The "Forgotten" Pictures: Getting Ready

Okay, these are officially the last pictures that I am posting from my wedding.  Again, these were taken by Jessica Waymeyer.  Who is still in high school!  I'm telling you, so talented already!

Another talented friend, Brooke Johnson, did my makeup and a few other girls.  She's very talented too!

My mom and technology.  ;)

My beautiful sister.

Don't know what they're talking about here, but it looks serious.

I had always wanted one of these hangers one day, and a sweet girl in my small group, Lindsey Nardone, got one for me!

Yet another talented friend, Josh Rivas, fixing my hair.

The faithful sister with her bright nails came with.

Our last single sister walk.

And then I fixed her hair at home.

The only picture of my shoes that day!  :(

Sweet friends!

On our way out!

The "Forgotten" Photos : Decor

 The following pictures were taken by my friend, Jessica Waymeyer.  She is mucho taliente (is that a word) and she took some of the behind-the-scenes picture at my wedding.

All the decorations were designed by my friend, Briana Tejada of the new Thread and Sow!  Check out her site and get her to do your next event!

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Mini Journals

So I saw this idea on one of my favorite blogs these days, A Beautiful Mess, and I thought it could be a nice little gift for those wonderful girls you read about last week.

They are super easy to put together and you can put them in your purse as little "to-do" jourals.  You could also use one for prayer requests, or short lists.  Jenn, the girl that lives with us, writes down quotes people say or other things she wants to remember.

Instead of using magazines for these, I used pictures from a vintage looking California book that I picked up at a garage sale.  It is full of old pictures of Cali.  Then I added stickers for their initials. The spines are covered with washi tape.

Makes for a fun quick project.  ;)

(I'll get these to you soon, Kristin and Amber!)

DIY: Olive Green Drawers

If you've been reading this blog for awhile, you know that I love interior design.  And if you know me persoanlly you probably know that I love to fix up old furniture! 

Well, the other day at work, my wonderful boss, Rita, brought in an old little thing of drawers.  It almost looked like it belonged on top of a desk.  She was going to put it on the volunteer table which is basically a giveaway table, but first she asked me if I wanted it.  I almost passed it up but then I gave it a closer look.  I loved the rounded edges on the drawers and the old handles and it had a retro 50's feel.  So I took a chance..."on an unknown kid."  (Excuse me, random movie quote.)

Of course I had to blog about the process.  ;)

Not all the pics are great...so bare with me.

For some reason not all my before pictures downloaded, but here is a close up of what it looked like before:

Of course, I sanded it down first.

These drawers used to hold silver, so they had this weird fake felt inside.  I tore out the silver holders...

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...and scraped out the fake felt.  This was the longest part of the whole process.  And I should have been wearing a face mask.  It came off like fine powder.

The mix of the powder with the wood chips was not the nicest thing to inhale.

I bought some nice already mixed olive green paint from Lowe's.

I taped up the handles because they were super hard to remove.

And I lined the drawers with some laminate paper also found at Lowe's.

Not a perfect paint job, but I don't think anyone will notice.

I stuck the drawers back in...

and Voila!  All done!

Here it is in my room.  ;)  A new pedestal for Woody!