February beginnings

This week has been full of ups and downs with all sorts of adventures in between.  First off, I can't believe that it is already February!  It started off with me getting very sick... I think I had another kidney stone.  Monday I didn't feel well at all and had to leave clinicals and go home to sleep all day!  But, alas, the week has gotten better as the days have gone by.  School is getting busier and busier.  I counted yesterday, and I only have 24 weeks left... holy cow! Jordon is busy working on his schooling as well.  He has worked down at the Cirque Lodge a few times this week as well.  He seems to really enjoy working with that population.  I have always admired that he has such a soft spot in his heart for recovering addicts.  The house plans are moving right along.  The appraiser went out on Tuesday and got all of his things done.  We are set to close on the 14th of February!  What a great Valentines gift!  I couldn't have asked for anything better.  It is getting so close now, and I am really beginning to get super excited.  I wil post some pictures of our humble abode as soon as I can.  I was able to go and visit my family this week, and they are all doing well.  We had dinner, and I missed out on my little sisters super Heath Cheesecake, because I left early.  Next time Nikki... I promise.  During the holiday season, we had a "secret santa" gift exchange at work.  My little santa was super adorable,and wrapped my presents so nicely.  She gives Martha Stewart a run for her money, and I could also use some pointers :) So, I wanted to give her a huge THANK YOU, but I haven't had time, so I got around to it this week, and since Christmas was over, I went with a little more of a spring theme.  Enjoy!



The front... pink and oranges with ivory



The Inside... with a few buttons



All tied up!



Oh How I love Bows!  Mixing ribbons is so much fun!

I have also decided that I need to start posting about my wedding crafts, since so many people have asked about them, so each week, I am going to throw in a few pictures of what I made for my wedding.  So, it would only be fair to make the first post focused around something that I fell in love with from the beginning, and made thousands of for my wedding....my favorite..... little wooden BUTTONS!  We made a billion of these, and tied them to everything!  Most of the credit goes to my fabulous in-laws on this project as well as my adorable Husband.  I got the idea when I was surfing a craft website one day that showed how to make them from wooden dowels and sticks.  I knew immediatley, that with my rustic wedding, I had to have these little gems.  So, away we went cutting up sticks, and drilling holes, sanding down the sides, and even putting a layer of laquer on them so they shined.  Then we tied them, glued them, and crafted them onto anything and everything to do with my wedding!  Just a little note.... credit needs to be given to my fabulous photographer for the following photos... Kirstin Roper.  She did an amazing job at capturing all of the little details that went into my wedding.  Please do not take these photos without contacting her.  Thank You.

So we started off with the invitations.  Each one had a little button tied to it.

Invitation



The napkins had buttons tied to them thanks to my friends who came out the night before as well as the menu's for dinner.



The groom's sign thanks to my lovely Mother-in-Law.

The bride's sign thanks to my lovely Mother-in-Law.

All of our line's flowers had buttons tied to them thanks to Flower Patch.

Every bouquet had buttons tied to it thanks to Flower Patch

My bouquet.  I just loved how it turned out!



This is a funny story.... so one day Jordon's mom was drilling the buttons and he picked one up and said, that's not a button, that's a Monkey!  (because of the way the holes were drilled, they looked like eyes).  So, we found another that looked like a monkey as well, and my fabulous Mother-in-Law framed them for us.  They now sit in our apartment on my favorite shelf, as our "Monkey Buttons".  The bottom one is me and the top one is Jordon.



My Handsome Husband.  doesn't this remind you of an ad in a magazine?

Our handsome Ring Bearer Porter... with his buttons!

This is Reece... our Flower Girl

Flower Patch tied the buttons to her head wreath

I think it turned out fabulous!

She was absoutley adorable, and stole she show!

She loved the head wreath as well, and wore it all night!

The programs for our ceremony and the list of events.  Jordon helped me tie these ones on... he did such a good job!

My supermodel sister Nicole... with her lovely button bouquet.

My other supermodel sister Ashley.... with her button bouquet.

My photogenic brother-in-law Stone.

Gotta love those little buttons... they just look so adorable!

Jordon's boutineer.

Oh, how sweet...

Me,... being well.... I don't know, but the buttons are so cute!

Love those buttons!

And finally, Buttons on Jordon's sign that his Mom made him, because of his tee-shirt that he designed, fitted with little dangling buttons in the corners.  He loved the sign, I loved that Rebecca did such a great job and the fact that he is smiling in this photo!

 Most of the buttons for our wedding were tied on with twine, hemp, or ribbon.... pretty much anything that looked rustic.  Well, since the wedding, I have become addicted to these little gems.  Including them in all of my thank you cards as well from the wedding.. (pictures to come).  Jordon is getting a little annoyed with the buttons, but I think they are just fab!  If anyone wants to know what to get me, it is a drill, a stick, and a circular saw... with a tiny bit of laquer.  Pure Rustic Button Bliss.  Oh, by the way.... just a few stats for you... each button has to be handled five times before it found it's final resting place.... and we have used over 3,000 buttons... this means that someone has handled buttons for our wedding over 15,000 times..... and that right there folks is pure love!  I cannot place a dollar amount on the time spent on DIY projects for my wedding, but if you can only imagine over 15,000 little pieces of people's hearts that they gave... absolutley incredible and we are so blessed!

xoxo Britt

Old Cards Always Fill Me with Joy

So I was looking through some pictues and happened to find a few cards that I have made, so I thought I would post since I am kinda lagging lately on new cards being produced :)  The first was a Thank You card for one of the Job's Daughters that I made because she picked me to crown her.  The bottom two were thank you cards for a friend who wanted to send them off to people.
 

Yellow and Black Thank You Card




Oh How I love Bows :)




Buttons and a little tag inside the card.




Thank You card Aqua, Dandelion, and Ivory




Inside of Thank You Card




Dark Blue, Silver, and Grey Thank Your Card





Inide of Thank You Card




Bottom inside of Thank You Card.  I just love that ribbon!

Happy Crafting to all, and I hope that you all have a good week!

xoxo Britt



Birthday Fun!

This week has been pretty uneventful.  School is great, and I really like going to my clinicals which are on the Psychiatric ward.  I have quite a bit of homework, but I am doing well in all of my classes.  Jordon seems super busy with school, but always seems to get his work done.  It was his mom's birthday this week.  She is such a sweet lady, and I was so happy to get to make her a card.  We went out to lunch at the Red Lobster, which was a first for me, but it was super delicious.  The snow has finally started falling, and I am loving it!  It always seems to amaze me how beautiful and quite the world seems after a snowfall.  I hope to get to take Bella out later this week in the snow and take a few pictures of her.  Plans with the house are coming along nicely.  We went up to see the house again when the inspector went through it on Tuesday.  I am getting excited that this is going to maybe be very real, very soon!  There is a lot of snow up at the house, and I can't wait to take Bella up there and let her prance around all over in the fresh powder!  Here are a few pictures of my Birthday card for Rebecca.


Front of the card... I am into using grey and light pink lately



Inside of the card


 

detail on the inside... oh how I wish I could take pictures better!


 Hope you all have a good week!  I know that I am going to!

xoxo Britt



Nikki's Birthday

So, my little see-ster turned 20!  Wow, I can't believe it!  But, of course I made her a card, and so here's a few shot of her card and the present before she destroyed the whole thing.  Love you Nickle!

Since Nikki wants my bedroom for her own personal second bedroom, We gave her money to help buy a new bedroom set.  Love you Nikki, hope the next 20 was as great as the first!

Love,

xoxo Britt

Christmas Blessings.

 So, I know it has been a while, but I promise to get better at this blog thing.  I am just so overwhelmed with school and house hunting lately... but alas, our house hunting might come to an end soon and I am so excited.  The house that we might get is the one that we wanted very first.  It was the first house that Jordon showed me, and I can't believe after all we've been through that we might get it.  I have so many plans for it.  It is a rambler with an unfinished basement.  The other amazing feature, that I love is that it has an unfinshed attic that I can stand in... I can see some very serious craft potential going on very soon!  School is great and Jordon and I are finishing up our degrees.  I have a few photos from Christmas that I thought I would share.  We had a lovely day, and were able to spend it with family and friends.  I promise that I will post about the wedding, just as soon as I can finish up a few bits and pieces of my card making a picture taking.  I also have to say that Christmas was a bit of a compromise for Jordon and I.  I really wanted a real tree, and as you can see, I got one.  It is little and kinda Charlie Brown-ish, but I loved it, and I thought it was perfect!

Our Christmas Loot to our family and friends





I loved making all of the fun bows and tags for our family and friends!





 

You had to find your tag with the letter of your name on it!





The tiny card on the right hand side was our Christmas card.  I will post better pictures of this as soon as I get some!





What a lovely Jingle Bell Tree!





Here is my favorite shelf in our apartment, all decorated for Christmas. 

Jordon and I got so many wonderful gifts for Christmas from everyone.  We came home with two carfulls of stuff!  We are so blessed to have such wonderful families and count our many blessings daily. 

Love to all,
XOXO Britt