Sunday, November 22, 2009

For the Photobooth...

...that wasn't. Did I ever mention that we had a photobooth booked and paid for, but that we never, in fact, had one at our reception?? Despite a signed contract, and despite the fact that the photobooth guy scoped out our venue ahead of time, it was a no-go for our photobooth. Here's the heartbreaking story... My husband went to meet the afore-mentioned photobooth guy the morning of our wedding. When he got to our venue, he was told that there was NO WAY the photobooth was going to make it up the (five!) stairs into our reception room. When he called to break this news to me, I honestly thought he was kidding. Until I realized he wasn't. I wanted to cry! Instead, I begged him to figure out a way to make it work. He tried. He told the guy to just leave the booth, and he would round up family and friends to carry the stupid thing up the stairs. Photobooth guy wouldn't do it. (something about liability. ugh.) So, darling husband offered to pay photobooth guy an extra $500 bucks to leave it and let us figure out how to get the damn thing up the stairs. Still, he wouldn't do it.

So there you have it. We had photo props, we had a guestbook that was supposed to be filled with awesome photobooth pics of our guests... and, yet, we had no photobooth. Three months later, and I am still heartbroken. =(

Anyway, heartbreak aside, I want to show you these cute table tents I made to let everyone know about our photobooth.


Not sure you can read it, but it says:

"Say Cheese!

Before the end of the night, make sure to give us your best mug in the photobooth and write a little message in our guestbook. Return visits to the photobooth are not only allowed, but encouraged."

Cute, right? Too bad no one saw them. They were already on all the tables when we got to the reception, but I remembered to have someone go take them all down. Too sad.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Give Thanks



Another holiday, another banner! This one was listed in my etsy shop for ONE DAY and then it sold. Gotta make some more! What do you think? Like it?

Thursday, October 29, 2009

...and one for Baby Boy!


Personalized Baby Gift
Originally uploaded by ColShelly
In my last blog post, I featured a frame I made for a baby . Another co-worker asked me to make one for her new grandson, and here it is! Don't you just love the little birds? :)
Do you think I should feature these in my etsy shop?

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

My Latest Creation...

....is this picture frame! When my friend needed a baby gift, she asked me to create something for her, and this is what I came up with. I love the colors pink and brown together. It's hard to tell from the photo, but there are tiny pink polka dots on the brown paper, and tiny brown polka dots on the pink paper. The polka dot bow is the icing on the cake! She loved it, and I'm hoping the recipient will love it too! Email me or convo me through my etsy shop if you are interested in having me create a custom frame just for you!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

A Few of Our Pink and Green Polka Dot Details































Ok, here's a confession. I am sad every time I look at my wedding photos. SAD! Our photographer didn't get ANY detail shots. ALL of these shots are from different family members (thank God for them!!).


I. Wanted. Detail. Shots.


(because I worked my butt off for a year on all these details!)

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Getting My Stuff Together

I have been workin' it lately! Now that my wedding is over, I have the time to work on getting my etsy "stuff" together. Check out my collection of paper-crafty love here. I'm so motivated!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Time...

...is FLYING BY! I can hardly believe it's October already. I am in upstate NY, and it definitely feels like fall. It is freezing! Ok, I guess it's time to pack the flip-flops away.


In honor of October, I just made this little banner, which is listed in my etsy shop.

What do you think? Time for Halloween!