Sunday, May 30, 2010
Thank You!
On this Memorial Day, as we spend time with our family and friends at BBQ's, the beach, catching up on our DVR or working.
Take a moment to remember our soldiers that fight daily for our freedoms and the soldiers that fought for the freedoms we have today.
Thank you to everyone of you!!!
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
at home: our new abode!
I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to write any entries here for some time. We have been house hunting for the last little while and I haven't had a chance to work on new pieces for my store or do anything other than inspect houses!!
But, good news.... I can happily say that we bought a house at auction this morning! Yay! It's such a dream and I can't wait to move in! I'm still in shock!
But, good news.... I can happily say that we bought a house at auction this morning! Yay! It's such a dream and I can't wait to move in! I'm still in shock!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Wedding Bouquets
Tropically Delicious and exotic! I love how the flowers to me scream tropical, but the setting is so vintage, and it all comes together, elegantly perfect.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Wedding Magnets : And attractive wedding idea for invitations & party favors!
As a mobile DJ, you see some really neat ideas from time to time, but none have struck me as much so as what I have been seeing more and more of this summer.
With printing capabilities increasing with technology and color printing cartridge advancements, a new trend is definitely hitting the professional wedding industry. This new wedding trend is quickly becoming a magnetic attraction to the guests, because this new trend is magnets with photos.
One new magnet prop is showing up before the wedding. I have seen “Save The Date” magnets sent out to guests to announce their wedding right from the start. These are usually business card size with just the date and the bride and groom’s names on them. They can however be bigger and more elaborate.
Magnets can also be used for the invitations themselves. If you look up on google.com keywords “magnets”+”Weddings” you will see that many specialty printers are now offering some really cool magnetic stock for invitations. Companies like Magnetstreet.com, MagnetQueen.com, Wedding-Magnets.com and SaveTheDateMagnet.com are all just the tip of the iceberg for companies that are beginning to specialize off of this growing new idea. They have some great stock images to pick from, as well as cool ideas for customization.
At the reception itself, many people are now opting to make the magnet-making process itself as part of the fun and towards the provision of wedding favors. Photo Magnet creation actually becomes an activity. An additional photographer can be hired with on site capability and the proper equipment to provide refrigerator magnets as party favors to the bride and groom and/or all your guests with their images on the magnets.
At a recent Albany, NY wedding I played music at, the magnet photographer set up a photo shoot area in a corner complete with lighting and a backdrop. Couples and friends alike could then go over for the shoot and immediately, within seconds, have a decorative portrait of the participants in hand. The magnets can either then be set aside for the bride and groom, or kept as a favor!
The possibilities are endless!
With printing capabilities increasing with technology and color printing cartridge advancements, a new trend is definitely hitting the professional wedding industry. This new wedding trend is quickly becoming a magnetic attraction to the guests, because this new trend is magnets with photos.
One new magnet prop is showing up before the wedding. I have seen “Save The Date” magnets sent out to guests to announce their wedding right from the start. These are usually business card size with just the date and the bride and groom’s names on them. They can however be bigger and more elaborate.
Magnets can also be used for the invitations themselves. If you look up on google.com keywords “magnets”+”Weddings” you will see that many specialty printers are now offering some really cool magnetic stock for invitations. Companies like Magnetstreet.com, MagnetQueen.com, Wedding-Magnets.com and SaveTheDateMagnet.com are all just the tip of the iceberg for companies that are beginning to specialize off of this growing new idea. They have some great stock images to pick from, as well as cool ideas for customization.
At the reception itself, many people are now opting to make the magnet-making process itself as part of the fun and towards the provision of wedding favors. Photo Magnet creation actually becomes an activity. An additional photographer can be hired with on site capability and the proper equipment to provide refrigerator magnets as party favors to the bride and groom and/or all your guests with their images on the magnets.
At a recent Albany, NY wedding I played music at, the magnet photographer set up a photo shoot area in a corner complete with lighting and a backdrop. Couples and friends alike could then go over for the shoot and immediately, within seconds, have a decorative portrait of the participants in hand. The magnets can either then be set aside for the bride and groom, or kept as a favor!
The possibilities are endless!
Wedding Bouquet
So classic and vintage and elegant and modern all at the same time.
Photography by: Footstone Photography
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Entertaining Tips: Guests
New Rule
Girls Night, In! In this economy everyone is strapped, so have everyone bring one bottle of wine, put in a movie (or not) and chat.... just gossip, that's what you'd wind up doing at that expensive Tapa's place anyway, right?
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
First Wedding of the Summer
Last Saturday I had the blessing of doing the hair for one of my friend's weddings. I was originally only supposed to do the bride's hair, but this ended up turning into her hair and two of the bridesmaids along with her make up, the two bridesmaids' makeup and her mom's. It was quite fun! The wedding was beautiful and so much fun to be a part of! The reception was unlike any that I have ever been to either. All of the wedding party members gave speeches, they had 6 'specialty' dances... first dance, father/daughter, mother/son, wedding party, siblings, and married couples... they also had the dollar dance after that as well! I ALMOST caught the bouquet (which I never have) but Matt caught the garter (there were only like 3 guys). The dance was SOO much fun and it was great to be with all of my UNI friends one last time before the summer!
The Bride and a few of her bridesmaids
Matt and I at the reception
Parker Nelson... CUTEST EVER!
Matt and Jeremiah Landon
We were finding different ways to stick the table confetti on our bodies... uh...
The adorable Laura McCasland
Matt and I again
LOST Finale - REVIEW
The LOST finale was well worth waiting for. I very much enjoyed the purgatory spin on the glimpses of the alternate timeline we looked at during the final season. The mythological backdrop direction answers all the questions that smart viewers should have still had, without coming right out and saying it.
This final Lost episode was perfect, if you were a watcher of the show on a regular basis, which most haters of the finale clearly were not. Therefore, in my opinion, those who didn’t like it are probably most likely ones who didn’t really watch the show and probably just jumped on for the finale. These are the mainstreamers who really should have no say, as they do not have the full story arch in mind when they attempt to critique it.
All the important stuff was covered. The original of the isle was the only thing left a mystery, and that is totaly fine. Would it have been better if someone came out and said, “Oh the island was a space ship,” or, “Oh the island was cursed place and the gate to hell,” ??? The show was clearly science fiction. No explanation is necessary, and to do so would discredit the charm of the story.
The other timeline is season 6 where the plane had never crashed was clearly purgatory. Whether it was all in Jack’s head until the spirits met up in the church, or a collective spirit world awaiting the afterlife, it didn’t matter.
For the non-thinkers, Christian Shepard (Jack's father) came right out and explained it. Everything on the island was real. You can't get more clear than that.
My overall thought on LOST as a whole is it clearly had a start, a middle, and an end. It was a great show that continued to make you think, even in the last episode.
QUESTION: How many other shows today make you think? How many other shows on television command their viewers to create theories and try to answer mysteries within it like LOST did? ANSWER: Very few. Today’s television has evolved into mindless crap like reality shows and competitive crap like American idol that involve very little thinking to watch, so little they are mindless.
I thank LOST for six years of daring to provide a show for the thinkers, and not a show that spelled everything out in black and white, to the mindless viewers who wouldn’t like it anyhow.
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This final Lost episode was perfect, if you were a watcher of the show on a regular basis, which most haters of the finale clearly were not. Therefore, in my opinion, those who didn’t like it are probably most likely ones who didn’t really watch the show and probably just jumped on for the finale. These are the mainstreamers who really should have no say, as they do not have the full story arch in mind when they attempt to critique it.
All the important stuff was covered. The original of the isle was the only thing left a mystery, and that is totaly fine. Would it have been better if someone came out and said, “Oh the island was a space ship,” or, “Oh the island was cursed place and the gate to hell,” ??? The show was clearly science fiction. No explanation is necessary, and to do so would discredit the charm of the story.
The other timeline is season 6 where the plane had never crashed was clearly purgatory. Whether it was all in Jack’s head until the spirits met up in the church, or a collective spirit world awaiting the afterlife, it didn’t matter.
For the non-thinkers, Christian Shepard (Jack's father) came right out and explained it. Everything on the island was real. You can't get more clear than that.
My overall thought on LOST as a whole is it clearly had a start, a middle, and an end. It was a great show that continued to make you think, even in the last episode.
QUESTION: How many other shows today make you think? How many other shows on television command their viewers to create theories and try to answer mysteries within it like LOST did? ANSWER: Very few. Today’s television has evolved into mindless crap like reality shows and competitive crap like American idol that involve very little thinking to watch, so little they are mindless.
I thank LOST for six years of daring to provide a show for the thinkers, and not a show that spelled everything out in black and white, to the mindless viewers who wouldn’t like it anyhow.
Edit this entry.
Wedding Bouquets
This bouquet is adorned with lace from the bride's mommy's dress and family heirlooms. So beauiful and sweet, and sensitive.
Photography By: Verve Studio
Monday, May 24, 2010
Carla & Kevin Sneak Peek
Here is our newest "Sneak Peek" of a fantastic couple, Carla and Kevin. Carla and I first began talking about her wedding plans last Fall, and it is difficult to believe that it is just a week before she and Kevin exchange marriage vows. Yes, it is true that every couple has a story, unique to them, but Carla and Kevin's involves a dog... so how much better can it get?
Carla and Kevin met on match.com in September of 2005. They talked on line and on the phone for about a week. They finally met on September 23rd. Their first date turned into a 4 day date and they have been going strong ever since. They share so many hobbies together but most of all they share their lives. Carla knew she had found her partner when her dog Clyde let Kevin into her house while she was in the shower! She came out to find him and Clyde cuddled on the couch. That dog is a good judge of character!
St. Mary's of the Mountains Chapel, nestled in the hills of the quaint, mining town of Virginia City, Nevada, will be the special and sacred place where Carla and Kevin will take their vows as husband and wife.
I feel it a great privilege to work with such nice people as Carla and Kevin and I look forward with great excitement and enthusiasm to being there when they say "I do!"
Carla and Kevin met on match.com in September of 2005. They talked on line and on the phone for about a week. They finally met on September 23rd. Their first date turned into a 4 day date and they have been going strong ever since. They share so many hobbies together but most of all they share their lives. Carla knew she had found her partner when her dog Clyde let Kevin into her house while she was in the shower! She came out to find him and Clyde cuddled on the couch. That dog is a good judge of character!
St. Mary's of the Mountains Chapel, nestled in the hills of the quaint, mining town of Virginia City, Nevada, will be the special and sacred place where Carla and Kevin will take their vows as husband and wife.
I feel it a great privilege to work with such nice people as Carla and Kevin and I look forward with great excitement and enthusiasm to being there when they say "I do!"
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