Merry Christmas!

We are headed to Montana for Christmas so here is me saying MERRY CHRISTMAS early!

L.O.V.E

is a sweet thing

I LOVE SURPRISES!

Pretty little smelly things

These are a few of my favorite flowers I would love to see in my & the bridesmaids bouquets.

Peach Peonies, soft and romantic

Baby's Breath.... I kinda like the idea of my bridesmaids only holding these....

Blue Hydrangeas - Have always been a favorite of mine

The Dogwood flower, again another favorite of mine and I currently have a HUGE dogwood tree in my front yard!

White roses, they smell good

Pussy Willow sticks because I just like the look and they feel like little Caterpillars.

All to come together and look something similar to this....

I have this crazy idea that I'm going to be able to grow all my own flowers and make my own bouquets/center pieces. I might be in over my head with this one considering I DO NOT have a green thumb. Maybe I'll just reconsider making the bouquets and leave those to a professional, August isn't peony season anyway and they'd have to be special ordered.

I will however be asking my friends and family to grow wildflowers in their yards for me for random table decorations. More on that later.

As We Walk Down The Isle

I love the idea of making something either at the start of your isle for your grand entrance or something at the end for the altar. Here's a few that I think rock!

An old church window or two as the Altar

Handmade wood walls with vintage windows as your hitching post

I just think this is NEAT! Vintage swinging farm house doors....

It's Tricky Being Picky

Here's a GORGEOUS wedding venue! It has everything that I dream about.... accept one minor detail..... The venue is Rainier Mountain Lodge. It's nestled on beautiful property with a view to die for of Mt. Rainier located in the quite, 40 years behind schedule, town of Mineral WA. Only problem was, it wasn't a lodge it was someones home and only 4 people could spend the evening there. The 2 hour drive from Portland, OR or the 8+ hour drive from Montana for our guest is just to far for no over night accommodations. Our main goal in finding a venue is that we'd like to camp with our guests and also have cabins or a hotel close enough for those who can't/wont camp.

Here take a look at this little slice of heaven:

There she be! Mt. Rainier ladies & gentlemen. The clouds cleared while we were still there, she's beautiful.

It's a little old barn, but it's still cute for pictures.

One of two stocked ponds for fly fishing

The Bed & Breakfast

Wonderful fire pit

Stock pond #2 and a round pin in a heavenly location

When we pulled up to this venue I thought for sure it was the one. I'm disappointed to say that it's not but I hope to one day be as lucky as this couple (Terry & Kim are very nice people!) are to have such a beautiful place to rest our heads.

Visit their website at: http://www.rainiermountainlodge.com/

I LOVE HIM

Says this picture:

My hearts been seduced, I'm lost in love, and this is our song.

Make Way For Hay!

I love this idea! Love it!

Best part is I could probably sell it when I'm done with it!

I love the simplicity of this picture and the different fabrics covering the hay bails. You could pick up some fun colored twin sized sheets from Ikea for a look like this!

Something different for your guests to take a break and relax in. Love the idea of using quilts with the hay, so classic.

This one strikes me as the best design for using bails of hay for seating. If you've been around hay you know it's itchy! If you look close in this picture they've used boards to create a bench with the hay bails. Great option for guests who would rather not sit on hay. I had my grandmother in mind on this one :o)

Christmas is coming up! What are you gift giving this year?

Check out these handmade gifts by a few of my friends. You'll never have to worry about returning or anyone making the same purchase they are all one of a kind!

Amazing paintings by my dear friend Corie. For more of her paintings and information you can email her @:

coriebcreative@gmail.com

Pots by Tony Schrotzberger; His work is amazing, I have the black and white vase on display at my house: For more information email the Schrotzbergers' @:

mariahschrotz@gmail.com

Hand painted Bendy Trees by RF Bahns. This one belongs to me, but for more information on her paintings or requests email her @:

sopenseroso@gmail.com

Tiny Dress's by my sister-in-law-2-B! See more of her very cute one of a kind little dresses for your miniature ladies here:

http://www.etsy.com/people/tinydresses?ref=ls_profile

This necklace is handmade by my friend Katie you can see more of her beautiful accessories here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Whimsy/138603009505780

Or here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/whimsybykt

I MADE THIS

My little cousins Halloween costume. Her and her friends (all 10-20 of them) were dressing up as the different colors of the rainbow, she couldn't decide what color to be so I told her she was going to be all of them.

Curtains for my kitchen. They're placed on the windows in the dining nook. 3 windows side by side on a curved wall:

Sorry to keep you waiting

It's been a while since my last post but I think it's time I keep this blog updated now because I'm ENGAGED! and I need to keep all the fun exciting ideas I've found and that I come up with in one place.

Here's our Story:

Levi and I enjoy the outdoors. We do a lot of road trips, camping, and hiking together along with our puppy Osito. We three are a team. All summer long (2010) we talked about climbing Mt. St. Helens, but things on my end were always coming up on the weekends and I'd have to push the date back further.... Finally Levi said to me, we HAVE to climb that mountain this year! I committed to the weekend of October 2nd 2010. That night we drove up to base camp, I couldn't explain to you the excitement I felt because I had never done anything like this before and camping above a blanket of clouds was a whole new world to me and the coolest thing I had ever seen. The sunset was breath taking. We started our climb the morning of October 3rd before the sun came up. You could imagine the sunrise :o) The entire hike was beautiful with views of Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, a cloudy blanket across the valley but by mid afternoon the clouds burned off and it was a beautiful sunny day. After 7 hours of boulder climbing we reached the top of St. Helens and Mt. Rainier was a grand sight from the top of this volcano! I couldn't believe my eyes! It was the prettiest view I had ever seen! We asked a fellow hiker to take a picture for us, Levi handed her the camera while I tried the best I could to get my messy hair picture ready and to get our dog in a sitting posed position. Levi walked back over to Osito and I, knelt to the ground and pulled a small box from his pocket. My heart raced with excitement! Here I am at the top of Mt. St. Helens my biggest adventure accomplishment yet and the love of my life is on bend and knee proposing! I was so overwhelmed with joy, tears, kisses, fellow hikers clapping, and laughter I had to ask him on the way down if I actually said the word yes. All the way down and back at base camp we were congratulated, it was nice to add that little extra something to their climbing experience as well. It was the most amazing experience of my life thus far. We plan to wed the summer of 2012, an outdoor rustic wedding is a must and our dog Osito will be right by our side as the ring bear! (Incase you didn’t know Osito means little bear in Spanish)