This year, my couple friends (aka The Crew), decided that each couple would plan an outing throughout the year. My hubby and I ended up with 1st Quarter and we chose to go to the AJC Car Show. We have gone to this show at least twice and we had so much fun taking pictures and just dreaming about driving various cars. We thought that our friends would have a blast doing the same. I like to make a big deal out of things, so I plan to make my own invitations and magazine paper envelopes. I also found some vintage car stamps and I am so excited. The invites are collage photos that I purchased for 9 cents at www.snapfish.com (Thanks to www.2000dollarwedding.com because that is where I got the idea). I used pics from that took at the 2007 show and created a collage from that. All of the details will be placed on cardstock or something. I haven’t quite figured that part out yet.
Couples Outing 1st QTR – 2009
February 19, 2009 at 3:32 pm (Love & Life, Uncategorized)
Tags: AJC Car Show, couple friends, going out, hanging out with other couples
Coasters with Atlanta Landmarks
February 19, 2009 at 2:53 pm (Deals)
Tags: AJC, Atlanta, coasters, Downtown Decatur, Taste Gift Shop
Speaking of Atlanta things, I saw the cutest little coasters in the AJC last week and I can’t wait to get a set. These coasters are sold at Taste, a gift shop in downtown Decatur. The stone drink coaster has images of popular Atlanta or Georgia landmarks. You can also have your photos put on the coasters. Taste is located at 416 Church Street in Decatur, GA.
budget save the dates
February 19, 2009 at 2:51 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: budget invites, save the date ideas, wordle
As I was browsing for ideas for budget save the date for the party, I came across a website that suggested Wordle.net. Wordle is site that creates these unique word clouds in an array of colors. They are so neat. The only problem is that I don’t know how to get a good copy of my creation. So here is what I did: I screen print a copy and paste it in MS Word, then I made rectangles and filled them with my chosen color and placed them all around the image. I removed the rectangle lines and then printed it. From there I took a picture of it and uploaded it to computer and there you have it. Now I can use the image for anything that I wish to create. I am not the best photographer so the lighting is way off, but I did my best. You all get the point. Go to Wordle and create your own word cloud. www.wordle.net
DIY Invitations
February 19, 2009 at 2:49 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: any occasion invitations, blank invitations, diy invitations, event invitations, wedding invitations
I have been struggling to find inexpensive invitations for the party and since I am on a budget, I have had to be pretty creative. First, I checked out VistaPrint and I created a lovely elegant invite and then I lost it. Just as I finished making my card, the computer shut down. I took that as a sign that maybe I should not use it. Over the weekend my hubby and I went to Office Depot and they had boxes of invitations kits on sale but there was only one box that we liked. We needed two boxes. Deteremined to get my invitations, I finally went to Michaels where I found invitations that I like.
VistaPrint: 50 Oversized Postcards – Free, Color Printing on Backside – $9.99, 50 Envelopes – $4.99, plus shipping costs and double the order because we need about 75 invites =Total Cost $30 + Shipping
Office Depot: 50 Invitations and Response cards with matching envelopes – $10.00 =Total Cost $20 (cost vary from store to store)
Michaels: 100 Invitations and matching envelopes – $14.99 = Total Cost $14.99
Day 1
February 9, 2009 at 2:44 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: Believing God, Daniel Fast, no meat, vegetarian recipes
Today is the first day of our church wide fast. We will all be doing the Daniel for 40 Days (excluding weekends). That means that our fast will end on Friday, April 3 (11:59pm). My hubby and I actually started preparing a couple of weeks ago. We started eliminating meat from of our meals as well as using less meat. For the fast we can’t eat any meat during the week, only fruits, veggies, beans and whole grains.
Over the weekend as I started writing my grocery list, I really took the time to think about some of the things that we could eat. I took all of my cookbooks and looked for vegetarian/vegan style meals. I came up with a few things, but I wanted to share two recipes that I used. The first is Succotash Supreme from the Patti Labelle Light cookbook and the other Beef & Veggie recipe came from my Campbell’s soup cookbook.
Succotash Supreme
Ingredients: 14 oz bag of lima beans, small onion (chopped), 16 oz corn, paprika, 2 Tablespoons of fresh parsley, 1 cup of chicken broth, then season to taste
spray skillet with cooking spray, sauté the onions in a skillet, add the lima beans and chicken broth, cover and cook for about 5-7 minutes, add the corn parsley and paprika, season to taste
Beef & Veggie
Ingredients: 1 bag of Morningstar Veggie crumbles (this is the beef substitute), 26 oz can of tomato soup, 16 oz of mixed veggies, 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
spray skillet with cooking spray, pour in the crumbles, heat for a couple of minutes, pour in tomato soup, mix in the veggies and Worcestershire sauce, cook until veggies are tender, season to taste ( I used salt, pepper, oregano, basil and red pepper flakes)
The first thing that I did before I left the house was drink a cup of lemon water. I squeezed a whole lemon and added filtered water to equal about 8 oz total. It is said that lemon water cleanses the body including the kidneys, liver, and colon. It is also supposed to help you get energy from the food that you eat.
During this fast, I expect to get a closer relationship with God. I also expect for him to show me some things about myself. There are some things that my hubby and I are believing God for and I believe that those things will happen.
Including Family & Friends
February 5, 2009 at 6:40 pm (Vow Renewal & Celebration)
Tags: 2000dollarwedding, family and friends, indiebride, Vow Renewal
As I was browsing for ways to include family and friends in our vow renewal, I came across several great websites such as indiebrides and others that I can’t remember. However, 2000dollarwedding.com was the most inspiring to me. I love the blog. With their ideas and inspiration, I was able to complete my “day-of” timeline and organize the order of the event. I was even able to make a list of all of the people that I plan on asking to help us out. I will personally call them and then put something in writing later.
For including our family and friends, we will have my hubby’s father do the opening prayer and my father do the ending prayer and marriage blessing. We two friends and a niece taking pics. Church family acting in every capacity. We will choose two people to make special presentations by of a poem, memory, scripture or whatever they choose. Hopefully, we have all bases covered.
Color Scheme/Theme
February 2, 2009 at 9:26 pm (Vow Renewal & Celebration)
Tags: Vow Renewal Atlanta
Planning Binder
February 2, 2009 at 9:07 pm (Vow Renewal & Celebration)
Tags: organizing your event, wedding planner
Looking for a dress
February 2, 2009 at 9:05 pm (Vow Renewal & Celebration)
Tags: budget wedding dress, David's Bridal, Nordstrom's, two birds bridal, yellow shoes
