Poof and it appears!

When we decided we wanted to do everything by hand, I knew yard sales, estate sales and auctions were in our very near future. With only 2 we have been too and the finds in the boxes in our garage that are my mothers we have everything we need to make everything now! We literally spent less than $100 for all out supplies and organizational materials for all our DIY projects and my lovely mother already owned a sewing machine and serger!

As of yesterday we have turned our dining room into our wedding craft spot and love this feeling of personalization in our future! :)

Small storage for all our pencils pens and markers! Oh and I found my grandmothers vintage stamp holder to boot!



Found this full of thread and fabric at a warehouse estate sale jam packed for only $5! I have since added to, but within the fabric stuffed inside we found a small necklace container with a $5 silver certificate inside!



I do believe we have enough thread now! :)


Loving these Martha Stewart die cuts and the small trinkets set to go on our save the dates!



Must have a few stamps to bring the projects to life!



More sewing items!



You can never have enough paper supplies or cards handy!



Supplies for up and coming projects!







Another storage set full too!



You'll notice the chalkboard paint and silver platter :) Can't wait to show you guys that project!!!



So here's to happy crafting for us and beyond excited to share each step of the way with you all!

All Our Love,
J & R

Heart Accents DIY #1

I am extremely excited about this blog because it is our very first DIY (do it yourself) completed and I'm so amazed how truly perfect these turned out!

Recently I downloaded the craftgawker application (craftgawker.com) to my phone to find so many amazing ideas for crafts for the wedding and life in general. Our goal is to make everything handmade/homemade for the wedding that is physically possible to add our personal touch and to make our day memorable.

This first project was a small task that turned awkward almost immediately however I managed to cut out and complete over 200 of these last night. I'll call them the Heart Memos to be tied delicately around our Save The Dates. (that DYI will come next week or so)

What you will need:
• A book you can reuse, preferably one falling apart or in our case we purchased from an estate sale
•Glue Stick
•Medium heart die cutter
•Cardstock color paper to match colors
•1/16th inch hole punch
•scissors

Approximately 1 hour to complete

First you want to go through the book you have chosen and find words or phrases pertaining to you, your fiancé, or your wedding. In our case we used a dictionary and found all the words that make us and our families. Use extreme caution if using a dictionary! Always look both ways like your mama taught you and here is an example as to why!



I wanted the word laughter but it appears that an extremely inappropriate word was so very close!

General Scrapbook Paper



Martha Stewart Die Cut





















We will be using hemp twine to position these around our Save The Dates!

Lots of Love,
J & R