Thursday, March 24, 2011

She's just a little bit country...

...and he's just a little bit rock and roll. Just kidding, but really I am just so excited I could hardly contain myself. I really wanted to post this yesterday, but wanted to wait because....in exactly ONE year from today, Alex and I will be getting married at The Condor's Nest Ranch (check it out here) in Pala, Ca.

This place is just to die for. It is a ranch house with a big red barn, a windmill, awesome old trees, an old trailer, and the cutest little greenhouse made entirely from old windows. It is exactly what we wanted...something  rustic, airy, and charming. The best part about this place...the owners. They are so incredibly warm and kind, it just makes this place that much more amazing.

The cute greenhouse
I think the greenhouse will end up being my favorite spot. I can't wait to see it in person!! Thanks Steph and Nancy for checking out all the places for us. We love you! Now that the task of setting a date and finding a location is all out of the way, I get to do all the fun stuff...making decorations!!

Until next time,
Love Her

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

She loves Chocolate and Mustaches too.

Everyone who knows me knows this...
 1. I love chocolate!!
 2. I love mustaches!! Actually any facial hair for that matter. (On MEN, of course!)

A few weeks ago we combined my two loves into this....
These professional taste testers were very satisfied!
CHOCOLATE MUSTACHE Lollipops!!! I know I am not the first person to make these, but I was pretty dang proud of myself. We made a set of white chocolate ones and a set of milk chocolate. The milk chocolate came out and all the other ones cracked in the middle when I tried to pull them out of the mold. If anyone knows any good chocolate molding tips, please let me know. :)

It was really fun making these and they tasted so yummy. The taste testers really enjoyed playing with them and eating them too! I wish I would have taken a picture after this because they had chocolate all over their faces!!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

He is so crafty.

The last few weeks I have been dying to get wedding projects started. Last weekend we finally bought some fun crafts to make decorations. I am pretty sure Alex wanted to fight me because we were in Whim So Doodle , the most adorable craft store in St Pete, for well over an hour. I felt slightly guilty, but only slightly. :)

Well, our projects came out AMAZING and I owe it all to Alex. He spent his Sunday afternoon making this for me, well for us...
Our sweets table banner.
We also bought some tags, stamps, and embossing powder to play around with. They turned out like this...
Name tags for seating!
 Thanks to HIM, I had a super fun Sunday.