{A Little Crafty}

Well, I've wanted to get crafty for sometime now, but I honestly haven't had time---but, I did decide I HAD to make the program for the wedding. On Saturday morning, May 8, a group of my friends---my crafty friends---and I got together and began the process of putting the programs together. I had formatted everything the week before and cut the orange paper---the program was a 5.5" square. The cardstock was  beautiful bright orange textured paper that I ordered online from The Papermill Store. The inside paper was a nice linen from the same place---I had gone to Archivers to look for paper, but the price was insane, so I began to shop around online and I found this to have the best price....and, by the time I got a decision about what was wanted, I needed to GET 'ER DONE! We used a beautiful Bazzill paper for the lime green---it's a shimmer paper and it was so perfect for the accent on the front of the program. We used this monogram on several things for the wedding---stickers for the favor bags, napkins, etc. I wanted to find this font that we had used on all of these items. It's called Liorah.
I did have to buy it---but it was worth it because it matched all the other things we had used--- The formatting of the inside did take a long time, but again, it wasn't really hard---just time consuming. We had 2 full pages (well, what I mean is---two pages folded in half cut to 5.25" square and copied on all eight sides of the pages---make sense?)

Anyway, my friends and I probably put in about 20 man hours that morning and it ended up taking over 80 when I ended up counting it all up. I had NO idea it would take so long---some of the bridesmaids ended up coming over and threading & tying ribbon----lots of ribbon! I was pleased with how they turned out---and Caitlin was---and even though this was my little contribution---that was the most important thing! The truth is---she really didn't care----so, she just indulged me! Isn't that sweet of her?

Here's another picture that has some of the gift bags I made in the background. I printed all the tags on the computer (using the same font, of course!) and then just layered it using my Spellbinders Labels Four Dies and tied them onto Kraft paper bags that I had stuffed with orange and green tissue paper----that I bought in bulk----if anyone needs some.....or alot!  Seriously---everything I give for the next 3 years will use these colors! I hope you don't mind!

Thanks for stopping by---Friday is our last day of school, so I do hope to be around here much more often---goodie for you~ hmph!

{MacArthur Lives!}

Yes, it's true---General Douglas MacArthur was alive and well and speaking to the children in Mrs. Lyon's third grade class today at Trinity Academy of Raleigh.

Joshua read a biography on Douglas MacArthur  for this project, wrote a paper and then had to do an oral report---

---now, I would have been so sick to do this when I was a third grader, but Joshua was so excited! He was up and dressed before 6:30 this morning.  After school today, I walked to my classroom and he and a friend, Justin, had gotten their costumes out and put them on! How great is that!!??

Here are a few pictures of MacArthur, and JFK with one of the third grade teachers, Mrs.Poole.

Joshua's costume was so easy to put together. The pants are just a pair of his khaki pants. The shirt is an older white shirt that I tea dyed---thanks to my good friend and fellow blogger, Kris Stoner. She had recently written this post about dying a dress for someone and I decided that I was going to have to dye a shirt for Joshua to wear---I couldn't find a khaki one. Anyway, when I called her to ask about it, she suggested I try tea dying the shirt first---YEA! It was so easy----no need to do the whole dying process!

I couldn't find any gold stars, so I bought these at Wal-Mart the other night.

Then, I spray painted them with gold paint and glued them on to his shirt and hat with glue dots.

 

The corn cob pipe was a find that David ran down and we were done! I'll tell you, Joshua just lit up when he put that costume on---he's not a big fan of school---and who is this time of year, but he LOVED this!

Thanks so much for looking today! Only two more "wake ups" for Joshua---and he is so happy---and NO MORE LUNCHES for mom, we have two half days left---and she is extremely happy about that---

How about you? Do you hate to make lunches, too? Let me know---is it just me?

Kathleen~

{Wedding pictures sneak peek}

Eeeeek!  Check out Kaitlin Roten's 2point5dphotography blog post here with a sneak peek of Caitlin & Carson's wedding pictures! I can't wait to see the rest! And check Kaitlin's other blog posts---she has some amazing pictures!

Kathleen~

{The Reception}

Here are some pictures of the reception---everyone was----uh, glowing....because there was a record high that day of 96 degrees. Did I mention it was an outdoor reception? AGGGHHHHHH!  It was so hot---but it was fun anyway! Here are some photos---

Allison & Tim

 Taylor & Parker

Maggie (Carson's sister) and Heath or Heather----whatever!

Sarah Kate (Carson's sister) and Mike

Liz & Doug 

Sara & Tim

Lindsey & Robbie

Hannah & Randy

Joshua

Caitlin & Carson---she took off her beautiful blue shoes--she was going to wear her boots, but it was too hot!

First Dance--soooooo sweet!

David and Caitlin---father/daughter dance

One more!

Carson & Dawn---his mama!

The groom's cake---he's a big hunter, so the bullets were a fun addition!

Cutting the groom's cake~

The bride's cake was so beautiful---if you live in the area and need a cake--you HAVE to use Christy Haas. Contact me and I'll give you her information---everyone said this was the best wedding cake they had ever had. And I have to agree---it was moist and soooo tasty! LOVED IT!

It was a shame to cut it---but it was so worth it! YUM!

Back to the dance floor---there are a BUNCH of these--and I think this part of the story deserves it's own post.....just wait!

Hannah and I---

Dancing---there are lots of pictures of dancing---but this will do!

We had a balloon release as they left---instead of throwing things at them! It looked really great! I wish I had some better pictures of it---I'm sure I'll have some when I get all the pictures from my family and the official photographer.

Well, thanks so much for indulging me---I'll have the Joshua post sometime this week---and the other major life event in our family---Hannah's graduation from Trinity Academy of Raleigh.

{Some wedding photos}

So, one of the reasons that I quit blogging for awhile was this small thing called a wedding in our family. We had a lovely wedding on Saturday, May 15 in Rocky Mount, NC. Caitlin and Carson got engaged in October. They wanted to get married in Rocky Mount so they could have the reception at Carson's family home.  So the planning began and before we knew it, May was here---I missed a lot of what happened in pictures because I just didn't have time to take pictures of some of what I wanted---oh well, life goes on with or without a blog post!

A family friend of ours, Denise Myers, is a photographer and she brought her camera and put these pictures on Picasa for me to capture---how sweet is that!? Here are just a few pictures of the ceremony---with a few comments for each. The ceremony was a very simple one---so focused on Christ---it was beautiful. I'll post the reception another day! We'll have the "official photographs" someday soon.

Ben Salmon led the congregation in Come Thou Fount while the wedding party walked in.

When Caitlin walked in, only Ben was singing---it was anti-climactic in the most beautiful way.

Here's a picture of Carson when he first saw Caitlin---that's always the best picture---pure joy!

 Caitlin arriving at the altar.

 Caitlin at the altar with her daddy and Carson.

Caitlin and Carson taking their vows--Carson's dad is his best man--next to him.

The ring ceremony

Hannah was the maid of honor---so pretty!

Here's what the wedding party looked like. No flowers, no candles---just their friends around them.

The kiss!!!

Mr. & Mrs. Carson Matthew Guy

SO, that's the ceremony in a nutshell---it was precious. It so honored Christ---someone told me---it was a worship service and two kids got married! I know that is exactly what they wanted. What a blessing to have kids who want to put Christ above all! Praise the Lord!

{Caitlin's bridals}

OK-----I know you're thinking---didn't we just see her bridals?

Yes, but her portrait photographer put her blog post up with some of her favorites.

Go to this blog post at The Schultzes Blog to see Cheyenne's post of Caitllin's photo shoot!

Take the time to look at some of her other photos, too---she's incredible!

{Mrs. Carson Guy}

Well, she's married! I could show you all 146 pictures of her bridal shoot, but I won't---I'll just show you some of my favorites! This is the one she chose for her portrait. I hope to show you some pictures from the wedding soon---I haven't had a chance to get through any of ours yet. The ceremony was so precious and the reception was a lot of fun--which is what they wanted. BUT, it was HOT! :) We all survived, but it was HOT!! I hope they enjoyed it~

The bridals were taken by Love the Schultzes---amazing! SOOOOOO, happy with the result. Below are a few of the pictures! If you are in North Carolina and need a wedding photographer, here's a link to their blog.

On April 5th we drove to Davidson, NC to take her bridal portraits. We got to Fisher Farm---a local park there and we say Geoff & Cheyenne she said "Get back in the car---I found a place where I want to take some photos first and then we'll come back here". So, we drove to a driveway down the street where the Bradford Pear trees were lined all the way down the drive and they had grown together into this lovely canopy. Cheyenne had just gone to the door and asked the owner if she could take some pictures here---and we did! I loved this setting---

When we got back to Fisher Farm park, we found this amazing rusted out truck. This is where my favorite pictures were taken. I don't know if you remember the Engagement pictures I posted, but I thought it was so cool to incorporate the truck into these pictures also.

This necklace is one that Hannah bought in England when she went a few summers ago---how cool that Caitlin wore it in her portraits and on her wedding day.

She wore these shoes as her "Something blue"---aren't they so cute!

There was this old barn there, too----such a great picture---I could show you 10 of these that I loved, but I'll spare you! :)

It was about 85 degrees that day, and after awhile that wedding dress was REALLY hot---so while Cheyenne hung up these amazing photo frames in some trees, Hannah and Caitlin and I sat in the car with the air conditioner blasting. Did I say that the truck photos were my favorites? I don't know---these are pretty great too---I just love Cheyenne's style. She brought this little table and chair and rose in a vase. Caitlin had put her boots back on by then---love these photos with her boots on. She had planned to wear them at the reception, but it was so hot that she just put on her rainbows instead!

The park has the huge field and Cheyenne took some wonderful pictures here---here's my favorite from that group.

Finally, here's the other side of the barn--LOVE all the broken glass and that door!

Well, thanks for indulging me! I have lots to share over the next month. Hannah graduates from Trinity Academy of Raleigh in less than two weeks---I still haven't sent out her announcements---ugh! That's the job for today! Thanks for stopping by--I hope to actually stamp sometime in the next month...but I have lots of other priorities at this point in  my life!
Kathleen~