3 Sweet P's

Valentines

2012-02-16T13:35:00.000-08:00

Is it too late to post these? I honestly dont care because I love how they turned out!! For 3 years now my daughter and I have done her Valentines together, and of course I always include her photo in them! This was fun! We even kept the outfit on to get more shots, which of course she had a blast doing. Being in front of the camera is her thing!

And with my oldest, I always find something that he and I can do together, this year it was scratch off tickets. All those cool tutorials you see on Pinterest? Ya, it so not as easy as they make them seem. It took about 3 hours total, coat after coat of paint, and drying with a hairdryer in between. They did turn out cool though and he really enjoyed them. I used THIS tutorial from Oh the lovely things. Love this blog by the way!!!!!!

Happy Happy New Year!!!!!! It's been awhile

2012-01-18T08:18:00.000-08:00

Hello to all my long lost blog friends!!!! Boy has it been awhile! I went a long time without a new blog post. Mostly I just didn't have the time, and the demand of being mom was alot higher on the list. But I'm making it one of my MANY goals (not resolution) to blog more and along with many of my other 2012 goals, they go hand in hand. I will share some of my other ones as they come to be more of a reality than a distant cry of hope. I'm hoping that I can sit and type up a post after the kids are off to bed. It seems like lately after they are sleeping and my horrible need to have *me* time, I find myself on Pinterest, pinning....pinning....pinning. It's not new to me, but it never gets old, always something fun to look at and be inspired by. I'm hoping to do a fun weekly Pinterest Party Post, I pick one thing on my ever growing diy or crafty board, and post it and we can have a link party and you post what you've made!! I don't know if this is a new concept or not, but it sounds fun. (I've sorta dropped off all things blog related!)

Well that's it for now... Be sure to follow me Pinterest, the link to mine is on the top linky bar thingy. And I will leave you all with some photo's of things I made last year, (just as recent as 3 weeks ago!!!!) all from ideas on Pinterest!! So many more, but no reason to bore you:)

Layered Rainbow Cake via One Charming Party! Love her site!!!

Photo idea via Joop Joop.

Utensil holders via Sew Many Ways.

Costume ideas!!! So many that made these looks come together... all handmade minus Captain America!!!!

Ruffled Streamers via Made.

I will be back soon with a list of things that have happened in the past few months (well almost year since the last time I posted!!!!) Stay tuned friends!!!!

Some Goodness

2011-05-26T19:09:00.000-07:00

My cousin has had a love of baking for awhile, and she is always creating the coolest cakes for her children's birthdays and she recently has been asked to do a few for friends, and with EVERYONE always telling her she should do this for a living, she has decided to start her own business! I am so proud of her, she is super talented and truly has a passion for this.
She does it all, but specializes in Cakes, from simple to extravagant, Cake Pops, (and will even ship!), and Cupcakes. She also does gluten free!!

Here is some of her amazing work, and be sure to head over to A Sprinkle of Goodness and follow her and check more of her great bakes!
Also check out her Facebook page!

See how amazing she is!? I'm really hoping to bring more followers her way, so go and like her and follow the Goodness!!!

All images via:

Kids in the Kitchen

2011-04-01T10:28:00.000-07:00

I absolutely love cooking with my kids, and it seems like none of the recipes I have are easy enough for them to understand. That is why I love childrens cookbooks! There are many bennefits for your kids if they're able to help in the kitchen; math, reading, bonding, responsibility. I love it and I know they do too

Childrens cookbooks are so cute too!

Some not so much, but equally great!

The kids can even check them out at the school library!

Love how they have pictures for the recipes, helps the kiddos understand better. Sometimes it's difficult for them to understand what "fold in butter" means

In most of them, the glossary is very helpful

Some are just too fun!

Some have great themes

and others are just pretty to look at, while still having excelent recipes for kids

But no matter what they look like, most important thing is that they're fun!!!

So get out your cookbooks and enjoy an April shower inside, by the oven with your kids! Spring Break is next week, so I know we will be doing alot of this!

I'm in love...

2011-03-25T09:18:00.000-07:00

With this idea! I can't help looking at it and getting anxious, I REALLY want to do this in my bedroom. I started last week re-purposing a few items in my bedroom to fit the theme, but then decided I didn't want any one color, that I want a whole bunch, and I just want this beautiful tree to live in my room. I think it would be VERY time consuming, but do able. I've read that it's crepe paper twisted and pulled? Does that make sense? If anyone would have a better idea then let me know.

I just found this blog, Ruthi Auda. It's completely stunning and I love her blog almost as much as I love her tree! She is a designer for Anthropologie, how cool would that job be? I'm jealous!

Doesn't that make your heart skip a beat?

And they say you can't play with your food...

2011-03-24T18:32:00.000-07:00

Today while at the Dr.'s office, I was fumbling through one of the child magazines and came across this idea, I thought it was so cool and knew the kids would love it too. I can't remember what magazine it was to give the proper credit.
It's so simple too. I love it! I want to start a series for fun, easy, kids meals that they can prepare. All I had to do was boil the water and cut the hotdog!

"Squid Dogs"

Just cut up a few hotdogs

Let the kids spear them with thin spaghetti noodles

Drop them in boiling water, and cook until noodles are tender!

And ENJOY!!

It was pretty good!

Super Birthday Part 3

2011-03-17T08:53:00.000-07:00

I'm really excited about this! Here are all the details for a Superhero themed birthday party. Complete with downloads, templates and links to other inspiring ideas! I hope you all enjoy! I know we did!

*UPDATE*

All PDF Links are broken! Sorry for any inconvenience, I am working on getting this fixed. Please feel free to e-mail me and I will gladly send them your way!

Cupcake toppers
Download PDF

Pop Rocks Cover

Download PDF

   Cape template
   Download PDF

  Batman Mask Template
   Download PDF

Superhero mask template can be found HERE on Ambrosia Girl.

Zap!, Pow!, and Bif! signs can be found here on Ambrosia Girl as well.

Our Table Settings can be found here.

The Batman crayons & stickers for the goody bags were in the Target 1$ area.
Coloring Pages
Download PDF

I found a coloring book there also that had the bookmarks on the back and I went to my local printing store, had them printed, cut and laminated for about 10$.But I did the work for you here, just right click on the photo.

Click on each picture to zoom in and right-click and "save picture as"

Signs:

Pennant Template:

For our "radio-active" punch:

I used Crystal Light Lemonade and added green glow sticks. I also had glow stick straws for the drinks, i found them at Wal-Mart in the party favor section.

And if your not into doing things yourself you can visit these shops on Etsy:

~Party printable: Digital DLite

~Party printable: Wants and Wishes Designs

~Party printable: Party on Boutiques

~Capes: Pip and Beans

Links to more Ideas:

~This one is AMAZING!

~A good round-up on Tip Junkie

Thanks for stoping by!

A Super Birthday Part 2

2011-03-14T08:43:00.000-07:00

Saturday we celebrated P#3's birthday! It was so much fun and he said it was "the best day ever". We celebrated with alot of great friends and family. Here is a look at all the details and tomorrow I will have a bunch of links and downloads for you so you can do this as well!

Almost everything here I made or already had. I will share everything on that tomorrow too.

The craft table for the little super's to make capes and masks

"Radio Active" lemonade

The cupcakes

Birthday Boy! The big 3!!!

Girls with their Super power rings, otherwise known as Ring Pops

Come back tomorrow for more Super Hero themed birthday fun!

A Super Birthday

2011-03-07T09:41:00.000-08:00

I've been starting the prep work for P#3's Birthday Party. It is going to be SO much fun! Here are some of the things that I've been working on. You can do most of these with things with your printer and cheap craft supplies.

My in-laws found these on clearance at Toys-R-Us. Batman is P's favorite superhero!

The Party is on Saturday, so after that I will be back with tutorials, downloads, links, templates, and lots of photo's sharing all the ideas!! Stay tuned!

A special baby shower

2011-03-04T09:21:00.000-08:00

2 weeks ago my Girlfriend and I (with the help of my mother-in-law) threw an amazing baby shower for our other life long friend. I wrote about her story here. She has been through so much and deserved to have an amazing shower. We decided to go with a theme I saw on the Aesthetic Nest. It was so beautifully done and at first I was a little worried that I wouldn't be able to execute it as well as them. But I think it turned out wonderful, we did different colors and I changed up a few things, but it was they're idea that brought it all to life. A HUGE thank you to them!! You can go here to get their free printables and see how amazing theirs was!When Mom-to-be saw everything she immediately starting crying, so I would say it was a huge success.

The whole set-up

She's a vegetarian so we made some Prego/Vegan Friendly sushi. It was really Yummy! Everything on the menu was Vegan, and she LOVED it all!

Thanks for reading! I will be back soon with P#3's pre-Birthday party planning. I'm excited to share!

Whats been going on...

2010-12-20T11:34:00.000-08:00

I has been forever since I've posted anything, so I thought I'd give you a little peek into what I've been doing that's keeping me so busy.

It's the first day of Winter break, I'm so glad that I can get up in the morning and enjoy my coffee without having to run around making lunches, helping a super picky almost 7 year old pick out thee perfect outfit, helping my 9 year old find his shoes, hat, socks, etc, yelling get out of the shower, 20 minutes is WAY TOO LONG!! all while having the little guy all over me. I love having them home (except when they're arguing with each other). They are great helpers, and we all love to bake together, do craft projects and play games, there is really not enough time in the day when they get home from school and have homework to do, chores, and reading, then it seems like it's time for bed.
Football has been over for a little while, The hornets made it to the Superbowl but lost. P#1 wasn't very upset, I think the whole team was OK with it. They had a tough division this year and they beat the team who has been undefeated for 3 years to make it to the Superbowl, He said that was better than the Championship. Now on to Basketball and Karate.

We've done ALOT of celebrating....

We took P#1 to the Seahawks-Giants game for his late Birthday Present (4 months late!!) He is a die hard Giants Fan, and my Husband and I love our Seahawks, and P1 said all he wanted for his birthday was to see the giants, and it just so happened that we were playing them this year at home. It was hard to watch the Hawks get their butts whooped but he had so much fun that it didn't even matter. We took him down to the Giants tunnel during half time to see if we could get one of the players to sign his football but they were still in game mode and none even looked up at us. So we went down after the game and he got SOO much more that he was hoping for, as all the players are leaving the field, they're looking up and high fiving,but not one came over to our side, and we thought all the players had left,so he looks up at me and shrugs his shoulders like oh well, then here comes Eli Manning (his favorite player) and he's trying to shout to him, but it's so loud, he stops over on the other side of the tunnel and hands something up to the crowd, and once he gets over to our side he points right at P and hands him his wristband. It was so awesome! I can't even begin to tell you how happy he was. You can go here to view the photo someone took on field, P is the one right in the middle of the photo .

We also went to Disney on Ice~ Lets celebrate for P#2 EARLY birthday present from Grandma. It was alot of fun. The girls got to dress up and dance and sing.They loved it!

Then we had a Birthday Party for P2 last weekend. It was a day-time slumber party, She had SO much fun! I always try and make it super special for her because her actual B-Day is on Christmas Eve, and I feel sometimes she might get a little sad about it, because every one's so worried about Christmas and other things. But It turned out great and a couple of her friends were able to come.

It started snowing after she said it was good luck if it snows on your Birthday! She was excited!!!

I also did a Holiday Bazaar this year, for ACS. I made about 15 aprons and only had 5 when it was over. I was pretty happy that even sold some!!! I was invited to come back again and also do one in February!!

Made a few gifts.....

I am just starting out in this whole knitting thing, but I totally cheated on this hat, I used a knifty knitter and not sure if I'll use it again for something like this....

Did I share the news that my sister is expecting? I am SOO excited and happy for them!!! She just found out that its a girl!!! I made these before she knew but I think they can work. My Brother-In-Law is a HUGE Star Wars person, so I had to make one!!!

Cute little monster set for my sisters sister-in-law who expecting her first boy.

And a set I made P2 for her birthday using Luvinthemommyhood tutorial. It was super easy, I just adjusted it so it would fit a smaller hand, and added ruffles and a matching scarf!

The minky is so soft and warm!!

I've also been working on my sisters wedding quilt, it's coming along, I just need a few more people to give me their squares and I can finish it!

We have been pretty busy, driving alot and visiting alot! Our thanksgiving was wonderful.

I finally was able to meet my cousins kids!!! OMG, so well behaved and beautiful. I miss them already.

Spent some time out in nature..

Decorated the tree..

And we are probably going to be playing in the snow for the rest of Christmas Break...

Happy Holidays Everyone! Hope its filled with love and laughter!!

I Heart Faces~ Paper

2010-11-21T21:35:00.000-08:00

I knew right when I seen what this weeks challenge on I heart faces was what photo I would choose. This is a shot from my sisters wedding this summer. This is "Flat Lindsey", she's our cousin who is like our sister, and we so badly wanted her to be there, as did she.It was really hard for us all who knew the family members who were missing from such a special day. Her husband is in the military and last minute they had orders to be re stationed and her move was the same weekend as the wedding. So one of the other bridesmaids drove home, got on Facebook, and printed us out a Lindsey. We had so much fun! She was there while we were getting ready, sat with her mom at the ceremony, danced, ordered drinks, was passed around from person to person. It was such a great idea and made her feel as though she was included when she couldn't be there.

My Aunt, Lindsey's mom holding her for a fun photo:

Constructive Feedback edits

2010-10-11T14:35:00.000-07:00

A HUGE Thank you to all wonderful ladies who took the time to do this! You are all great!!!!

Here are the fixes:

Brittany Junghans Phoography

Bethany from Cartwheel Soup

Autumn Cutaia Photography

Heather from Life's little moments ~ I couldn't save it but you can go here to view~ Heathers Flickr

Dee from What the Camera Sees

Shawna Summa Photography

Nicki from Smile Pretty

Adrienne in Ohio

Chasing Dreams Photography

I Heart Faces ~ Constructive Feedback Friday

2010-10-08T08:11:00.000-07:00

O.K. So here is our most recent family photo, while I love that were all in the photo and everyone is behaving and not making some terrible face or throwing a fit because mom told them to sit still for 5 seconds, I think it's missing something. Maybe the colors are off? Or are we all just too forward? All I could do was set the timer and RUN to the rest of the family before the photo was snapped. We did this about 15 times before the kids were restless and had enough, this is the best out of all of them. Maybe it's the angle? I totally forgot my tripod at home and had to make on using my small suitcase and makeup carrier! Anyways this is the photo that I want to use for our Christmas cards and when I printed it it looked super dark. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated:)

I heart faces~ smirk

2010-09-21T09:45:00.000-07:00

While we were on our recent trip to the ocean I had my tripod out and we were taking family photos, I decided to jump in front of the camera for a test shot and the hubs was making me laugh, I was trying so hard to be serious! It came out smirky, but this is one self portrait I actually kinda like:) And I feel like I'm never in any photos because I'm always the one taking them, so this actually proves I was there!

Go here to see more fun interpretations of this theme.

Monday

2010-09-20T10:20:00.000-07:00

It's Monday, the start of a new week, and the end to a relaxing weekend.
Our weeks have been super busy. We have football 4 nights out of the week and then usually on Friday nights we make it to a High School football game, Saturdays we've been doing fun family stuff, usually ending the night with a college football game and Sundays we've been lazy and watching NFL. Yes, we love us some football in this house! P#1 is the starting QB and outside linebacker for his team. It's so much fun to watch him play! They are currently 3-1!!!

School is going great and I'm enjoying my days with P#3. Although it's a fight almost every morning with him and telling him he's not big enough to go to school.
P#3~ " I go sool mom?"
Mom~ " no honey, your not big enough"
P#3~ " ah, I big boy, I poop toilet"
Mom~ " yes you are a big boy, but not big enough for school"
P#3~ " I GO SOOL RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!" (that's him yelling at me)
Mom~ " maybe later"
P#3 "OK, bye mom"
Then its a hissy fit after the kids leave and he's stuck at home with me:(

Here's some pictures of a few games....

They had an awesome opportunity to play at a High School football game under the lights! It was just for fun to promote the league, but they had a blast!

This is a pretty bad picture, P#3 was playing with my camera and I hadn't realized he moved my setting around so this is what they all turned out like.

P#3 cheering for his big brother

another game... P#1 running in for the TD!

P#3 making a big tackle

And our lazy Sundays. P#2 has been doing great at reading lately. She usually get frustrated and gives up. But we found that if she reads to her brother she's alittle more patient. I think it's because he isn't correcting her:) P#1 LOVES to read. I really wish she shared this with him, but all kids are different.

So that's what we've all been doing. Lots and Lots of football! Hope to share some pics of my first craft project that I've made in forever! Maybe tomorrow if I have time. Happy Monday!

I heart faces~Vroom Vroom (or choochoo)

2010-09-14T08:25:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme on I heart faces is Transportation. This was taken in Lancaster, PA. We were visiting the train museum and trying to find Thomas when this old train came pulling in. I found this conductor so interesting, his dirty clothes, the glasses, his gritty hands all tell a story of a hard working life.

Go here to see more entries more

Summer in Review~ 2010

2010-09-08T10:07:00.000-07:00

The initial purpose of this blog was to give family and friends who live far away a fun place to go to see what our daily life is like. So I could post pictures of the kids where I can write a little something more than a caption under the photo and tell them what we were doing on a given day. It has since turned into something so much different. I realized that I liked talking to other moms and blogging about crafting.
Who doesn't like to get gratification on what they put so much hard work into?
Whether it be motherhood or the arts.
I love keeping up with other moms and realizing that I'm not the only one who has difficulty on the subject of raising kids . Being a mom is the best reward, and the love of your children outweigh the hardships, but sometimes it gets hard. So it's nice to know you're not the only one out there.
I love the crafting outlet that this blog allows me. You know you can spends hours, days, heck even weeks trying to finish a project and you show it to your husband and he looks at it for about 10 seconds and says, Looks great honey. Really? Are you sure you looked? I know I've been lacking in the department of posting crafty stuff. The truth is that I haven't really done anything. I know, its crazy. Our summer has been so busy that I can't find time to sit and do anything.But I am currently little by little working on a quilt for my sister. It's going to be super special and very meaningful. I will share when I'm done piecing the top.
The last thing I love about blogging is photography. It's a long time passion of mine and I'm grateful to be able to talk and share with other people who share the love with me. I've learned alot and love the outlet that snapping pictures provides. I may not have been sewing, gluing or glittering, but I have been taking alot of pictures!
So now that school has started, and it's safe to say that summer is officially over (YAY!! I can't wait for fall!!!) I will wrap up with our summer in photo's. I have so many from all our journeys, and I didn't chose the best ones to share, but the ones that mean alot to me!!
This is what this weeks theme on I heart faces is!!

P #3 Learned to ride his tricycle.With lots of falling of coarse!~ June 1st

Our Garden grew lots of yummy veggies and fruit. I hate to say it, but I'm kinda glad it's over now ~June 2nd

Flying to my sisters. P #3 Waiting for our flight and loving the planes! ~June 4th

Longwood Gardens, PA~ June 6th

Rehearsal dinner for Carmen's wedding ~ June 10th

Carmen's Wedding ~ June 11th

Family BBQ ~ June 12th

Washington D.C. ~June 14th

Camping at Knoebles P.A. ~June 16th

Amusing ourselves at the amusement park. This was honestly the coolest place. I can't wait to take the kids back.

Rehoboth Beach, DE ~ June 18th. I was so bummed that my battery died in my camera and was only able to get a few shots while we were there. Beautiful beach, and it was hot!!!

Dust Devils Game~ June 27th

The hubs and I managed to sneak in a date!! We went to dinner and to see Eclipse~ June 31st

4th of July on the river

We had MANY MANY days of playing on the slip and slide. This picture just cracks me up!! ~July 15th

P #1's 9th Birthday~July 16th

Birthday party at the pool ~July 17th

Visiting great friends that I miss very much! ~July 25th

We took a long drive to Long Beach, WA. It was dreary and cold but SO much fun! ~July 30th

P#2 cut off all her hair and donated it. ~August 3rd

Water Park with Family who came to visit.~ August 18th

Playing at the local park with my niece (and nephew, but he was at the skate park) ~August 22nd

Football Started!!! ~August 30th

And the end of summer,Thus the begining of school

What has everyone been doing? I haven't really been keeping up on my blog reading either:( If you've posted something share a link and I'd love to see what you've been up to!

I heart Faces~ Photojournalism

2010-08-30T10:58:00.000-07:00

This weeks challenge on I heart Faces is photojournalism. This one is tricky, I guess you could consider photojournalism as any photo you take really. Don't they all have a story to tell? From the time you let your 6 year old make dinner for the first time because she begged and begged, or your 9 year old losing his teeth, or taking that long anticipated trip and the journey to get there. I could post a bazillion pictures I've taken over the years, and write in detail what was happening at that very moment. I guess that's the beauty of photography, you may not remember exactly what you felt, saw, or even smelt on a given date, but with your photographs you can look back and say, Oh ya, I remember how you loved to ride your bike around the neighborhood, and this was right before you crashed and skinned your knee, I had to drop my camera and run after you. I wrote about this before here. My promise to always document life...

So here's the story behind these photos. P#3 was not feeling well. I tried and tried to get him to be his normal self, but he kept wanting to be held. I had things to do around the house and asked him if he would sit with Titan. After I set him down right next to his dog, he decided it was time to play. I love how you can see the love he has for his dog in the look of his eyes. How you can see that Titan doesn't like a 2 year old all over him, but P#3 had to get that kiss. It's really amazing what photographs can tell you. If you listen you will hear a story behind every image.

I Heart Faces ~ Beach Fun

2010-08-23T08:25:00.000-07:00

This photo was taken on our recent family Vacation to Longbeach. It was so hard to chose just one from all the beach photos I have. I have one that I absolutely love of Miss at Rehoboth Beach, but she is wearing a bikini and I thought it was inappropriate considering strangers read this. I love this photo of her too, she is just so photogenic!

Go here to see more Beachy photos:

Locks of Love and a new do!

2010-08-13T09:41:00.000-07:00

Last week P#3 asked me AGAIN to cut her hair. She's been wanting it cut for awhile, and I always was reluctant to cut it only because I know how much she loves her hair and because her long hair was HER. She kept telling she wanted to donate it to Locks of Love because " I know that kids in the hospital would be happy if they had hair" I finally gave in and let her do it. I know its for such a great cause and some little girl or boy will be happy to have it. While the lady was cutting off her pony tail I cried a little, I know how silly that is, but I was also so proud of my little girl for doing it. After it was done, she looked at me and said," I really hope someone will want my hair and the pink strip" (my sister did that for her on vacation) And I have to admit that she looks beautiful, hair long or short.

If any of you are considering cutting your hair visit Locks of Love to see if your hair is eligible for donation.

I heart faces~ Surprise!!

2010-08-09T09:08:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme on I Heart Faces is Surprise! Open to interpret however you want. I chose a photo of P #3, taken when we went to the beach last weekend. He was happily playing in the mud when a wave came up and splashed him. I think I may say "freakin" too much because he YELLED "It's freakin cold!!!"But I think he was generally surprised when we got there, and I don't know how many of you have ever been to the Washington coast, it's not really that warm of a place. We drove 6 hours from the desert to get there, leaving behind well over 100 degree heat, where you can swim in the river and it feels wonderful, to arrive in 55 degrees and the ocean is freezing. But all 3 P's LOVE the water and that couldn't keep them out, it was just a little shocking at first!

Go over here to see more surprised photos

Vacation Part 4: The Wedding!!!!

2010-07-28T09:45:00.000-07:00

Sorry its taken me so long to post something. I wanted to post pics of the wedding and since I didn't take any myself, and the photographers are so beautiful, I wanted my sister to come and guest blog to show you them herself:)

Let me introduce her to you.....
Carmen, blog world. Blog world, Carmen.
My older sister.
She is a dog lover with 2 little pups; Hailey and Bennett.
She is a very talented stylist, and has he ability to make you look like a super model.
She loves to craft. And after planning her wedding, wants to become a wedding planner, and is actually doing it for a girl she works with. Go em sis!!
So with out further ado here she is to answer questions I asked her:
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Please tell everyone something about you:
~ I Love the color coral, it my favorite, and as you see in the pictures, it played a major roll!

What was your inspiration behind the details of the wedding? :
~ I wanted it to have a rustic and elegant feel, something along the lines of Rachel Ashwell. As well as have the colors ivory and coral, also to have a touch of the beach, since that is one of my favorite places to be.

How long did it take you to plan everything:
About 10 months start to finish. If you really ask me, it took about 8 years to plan, since that's how long I was waiting to get engaged:)

How did you feel on the big day?:
~ Overwhelmed with happiness, being surrounded by family and friends who you love. Beautiful because it is the prettiest day of your life. And VERY IN LOVE

What was your favorite part of the whole wedding experience?:
~ Planning and designing things with Christina online almost every night,everything from the jam jars to her coming to visit in May and searching for the barn wood for the wedding sign. The night before the wedding at the Bed and Breakfast with just the girls.And of course marrying my other best friend:)

Now on to the photos, How did you chose your photographer?:
~ After nearly 6 months of looking I kept hitting dead ends. The kind of photography that I liked, the photographers were really expensive. Until I heard about about Mathew Wright of Fig Tree Photography through a Friend, and he was perfect, within my budget and a great guy too!

Here are some of my favorite photographs, I hope you all enjoy them!! Thanks for letting me be here with you today.
~ Carmen

All the small details:

Most of which Christina and I made ourselves

How cool is that?

Card holder

the Ceremony:

The Reception:

I just love this photo:

I'll be back soon with more from our trip.

If any of you live in the Philadelphia area and need a wedding planner, you know where to go:)

-Christina

I heart faces~ Purple

2010-07-27T11:45:00.000-07:00

I chose another photo of my niece for this weeks challenge on I heart faces. I think she's just so darn cute, and purple was a hard one. I don't have too many photos with that color in them, and of coarse me being me, I wait till last minute and don't have time to go out and take anything:)

Go here and see more purple photo entries:

Over my Head ~ I heart faces photo challenge

2010-07-19T09:29:00.000-07:00

When I saw that I heart faces challenge this week was "Over my head" and it could be anything that is literally over your head. I mean the possibilities are endless, but I just knew exactly what photo I wanted to use. Not very original because lots of little kids put buckets on their heads, but it's her expression accompanied by the bucket that makes me crack up every time I look at it! And I know that she was walking all by herself, leaving behind her cousins, not paying attention to ANYONE. She was in her own little world, not trying to grab anyone's attention with her silliness, and it's that that makes it so funny to me!!:) I love my niece to pieces!!!

You can go here to see some pretty cool interpretations of this challenge: