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01/20/2011

Damask Template

Damask Love & Lavendar Site

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The Wedding Chicks (retro sample)

DIY Wedding

FREEBIES! Links for printable wedding invitations and etc.

While searching high and low for ideas for my besties wedding, I came across some websites for printable wedding invitations for the penny pinching brides. Happy Wedding Planning! (CLICK ON LINKS BELOW)

-->Damask Printable

Damask Tiles
(you can use these tiles on OpenOffice Draw to create a border/frame. Please see my previous post for instructions)

-->Floral invitations (blue green, or pink)

-->French Inspired Menu and Place Card

-->Chrysanthemum Purple Modern

-->Love and Lavendar Website Assorted DIY printable invites

-->The Wedding Chicks Website Assorted DIY printable invites

-->Download & Print Website Assorted DIY printable invites

-->Nonpareil Magazine Website printable invites, save the dates, & tags

tags: invitations, damask, diy, free, freebies, printable

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01/18/2011

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Ask a Question

What site or magazine did you order your invitations from?

I need some suggestions where to find cute, affordable wedding invitations. My best friend is getting married in September and I am helping her plan the wedding. I would like to hear from everyone if possible what magazine or website did you order your invites from?

tags: invitations

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07/08/2009

art transfer

DIY Wedding

How to Create Art Transfer Tile Coasters

I saw this on HGTV the other day and thought this was a fab idea! I wish I would of done these as favor gifts. So..... I thought I would stop by and post a blog to inspire the DIY brides to be! I might just have to do that for my baby shower one day! Not preggers yet, but we are trying!

Link to HGTV ART TILE DIY PROJECT BELOW
ART TRANFER TILES INSTRUCTIONS (CLICK HERE)

I MISS YOU ALL ON HERE! I CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THE WONDERFUL PLANNING EVERYONE IS DOING WITH THEIR WEDDINGS. Thumbs up to everyone!
-DEA

tags: diy, tile art, favors, favor gift

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02/14/2009

Best Western

View from our hotel to the beach

Magens Bay

Sail boat cruise to St John

David snorkeling

David & I

view from our hotel

Honeymoon

Pics from our honeymoon in St Thomas Virgin Islands

So we finally went on our honeymoon in St Thomas!!!!! Better late than never! Anyway, we stayed at the Best Western in St Thomas which is only a 10 minute walk from the airport. We rented a small car for two days (only $55 a day), which was very beneficial, because the taxi is very expensive. We decided to go one day on a sailboat cruise which costs about $120 per person. We ended up sailing to the southern part of St John and we snorkeled for hours. We also ened up visting the Old Sugar Mill on St John too. The next day we went to Magens Bay and Cooki Beach. It was a wonderful trip! This is our second time in St Thomas and we loved it! It gets quite expensive so dont be surprised to pay $250 or more a night for a resort. If anyone is going to St Thomas or would like to know more about St Thomas Virgin Islands just shoot me an email.

tags: honeymoon, st thomas virgin islands, st thomas, virgin islands

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02/03/2009

rsvp post cards

wedding totes

damask pink place cards

wedding timeline

Open Office Draw

How to create own background on Open Office Draw

I have been getting questions about how to use open office, so here are some quick directions how to get started!

http://download.openoffice.org/

Open office Draw

Click on Basic Shaped button (way on the bottom, next to smiley face) and click on the very bottom where you see a frame.

Draw a frame on the page, notice your frame will be blue ( YOU CAN ALSO DO THIS WITH OTHER BASIC SHAPES, BUT THIS IS A PRACTICE ROUND!)

-Draw your frame
-Go to top left tool bar (top of screen) and click on "Format"
-Select "Area"
-Go to the last tab "bitmaps"
-Click "import" button
-Insert favorite damask pattern or any pattern that you like!
-Name it what ever you want
-Click on okay
-Then it should fill in your box with the graphic.
-If you want to make a change, you will see "tile" you can unclick that box, to see if you like the pattern to be bigger.
-Pretty much everything else, you need to play with it for a good hour or so after you learn this technique and you will start to get a hang of the program.

-Dea

tags: graphics, damask, open office draw, creative, fans, wedding programs

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01/16/2009

Black Honeymoon FINALLY GOING ON A HONEYMOON 6 MONTHS LATER!!!!

Picture of St Thomas February 2008

me last year in St Thomas

Honeymoon

FINALLY GOING ON A HONEYMOON 6 MONTHS LATER!!!!

Finally have found the time to squeeze in a honeymoon! We were thinking about going on a cruise, but we are going back to St Thomas, Virgin Islands in February, which was the same place we got engaged last Feb 2008.

We have been looking at houses hardcore for since last November. Just can't beat the lower rates and lower house prices in the past 3 months in Florida.

Will post pics of the honeymoon when I get back.

I miss you all on this site!

DEA :)

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08/22/2008

David & I

dad & I

dance time

Kayla, Missy, Carla, me, Marjorie, Janelle, McKenna (flowergirl)

My brother Ken & my sis in law Marjorie

bridesmaids

dad & I

with the parents

the dudes

cake stuff

dancin'

in color

chevy nova

69 chevelle

dancin'

FINALLY!

More pictures

pics..mostly in black & white

Someone in the family did the pics for us. I love them in black & white! I would of loved to got "professional" pics.....but David & I might have some professional pics done here in Florida.....perhaps by the beach.

Update: Someone asked about the muscle cars....I had an idea to arrive in my dad's muscle cars...My dad has 2 muscle cars and another on its way to being completed. Eveyone thought it was a unique idea to arrive in the old muscle cars.

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08/22/2008

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Wedding Cake

My Wedding Cake

Here is a pic from the wedding of the wedding cake.

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08/17/2008

me...waiting before taking off to the ceremony

fixing flower girl's hair

junior bridesmaid Kayla practice walking with flower girl

McKenna (my niece) flower girl

Carla & Kayla

Getting ready

my husband...and his dad

garter toss.....yes...he used his teeth and cheated

Grooms Cake...my sister in law made this for the reception...it was a big hit! Chocolate cake with rasberry filling!

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FINALLY.....

I'M FRICKEN EXHAUSTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All that planning and the day flew by so fast....I didn't even have time to get nervous to walk down the aisle.... 3 hours into the recpetion I was exhausted!!! I only had 3 hours of sleep Friday night....I was so glad everything went smoothly...... So, all the hardwork paid off and got a lot of compliments on the decorations, food, my dress, the bridesmaid dresses....... I am glad it's over!!! Now it time for making some babies..... that is the best part!!!! LOL.
These pics are from my camera when I found time to take some. Will post more pics later this week after photos are developed. Have to leave tomorrow to drive back to Florida....two days of driving YUCK!

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years since wedding

bride:

DEA MARIE

groom:

DAVID

wedding day:

Aug 16, 2008

city:

Muskegon, Michigan, United States

ceremony:

Muskegon

banquet:

VFW

photographer:

family member

wedding color:

Black

about my wedding:

DAMASK WEDDING!!!!!!....So far with some creativity and pinching pennies I have been able to make this wedding special. I would like to say thanks to all the people who have helped me on this blog... it is much appreciated.... KEEP THE CREATIVITY FLOWING!