Wedding ceremony programs

This is what I'm working on today. I've spent the past two nights designing our wedding programs and starting to put them together. Since I don't have to work today, my goal is to finish them today (or at least make a huge dent!).

It made me really happy to learn that you don't need to make a program for every single wedding guest. You only need to make them for about 75-80% of guests. Awesome.

What I'm doing is using the left-over green paper I had from the invitations. Luckily I had a big pile of paper left that had already been cut to the exact same size. So I'm using that as an outer cover. Then I typed up our ceremony, wedding party and readings and just printed them on plain white printer paper. Then I made a little square text box with our names, date and location and printed those on cream card stock that I already had from previous projects. Final step is to put all the white paper inside the green cover, put the square with our names, etc on the outside front cover, and then sew it all together. The sewing part is the easiest and way faster than I think it would have been to tie it with raffia or something.

I can't take full credit - I found a similar idea online and then made it my own.

Anyway, I should get to work. Just wanted to share one of my final wedding projects! 8 more days til we get married! And only a handful of things left to do. :)

WHS gals

Love my gals from WHS. :)

Thanks for the pic, Ang!

We ended up having a great time at the reunion. It was really packed, like wall-to-wall, shoulder-to-shoulder packed. But it was fun to see everyone and hear what people are up to, where they live, etc. There are people in our class that are doing amazing things, and that just really makes me happy.

Eric and I ended up staying til almost bar close - yikes! I may have had more to drink than I had in a long time... Anyway, glad I went and would recommend that everyone attend their reunions if they can. Why not?

Simple pleasure of the day

Taking Indy for a walk through our neighborhood and noticing the cute little doggy water dish outside someone's house on their sidewalk. They had drawn on the side of a 3-quart soup pot a doggy paw + water = heart.

That made me happy and also quenched Indy's thirst.

Thank you, random neighbor on Albert St.!

Madison Rae Gehrman

Welcome to the world, Madison Rae!
(I know this pic isn't the best quality - it's from my phone...)

My aunt Katie and her partner Rae welcomed their daughter Madison into the world this morning at about 6:45. She weighs 7 lbs 7 oz. She has cute and tiny little ears and long skinny feet.

I got to meet her today and ran into Grandma, uncle mark and cousin Em too.

Congrats, Katie and Rae! Can't wait to see this little lady grow up. And now maybe Madison will be the youngest guest at our wedding?

one9designs

My soon-to-be sister-in-law Kristin recently started making jewelry and has her own Etsy site, one9designs. This has all really happened in the last month or so. So she was really excited when she found out that her site would be featured on Etsy's blog.

If you're interested in jewelry for yourself or others, you should check it out. And this weekend, you will get 20% off!

Kristin also has a blog: idreamofcrafting.wordpress.com. In case you're interested in the creative genius behind the lovely jewelry. :)

















I'm actually wearing the necklace she made me for my most recent shower (see photo). Thanks Kristin!

Happy shopping!

My life in a (nutshell) word cloud

As of late, this is what has mostly occupied my life:















You can click on the image to see it bigger.

I heart wordle.net.

Poll: What do I wear to my 10-year reunion?

(Updated with pics below!)

• Sundress
• Jeans and a summery shirt
• White linen pants and no shirt (ha! I'd wear a shirt, too, silly...)
  
• Crop pants/long shorts
• Royal Pride t-shirt to represent WHS :)
  

I have a super cute dress I love and haven't gotten to wear yet (and I got it for $16 at TJ Maxx), but I think it might be a bit much for McGovern's (the bar where the reunion is being held). I don't want to look like I'm trying too hard, but I'd like to look cute.

If you want to share any opinions, please do! Perhaps I'll post pics later when I'm home of some options. Help, friends!

UPDATE: Here are the two dresses I'm thinking of. They are both jersey knit, so very comfy. Would either one be too much for the event? Share you thoughts!

Busy summer

This summer has been quite busy. With my internship, planning the wedding, going on fun weekend and week-long trips...I have neglected my blog. Sorry, dear readers (if any of you are out there...?).

Last week, I finished my internship at Children's Hospital. I really liked the hospital setting and working with kids again. There is so much variety to the SLP's schedules -- it would be awesome to work in a setting like that, at least for a bit. When I left, my supervisors were offering to write letters of recommendation and they said they'd keep me posted on any job openings in a year. So keep your fingers crossed! I would love to do my clinical fellowship year with them. We'll see...

So now, I'm just working 20 hours/week at the U and spending the rest of my time getting wedding things ready and hopefully cleaning our house. Things like dusting and sweeping and just de-junking really get pushed aside when life is busy.

Today was my first Monday off, and I spent it babysitting Finley this morning. (See the video in the previous post.) Then I met my aunt Katie for lunch -- she is due any day now and she is really ready to pop! I really hope Madison arrives early so she can attend our wedding! Then I came home to make some wedding-related phone calls and upload photos and relax. Tonight, there is talk of dinner with Ashlee, so life is good. I love this part-time work deal!

Most recent exciting wedding news:
- We booked our train tickets from Paris to Brive.
- We booked our rental car in Brive.
- We put our ceremony together and we are both very excited about it.

We still have lots of things on the "to do" list, but we are making progress every day.

Here are some pictures from lots of our summer adventures - click on the album below.

Summer09

Guaranteed to make you smile

I had the best start to my day today. Finley came over this morning from about 8-noon while Taylor and Stacy were at work. We had a nice little walk, we read some books, played with some toys, but best of all, Finley got some play time in with Indy. Watch this video below. It is why Stacy and Taylor must get a dog some day. Just watch and see how much Finley loves Indy. I have never heard cuter baby laughter in my life. :)

Dordogne

This is the cottage we will hopefully be staying in during part of our honeymoon in France!

I'm waiting to receive official booking forms, but the cottage is available and talks are underway!

We'll spend the first three days in Paris and then five days in this cute place in the Dordogne region in the southwest of France, about an hour from Bordeaux.

I don't think I can contain my excitement for another month and a half...