Christmas is coming!!

Just bought this kit!!!

could they be any cuter? i can't wait to work on Christmas crafts!!! my goal is a 100% handmade Christmas. We'll see if it happens, but its a good goal. So excited for cold nights in my slanket with a fire roaring and my hubby (he will be this by then) done with his PhD!!!

troubles & new sparkles!

in my drunken haze saturday night i dropped my camera - it now won't focus (as you can see in the previous post) and it has this ugly black thing in the corner of every picture - its very allusive - changing sizes every picture!

wasn't worried at first - just get it fixed, right? nope. that will take weeks and an undisclosed amount of money. F***! i had no choice but to get a new camera - i kind of have a big photo opportunity coming up, ya know?

i really didnt know what to do. i've been eyeing this for MONTHS, but do i get something that nice when i have to use it immediately and have no idea how to use it? do i want that to be my sole camera? a back up point and shoot would be nice. all very frustrating. in the end my 'rents let me pick out whatever i wanted. i chose this point and shoot pictured below (ours is silver though). it was a really good deal, rated really well and will get me through until we can afford the digital SLR.

now that that is settled. i will tell you my other EXCITING news! my sister (well half - sister, but who cares?) emailed last week asking if i would want to wear one of her rings at the wedding. we've never met and she can't make it to the wedding so i was BEYOND excited and honored. the ring is beautiful - and arrived yesterday.. in this cute little box..

its antique (old), borrowed, and full of sapphires (blue) - AWESOME.... see??

its a little big, but the jewelers can put in a little temporary sizer so it will be perfect!! thanks lis!

one step closer

last night we went out to celebrate Grant's last study for his dissertation. it was SO much fun to just go out and get a few drinks with friends. plus i get wasted these days after 1 beer so I'm a cheap date. Gonna have to watch that at the wedding!

two.weeks!

i've been in a little funk this week - i'm hoping its hormonal and not a stress induced mood that won't leave. this whole IUD thing makes it difficult to know what is/isn't hormonal. (thats another story for another day..)

anyway.. back to what i came here to talk about. hmmm... we're going to be MARRIED in two weeks?? weird. i don't feel old enough to be an adult - i'm learning that once you hit a certain point in life you never feel 'old enough' to do whatever it is life expects you to do. but i'm beyond excited and extremely ready for it to be here. i feel like we've been talking about this thing forever - really we have.. its been over a year. how do people have like 10 year engagments??? i'm just hoping the strong desire i haver for it to 'be here' doesn't become a desire for it to just 'be over'. it won't though. that is the aforementioned funk talking...

left to do:

1. another hair trial - i know its getting ridiculous, but for some reason this decision is the ONE that is really freaking me out. up or down, up or down, on and on. oh wait. i've decided UP - it has to be up. two weeks later - i can't do it. i look like a pin head. DOWN it has to be down. and on it goes...

2. print/write placecards

3. print/assemble other paper stuff (all so cool - wait til you see!)

4. make tissue paper pom poms for get away car

5. finish some gifts and thank yous

6. finalize rental pick up/drop off times

7. make a bracelet

8. do some research on cabo - outline what to do there. get used to the idea of being 9 days with out computer... still not sure if i can part with it, but i know it will be good for me.

9. meet with day of coordinator

10. make 400 desserts

11. finalize everything else.

12. PACK - that is a big one. i leave eugene next saturday (Sept 13th) and don't return until after our honeymoon (Oct 1st). and those of you who have traveled with me know i am a horrible over packer - should be interesting.

pray i get out of this funk...

and i thought it couldn't get any better...

photo from pimpstitch

embroidery ROCKS.

and now i know how to color it in. check out this awesome tutorial. i just think it makes little embroidered scenes look soo much better!

i need to get my booty in gear and transfer some designs so i can do this on my honeymoon!

vintage linens

remember when i went to boston and told ya'll i got some vintage stuff? well i just got around to washing, ironing (although you can't tell), and photographing it. i left one of the table runners i got with my aunt as well as an amazing silk print of a woman nursing her baby (she will bring them out when she comes to the wedding).

this is a tea towel that matches the napkin below (set of 5 napkins from my aunt's stash!)

this one is just so sweet. i'm not even sure if it is actually old, but i love it.

LOVE the colors in this one!

**every time i post pictures these days i want to apologize...not only does my camera kind of suck, but our apartment gets the WORST light no matter what time of day but really im just too lazy to even attempt to edit most pictures. so you'll have to deal =)