lips provides soothing therapy and holds lip color. *Instead of shaving cream, use hair conditioner to shave your legs. It will leave them silky and smooth, as well as save you a moisturizing step. *A quick weight loss tip: Take two garlic tablets and two papaya enzymes before every meal. You can lose up to 5 lbs in one week. *Hairspray sprayed eight inches from face with eyes and mouth closed will create sealer for your makeup. *Honey and baby oil combined and rubbed on the body will make it incredibly soft. Be sure to rinse it off before leaving the bath. *Hydrogen peroxide applied with a cotton ball makes a terrific astringent. *Dab a Q-tip into Jell-O cherry flavored powder and apply to lips. Let sit for five minutes and lick it off. Will give your lips a natural red coat. *Lemon juice will dry up and help get rid of a pimple. *Lemon juice will whiten brittle fingernails. *Neosporin can help remove and heal acne overnight. *Clay masks will draw out the black heads that tend to gather around the nose, by dehydrating the top layer of skin. *Toothpaste (white paste) will help heal acne breakouts. |