Have A Handmade Wedding

I am pledging to have a handmade wedding and I would love to see others do the same thing. It is something that I have been pondering as to exactly how far I will take it. Well I'm going all out!!! I have confirmed that I will be hand making everything! Since this is bigger than just me I am also writing my articles around this idea.

So if you plan to have a handmade wedding then check out this article, Have A Handmade Wedding! Awesome huh? Well keep it tuned in here because I will be posting ideas to buy handmade, hand create your pieces and even how to hand alter a store bought item to add your style to it!

Handmade Wedding

So after loosing my grandmother and my uncle in only 2 months, I have finally started pulling myself out of the dumps that I have been in since all that happened. Now I have something to look forward to.... A Handmade Wedding!

My husband and I have decided that we will be renewing our vows on Oct. 31, 2012. It will be our 5th year of marriage and a great way to celebrate since we really did not have a ceremony last time.

99% of this wedding will be handmade, from my dress to the girls dresses and even the garter. I will be posting pictures here as I get things done. Since it is still a ways off there will probably be some changes to everything but I will be sharing all of my ideas and plans.

I am currently designing the invitations and save the date cards and that will be the first thing that will be shared as soon as I get things just the way I want them, so stay tuned!!!!

Regular scheduled posts...

I will be back to my regular lovable self soon. I had some misfortune and had to wipe my hard drive and reformat. I'm currently in the process of reinstalling all of my programs from back up. So no photo editing. So, I can't share my new projects right now...

Although I did find a new awesome photo editing site and am playing with it so I will have cool stuff from that next week.

So until I return, I wish everyone a Happy Holiday and will see y'all next week!

Bloodstone - Crafting With Gemstones

Do you like the gemstone Bloodstone? How much do you really know about it though? This green and red Jasper stone was said to have received the red spots in a most unusual way. One legend says that this stone actually got its red spots from the blood of Christ as he was left on the cross. The blood dripped down and stained the green Jasper, thus making Bloodstone.

Very interesting wasn't it? Well, there are tons more interesting information in my article. You can read all about it here at HandmadeNews.

Upcoming Articles:
March 25: Bornite - Crafting With Gemstones
April 1: Crafting For Autism

Giveaway at Batty's Bath!

One of my friends is hosting a giveaway on her blog... Jamie, owner of She's Batty Designs as well as her newly opened, Batty's Bath is celebrating the 1 month anniversary of one of her shops.

Batty's Bath is her new bath and body studio on Etsy. This is a new venture for her and a great one at that. So since her shop just opened, she has decided that it would be a great way to give a lucky person 1 bar of their favorite soap! SO what do you have to do?

Well, first thing is to go to her Batty's Bath Etsy studio and click on the Soap Bars and Body Wash section then choose your favorite. After you have chosen, which can be tough since they are all so awesome, go to her blog and make post that fave in her comments. There are also several other ways you can gain entries, if you wanna know you are just gonna have to go and read them on her blog...

You have until May 1st to get your entries in. So get in there and go shopping.