Peppermint Papers...and other crafty things.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
I'm a bad, bad blogger
Thank you to all who have referred me to other people - keep them coming, I've still got openings for 2011! And if you haven't checked it our or become a fan, visit my Facebook page!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Introducing...
Why Peppermint Papers you ask? Anyone who knows me well, knows that I am a sucker for anything mint flavored. And Peppermint Papers had a nice ring to it. Plus the color red is fun and the peppermint icon is super cute!
So if you know anyone that might be looking for save the dates, wedding invitations, shower invitations, birth announcements, personalized stationary or anything else you can make with paper, send them my way! I'm currently looking for my next project!
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Saturday, January 9, 2010
The Ones That Didn't Make the Cut
This is the fantastic sale rack find that I almost bought. My mom and I found it the night before the big dress shopping event and it was only around $300. In the end, it was between this dress and the one I actually bought.
The next day I tried on a bunch of different dresses. The first one I tried on was the one I ended up buying, but there were a few others that looked good enough on the hanger for me to try on, but not good enough on me to buy.
This one had some detail on the bust that reminded me of something Madonna wore in the 80's...it was a definite no (although I'm smiling!)
This was another favorite, it was very slimming and was elegant yet still had a bit of character to it. If I would have chose this dress, I would have taken the broach off. The thing that made this dress a 'no' was the bust line. To me it looked like one curve of the bust was larger than the other and that would have driven me CRAZY in pictures!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
A Tisket, A Tasket, Our Bathroom Baskets
Here is what we had in each:
Men's Basket:
- gum
- Shout wipes
- Axe body spray
- Scope
- Wisp disposable tooth brushes
- dental floss
- shoe polish
- cough drops
- Tylenol
- Tums
- deodorant
- bandaids
- contact solution
- hair gel
- hair spray
- hand lotion
- combs
- lint roller
Women's Basket:
- panty liners
- Shout wipes
- Q tips
- Tums
- Tylenol
- deoderant
- bandaids
- tampons
- Wisp disposable tooth brushes
- dental floss
- Scope
- gum
- cough drops
- contact solution
- hair spray
- hand lotion
- nail file
- hair ties
- bobby pins
Not only are the baskets useful, but I also got to add a cute little poem:
It reads:
Whether your skin feels dry
or your hair out of place.
You're not feeling so fresh
or whatever the case.
We've put together a basket
to help you along,
Now hurry back out
before you miss the next song!
Looking at the contents of the baskets the day after the wedding, most of the items in the women's basket was still in the basket. The men's, however, was almost empty! Either the items got a lot of use or we had a lot of men with sticky fingers!
Monday, January 4, 2010
The Wedding Tornado
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
Something Blue
So although not too much thought went into the tradition, I still took part!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Dancin' Shoes
I bought $5 flip flops from Old Navy and I was lucky enough to find hydrangeas at Michael's in all the colors! I hand sewed the flowers on using some gold glass beads and gold cross stitch thread.
And here are all the colors together. I did make Emily a pair but I must not have had them finished when this picture was taken.
I also made an ivory pair for myself...and boy was I glad to slip them on after a looooonnngg day of wearing heals!