Faux Bob Hair Tutorial - www.loveMaegan.com

Okay, So I love Love Maegan's blog and I usually try to check it out on a regular basis.  I have been so busy with wedding planning lately that I haven't had the chance to check out her newer posts.  So, I saw this yesterday and HAD to try it!  Let me just say that I LOVE the way it turned out and I plan on doing this a lot more!  My hair is just so thick and this is a way to have a down look without sweating to death because of the weight of hair on the back of my neck.  Check it out!

I wish that Trey had been here to take some better photos but these will just have to do.  So, what do you think?

One of the cutest, most AWESOME things I've ever seen!

DIY: Place Cards / Drinking Glasses

My Inspiration for this project. ( If you know where I got this picture, please let me know, I can't remember. )

So, I saw this picture and thought that it would be great with the theme of our wedding.  We're having plastic for our plates and silverware, but I really wanted real glass for our glasses...which to you may think sounds crazy...but I really don't care.  So anyways, we were having a hard time trying to figure out what to do for our place cards.  So, we decided to partially spray 16 oz. Mason jars with chalkboard paint and once we have our table chart set we'll write each of their names on the glasses with a tag hanging from it that will read, "Keep this in sight, It's your glass for the night."

And that's all 202 of them!  There are actually 204, but we left 2 out at his mom's house to dry the night before.  I can't wait to get their tags on them with everyone's names and everthing!!   yay!

Just Another Friday Night!

So we got a couple of big boxes in with stuff for the wedding, & this is what we decided to do to pass the time!

What's Half of a Hundred?

My 1st Bridal Shower!!!

So my girls threw me a bridal shower with a Bubble Bath Theme, based off of the photo of me in the tub with ribbons!  It was awesome!  Even though it was my shower and I probably sound a little biased...it was seriously the best shower I've ever been to.  No boring games or awkward lulls!  It was GREAT!!

Sarah created these GREAT bubble bath table decorations!  A-Mazing!

 

 

Me with my Bridesmaids: Sabrina, MOH Shannon, Elisha & Sarah Grace

Making a wish for the new adventure ahead!

DIY Birdcage Centerpieces!!!

So, I just want to send out TONS of THANKS to my friend Ashley who is a Rossaholic!  She helped me track down most of the birdcages for the wedding!  All of which came from Ross except for one!  And for those of you who don't shop at Ross, let me just say that it's a difficult thing to find the same stuff at different locations.  We litterally went ALL OVER the DFW Metroplex area to find all of them!  To come up with a grand total of 25 smaller birdcages & 3 larger ones.

My Bridesmaid, Sabrina, getting her hands dirty!

My Cousins after working all afternoon to get them done!

My favorite is the round one!

Only 19 of them would fit in my car to take out to my Future MIL's, and right now this is the only space she has for them....

Materials Used:

• Green Silk Peonies
• Cream Silk Peonies
• Giant White Silk Daisies
• Bushels of smaller Silk Daisies
• Spanish Moss
• Twigs

I absolutely LOVE the way that they turned out!   We spent a grand total of about $450 on these centerpieces for both the flowers and the birdcages!!!  Actually it could have been less because some of the flowers were bought for other reasons!  I'm so excited about these!!!!!

It's Coming!

My Summer in Cape Cod

So from June 29th til July 31st, I was in Cape Cod with the family that I work for.  So that would be the reason I have been away from my blog.  Well...no more!  We're only 51 days away from our wedding and I am SO SUPER STOKED!!!  Anyways, here are some photos from my vacay / work trip.

 Me & Trey...He got to come up for 5 days

 Alex in front of our home for the month.

 Out for Capt. Mark's birthday.

 Venture, tried sailing out and loved it!

 Just loved the name of the place, but never got the chance to go.

 I'd say we were blowing bubbles but the sea breeze was blowing them for us.

 Cool artwork in Boston's Logan Airport.

 Love the idea of this.

 Me and Kallan

 Me and Alex, our last time on the boat.

 Lighthouse on Nantucket.

 Mine and Faith's room on Nantucket at the Jared Coffin House.

 This was just too funny!

She thinks she's a pirate...ha ha ha.

Faith Singing Part 2

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Originally uploaded by compton_830

This is the little girl that I nanny for singing "Over the Rainbow"...it is just so stinkin' cute!!!

Katharine McPhee - Terrified ft. Zachary Levi

I love this song!  And I wanted one of the things that I do through this blog, be that I bring new music to you...or atleast try to broaden your musical horizen...well I guess we'll see.  Let me know what you think of this one...I think it's ABSOLUTELY beautiful!  Plus I totally LOVE Zachary Levi!!!

Scrapbooking

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Originally uploaded by compton_830

So, the main reason I made this blog is so that I will be able to share a lot of my work. I can create custom orders and even do pre-made stuff. This link is actually from some of a book that I recently made for my mom. There's also a pre-made book that I made for a friend's baby shower. So anyways, I hope everyone enjoys and has a great day!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/compton830/sets/72157609875672492/

http://flickr.com/gp/compton830/8X4D47

The Next Big Thing in "Save the Dates"

So I wanted something Original for our Save the Dates.  We have an inside joke about what the tabloids would say about our body language and such while we're out and about.  So, this idea came to me and I absolutely love it!!

Marco Molina Photography took the photos and designed it exactly like I wanted it!

Another way cute apron!

So I made this for my friend Ashley as her birthday gift!  I absolutely love the fabric print so Trey let me get a bunch so that I could also make some throw pillows for our place!  I will be posting those as soon as I make them!!!

So...please do not judge my messy apartment!  We were doing laundry...
       And then this, of course is the Beautiful Birthday Girl wearing it!