two pink lines

june 5, 2012 = two pink lines

What a crazy, beautiful moment that I'll never forget.  I always knew I'd have a family one day and my husband and I had just started trying and wham bam, two pink lines. 

I hear these cute stories of how some women tell their husbands but I didn't have that opportunity seeing as he looked before me and had to convince me that it was positive.  Although I had a pretty good idea based on some strange physical changes that had occurred, I just couldn't believe it cause I'd already had a negative blood test at the doctors.  Guess we were just to early.  Josh would tell you that he knew for a while because of my INSANE sense of smell. 

I think I tested 3 or 4 more times that week - the line kept getting darker and darker and darker... Bring on the baby!

our unique wedding cake

We decided that we wanted to do something a bit different for our wedding cake and also didn't want to spend a ton of money.  There are some BEAUTIFUL wedding cakes... like amazing but they are not cheap.

After a ton of research and ideas, we decided on a Rice Krispie Square Cake.  Luckily my moms best friend is an amazing cook and baker and just such a sweet lady.  She made the cake for us and it turned out perfect!

If you don't want a traditional wedding cake, think outside the box!  What do you guys like?  How about an ice cream cake? Brownie cake?  Macaroons?  Cupcakes?  Mini Cupcakes?  Banana Bread?  Cake pops?

So many creative ideas out there.  Make sure to check out pinterest....

my Victorian High Tea Bridal Shower

My mom is very creative.  And thankfully she offered to host my bridal shower.  With the help of her talented friends, my amazing bridesmaids, and close family, they put on one of the most unique bridal showers I've ever seen.  (Though I may be bias because it was my shower...)

A quick look at the invitations....

How cute are they?  If you are interested in a custom version of this template, please send me a quick email to paperjoli@yahoo.com

So they decorated the room so nicely.

And even had cute personalized favors.

There was so.much.food.  Started off with some punch and of course, tea. Then they brought out veggies, wraps, and sandwiches.  Next was scones with jam and cream - HOLY MAN.  Sooo delicious.  And lastly the cutest mini cupcakes you've ever seen.

And one of the best parts - the clothing!  All guests dressed with big hats and strange attire.  They put me in this fancy little number.

Such a great time - loved every minute of it!

fan wedding programs

Of course I wanted to have fan wedding programs..... turns out they are very time consuming!

 If you are interested in the template for this (you must have adobe illustrator), please send me a quick email.  paperjoli@yahoo.com

a different kind of guestbook - wedding

Josh is a HUGE Dallas Cowboys Fan and we wanted to do something different for our guestbook (and pretty much every other part of our wedding).  We decided to do a jersey!   Everyone was invited to sign our jersey - which we ordered online in an XL.  The name bar says 'July' and the number is '9'.

If you are interested in the free template we used for the sign that stood next to the jersey - you can find it here

wedding table numbers

There are a lot of creative table numbers.  Some people use places they've traveled, some use their favorite foods, we used numbers.  Plain old numbers.  But we dressed it up a bit.  We used our engagement photos and framed each of them.  We had people at the end of the night taking them home!

If you are interested in the free template, you can find it here.

some other wedding projects with templates

If you are getting married, you need to check out Vistaprint.  I got so many free things for our wedding day.  Here are a few things we ordered..... 

Lawn Signs - we used our monogram text/colouring for these and put them out to direct people to our ceremony site. 

Interested in the template?  Send me an quick email and I'll get it off to you.  paperjoli@yahoo.com

Photographer List of Shots - a good list of all the shots we wanted to capture! You can find it here.

Thank You Banner - a great banner to take a photo with and use for your thank you cards.  Again, ordered it for free at vistaprint. 

If you would like the free template, you can find it here