Brie's Rustic Wedding {Burlap & Lace}

***(Update: if you've found this post because of the Thank You card on the table and you'd like to get your free printable file, click HERE! )

I've only been talking about this wedding FOREVER, right?  Well, it finally happened!  This past Saturday was Brie's big day and I must say she was downright beautiful and everything went great! 

We literally DIY'd our happy little selves through this entire thing.  For the past year everyone who knew Brie was saving jars.  Salsa jars.  Spaghetti sauce jars.  Pickle jars.  Baby food jars.  All jars were being saved.  

We made all of her bouquets, corsages and boutineers.  Every table centerpiece and all of the head table decor.  Backdrops, signs and personalized guest book.  Even her garter and head piece were DIY'd.  Like, EVERYTHING!!!

This saved Brie a ton of money, plus we really got to create exactly what she wanted.

WARNING:  If you aren't in the mood to look at a few gazillion pics, you should just close your browser now.  I may or may not have gone a little photo crazy.  

Even if some of them are with my phone because I left my camera at home.

(stupid. stupid. stupid.)

We went simple with the ceremony.  Just some purple pom pom balls and big burlap bows with baby's breath.  

A sweet shot of the beautiful couple right after the wedding.

We used a beautiful ivory lace that had a little stretch to it for her DIY Garter.  We measured her leg and had my grandma sew it together.  We bought some fabric flowers in the scrapbooking department at Hobby Lobby and hot glued them onto the lace.  I just love how beautiful and classy they turned out!

Now for the centerpieces.  We used jars, wine bottles and baby food jars.  All were wrapped with a mixture of burlap, lace and jute.  One jar on each table had an engagement picture printed on vellum mod podged to it.  Then, we lit candles inside making the photo glow.

I created these "thank you" cards  and menu cards using Picmonkey and we printed them on brown kraft paper.

(Get your free thank you card printable file here!)

(Get your free thank you card printable file here!)

We used more burlap and lace as a backdrop for the head table.  Plus signs with the Bride and Groom names.  

I used some burlap to make a Mr. & Mrs. sign for the head table. 

Brie used all of the engagement photo's that I took and created an awesome personalized guest book online.  She also had wine bottles setup and note cards for people to leave them messages in for them to read on their anniversaries.  

Cue bad iphone photo's here...

We had so much fun prepping for this wedding and I hope it was all Brie could have ever dreamed of.  She was absolutely stunning!  Tim sure is a lucky guy! ;)

Are any of y'all planning a wedding right now?

Are you DIY'ing it all too?

We'd love to see some photo's!

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Guest post and a little Blissdom jealousy

Hey y'all! Happy Thursday!  Hope you had a chance to check out our major bathroom renovation yesterday!  If not, make sure you take a look!

So, we're sitting here in freezing ol' Southern Illinois and the majority of blog world is in Dallas hanging out at Blissdom for the weekend!  Can you say "JEALOUS"!!!!!  I'll be staying closely connected to my Twitter and Instagram feeds for photo's and updates!

Despite my jealousy, my friend Tonya over at Love of Family & Home asked me to guest post for her on her blog while she was gone!  This definitely brightened my mood!  I've followed Tonya's blog since day one and am always so inspired by her amazing work!  So obviously being ask to take over her blog for a day was a huge honor! Thank you so much Tonya!  Hope you're having a blast in Dallas!  

Here's the project we shared on Love of Family & Home:

There's a complete tutorial on her blog so make sure you head on over and check it out!

Check back in tomorrow for our Finally Friday Post!

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Spring Table

Happy Monday friends!  How was your weekend?  We had a low-key weekend.  We did a little shopping, a little cleaning and a little crib-lowering.  Now that Paisley is pulling up on everything, it was time to lower the mattress! I also got around to finishing up my Spring Table and I can't wait to show it to you!

I went with a simple, natural look.  I saw some cute burlap silverware holders on Design, Dining & Diapers and thought they would look great with my spring decor.  They are super easy and quick to make.  I just cut out a strip of burlap ribbon and folded up the bottom.  Then used a line of hot glue on each side. 

I used my old Root Beer Crate as a centerpiece and made a "Spring" banner for the front.  I used scrapbook paper and letters, and a little jute to hang it.

I used a pretty white pitcher and filled it with fake blue hydrangea flowers.  Because really, you can't go wrong with hydrangeas! Something about them just screams happiness and springtime!  

Have you ever crafted with beans? Yes, I said "beans"...

See that cute little round ball in front of the pitcher?  That's a Styrofoam ball covered in LIMA BEANS! I made this awhile ago so I don't have a tutorial.  But, you seriously just hot glue the beans right onto the ball!

Next to my pitcher I used a cute little stool and birdie...

And a lantern...

 Which had a fake candle in it! Shhh..don't tell!

These sweet little birdies are actually salt and pepper shakers!

And now for the whole table....!!!!

  

One last overview... :)

 Thank you so much for stopping by today!  My hope is that if I prepare for Spring just a little bit early, it will come just a little bit faster!  It's nasty and rainy here in Southern Illinois so I'm hoping for some sunshine tomorrow!

Remember my cute little prego friend from our "Mommy To BEE" post?  Well she's having that sweet little boy this week and tomorrow night I get to take some silhouette pictures for her! I am so excited to see how they turn out and even more excited to meet little Rylyn!

Hope y'all have a great week!

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