So I shared a bit of what my weekend was supposed to look like. Click here to go back if you missed it.
Bring in Rings for sizing/diamond bond check up - Well we actually went and talked to them! Turns out my ring is currently size 7 and I need a 4.5 and they can only size down or up 2 sizes, so they are ordering me new ones! It's kind of nice because I get to wear this one till my new one comes in, so I don't have to part with it for sizing!
Look online for some barstools/dining room chairs - we looked online, but realized we don't know how tall the counter actually is, because it's not a raised one, so we'll have to wait until possession (Monday) before we can measure!
Research honeymoon places/flights - We actually did this too! We found some flights that were a bit more then I'd like to pay, but then again we also found ones that were twice the amount, so we may just go for those.
Berries from Michaels - They only had 1 bunch and I needed 3 :( But maybe we can make due!
Order tuxes and get Ev measured - We haven't gotten to this yet, or anything further down the list, but at least we did get some thing done!
Sally's Beauty Supply - buy wax
Walmart - ribbon
Marks Work Wearhouse - I need to replace those socks that got tossed
Boots for wedding day (and winter in general)
Shoes for wedding day
Jewellery for wedding
We did something that wasn't on the list! We bought Everett's wedding ring! He absolutely loves it and I think it suits him! Tungsten Carbide! Dark! Thick band!
And my Pampered Chef party was AMAZING! It was super fun! Great to see all the people who came out for it! I am always blown away by all of the nifty and sweet things Pampered Chef makes! So I wrote down a list on scrap paper of all the things I wanted, and then I was going to narrow it down, but we totalled it, and it wasn't far off from what I was able to spend! WOOOT! So, the rep is going to go over it and get back to me, but I'm stoked! So much amazing pampered chef that will be in our kitchen!!
You should visit their website and check out what they have, it's amazing!
So initially we were thinking pocket doors into our walk in closet and master bath. Click here for diagram! Then, I was watching 500 Days of Summer the other day and I noticed the french doors in Summer's room and then the light bulb went on - we could do that for our closet doors. Here are the best 2 pics I could find!
I also love this idea that McKenzie posted, gorgeous yellow sliding barn door!
Then there's also the whole door frame with a curtain in it idea. Originally that was the idea I had to solve our kitchen pantry door dilema. Part of our reno ideas is to put in a kitchen pantry, which we are both super thrilled about. I am starting to think we could do that for the closet door idea too! Ideas ideas ideas! :) I love dreaming about our house!
I was thinking about when I'm married and how neat it would be to have address labels or stamps with our names and of course, our address. Stickers would be nice because then I don't have to worry about ink, and then if I have things already labelled I can put the new sticker over top, ex my cheques. Although ink stamps have a bit of a romantic old charm to them in my head.
Have any of you ever ordered any custom stamps or labels? If you have, do you mind sharing where you ordered them and any feedback! Or even if you haven't ever ordered any but know of a good website, or fellow bloggers who have written about this topic!
Truth be told, I am not the biggest fan of cats! I do however love Kittens! I think all cats should stay kittens their whole lives!
These two pics was taken a few years back, of me with my kitty Bullet.
Growing up on a farm, we've almost always had cats! Ranging from super tame to super wild! Recently, one of our tame cats had 3 kittens, but they weren't very tame.
Since Everett was going to be moving out, we thought we should give his mom a kitten, to "replace" Everett! So we managed to catch one of these kittens and bring it to Ev's parents house.
Here are some pictures of Tigger, in his new home! Cell phone pics, sorry!
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There's definitely something odd about that Kleenex box!
Haha, I love this one! He's so fun, full of energy and cuteness!
By the way, he is completely spoiled and dotted on! Mission "replace Everett" complete!!
Marks Work Wearhouse - I need to replace those socks that got tossed
Boots for wedding day (and winter in general)
Shoes for wedding day
Jewellery for wedding
Tonight is Bible Study which I'm looking forward to.
Saturday morning I get to visit with a good friend that I haven't seen since spring! I am so excited! Then after lunch I am helping Ev's mom and sister in law bake cookies for her church!
Sunday is Church and then my first Bridal Shower! I'm so excited, it's Pampered Chef! Wooot!
So somehow I'm going to try to get some of the things on the list stroked off in between all the fun that's already planned for the weekend!
So here's a picture of our cute humble abode. It doesn't look like that currently, because of all the snow, but it's the only picture I have until we get possession! 10 Sleeps :)
I LOVE shopping! As a result, in years past I have spent a lot of money on clothes! I also find it really hard to get rid of clothes that still fit me, even if I don't wear them, because I might one day! aka I horde clothes :( A few years back I gave a bunch of clothes to one of my best friends younger sisters! It was a lot easier for me to give clothes to her, and it was actually fun!
Yesterday my mom asked me if I wanted to go through my clothes and pull out things that don't fit me, or I would like to get rid of! One of my older cousins has 4 daughters and the oldest one is in Junior high I think! She was planning on coming to look at clothes from me and my sisters!
So last night I went through a bunch that I had at my parents house! A good sized pile accumulated, much to my surprise! Once again, it felt good to give the clothes away and I realized I need to do that more often, or make it a yearly thing!! This actually comes at a good time too, because I know that I need to thin out my wardrobe a bit before I get married and SCARE Everett with ALL MY STUFF!
Tonights mission is to go through the clothes that I have here at camp!! Oh and I need to tackle a pile of dishes! And relax, maybe watch a movie, or do some crafts!
This post is number 100! Yipee! So I was trying to think of some genius idea of how to celebrate 100 posts with you, so I thought I would share 100 of my favourite things, in random order!
1. Old 2 1/2 story houses
2. The joy and pride you feel when someone likes something that you made
3. Star gazing
4. Green things (Clothes, furniture, fabric, walls, love it! The other day someone told me that when they think of what me as a colour, I would be green)
5. Eating gelato
6. Shopping - and boy am I good at it!
7. Wearing dresses
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8. Drinking coffee
9. Transom windows
10. Grocery shopping
11. Dancing in the rain
12. Sewing (here's a pic of my sewing nook, it's actually changed a bit over the past few months, and it will change again when we get married, but it's an idea of where I do some sewing)
13. Cuddling under a big fuzzy blanket
14. White picket fences
15. Mowing the lawn - weird I know, but I have to say that this is riding lawn mowing, not push!
16. Smelling freshly cut grass - sooo good
17. Church
18. The people I have gotten to know at church (They are amazing and have changed my life)
19. Baking Christmas goodies (Not a good weight loss method, but so fun and tasty)
20. Peppermint White Chocolate Mochas from Starbucks - YUM
21.Quilts (I am starting to get more into quilts, and I definitely want to make more! Here's the one I've made)
22. The movie Pride and Prejudice
23. Drinking tea (off hand I can't think of any kind of tea that I don't like!)
24. White Furniture
25. Big Crown Mouldings
26. Gardens - I can't wait to start my own spring 2011!
27. Vacations
28. Embroidery
Good Music:
29. Sheree Plett the musician, she's great, my absolute fav song is Yellow Dress, take a listen!
30. JJ Heller is also an amazing artist that I've been following for a few years now. Click here to for her myspace page. She also has a super cute blog.
31. The song Fireflies by Sara Groves
32. Need to Breathe "Something Beautiful" - Love this song! I could listen to it over and over and over again! Oh wait, I actually do that, haha! Now for your turn, click here!
33. Hop on over to The Civil Wars myspace page and listen to the song Poison and Wine! I found the group probably about 2 months ago or so, immediately I was so loving the music! It's exactly the kind of music I can listen to no matter what mood I'm in!
Blogs I am addicted to:
34. Katie Bright at The Bright Life - I was on Ruffled an amazing wedding website, and found a post with pictures of an incredible wedding! She had almost every idea I had for our wedding, and so much of it she had done by herself or with the help of her family/friends! When I saw that the bride had a blog, I was thrilled! So I started reading her blog and now I'm hooked! Not only does Katie have great ideas and a gorgeous wedding, but she's also super nice and down to earth! Go check out her blog today!
35. Thrifty Decor Chick has amazing interior design ideas!
36. A Beautiful Mess - Always has amazing ideas and style
37. Adventures in Dressmaking - She has some amazing sewing tutorials and tons of great projects!
38. Ruffles and Stuff - Such elegant ideas!
Wedding blogs I Love:
38. The Knot - An amazing website for helping you plan your wedding. Sign up for free and they have a plethora of tools to help you plan! (hehe, I've always wanted to use that word!)
56. Christmas - We have so much to be thankful for, baby Jesus!
57. Giraffies - probably because that was one of my nicknames at Capernwray
58. Llamas - Me and Everett want one as a pet - I dunno how realistic that is though :P
59. Beth Moore ladies Bible studies
60. Jeeps - they are incredible, especially mine, Jeepette
61. Scrapbooking
(although if you ask my scrapbooking friends they will tell you that I honestly can't scrapbook, I've tried, but I love looking at other ppl's scrapbooks)
62. My Momma (yes, I call her Momma, and she's the bestest one ever!)
63. Playing piano
64. Duvet's - fluffy and cozy
65. Pops - My dad, I love him!
66. Contigo travel mugs - they are the best I have found
67. Fabric stores - they are one of my happy places
68. Storages - tubs, boxes, shelves, etc
69. Everett - He's my favourite! I can't wait till he's my husband!
70. Painting - like furniture and walls, and attempting to paint actual paintings
71. Hugs - they are great
72. Purple - it's another one of those great colours
73. Chandeliers
74. Cheese - especially real parmasan and mild new bothwell cheddar
75. Birkenstocks - they are the best
76. Cilantro - so tasty
77. The Symphony Orchestra
78. My Friends
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79. My Engagement ring! It's the prettiest one out there!
80. Dahlias - they are gorgeous flowers
81. Sunshine
82. Sparkly puffy snow
83. Sleepovers with my favourite girlies!
84.Quadding in the mud - yes that is a big blob of mud on my face!
85. Being barefoot
86. Project Runway - it inspires me
87. Cheesecake
88. Reading - especially my Bible and "self help" books, like Love and Respect, Birth Order, Becoming the Me I want to Be, Saving your Marriage before it Starts, books like that!
89. Dogs - I miss mine and I hope that me and Everett will get one in the next few years!
90. Pomegranates - so tasty and amazing!
91. Thai Food
92. Purses
93. My Family
94. Pumpkin everything
95. Ruche - great shopping for vintage inspired things!
96. Bones - I was kind of addicted to this show, but now I'm not!
97. Coconut earringsQuadding in the mud - yes, that's a huge blotch of mud on my face!
98. Summer Camp - all the friends, fun and being crazy together!
99. Long winter coats like this one (I don't have one, but really want one)
Old Navy
100. Cute and warm winter boots like these ones!
(I have Walmart cheepos right now, but I really want these North Face ones!)
In the reno diagram I made earlier, I didn't include a lot of details, because I was going for the general layout. Now I drafted up a bit more detail.
So as you can see the beautiful green area will be shelves that are 12" deep going around the whole pantry. Yipee! Lots of storage room! The pantry will be 3' front to back by 10' side to side. Now I'm not sure how wide the current door is, but most doors are around 30"-36" if I am correct. Meaning that our door won't work. So the 2 solutions that we brainstormed right away are:
See if we can make the door swing out (I have no idea if this will even work with the current door)
Make it a pocket door (which takes precious pantry space away)
Then as I was falling asleep I had a great idea. We could have it framed for a door, but hang a curtain instead of an actual door. I really like that idea the best! So I told Ev about it and he seemed to think that would also work!
Now as for what we'll actually do, it's to be determined. I can't wait till we actually have possession so we can go measure things, and get started! 13 sleeps :)
I found this quote a while back and forgot to post it, but it's always a great reminder! Through my church we always receive the Our Daily Bread Devotional. They are always encouraging or convicting, but often times my devo doesn't make it from my purse (where I put it in church) to my Bible at home, and it just sits in my purse till I clean it out. Now I think I've come up with a solution, I signed up for it to be sent to my e-mail! They have all sorts of different options if you want to receive it yourself! Click here for their website. This quote is from Our Daily Bread.
"Contentment comes when we want GOD's will more than our own way!"
So I've been trying to find some great paint colours, decorations, furniture ideas etc for our house, and here are some of my finds! These are all from Black and White {Side by Side}. She has such great taste!
I love her front door! The stripes are really cute too!
When I saw this green table my jaw hit the ground, I WANT ONE!
I really love the wall colour here with the creme table.
This chair is also amazing!
I love the stark contrast and the beautiful style of it!
