So I know I said I would post every Saturday, but I just didn't get around to it yesterday. I was all set in the morning to hunker down with some dvds and crafts, but my mom gave me a ring around 830 or so that she was on her way out for pre-vacation shopping (she leaves for Vegas tomorrow!) so I got ready and went with her. I got home just a bit before Matt came home from work, so the day was pretty much done. Plus I spent some time playing with my new toy, which is:



the Kindle reader from Amazon! This little baby is pretty fun - and very easy to use. I've already downloaded (bought) my first book, Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk. He also wrote fight club and several other novels, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I especially love that I don't have to buy a hardback which tend to be so heavy and a pain to take along with me.

I have been doing a little crafting but haven't taken any pics right now, so I will have to work on that later! That's all for now - back to playing with my new gadget

As promised...

I am posting on Saturday! I almost forgot so then I grabbed my camera to take some pics and OF COURSE the batteries were dead. Somehow my rechargable batteries just discharge over time, even when they are not in the camera. So I had to recharge them before I could take pics, but luckily I picked up one of those turbo 15-min chargers a couple of months ago on clearance. Otherwise I would've been waiting hours and who knows if I would've remembered.

So anyways... today my mom and I went out to get some flowers for my balcony. I have a windowbox that my aunt gave me and I needed flowers for that:



I also picked up a nifty plastic pot and got some more flowers for that:



I helped with the picking them out and placement of them but my mom planted them for me. If I touched them, they would probably die in protest. Hopefully I can keep them alive through vigilant monitoring and watering, though.

Also today, I picked up some stickers from Joann's. I had bought a package of blank invitations a couple months ago (on clearance + 40% coupon... I got the 50 pack with envelopes and return cards/envelopes for < $10!). So I got these stickers to maybe spruce up either the invites or the envelopes, I think they look decent together:



I will probably just use 1 or 2 stickers on each invite. I bought 3 packs of them (all they had) and there are about 24 per pack.

And in crafting news, here is the English Garden doily that I am just about finished with:



I just need to weave in the ends, possibly put the french knots in the center of the flowers, and block it. I started another but only have 1 flower done so far.

I've also been working on these funky slippers:



Easy to make in crochet and self striping yarn, these should be done soon!

Well that's about it for this installment. Hope I can keep up with it!

WOW I didn't realize it had been SOOOOO long since I last blogged. I just feel like there's so many other things I would rather be doing. It's not that I am THAT busy it's just that I am rarely bored. However, Matt is now working on Saturdays (whereas I am off) and I am going to try to commit to a weekly update. That shouldn't be toooo hard. I don't have enough time to craft anymore to update more than that anyways. I just finished a doily this past weekend. Well I need to weave in the ends, block it, and think about doing the french knots for the flower centers. I am working my way through the book Doilies in Bloom. I had done the first one some time ago but then set it aside. I am also trying to do as much Christmas crafting as possible (and without spending money - just using stash) so that I can get rid of some stuff and save some money for the wedding.

Speaking of wedding. We have set the date to be Nov 25th. We will be heading to Vegas on Nov 23rd and getting hitched somewhere there. We haven't booked anything yet but are looking into a Red Rock Canyon wedding. I was planning on doing something at one of the hotels on the strip, but you don't get much for the money there. At least this one includes extensive time in a limo and a really cool outdoor location. Does anyone have any tips on that or other suggestions? I'm hoping to keep it to around 1k (including all the wedding stuff except for rings, clothes, and possibly a tip for the driver).

We will then be coming home the day before thanksgiving and having our reception the Saturday immediately following here in Ohio. We've booked the community center at my mom's condo community and got someone to do the catering. We still have to get a cake but my cousin who is an AWESOME pastry chef and decorator volunteered for that. I think we are going to do a vegas themed reception (veryyyy casual... maybe we can play a lot of sinatra music during dinner). So any crafty ideas for the reception is helpful too. I think I am going to look for card suit cookie cutters for cheeses. Also might ask for the cake to have the suits cut out of fondant and put on... on a basically white cake. I am also toying with the idea of putting the King and Queen of hearts playing cards as a topper somehow.

As far as favors we are still throwing around some ideas. I'd like them to be vegasy and either edible (chocolate) or a xmas ornament.

Not sure about table centerpieces either.

Well that's all for now. I plan to update this on Saturday, if I remember. It will be a lot more than just crafts, probably, since I don't spend that much time crafting anymore anyways. (Another reason for this is that my wrists have started hurting a LOT because of all the computer time I put in at work. And then I do stuff at the gym that puts a lot of strain on them too. So most of my crafting is on the weekends.)

There, I think that post was definitely "rambling" enough for the blog. Hope to see some of my old bloggy-pals soon!