DIY Project: Pace Card Holders

I mentioned to you all that my wedding is going to have a wine theme to it and I wanted to buy these wine cork place card holders for the wedding:

Well in an effort to save us a buck and be creative I thought I would try to make these myself. How hard could they be anyway? It turns out not hard at all! I was able to make them with just a box cutter and a cutting board. Perfect! Here are some pictures: 

Box cutter and cutting board:

First I cut a side of the cork off so it had a flat edge: 

I then cut a line sightly toward the back of the cork and then made a thin groove angling it so the cards when placed in the corks are easy to read: 

Finished product: 

These are super easy to make! Plastic and cork work as well! Go forth and make place cards! I feel so Martha Stewart right now! :) 

Weekend Recap

Friday - We went to dinner at Maggiano's at the Domain for our friend Jason's birthday. It was wonderful food, but sooo much food. Next time we are just going to go for the salad and some bread! It was wonderful to catch up with friends and chat. Our friends Andy and Rich just got married and had come back from thier honeymoon that day so we got to talk shop about their wedding and hear all about Jason and Amelia's new home that I can not wait to see!

Saturday - I woke up at about 5:30 am with a leg cramp and neither of us could go back to bed. So we got up and watched the world cup game that started at 6 am, LIVE. We then watched more soccer, and then even more soccer. WF is a huge soccer fan, he played all through high school and when he lived in Europe so this is a very big deal for him. We then picked out his tux for the wedding and his groomsmen's tuxes. I think we might make a slight change to what they will be wearing but we got the order all taken care of and saved the guys some money on their rentals, so that was really exciting. We also returned my shoes for the wedding to DSW, because of my foot I can not wear the ones I bought - sigh... But the good news? I got an even cute pair of Manolo rip offs that are way more comfortable! WHOO WHO!

Sunday - We got up and watched even more soccer. It was about then realized there is a great thing about all this soccer watching, I get to stare at hot men with my WF for hours on end! Have any of you noticed how hot some of these foreign men are??? Getting all sweaty and angry... Anyway, we then headed over to Costco and joined that cult. It was an experience I will never do again, at least on a Sunday. That place was freaking insane! $150 bucks later we finally got out of there. We also got our rings in and then sent them out to be engraved (not at Costco, BTW) and I also got my engagement rind sized finally! It should be ready for my bachelorette party this weekend so I am super pumped about that. I then came home and finally hung up pictures in our guest room, it has been a  year I figured it was time. We then watched Tru Blood (god I love the sex filled, hot men filled show!)

Super productive weekend I think!

Dancing Machine!

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Last night WF told me he was taking me out for an early birthday present and that I needed to wear a skirt...? So I thought maybe we were going to dinner. No. He brought me some some Chick-Fil-a (I have been craving that stuff for weeks) for dinner while I was getting ready. So then I was confused.

WE got and the car and started to drive, no where near any of our usual hangouts. I was thinking he might be taking me to the Melting Pot for desert (weird birthday present but whatever). We arrive at the strip mall with the Melting Pot and Main Event, both concerning to me, as these were weird ideas for birthday gifts. I was totally confused as he walked me all around the shopping center. We then finally reached our destination. DANCE LESSONS!

WF surprised me with private dance lessons for our wedding. He said he wanted to make sure it was a dance we would remember! AWE!

The lesson was super fun and I think we are going to really enjoy taking the classes together. WF is not a really smooth dancer but he seemed to pick up the basics pretty quick! I am have to say it was so sweet of him to think of this for us. It is super romantic to dance with him and I think it is something really special for us to share!

Did any of you take dance lessons?

Side effects of getting engaged

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I have finally gotten the scoop from my friend Kate and have had a chance to chat with her all day about wedding stuff. Gosh I can't believe how much I have learned about weddings in the year that I have been planning our wedding. As we were chatting Kate reminded me of some of the many things that happen to you when you get engaged, and plan a wedding. 

Over the last year I have become VERY aware of my hands, my nails and of course my ring finger. I used to bite my nails all the time. Now I at least try to keep clear nail polish on at all times and lay off biting my nails 'till the bleed. 

I cry at everything pertaining to weddings. I see a proposal story, BAM, crying. I see a bride at another wedding, tears. I watch any wedding show whatsoever and bawling. I was never like this about weddings. I chalk it up to being excited about having that moment. 

I have horrible "bride brain". I always tend to bring everything back to weddings or our wedding or really anything about me. It is horrible because I know I am doing this and I get super annoyed with bitches when they do this to me but I do it anyway. It is like verbal diarrhea all the time. 

My morning routine consist of checking every wedding blog I can think of. I read like 20 wedding blogs and I follow maybe 5 on a very regular basis. I love them all and I keep checking them thinking something will blow my mind and I will be able to incorporate it in my wedding, knowing full well I probably can't do any of that stuff. It is obsessive now. I am really looking forward to not thinking about place cards! 

I guess not too many obvious things have changed. Did anything happen to you when you were proposed to? 

Weekend Recap and BIG news!!!

This past weekend started off at a low point but could not have wound up better!

Friday - I went to the doctor to find out if my foot was healing and if I could start working out again. It was a no go, in fact it had gotten worse. To avoid much more detail lets just say I ended up with a steroid shot in my foot and a numb foot for the rest of the night. Fun stuff for sure. In other more fun news WF and I started watching Wale Wars a while back and are not totally addicted! I know it is a weird animal planet show but we love this crap! The season premier was Friday so you bet your asses we were watching it. I highly recommend you check it out.

Saturday - I got up super early and headed to Houston to go hang out with my sister for a little bonding time. I know with the wedding coming up my monthly visits will probably not happen so I took advantage. We went to go see Sex and the City 2 (after I had fallen asleep during most of it the first time) and I have to say It was what I thought it would be. A lot of fluff and a whole lot of nothing. Still fun and totally worth the money to go but ehhh they should stop making these movies. Heather and I then hung out with the family and made dinner with family friends.

Sunday - I learned how hard it is to get out of the house with two kids. Two hours after we started to leave we finally made it to the mall. No fault to anyone though, it was a lot of fun to play with the kids and relax with my sister. I have such an appreciation for her!

In other big, HUGE, and WONDERFUL news, one of my oldest and closets friends Kate, got ENGAGED this weekend! YEAH!!!! Her fiancé Matt is the state trooper I mentioned a while back who had both of his legs crushed in a horrible accident. She and Matt deserve nothing but the best and are a prime example of unconditional and true love. Kate is one of the kindest most genuine people I have ever known and I just can not be happier for her and her husband to be. Matt proposed to her on the beach while they were walking their dog! So sweet! CONGRATULATIONS KATIE!!!!

Meetings Shmeetings

This week I have working meetings. They are all day and they are boring. So I am going to be a bit MIA this week. In the mean time I am going to ask you all what your thoughts are about changing outfits when you leave your wedding.

I am considering a change of clothes for when we leave the wedding. I was thinking about wearing my mom's wedding dress when I leave the wedding. I can shorten it and make it a really cute cocktail dress. I thought it would be a fun way to make a nod to my mom and our family while being fashionable and fun.

Thoughts on this? Do you guys think this is odd? Do you think it is excessive?

Weekend Recap

Three day weekends are amazing.  I love them and really do think we need to make sure we take them as much as we can. This weekend I had so much fun and I just can't believe how fast the days went by.

Friday - The girls met for a night out to go see Sex and the City 2. I would like to give you a review but I ended up drinking to much and honestly don't remember much about it. I will be going with my sister again this weekend and hope to actually watch the movie this time. I am pretty sure at some point I fell asleep for a good 20 minutes. NOT GOOD. Time out with the girls = so much fun!

Saturday - After nursing my hangover for a bit WF and I headed to our food tasting at the SFA hotel. We picked our menu and got some great news that they have recently updated their linens! WHOOT WHOOT, this means I don't have to rent anything other than napkins. Makes me so happy.  So we took our time picking our dinner and appetizers. I actually came out of the meeting with more questions than answers. But I feel really good about using the hotel for our wedding.

Sunday - We did a whole lot of grocery shopping. We checked out joining Costco, and also headed to the HEB. We then watched like a million episodes of Mad Men, but we totally are digging that show. Other than that we just chilled out and spent some time getting our final guest list together. Word to the wise to you brides out there keep a list of all the people you sent a save the date to and those people who might not be invited to the wedding. Now we are having to invite everyone because we cant remember! Woops!

Monday - I ran like a million errands for the wedding including buying my first bathing suit for the honeymoon. Although I am thinking about returning it because who the heck spends $80 bucks on a freaking bathing suit? We then did some pool time and chilled out with friends. A fun end to a great weekend.

Hope you all had a good weekend!