Guest Book & Card Table...

Here's a quick look at the guest book & card table.  I still need to add ribbon to the guest book (when I buy another roll).  We did not forget the pen, it's at my parents house.  The picture frame will have a photo of us on our wedding day (if I ever hear from our photographer).  I was thinking of adding a 'Wish Bowl' where guests can write lil wishes or congrats on slips of paper.

Candy Buffet...

Well here's the general idea of what the candy table will look like.  We bought red bead garland at Hobby Lobby to fill the centerpiece.  That's my wedding bouquet.  I have one more container to wrap with ribbon (ran out of the print ribbon).  Each container will have a sign attached to the ribbon once those are done.  Excited to have at least one table done.  Next... Guest book/card table.

Candy Buffet Sign...

Time to start working on all those DIY projects.  We have two weeks & I'm super busy.  Here's the sign I made for our candy table.  I started with a 12x12 piece of MDF.  The people at Lowes are nice & cut it down for me.  Also need a plate holder. I stole this one from my parents house.

I bought a can of black spray paint that I am also using on the cupcake stand (still in progress, post to come later).  I painted the MDF with some black acrylic paint I had on hand.  The plastic plate holder was painted black with spray paint.

I used my Cricut to cut out the letters & Mod Podge to glue them to the MDF.  The final result looks like this:

Misc. Pics...

Some of you may have seen this while driving around town.  Special thanks to Butch at The Shop for the sign, we love it!

We drove through Custer Park in the Black Hills where we met this guy... He was very friendly

Well almost a lil too friendly...

We took the boys down Needles Highway. They loved the tunnels & climbing on the rocks...

The boys enjoyed playing the piano in Deadwood...

We went through Spearfish Canyon & stopped to see Roughlock Falls...

Also took the boys to a mini cave at Thunderhead Falls.  We wanted to test the waters & see how they would do on a longer tour... Maybe in a couple years, we were told it was 'too dark' over & over again...

Few Pics...

These are not professional photos, just some taken by friends & family.  The pics taken by our photographer, Angela, should be posted to her website some time this week.  You can view them at www.angelapiersonphotography.com

This is the sand ceremony with the kids, thank you parasol for our thank you cards, and our wedding party.   

We Have Arrived!

Made it to the Black Hills last night.  Had a few hiccups with our room check in because they were over booked (really dont like hotels when they do that).  Everything worked in our favor.  We got a bigger room that has lots of space for the kids to run & a fridge for juice, booze & lemons. 

This morning we are going to get a marriage license.  Then we have the rest of the day to relax.  We plan on heading to Deadwood for lunch.  The boys are excited & love it here.  I can't wait to see both of them tomorrow with their tuxes on, they will be soo stinkin' cute!  I'll be sure to post pics Saturday night or Sunday morning for everyone to see. :)

Nine More Days!

Quick update on the latest happenings here...

• My dress alterations are done, it is now a floor length dress with no train.
• Jamie's ring arrived last week & fits perfect.  Thank you Overstock.com for an awesome deal!

 

• Only one of the boy's tuxes fit, the other was too big.  I have a tux on order & it should be here early next week.  

 

• Cupcake stand is at a stand still.  I painted one coat & never got to finish.  Instead I painted the guest room for company arriving in 2 weeks.  Here's a peek at the stand, will post a full tutorial when we are done. 

•  400 invitations went into the mail last week.  Now we are working on those people that were missed.  Every day a couple more get added to the list.  So glad to have the invitations done.  They were very, very time consuming.  Huge thank you to Mae & Kristin for all their help!
• Found future MIL a dress for the wedding.  Made her a pretty necklace & bracelet to match her outfit. (clear beads are silvery, flash kinda kills the bling)

•  My bridal shower was a couple weekends ago.  Good times with great people!  Got some awesome gifts & recipes.  Special thanks to my mom & Mae for hosting.  Awesome job ladies!

•  We have collected roughly 14 containers for the candy buffet.  I'm going to start cutting ribbons & making labels for everything this week.  Pics to come in the following weeks as we figure out the table layout. 

I'm sure there is much, much more to add to this list but that's all I can think of for now.  The invitations took us about 2 weeks to complete & were by far the biggest project.  Hope to post more in the next few days as we get closer to leaving for the Hills.