Hey Crafty Lady

The crafting bug has not just bitten me, it's clamped down with steely jaws and I'm afraid there is no escape. In one of my more and more frequent periods of wedding insanity I decided to make our wedding invitations. Yup, by myself. By hand.

Thankfully there is a lovely site called Weddingbee. More to the point, an awe inspiring blogger named Mrs. Lemon (all their bloggers are named after foods). Mrs. Lemon is a crafting goddess. Seriously, I'm convinced she has crafted her way to deity status. She has also convinced me I need an embosser. That's one of these babies:



She got hers from Wilshire Graphic Press. You can submit your personal monogram (easy to do, just see my previous post) and they will turn it into an embossing plate. Here is Mrs. Lemon's:



Here is the result:



The embossers are $49.95 each, which includes both the embosser itself and the plate that you design. The custom embossing plate is only $10 more ($59.95 total). Additional plates (I'm thinking our return address) are an additional $29.95.

Hairy Situation

So the beach is windy. Like really, really windy. And I have long hair. This is a real kick in the pants because I want my hair styled like this:



Or like this:



With maybe some flowers or a hair vine worked in like this:



Or this (except with my hair down and styled like above):



But I just know by the end of the day this is what my hair is going to look like:



*sigh*

Those Crazy Brits...

Looking around at what things cost in weddingland makes my head seriously hurt. In honor of that, I would like to share this video. I have no idea where it comes from. All I know is that they are British, and there is some naughty language in it so don't watch it at work. Unless your boss has recently gotten married, in which case invite them to pull up a chair.