Getting Crafty

 If you have ever planned a wedding then you know how many little details there are to take care of and how costly it can become. Our daughter wanted their reception in our back yard so that meant getting to work sproosing up the gardens.

 We went on the hunt for all kinds of glass jugs and bottles  to paint and decorate to use for center pieces and decorations.

 We displayed wedding pictures of parents and grandparents from both sides of the family's
 

 Instead of the traditional photo booth we strung pictures of both the bride and groom starting with baby pictures on up and through their courtship. Keeping with the picture theme we provided two Polaroid cameras for guests to take pictures, they were a big hit!

   We decorated with chock board signs

 Wine bottles wrapped in jute lined the isles at the ceremony.

 Everyone in the family worked hard to get things done.... even our son in-law to be. He really did an awesome job he built two pergolas one so "we" ya lol..... so he could string lights from the deck on the house to it. Which he also did.

 My son in-law also made this beautiful light to hang in the other pergola. We had this wagon wheel  light fixture hanging around for quite some time, just waiting to be transformed for a special occasion.
 

 Signs were cut down from pallets, painted and decorated.

 Beverage dispensers with chalk board labels, mauve and sea foam green drinking jars.

 There was something for everyone to do. The grooms dad made a life size Jenga game.

 For the little ones to keep them busy we provided coloring books, bubbles and chalk to draw on the cement.
 

 Thanks for letting me share our family's special day with you.

 

Wedding Memories

 Like I promised here is a small collection

of pictures from our daughters wedding this past July.

This is one of my precious little nieces. 

 Those of you who have planned a wedding know how many little details 

go into this event and.... how expensive they can be, so being the crafty

family that we are we made all our own decorations and center pieces.

This is our eldest daughter.

 This was my first time making a maid of honor & bridal bouquet.

Bought flowers from a couple of our grocery stores the ladies at the one

department even gave me a quick tutorial which really helped.

 I think they turned out beautiful if I do say so my self.

 Special moment between father & daughter

Proud father in-law and son in-law 

 Grooms nephew, he is such a little sweet heart!

I just love this picture.

 Our two beautiful daughters

 

Family & friends

A Smile happens

 in a flash,

It's Memory

lasts a lifetime.

 

My daughter just got married this past July

so being a proud mother I just have to share with you

some of the special moments that were captured. 

The groom on the (left) and his best man building an arbor.

                             

   Their Wedding Ceremony was held at a friends 

beautiful farm

                                             he has a river that runs along the back of his property.

                     This is my oldest daughter and niese spending some 

               quality time together before the dress rehearsal. 

 

 I'll post wedding pic's later till then.....

have a great day!

Well after a long time away I'm back.

It's been a busy last couple of years for us but I think 

thing are finally slowing down a little.

 There have been a couple of changes around the cottage.
Our flowers this year have done really well! 
Although I can't take all the credit my husband loves to be
in the garden so he does most of the heavy lifting.
 

 This year I wanted to cut down on the amount of weeding
we have to do so we took out a lot of flowers to first make 
the gardens more simple then we laid down gardening
fabric finally mulch, mulch and more mulch!
Did I mention how much I hate weeding?
 

 And hubby is not a fan of mowing around every little thing
so we took out grass to make the mowing go quicker 
and smoother. Besides who wants to spend there summer
weeding & mowing, right?
 

Keeping cool under the ferns 
Meet Valour he is my dog guide,
he will be 3 in November.
I have had him since June of  2013

 This side of our yard has a slope and was bush.
So I cleared a path put in some stairs using railway ties
and then rocks for stepping stones. Found this cute well that
someone was happy to get rid of and what was once an eye sore 
is now a place of interest for people. And the nice thing about it is
there is no maintenance.
 

 Valour loves to have his picture taken
 

 We have a fire pit in the gazebo that is so nice to sit 
around and have a drink at night, or a cold one in the
afternoon it's so relaxing.

 Hubby taking care of the flowers
 

 Our new son in-law built two pergolas this summer.
Our daughter got married in June and their
reception was held in our back yard and the one thing
they wanted was a light umbrella.
 It looks so beautiful at night, I'll post a night Picture later.

 I saw this cute idea on Pinterest and just had to add them to my garden.
 

This is my pride an joy!

I inherited this chair but.......

 the only thing was it was in rough shape & very dirty!

Thanks again to Pinterest it's amazing what a little paint can do. 

A couple of coats and it's like new!

 

Thanks for stopping by have a great day!