Monday, September 26, 2011

Amari Party

My little friend Amari had a birthday party while we were in Idaho. Lucky girl got to hang out with all her cousins.

The festivities included Duck Duck Goose, Farmer in the Dell, two delicious cakes made by Grandma Donna,  and some presents.


birthday giiiiiiirl!



Mama Donna made Creme de Menthe cake - my favorite!

 Poor Mari had a tough little moment post-Duck Duck Goose. She was a sad lady, but did her best to stay happy for her party.
 She had to use her fingers to make a smile because her sad face just didn't want to do it on it's own.
 Wishes!!!

Cousin Ellee - they are less than a month apart! Lucky cousin friends.


And a pretty Idaho sunset to top it all off.

(So this concludes my series of post from Idaho/Utah that were taken with a real camera -- so now it's iPhone picture time. Hooray blogging progress!)

Friday, September 23, 2011

Jeff and Demi's Reception

I think I was almost as excited as Jeff when Demi said yes to marrying him. I love this lady, and it was fun to see her plan her perfect day. We did some pinterest collaboration, and she thought of some fun, unique and of course) "vintage" ideas and executed them perfectly. 

The setting was her grandparents beautiful backyard, right on the dreamy Snake River in Firth, ID 
(just south of Idaho Falls). 




This is my and my husband, his name is Paul.
 And he is one dapper guy.

My newest sister-in-law, hooray hooray!
(This picture is also convincing me that i could be blonde really easy - our hair is pretty close in color, right?)

The groomsy men

 Devn had to take off his bling for the pictures... too bad.

 A glowing mother-of-the-groom

Donna and Paul's sisters (and sister's in law) worked together to create the boys bow ties and suspenders, and all the little girls dresses. They were my favorite part of the whole thing.






Donna had these little footlets at a wedding (her sisters?) when she was a little girl. It was a truly vintage detail, that the little girls loved.




Oh yeah! I made these little flower corsage/broochy things for her bridesmaids.


It was a very fun, happy, lovely wedding!

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Jeff and Demi's Wedding Breakfast

I have so much more blogging to do. Bad news is that I'm heading back to Utah today. Did I just say that was bad news? That is the best news! The bad news is that I'm going to be so backlogged on blogging I might pass out.

So, to try to avoid that just a bit (just a tiny bit), I thought I'd share photos from the second wedding of the summer (Jeff and Demi!) (Eric and Kimberly were first) before we head out to the third wedding of the summer (Celeste and Brandon!).

Donna (Paul's mom) did an amazing job of planning this crepe bar wedding breakfast. Paul's sisters pulled together the fun and bright decorations.
Handmade giant poppies


Sewn pendant flags

Fresh fruit and labels (made by me, hooray!)



Amari, showing off the goods

Goates kiddos
 The man of the hour
 Pre-wedding dance
 Jojo's winky smile

 Brown sisters
 Favorite picture of the day: Sweet Jovi Jo

 Handsome boys! Jeff- sporting his dad's sport coat








HOORAY!