Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Kreativ Blogger Award

I cannot believe it! As I was catching up on what all you fabulous bloggers had to say, I found something that truly made my day!

Lately, I have been seeing many of my favorite bloggers receive the Kreativ Blogger award and was honored to find out that my fellow blogger, "I Do" at the Zoo, chose me as a Kreativ Blogger! Thanks, girly!!


Since I have won this award, I have certain responsibilities. I need to list 7 facts about myself and then pass this fabulous award on to 7 other Kreativ bloggers!

My 7 Facts

1. Before changing my last name to the name of my beloved hubby, my first name, middle name and last name all were 6 digits. So that is 6 + 6 + 6. No, I am not the new anti-christ, just an unlucky individual I guess :)


2. I have serious BABY FEVER - again! The last time I was itching for a baby was over 2 years ago when my nephew was born. Lately though, people are having babies left and right making us wish we had a baby already. Funny part is that if it was up to my hubby, we would have had kiddies a few years ago. Apparently, my Catholic upbringing kept me in check.

3. Speaking of Catholic upbringing - I was a Catholic school girl for 12 years of my life. 1st grade through 12th grade. It had it's advantages and disadvantages but I have to say I do not regret it at all! At the time I would never say this but THANKS Mama and Papi for having our best interest at heart!

4. I am starting to make that transition into an adult, for style that is. I have been an adult for a while now but it has taken me a while to change my style of dress, hair, etc. I made my biggest donation of clothes to my baby sister since her weight loss and my weight gain that I have a very limited selection of clothes. I get to use this opportunity to change the way I dress and be a little more sophisticated. Look for blog updates coming soon!

5. I am a self diagnosed OCD sufferer. I check the locks to the house and car over and over until I can tell myself that they are locked. I do the same for making sure the car is in park and emergency brake is on. Ask my sis, I check the alarm clock over and over all while counting to 8 in my head. There are many, many more crazy things I do. When I lived by myself these checks were overwhelming but since I have moved in with my hubby, I have someone else to take care of some of them. I haven't revealed this to many people so you actually know something about me now.

6. Although I may seem outgoing, I am truly a shy person. Some people have mistaken me as a biatch but when they get to know me their views change immediately. When I liked my first boyfriend and he was approaching me to say hi, I hid behind a tree. I didn't move, it was like I was stuck in a pile of mud. You can laugh, it is OK! :)

7. I really liked #7 that "I Do" at the Zoo mentioned, so I will say something similar. I have known my hubby for nearly 4 years and we have lived together for a little more than 1 year before marrying. When we got married, nothing physically changed at all. Like many other brides have talked about, there was an unconscience change between us. We feel a bit closer than we have prior to the wedding. It is a sense of permanency and feeling secured. I honestly cannot explain it and maybe it is the "honeymoon" stage that many people talk about it. I just hope this continues for the rest of our lives together! :)


Now to pass this on to 7 other fabulously Kreativ Bloggers in random order:

1. Encore Bride
2. Miss to Mrs: Becoming the Wife
3. The DJ & The Bride
4. Pink Sass
5. A Wedding Story
6. Jesstagirl & Her Officer
7. Wifetacular

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Moving Announcements...Check these out!

Yesterday on our 1 month anniversary (Yay! 1 month already!!) I had received an email from The Nest about the Newlywed's To Do List and number 6 on the list was to give everyone your new address. Since this is exactly what the Mister and I have to do this month I decided to read on.

In the article it mentioned the online store, MovingAnnouncementStore.com, as one option to create a moving announcement so I checked it out.


WOW! I am in LOVE with this shop. Their styles are just too cute and I am seriously now thinking of forgoing the blah email announcement just to buy one of these.

If you are moving or when you decide to move you should really look into these announcements. Most if not all the paper is 100% recycled paper and the cards are usually shipped within 3 business days. Did I mention that they are about 99 cents a piece... So what's not to like?

Go check them out!

Below are some of my fav from the site...

The Love Birds:



For the New Yorkers!
I just love the modern look!




Isn't this cute? Simple but cute!




They even have the military covered!


Have you created a moving announcement? What company did you use?
We are looking for ideas.


Monday, October 5, 2009

I'm Ready To Shred...

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So it's a little late for the wedding but it is NEVER too late to get your a$$ in gear in order to be healthy. I'm ready to get myself in decent shape for my hubby, my future kids and most importantly me, myself and I!

For me it is all mental. I have zero motivation to make any changes but this isn't something new for me. This is a struggle I have had all my life. I. Am. Lazy. Even when I was physically fit in high school I didn't want to go the extra mile to do anything.

I revealed my goal to my hubby last night thinking he would laugh at me since I have a collection of work out vids at home. We have P90x, 10 Minute Trainer, The Firm, the Total Body Gym, Perfect Push-ups and more... I was pleasantly surprised when he responded with, "I'm proud of you." AW - isn't he so freakin' sweet?! This is why I LOVE this man!

Anyway, the reason I chose to add 30 Day Shred to my collection was because many wonderful bloggin' Bees on WeddingBee.com swore by this video and the results they had. The Amazon.com ratings helped a bit as well not to mention the $10.99 pricetag.

Wish me luck as I take on this new venture!

Have any of you tried 30 Day Shred with Jillian Michaels? Your results?

Friday, October 2, 2009

The Guest Book - Our Wedding Tree

Before the wedding I had shared our idea of what we wanted for our guestbook that came from an inspiration provided by The Classic Bride blog.

It was our chance to show a little bit of our creativity inspired by another. It also was our last minute project. We were up until 1am the night before I was leaving to head to my hometown 2 days before the wedding. A great bonding moment for us. Mister, me and some wine and beer :)

So to make ours a little different than our inspiration, I decided we were going to paint our tree on a canvas. A canvas should be easy to hang up in the house but it also brings in our passion of painting into the wedding. Also, instead of having separate signage for the guestbook table, I thought it would be cute to also paint the signage on the canvas as well.

So a little paint, color pencils, Sharpie fine point markers and Martha Stewart ink pads and voila!


Pictures courtesy of Ute.

Close up of guestbook signage.

Used the "leaf" idea that the CB blog had.

So how do you think we did?

Did you find any inspiration from another and "alter" it to best fit you?

Thursday, October 1, 2009

The Bridal Shower Thank You Cards

Just the other day I had wrote a post on the Thank You cards that I created for our wedding and I stated that I didn't even purchase the shower ones yet...Oops!

Well as I was strolling through Acme to find a great Get Well card for G'ma Davidson, I came across these little puppies...

They caught my eye immediately...Black & White - I'm sold! They weren't terribly expensive either at $4.49 for a pack of 10. It worked for me.

So let's see how long it takes for me to write these bad boys (er...girls) up!