I'm MARRIED!! Update and Life Changes

Long time no blog! Life has been crazy lately with all the changes that are happening! I've been so busy doing the last minute wedding preparations, packing and going on my honeymoon and getting ready to move to New York...but I've also been incredibly happy! So much to talk about and not a lot of time to do so, but I'll give you a quick run down on everything.

The wedding went so well! The weather was an amazing 73 degrees and sunny, the lodge looked pretty good if I do say so myself, and there were only a few minor hiccups along the way. Everyone who we've talked to said that they had a great time, and Mike and I had an absolute blast at the reception. We enjoyed all our guests, ate, made s'mores, danced (we even jumped off tables into the dance floor!) and celebrated the crap out of the first day of our marriage. Here are some photos from the day...some are from our photographer Rene Minnis, who was great, and some are from family and friends.

 

 Two days later we were on the plane to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for our honeymoon, which was amazing. Mostly we just relaxed by the beach and pool and enjoyed everything about the resort. We were planning on doing some expeditions, but they were pretty expensive, and we were having so much fun right where we were! Maybe next time...

So now we are back in Maine and we are moving to New York in 3 short weeks! Now it's time for a whole lot of packing, job/apartment hunting and enjoying the rest of our lives together!  =)

 

I hope there's not such a long absence within our move from blogging...I've been missing it! I'm going to try my darnedest to get some content up here for sure.

Wedding Center Piece DIY: Moss Covered Vases

If you read my earlier post about my DIY pictures frames that I made for my wedding, you know that I was planning on making my own centerpieces. I had the idea to cover a vase or bottle with moss and have a few stems of baby's breath in each. I figured I'd put a few on each 8-foot table. To figure out how to do this, I used this project from Bliss Bloom Blog as a guide. I'm using them as center pieces, but you can also use them around the house as regular vases. I'm planning on doing that after the big day.

The materials that you will need for this project are:

a bottle

fake moss in peel and stick form (I got mine at AC Moore)

tape measure
acrylic sealer spray

scissors

marker or pen

ball of twine

1. Measure to see how much moss you are going to need out of the sheet with the tape measure.Measure how high you want it to come up on the bottle, as well as how wide to cover the entire circumference.

2. The piece of moss that you are going to need is going to be in shape of a rectangle with the measurements of the bottle. Cut out your rectangle.

3. Now little by little, peel off the backing on the moss and stick it onto the bottle. Be sure the moss reaches all the way to the bottom of the bottle. I stuck on a few inches, pulled the backing off, stuck on a few inches, pulled backing off, etc. This seemed to be the easiest way to work with it because the glue on the back of the moss is REALLY sticky. When it's completely around the bottle, inspect where the seam is. If it doesn't look seamless, you can actually push and mold the moss a little bit to be sure not to tell. Also, if you're short on moss, you can cover up the hole with a little slice of moss and then just push and mold until it's seamless.

4. Now it's time for the twine. Simply wrap it around the top of the bottle and tie a bow. I wrapped mine around about 6 times, and by no means did it look perfect. I'm fine with that look.

5. I couldn't do this step today because it was pouring rain, but then take it outside and spray the moss with acrylic sealer to prevent the bottle from shedding too much. Let it dry for about 2 hours (or whatever the sealer spray bottle instructs).

And there you have it! I have to make 36 small bottles and 18 large bottles for my wedding, and I've actually made a pretty good dent in that. These are not hard to create at all (if they were, I wouldn't attempt haha)! Now I just actually need some fresh flowers in my home to put in these babies after the big day!

  Thanks for reading!

How to Break In a New Pair of Heels!

I'm sure you can think of about 15 times when you wore a new pair of heels/shoes to an event and had to take them off halfway through because of the agony. Blisters, pump bumps, bunions (to be super dramatic)...not fun stuff. Here's how to break in that new pair of heels you're dying to wear!

 You will need:
- your new shoes =)
- a pair of socks
- rubbing alcohol
- a cotton ball or paper towel

 What you're going to do is wipe the alcohol on the inside of the shoe, covering the entire lining.

 Then you put on the socks, strap on those heels, and go do some vacuuming or some dish washing! I'd recommend doing this a couple times before the event, wearing them for about a half hour each time. You just need to do something where you are standing or walking around.

My shoes are getting less and less painful every time I do this!

 

 

How to Register for Your Wedding!

What's the best thing you get out of having a wedding? Besides the husband, your REGISTRY!

Ok, true about the husband, not so true about the registry. Friends and family being there to celebrate the start of your marriage totally beats it, but it is still pretty cool. It's amazing how generous people are. I had two showers...one in NY with my family and one in New Hampshire with Mike's. Can you say spoiled brat? Yeah...I know I am.

 We registered with two stores: Bed Bath & Beyond and Georgetown Pottery. BB&B obviously has all of your appliances and cookware and all that good stuff. The pottery store is where we got all of our serving dishes and also a few other cool things. Georgetown Pottery makes beautiful hand crafted pieces and their first store is located a few miles from Mike's family's summer house. For us, it's a special place to get a lot of matching dishes from. There are so many beautiful patterns and color schemes available. After hours of deliberation, we picked the pattern that we wanted everything to be ordered in. We went with Cobalt/Purple, and we absolutely love everything that we got.

Registering online is definitely the way to go. It makes it easier for the guests and you can change/add/remove things at any time. When each of our mothers needed our registry info for the shower invitations, we just gave them a # (from BB&B) and a username (from GP). Super simple!

The things that we registered for ranged in price a lot, but I think that was a good thing because people weren't obligated to spend a ton of money...and also, we needed things of various price values!

I think that a good thing to keep in mind if you already live with your fiance is to take a look at what you have...what's missing and ALSO what would you like replaced? Mike and I got a lot of our kitchen stuff from relatives or just bought them cheap somewhere, so it's like we're finally creating a well-functioning household.

Here's a look at some of the other things that we got!

Utensil holder and platter and bowl from GP.

A Keurig Coffee Maker! =) It's so beautiful! (From BB&B)

 

Saucepan from BB&B

 Any other questions or points about registering?