Stamper 10 Project - Wedding Card

Since wedding season will soon be here I decided that I absolutely had to have the set called Love & Laughter from the Occasions Mini! Most of the time I'm not a huge fan of the sets that they come out with for wedding sets, but this time I was completely in love! 

Obviously there is no way that this set is going to sit on my shelf and rarely get used! I've already put it to good use by making swap cards, and then once again for the ladies in my Stamper 10 group. Here is the project that they made.

They used the following supplies:

Cardstock

Waffle Paper - cake is stamped on the waffle paper and then cut out

Classic Ink

3/8 Pleated Satin Ribbon (in the mini) 

Multipurpose Adhesive - Tombow

Snail

Stampin' Dimensionals

Shimmer Paint - Spritz

My Digital Studio: Ribbon Loop technique - scrapbook page

So I shared this technique with you after I got back from Convention. Today I was inspired to try something different using this technique. Namely... making a flower using the Victoria Crochet Trim. I was working on a page for my Yearly Scrapbook. The page was for my brother-in-law and sister-in-laws wedding pictures(or at least a few shots that I had on my camera). She had this Vintage-y feel to her wedding dress. Not as much as it could have been but it made me think of the Crochet Trim right away! 

Well enough chit chat, because I know you really want to see what I've come up with! So here it is :D Let me know what you think, and if you are feeling inspired enough to go create something I want to see it.

Isn't this so pretty?!?

Now for the scrapbook page that I came up with. Since that was the main point of creating this flower! 

So there you have it. Now off I go to see what else can I can find to be inspired with today.

Vacation - Wedding

So finally our vacation update. We did a road trip a few weeks ago, since we had to go for John's brother's wedding in Iowa. We left here on Tuesday afternoon, drove through the night and got to Iowa on Wednesday about 2:00 their time. So about a 20 hour trip... which wasn't too bad, just a long drive and we were both so sick of it by then. The decision was that we will never make a trip over night like that again! 

The wedding was on Friday, so at least we had a few days to kinda recuperate a little. Here is a few pictures from the wedding. 

So true to the tradition the get-a-way vehicle got all decked out.

So that's it for the wedding pictures... I'll be back later with more on our trip.

L & B's Wedding

So one of the reasons I went to visit my family this time was also because a friend of mine was getting married. She asked me to take pictures at their reception at night, which I always enjoy doing. But here is a picture of the couple and then one of me with them. Any other pictures I'll be posting on my photography blog.

This wedding made me want to get out my dress again and get married all over. Not that I would want to have to go through all the planning again, but something about a friend getting married is so exciting. It's great to see how in love they are, so I guess part of that makes you want to go back to just getting married! :)  Either way I guess I'm super happy to have been married for almost 2 years already and I wouldn't go back for anything!

Tanya's Wedding

Well, as my whole purpose for going to Alberta was my sisters wedding I guess I should post some pictures of the day as well! I don't have many but I do have a few since I did drag my camera around most of the day. I'm really bummed because I completely forgot to tell someone to take pictures of just John and me ugh!!!!! So now I have to figure out what I'm going to do for Christmas cards this year... hmmm I might just have to get my hair dresser to do my hair that way next time I get it cut again, and then come home and tell John to put his suit on and head out for a few snapshots... Who knows, time will tell what happens as far as that goes! Anyway now for some pictures of the big day!

Balloons for the back of the "newlyweds" getaway car! Enough to fill their back seat! haha :)

Brittany getting her hair done, Joel decided that it was a nice place to sit for a little while.

The BRIDE, my older sister Tanya.

My littlest sister Lianne getting her hair done.

Dad and John just hanging out :)

I walked into the kitchen and Brit, Evert and Jared were unloading the dishwasher, so time for a picture.. I told one of them putting dishes away, but then onto the floor they went, which made for an even better picture LOL :)

Coralie getting her hair done, she is my second youngest sister.

Willard all proud of his tie, since he tied it himself, but unfortunatly he had to do it again since it was too short, hence the tugging action :)

Nathan (my second youngest brother) getting all dressed and ready to be a spiffy ring bearer!

Once again, Tanya.. getting final touches done to her hair.

Yay, shoe time haha :)

Tiana, Jacob's niece, and their flower girl for the day!

Tanya with her hat on... she wore a hat for the church service and put her veil on later.

Dad, driving us to church (Tanya, Nathan, Tiana, and me as their photographer for the morning)

Putting their Vinyl, "Just Married" sign on the vehicle.

She had flowers on her vehicle instead of pom-poms.

Here I just finished putting her veil on, Jacob had my camera at that moment, so that explains the pictures with me in them.

Some of the most handsome men in my life, LOL :) Namely my hubby and little bro, Joel! :)

Mom and Dad with the couple

My third youngest sister, Brittany, she was being goofy so this is the best I got of her!

The couple with the FG and RB!

Getting ready for more pictures!

Kerkhoff family photo

Tanya with her Brothers and Brother-in-Law: L to R: Jared, Evert, Tanya, Willard, John. Front row: Joel and Nathan

Tanya with her sisters: L to R: Lianne, Brittany, Tanya, Janita, Me, and Coralie

Jacob and his siblings: Joel, Colin, Jacob, and Dedrick

The Cake

A great captured moment.

That is all I'm going to put up for now.. who knows when we get the other pictures. Unfortunately I don't have any full family photo's from my family since obviously I had to be in the picture myself :( So hopefully we get a disc of photo's from the photographer!

Hair Trial: Tanya's wedding :)

Well since my older sister Tanya gets married in a few weeks I have been looking at hairdo's, and trying to decide what I want in my hair. Today I went to get my hair trimmed, and when Angela(my hairdresser) asked me what I wanted her to do, straighten or curl my hair I decided that I wanted it curled for a change, since I can always straighten it at home :) So she was busy curling it... and then I kinda said to her that I was starting to want it styled the way I was thinking for my sisters wedding. Since I had already told her what I wanted, she told me that it wouldn't be a big deal and it would only take a few bobby pins and little extra time. She didn't charge me for styling it which was F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C. LOL :) so I had a trial run.. I think I sitll like it better the way I saw it online.. and I need to buy a flower for it yet.. but other than that things are just great ;) So here are some pics:

So there you go... a quick peek at the hairdo.. I think I'm going to change it and go a little closer to what I originally found online but I definitely do like it! :)

1 Year, 1 Month, 1 Week, 1 Day!

Ok, so apparently today we have been married for 1 Year, 1 Month, 1 Week, 1 Day.. haha :) I happened to be looking at my anniversary countdown ticker on the nest and saw that, I thought to myself well it isn't every day that you can say that you have all ones for everything! LOL :) Anyway, the honest truth is it really doesn't seem like we have been married that long at all, and on the other hand it seems like it has been way more than a year!

It is amazing how fast time goes. Last year at this time Tanya and Jacob had just started dating and now they are getting married in a few weeks! The weird thing is, because I was the first one to get married, it will be really interesting/different to go to a wedding for a sibling! I can't wait though!

Also while I'm thinking about dates.. well since it is almost August 29th I'm going to say this... it is hard to believe that two years ago from the 29th we got engaged, and started planning for our big day! eeek.. It is amazing what has all changed in our lives in the past few years!

Looking Back: A Year Ago - July 18, 2009

This was a day filled with many memories.. happy and sad! Happy because I was finally married to the most wonderful man in the world, sad because I was going to move to the US knowing that I wouldn't be back in Canada until I had my immigration papers taken care of!

That morning we went to my parents and unwrapped all our fabulous wedding gifts that we had received from our family and friends!

As well as another piece of wedding cake for anyone who was hungry enough to have a piece.. not me :(  We had just eaten breakfast before we went to my parents so I was way to full to even think about having another piece of cake... makes me sad even now thinking about that LOL! So I'm looking forward to our sheetcake "re-do" version of our wedding cake later on this week!