More DIY wedding goodies

Well, I am up to my eyebrows right now in wedding things. It is amazing how much time and work goes into even the simple home ceremony that we are having. We are having cheesecake (gluten free) instead of a traditional wedding cake because we love it and half my family has to eat gluten free. I found a couple of recipes that freeze well and will bake those ahead of time. I am making a simple A-line dress, but adding a crocheted shrug from the summer issue of Interweave Crochet (with slight modifications--different yarn) and fingerless wedding gloves from Crochetnmore. I am also working on a design for a beaded and crocheted hair froo-froo--I'll post more on that later.

We found a wonderful service here--a wedding officiate and ordained minister who is also a professional photographer. Layne Holland, at Ruidoso Wedding, has a great idea--helping people have simple, memorable weddings that don't cost an arm and a leg. Our ceremony will include a sand unity ceremony and Layne had some wonderful suggestions on how to include our family and friends in the ceremony as participants rather than as just onlookers. The albums he had put together for other couples were just beautiful and he had some stunning pictures of happy couples with majestic mountain scenery in the background. If you are looking for a destination wedding in the mountains or unique intimate ceremony, I highly recommend Layne.

Here are more DIY wedding goodies:

DIY Wedding Decor Roundup from Threadbangers

Do It Yourself Weddings

DIY Network Wedding Planning Tips

DIY Bride-Crafty Wedding Goodies

Collecting inspiration--making a "glue book"

This is an idea I came across on the Think Crafts Blog--a glue book. I am always coming across ideas in magazines that I like--decorating, landscaping, hair styles, doggie couture, whatever. Often times, it is not something I want to reproduce exactly, but it inspires some kind of design idea or an idea for a gift for a particular person, an organizing problem that needed a unique fix, a quote that would be great for starting a lesson, planning a special event, ideas for writing an article--that kind of thing. At one time I tried tearing out pages and saving them in an idea file, but that stacked up way too much paper way to fast and I usually never went back to it. A glue book would be an easy way to keep ideas, pictures, poems, quotes--anything you come across that you don't want to send out to the recycling bin, but really don't have a place to store. Plus, when you just need a quiet moment to recharge your batteries, you can get a cuppa your favorite beverage, kick your feet up, and thumb through all your favorite and very personal inspirations in one little book. What a great idea!

Breaking the Hard Copy Habit

I am a lover of hard-copy books, despite my geekiness. But one of my goals for living more sustainably is to buy less paper and use more digital. I did a little research on how to do that and wrote an article that is posted on Helium. I hope you will take time to read it and visit me on Helium.