our wedding...

Our wedding is in a little more than 22 days. Tonight realized I haven't had the time to do many of the small things I wanted so much to do. I've committed to focus on those details David and I care about more. I'm excited about pom poms, flowers, my hair pin, and lots and lots of polks dots!!

Our envelopes come in tomorrow so we can finally send out our invites...woo :)

25 days..

oooooh goodness! only 3.5 weeks to go until the big day!

We just had our 5 year dating anniversary and I'm so excited to start celebrating our wedding anniversaries :)

I stayed home sick today with asthma and jaw complications which has been awful, but it has given me a chance to make a few flowers for the wedding. Today's were tulle filler flowers that I'm very excited about. There's even silver glitter tulle...awesome!


We also got our invites but our envelopes are stuck somewhere in America due to crazy weather. So, if you've been wondering if you're invited or where your invite is...it's coming!

When David gets off work we order the ties! yay weddings :)

Pom poms

I just finished making 50 yarn pom-pom flowers for the wedding! They will be used to decorate the reception. Right now they're all on my mantle and I love them!!

I plan to add a picture very soon, I'm unable from this app on my phone.

Night night :)

Some goals

So latter the wedding David and I have a few things we want to get serious about and accomplish.

First we need to work on our music more and hope to record some songs together here at home. We're asked quite often where a recording is and there honestly aren't any good quality ones.

Second, I intend to get back into blogging more again like I was before I graduated last year. I enjoyed sharing my crafting ventures and posting pictures giving a glimpse of the life I love so much.

And finally for me...more of those crafting ventures! I want to get serious about crafting, knitting, sewing and growing randamocity. It's what I truly enjoy doing and I'm so passionate about it.

I need your help though. I know I need to have some more focus in my products to start off with. If you could tell me what things I've made you like most or think others would want that would be amazing.

Any feedback is appreciated :)

Ok bed time, have work in the morning.

Ps. Typed on my iPhone so please excuse any weird typos
Pps. I'm getting married in 36 days!!!!!

getting our home ready!

this is our awesome new dining set that should come in next week sometime! I love the retro feel. It will go great with the red and aqua 50s look we're going for in the kitchen.

I'm hoping to get some pics of the apartment up as I get stuff moved in.

until next time...

ps. 52 days till the wedding :D

oops!

So I didn't realize it's been 4 months since I last posted! oooops.

I've been keeping busy with life.

• working
• playing with the ever growing Chuy
• being a bridesmaid in 2 October weddings
• planning my own wedding
• singing
• some knitting

I haven't been knitting or sewing near as much as I'd like. I did manage to finish 4 projects in the last week though! I started and finished 3 scarves and finally finished a monster I started for David last year (oops!)

I'm having fun with crafty wedding plans. Some of our DIY touches include:

• embroidered felt flowers
• pom poms and pom pom flowers
• button bouquets
• coloring books
• flower hair pieces
• the bottom half of my wedding dress!

I'm sure there's more I'll make but that's all I can think of right now. I personally won't be making my wedding dress, my mom is. We bought a dress with an awesome top on sale and she's going to redo the skirt and make it awesome!

Another exciting piece of news is David is finally graduating from college in 31 days! 1 day less than a full year after mine :) I know he's so ready to be done and I'm so ready to actually see him more.

whelp.....I hope to post again very soon with pictures :)

well...it finally happened!

I will let these wonderful pics that Whitney took speak for themselves :)

March 5, 2011

Since my last post...

I had a birthday and received the best birthday present ever...my puppy Chuy!


He's a toy apricot poodle and completely awesome! I just love his little curls and cute nose. I'll let my pictures do the rest of the talking for me...

blegh

I've had a pretty rough two weeks. From a kidney stone to a bruised rib cartilage to my 4th TMJ arthroscope and all the meds that accompany those things. Then add work on top of all that! Luckily I'm blessed with some amazing co-workers who have been so understanding and great through all this.

Today was a tough day especially. I had to drive to San Antonio for my post-surgery check up which was good, but that drive is tiring. Then I just felt generally yucky the rest of the day...AND I didn't have a hair band to put my hair up with and my hair decided to be mega frizzy. It's the little things that get to you when you feel lousy.


I figure I need to make a list of some things to focus on to keep me cheery tomorrow.

• Lipton vanilla caramel truffle tea (yes, it's as good as it sounds!)
• knitting monsters
• my little mermaid cup....still cheering me up
• burt the bear
• hanging out with David tomorrow

ok bed time.

Hawaii

I'm not sure how much I've talked about it on here but I'm going to Hawaii this summer with some high school seniors and college students at my church. I'm pretty stoked about it to tell you the truth. While there we will be working with the pacific islander people who immigrate there to work in the tourist industry, and often live up to 20 to an apartment. We will also be helping out with the Baptist World Alliance Congress. We will get to experience worshiping with Christians from over 150 different countries all over the world...awesome!

I have to raise a good amount of money to go, most of which I have not raised yet. I'm not worried though, I have faith God will provide...He always has :) The total cost fro travel, airfare, room and board and meals is $1500. So far I have $190 in my account at church.

I just sent out letters to most of my family and family friends asking for prayers and any monetary contribution they feel led to give. I also decided to make some cute canvas tote bags to sell as a way of raising money for the trip. 100% of the money I get for these bags will go straight to my account for the trip this summer.

They are made from beige canvas lined in a fun bright Hawaiian floral cotton. The top-stitching on the outside matches the floral fabric. I also hand painted flowers on the outside in coordinating teal, green and gold.


You can see by the magazine pics how big they are. I bought enough materials to make 24 bags, but as of right now I've made three. If any of you would like to order one let me know and I'll start cranking them out.

I decided to set a price of $25 for each bag, or a donation amount you feel led to give for one of them. With each bag I will also include a prayer card with specific requests for our trip this summer and the people groups I will be working with.

If you'd like to order a bag you can comment here or email me at randamocity@gmail.com. Mostly I would love your prayers! Going on any length of mission trip is hard but rewarding work and only possible with my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ lifting me up from around the world :)