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Monday, June 28, 2010

Ahhhh, to be a newlywed!

Going to a wedding always brings back that nostalgic feeling of being a newlywed. I think most newlyweds probably have felt this feeling, or at least I hope they have - Carefree, Cloud 9, all is well with the world......not that being married for 10+ years isn't great. I'm not trying to knock the bliss that comes from being happily married to a great man. But that newlywed feeling is a feeling that I remember fondly too.

Over this past weekend, I had the oppurtunity to attend and be part of a wedding. The beautiful bride, my niece Chelce, was brave enough to ask me to help out with a few of my far fetched ideas. Now, I don't profess to know how to do everything perfectly - however, I will say that I like to give things a try. So, of course, I said yes. Hopefully she thought it turned out as well as I did. It always kind of makes me feel a little proud when some of my thoughts come to life and actually look good!


We started out with a fantastic view of the lake, but a rather ugly bbq pit right in the way! Therefore, we had to make a few adjustments to help this take shape.


The bride's colors were black, white, yellow and damask design. She initially wanted an arch that would go over by a building. I suggested that we get creative with the bbq. One of the best parts about the venue was this beautiful view of the lake. Therefore, what started out as the bbq pit, became this:

Can you tell there is a bbq pit hiding under there? It took about 5 minutes for the boys to cut me a piece of plywood to help create a shelf to rest our kissing balls on.

And yes, I did make the yellow kissing balls. They were striking! And they were suprisingly quite easy with the help of Oasis floral foam spheres and fifty flowers.com. The hardest part of this arch design was finding the damask white runner. I searched high and low for it at the last minute of course. But can you tell what it is? It's a shower curtain! From bbq, to plywood, to shower curtain, think outside the box and you might just create something that you adore!

Have you thought "out of the box" recently? Comment and tell me how! I love new ideas!