Some Monday Crafts

Can't quite get out of my creative kick yet, so today the kids did some fun stuff! I found this idea online a few weeks back, and they made them today...

Little paper strips put together to make a pumpkin.

Then we made cupcakes! I bought a.... *gasp*...boxed cake mix! It was a toss up between spice cake and carrot cake. Well, I've never actually bought a carrot cake mix before, and the last time I had a slice of carrot cake was right after giving birth [Yum. HOSPITAL carrot cake, LOL] So I went for it. Bought festive cupcake wrappers, and these little pumpkin candy decorations.



The kids loved making them, and loved eating them even more. The icing is cream cheese icing, and we sprinkled cinnamon on each cupcake as well.

Ahhh... Autumn is Here.

Sure, we're a few weeks into autumn already, but this weekend you could really see the change in weather (atleast down here in Florida you can!). It's starting to get slightly cooler outside. FINALLY. Jon and I went out and bought our fall decor yesterday, we had so much fun doing it! We've never really decorated for the seasons (except Christmas), so this was an adventure. We had so many ideas and took a few of each of our ideas and combined them. Here's what we got... [excuse the blurry pictures, I didn't realize how dirty the lens was when I snapped these. OOPS!]

For our island bar in the kitchen, we got a little cornucopia and stuffed it with some decorations. We made it ourselves :)

Some autumn garland for the entertainment center.


A new wreath for the front door.


This was Jon's idea, very cool! We stuck the pumpkin decoration into a little hay bale on the front porch.


This little thing was too cute to pass up.


We both liked this. :)


And this was my idea, I've been on a mission to get these for a month now! I LOVE THEM!


Here's a view of the front door/porch.


The little "crow away" sign isn't in the picture, but it's right next to where I was standing by the driveway ;) So we're good until Dec. 1st, then it'll all come down for Christmas decor. LOL I am rather pleased with having a purple front door this time of year. Purple and Orange are very popular for Halloween, so I think it's pretty neat looking.

What a Day!

Chayce and I had quite an eventful day! We left the house at 8am and didn't get home until after 7pm tonight (after Jon got off work).

We have our new 'tradition' of having lunch in the cafe at Barnes & Noble on Saturday, then retreating to the Children's Books section. So we did that... Then did some window-shopping at Target, Michael's, and a few party/craft stores.

Tonight after Jon got off work we went ahead and looked at the 2 potential reception sites up in Viera. The first was Duran Golf Club. The clubhouse there is BREATHTAKING. All in earth-tones, very relaxing which is exactly what we want. Sorry, no photos. Check out their site for a peek! Next time we go I'll snap a photo!

http://durangolf.com/?page=8539

The 2nd is Heritage Isle Clubhouse. It's HUGE and wide open. Tons of space, and the right sized tables.


So it's really an even toss up right now. But we think it's our 2 choices right now. It is a bit of a drive from the church, SO we'll be treating our bridal party to quite a nice COMFORTABLE ride..... One of these two options:

Hummer H2 Stretch Limo


Cadillac Escalade Stretch Limo


Found them for an AMAZING price. A small "thank you" for our wedding party members! They hold up to 16 people, so we'll have the wedding party, and a few select others ride along on the way to the reception.

So now atleast we've narrowed it down to 2 locations. WHEW! What a relief!

Kind of glad today has come to an end. I'm in serious need of 8 hours of sleep now, LOL.

Thank God it's Friday... SERIOUSLY!

This week has seemed to just drag by as slow as possible. I'm glad to see "the light at the end of the tunnel". LOL

Last night, we had a nice quiet night. Which, when your parents of a toddler, those are simply priceless. I finally got to go to the salon and get my hair trimmed, then we did some shopping, came home and cooked dinner together and just had a quiet night in. So nice!

Tomorrow we're going to Viera/Suntree to check out a few places for the wedding reception. Other than that, not much planned.

10.02.05 ~ 10.02.08

Today we celebrate our 3rd anniversary together.




Now for the countdown to the vow renewal! 12 months from today.

The PERFECT Find!

Tonight on a whim, I told Jon I wanted to go to Target. I saw their wedding stuff last week and thought they had a great little selection. Very unique things there! Well, we were just browsing and on an end-aisle there was this 1 little book that caught my attention. I picked it up and told Jon, "Wouldn't this be GREAT if it were a guestbook, and not a photo album?" [I assumed it was a photo album because it was next to a pile of them...] Lo and behold. IT IS A GUESTBOOK!!! Black, White and Red. our wedding colors!



The best part??? Original price was $40. I got it for $9! It's fate. We love it. Very exciting!

Coffee Withdrawls

I SERIOUSLY need some coffee right now. I went in the kitchen to whip up some homemade mocha frappuccinos to find out we left the 10 lb. bag of ice in the sink all night! So I have no ice to mix it with. ACK! So I feel like a real winner.

Coffee Shop Moms is getting new members by the day, which is great! Very exciting to meet new women like me. WOO HOO!!!

I did see the BEST idea EVER though for the wedding reception. I doubt we'll do it, because we're already giving out chocolate as a favor, but isn't this such a creative idea? It's a candy buffet!



And I saw this idea, which is really cute.



Some candies at the guestbook table. We probably won't use the candy buffet idea, as most hotels are VERY picky about allowing outside food in. But it's a good idea if we throw a Christmas party or something too!

Not much to ramble about today. Just a typical Wednesday I guess.