Wedding photos, finally!

I'm still alive! We've just been having a bunch of computer problems, but here's the good news: our brand new mega-awesome computer will be arriving tomorrow! It might take Keith a couple of days to get it set up, but from then on I will be blogging in style!

But before that, I've been dying to show you some wedding photos... I thought since this is a craft blog, I would start with some of the crafty stuff. First up is this card I made to go along with the gift from my sister and me:



It's got some vintage lace at the bottom, and I also used some of the paper flowers I won in Gina's giveaway last week. I'm not very pleased with how the card turned out, but the bride and groom liked it, and that's what matters!

Next is a photo of the table setting and decoration. If you think it looks a bit odd, perhaps I should explain a little bit a bout the venue. The wedding was held in an old mill, built in the 18th century and still in use today. The building is really beautiful, constructed in a traditional Swedish style, and it sits right beside a forest lake. The wedding ceremony was held at the ground floor, and this picture shows the top floor where the reception, dinner and dancing took place.



As you can see the theme for the decorations was autumn; red and orange flowers, rowanberries, rose hips and pretty fall leaves. The next photo shows a little centerpiece I made for one of the smaller tables - the vase is actually a little red teapot we found hiding in the kitchen! :-)



And since I know many of you share my love of vintage, I'm sure you'll adore this as much as I did: All the walls in the downstairs hall were decorated with vintage china! Just look at all those yummy teacups!


Lastly, here is the most important picture - the bride and groom! Now I may be a tiny bit biased, but doesn't my mother just look radiant?



Computer problems

I'm back from the wonderful wedding this weekend, and just as I was about to upload some photos to show you all, our computer died! D'oh! I will probably not be able to post for a couple of days while we try to sort it all out. Keep your fingers crossed!

Achoo!

I'm sorry it's been ages since my last post, but I've been REALLY sick! Keith got a cold last week so of course I caught it too, only worse! Not much energy left over for blogging - or anything else for that matter. Also, school started up again on Monday, and this semester looks like it's going to be a lot of work... Phew!

Anyway, I just HAD to make a post today to thank Gina at Soul Glo for sending me the most amazing ephemera pack! I won a giveaway over at her blog a few weeks ago, and today my package arrived, and it's just awesome. So many pretty things! There are pages from old books, postcards, scrabble tiles, ribbon, flowers, and lots and lots of cool paper and images. I can't wait to use everything! Here's a pic of some of the goodies (there was no way I could fit them all in one pic):

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I'm afraid I don't have much altered artyness to show you yet, but here are some doodles I made yesterday:

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I mainly made this to experiment with packaging tape transfers... It's a great method for getting semi-transparent images like the one on this page - you can see the text through the image of the hand holding the plant. I made a ton last week, as I went though some old magazines headed for the recycling. Now I just have to find a way to use all of them! :-)

I'm going to be super busy this week as I prepare for my mothers wedding on Saturday (I'm so excited!) so I probably won't be blogging again until the weekend is over. Have a great week everyone!