confessions of an (un)domestic goddess

IIII Want Candy!!

2010-06-16T16:55:00.007-04:00

Ever since I can remember I have been a sugar-a-holic! I would take sugary sweet candy over chocolate any day...well, except for maybe today. That Snickers bar that has been melting and re-solidifying in my bag was AH-mazing! Anywho, I am incorporating gummy candy into my wedding by having a Candy Shop favor bar (more on that later!).

What better way to bring candy full circle than incorporating it in with my bridesmaid's accessories? How about CANDY bracelets?? I even used the ribbon from the shoes to tie it all together!

Here's what I did:
I went to Party City (howww have I never been introduced to that place until now?!) and bought enough bracelets for each bridesmaid to have 3. Truthfully, I bought necklaces because the dang bracelets had watch faces on them, not cool! So, I cut them all down into bracelet size:

Next, Hannah and I made little bows to tie in the polka-dot theme. We just folded over two ends of ribbon (that way the little tails don't get in the way!), and then hot-glued a little ribbon to add some color and hold the two ends together.

I then took 3 bracelets and wrapped the same yellow ribbon around, gluing it to hold the 3 bracelets together. Then, we glued the bow to the top to create only the cutest little candy bracelets ever created!!

I made smaller ones for the flower girls too! Hopefully they can wait til the ceremony and pictures are over until they eat them!!

Just a little Wedding DIY

2010-06-15T16:45:00.006-04:00

I just asked my BFF Always a Northerner if she wanted to place bets on how many times I will start up a blog...

I have been inspired. My oh-so-talented and beautiful stylist Lindsey Regan Thorne of be pretty suggested I start a blog showing off my little DIY projects I've been working on for my wedding. I have always thought of myself as slightly crafty and creative but I am really proud of what I have done!

First, let me start off by saying that my wedding is COMPLETELY untraditional. We are sportin' a 1950s soda pop theme, complete with a ice cream float and candy bar. Here is a sneak peak at our groomsmen outfits, styled by LRT of be pretty!:

To complete the outfit, the groomsmen will rock some yellow and pink converse sneaks!

Now on to the DIY!

For my bridesmaids, I wanted to step up their look to match the boys. The girls will wear these dresses from David's Bridal. I wanted them to wear pink shoes, but because we are getting married in a garden, a heel would definitely be bothersome. So I picked up these cute wedge flip flops from Old Navy...

But, these are way too plain. Our wedding flowers are daisies...boring for a flip flop though! So I brainstormed and came up with using ribbon to create flowers. I went to Michaels and bought a few different variations of ribbon in our colors (yellow, pink and orange/coral). We bought yellow pompons and used a glue gun to bring it all together. Like so....

My BFF Hannah and I banged them out in one night! Here is the finished product:
And I made some for my sweet little flower girls too!

These cute little flippies turned out better than I could have hoped for! Not to mention, it alleviates some of the costs for the bridesmaids; they are already spending enough to travel. The flip flops cost $7.50 (Old Navy), a couple rolls of ribbon @ $2.50 each, pompons @ $2.50/bag of 15, all this adds up to a cheap, cute and comfortable shoe for any occasion!

Starting Anew

2009-11-16T15:08:00.005-05:00

Annnnd I'm back! Hopefully for good this time... I've attempted blogging about three times and never was able to get into it. I guess I needed to be happy with my own life before I shared it with others. What better time to start then when I'm about to begin a new life and move to a new house.

Uggghhh. Moving. I loathe it. I have to say I'm kind of a pro at this point, though. I've moved a lot since I was a sophomore in college, so much so that I've discovered a love for bubble wrap and rubbermaid containers. I hate being unorganized, which moving causes a lot of. Here is my apartment now:

Annnn obstacle course. Seriously. I pray for an early Friday.