December 2012

December was a busy busy month for me.  My best friend got married on December 8th, I finished up my Fall semester, and of course had many Christmas festivities.  I know its a little late to update you all, however I don't have many projects going on now due to school. (And I must keep busy otherwise I will worry too much about Grad School.)

Bailey and Travis were married on a gorgeous day.  I was blessed to be the Maid of Honor in this lovely marriage.  As you can see, Bailey was a lovely Bride.

 Top Left: Helping Bailey into her wedding dress so she can marry her other best freind.

Bottom Left: Bailey with her Bridesmaids and Flower Girl at the Groom's Supper.

Right: With my best friend on her wedding day.

Top Left: During my Maid of Honor Speech at the Reception.

Middle Left: Hugging the Bride after I bawled my way through the entire speech.

Bottom Left: The wedding party outside in the snow!

Right: The amazing Bride and Groom.  What an wonderful couple.

After the wedding of the year, I went off to the library to study for finals.  Dreaming of my Christmas break. (Crazy how that time flew by).  I was busy scrap booking {I printed off 555 photos to be scrapbooked), sewing, making goodies, and working on christmas presents.

I also visited my favorite 4 year old in the world..  Ava and I played "Santa" and watched movies.  I just love spending time with that girl.

Since all of these are from December, I must update you soon about the present.  Next week I will be on Spring Break, which will consist of sewing, learning how to knit, and scrapbook with the greatest, Kailee.  I will also be traveling to Hillsboro Oregon with my mother to scope out the school there and hopefully nail my interview.  Stay tuned for photos!! {Hopefully those will be up within days or weeks and not days}

-M

Bachelorette Party

For those of you who know me well, know that I LOVE to host parties.  Recently, my best friend, Bailey got married.  I held her Bachelorette Party at my parents house.  Planning, decorating, and cleaning were all on my to-do list.  We planned the party for a Friday night in November.  I knew that I would be busy with finals during that time, so I planned quite a bit of it during the summer.  I'm very glad I did this.  I didn't have to worry about last minute games and decorations.

Together, Bailey and I made the plans and the guest list.  We decided to stick around home and go bar hopping to the local bars.  I found it was easiest to make an excel spreadsheet for EVERYTHING.  From the guest list to the items I needed to get.  Everything was color coded and strategically placed.  (I love excel).

After we made the guest list and the plans I started on the theme and invites.  With help from my friend, Kailee we decided on the theme, "Get out your Boots & Pearls."  Which fits Bailey so well.  I had another friend help with the invites, she's an AMAZING graphic designer.  See her work {here}.  She made two per page, therefore I could print out both on one piece of off white 8.5 x 11 paper. {purchased at Walmart}

LOVE her work!!

While Allie was working on the invites, I made a board that I wanted to have by the doorway.  I found this on pinterest {of course} 

I loved this, so I decided to make my own!

In the process....

 Bailey & I next to her sign!

After buying all of the supplies {bachelorette decorations, food, napkins, plates, table cloths etc} I needed to make a MILLION jello and pudding shots.  If you need the recipe for jello shots check out this {website}.  I found it extremely helpful, considering I don't like jello-shots.  Once those were made, it was time to start the decorating... here are a few pics of the decor and the party!

Since the house was decorated nice, I decided the bus would be full of condoms, balloons, streamers, and undies!  I wish I would have gotten a picture of it all, but the night FLEW by and I had no time to take a picture.

All of us girls who helped Bailey celebrate her last night as a single woman.  {I love the undies behind us!}

This was taken at Kegger's, singing Karaoke.  {I HATE KARAOKE}

I could not have gotten through any of this without the help of my dear friends Kailee & Meghan.  I'm so thankful that Kailee was there for me through it all, the phone calls, planning, games and decorating.  Meghan was an amazing helper with all the last minute decisions (choosing which underwear to buy for the games) and for helping me clean, make jell-o shots, and decorate!! I couldn't imagine what this party would have consisted of if it weren't for them!  Thanks girls!!

 ooh...sorry Meg finger slipped ;)

You two are sooo AMAZING!

Overall, it was a great night and I couldn't have asked for a better night and group of girls to spend it with.  Bailey has an amazing support system.  She is one lucky lady! I'm soooo happy for her and her new married life! Stay tuned for pics from her BIG day and my first time being a Maid of Honor!

I also need to thank my WONDERFUL parents.  They were there to help with all of the planning, cooking, and cleaning.  Thank-you for opening up your house to us girls for the night.  We all appreciate it.  You both are so amazing and I can not thank-you enough for everything that you do for me.  Love you!!!

-M

my summer at a glance

Boy has the summer flown by!!..I've been so busy with school, work, going to the lake, baseball games, and spending time with friends and family that I haven't had time to do any new crafts :( ..hopefully I will be able to work on some soon!  I have been taken tons of pictures on my iphone so here are a few of my summer so far!...

of course its wedding season...so far I've had two weddings, I have 3 more before the summer is over!! Here are a few pictures of friends and I at Zach and Danielle Thissen's wedding!

a. Matt & Geoff celebrating

b. Bailey & I {the future bride!}

c. Matt, Geoff, & Travis

d. Steph & I

e.  Geoffrey & I

 The recent street dances I've gone to!  

 Kailee, Meghan, & I before the Maynard Street dance

Jessica, Kailee, & Lydia during the Granite Falls Western Fest Street dance

Summer is about spending time with family and friends which I have been doing a lot of!

a. Jerry fishing {his first bullhead}

b. Jacob & I at his graduation

c. Jerry during his hoopshoot

d. Kayla & I celebrating the 4th of July

e. Date nights with Geoffrey

f. Under the fireworks with Geoff on the 4th

 Baseball games have been a large part of my last couple summers.. I'm starting the love the game more and more.  Geoff recently switched teams and is now playing for the Raymond Rockets.  Although, red isn't my favorite color I believe its his new color and he also looks pretty good in it ;)

Thats my summer at a glance so far...hopefully the rest of it doesn't fly by too fast.  I hope you are all having a wonderful summer as well.

wedding gift

A great friend of mine got married a few weeks ago and I wanted to make the perfect gift for her and her new husband. I don't have a huge budget so I needed to use the materials that I already had on hand.  I wasn't sure what to do so I did a little research on pinterest and found this:

 So I decided I was going to make my own, I started with the W for their last name. I just used a stencil and black paint on the burlap. {of course I got the burlap from my father's garage}

 I first decided I was going to put the lyrics of their first dance for the background, but once I got it all put together I hated it.. I also had a hard time cutting the wood my dad had on hand, so he of course helped me out by cutting it to the perfect size.

 So I decided to paint it red like I found on pinterest.  

I then added the burlap onto the wood using large thumb tacks. 

I hope they love it as much as I do, I can't wait to make one for myself!!

Iphone photos

Sorry its been awhile since my last post! I've been crazy busy with homework, graduation/retirement parties, scrapbooking and trying to relax a little  inbetween...I haven't had a lot of time to work on any new projects, but like I said I have been doing a TON of scrapbooking for my younger brothers graduation! 

Here are some photos that have accumulated on my phone over the last week or two..

 Piper {the dog Geoff and I sort-of adopted} and Geoffrey sleeping together.

 Marissa, Brooke, Samantha, Destiny, & Kristie at Sam's wedding a few weeks ago.

 This was my scrapbooking area over the last week or so. I have looking at pictures of my brother Jacob for the last 2 weeks- trying to get his scrapbook done for his graduation!  I now can not wait until I have my own scrapbooking room!

 It was our 2 year anniversary yesterday so I thought I would put a picture up of us together!! Happy anniversary Geoffrey Lamont!

Sweet Little Ava Symka

Iphone photos

I've decided to post once a week the photos I've taken over the week on my phone.  So here are a few pics from last week...                                                                                                                                

                                       

         1. Geoff and I had a wedding this past weekend--just the beginning of many many more to come this summer.  2. Missing my best friend Nichole this week since she's been off in croatia having a blast without me. 3. I babysat the cutest 1 yr old in the world the other day!-Arianna