August Calendar Journal Challenge

 This is a very special, very emotional month for me, for us.

My daughter Michelle "Mia", is getting married in just a few days.

So, this month's calendar pages were created in Michelle's colors

to capture the feel of the planning and of the wedding!

 Rehearsal dinner...picking up the cake...

 ...and the beautiful, long-awaited, big day. ♥

Vineyard, twinkle lights, fresh berry pies, lemonade, and

lots of love.

Friends, please think of us, pray for us, smile with us.

♥

Thank you so much for visiting

and for your kind comments

and well wishes.

~k

To see more of Kate's 365 Journal Calendar Challenge 2011, go here!

Writing about a Girly Day!

There's a first time for everything. Now that we are stepping closer to the Big Day, my daughter, her maid-of-honor, and I went for a trial run at a salon, to get up-do's. I wanted a natural look, with a little poof and body to it...

I was thoroughly excited to go with the girls, but nervous because I am simple and shy and... well, un-fancy! But it was loads of fun and I want to remember these special times, so I journaled about it briefly.

I did a little pretend stitching with my gelly roll markers.

... a simple, girly-girl page in my journal.

~k

♥Today's the Bridal Shower!♥

It's tonight: Girls' Night Out Bridal Shower for my daughter, "Mia" Michelle!♥

I will be frosting cupcakes in a few minutes...lemon with strawberry icing, and fun fetti with pale turquoise icing(!) and will try to show you later! Mom of the groom is making red velvet cupcakes and chocolate. We are so excited! I even ordered edible sugar butterflies to put on some of them.  It's a beautiful day! ♥

Tiny Flowers, Soft Colors, Vintage

I really enjoyed making the new month's Calendar for the 2011 Calendar Challenge by Kate For July. I was thinking about vintage looks and little bouquets of garden flowers, most likely because of all of the floral ~wedding~ conversations floating about over here.

We are going to order the flowers online, have them delivered shortly before the wedding day, and make all of our own bouquets and arrangements!

Imagine ivory and yellow...ranaculus...garden roses...wildflowers...! 

July is a big month for us with lots of birthdays and parties in the family, too. 

♥

 Of course, because I love to color,

I had to fill in the petals on the most important July days!

It was fun to use my new floral wreath/circle stamp. 

I thought it was the cutest thing when I saw it in the shop,

but I didn't know at the time, what I'd use it for.

Perfect for calendar days, it turns out!

Happy of July to you all!

Thank you so much for visiting me!

You make me grin wildly!

♥

~Kathy

Summer of Color...Pink!

Well, I am rosy pink with happiness at being able to be so involved in my daughter's wedding planning and bridal shower goodness! Just in time for PINK week from our lovely hostess, Kristin, and her Summer of Color.

I painted, layered, doodled and wrote some memories and notes.

I want to capture all of these sweet moments...

Moving On...Moving Ahead

If this journal page looks like it doesn't go together, let me briefly explain where it came from. The past few weeks and especially the past three days have been dream-like nightmare-like as, after almost a 2-year engagement with the wedding in about 2 months, the reception has had to be canceled because of this venue's very poor customer relations. I have flowed between problem-solving and disbelief. Doesn't this just happen in the movies?

But, my lovely daughter and I are a good team of creative problem-solvers, and Plan B is already in effect! The good news is the old setting has been canceled (as of last night), and the wedding day wonderfulness will be on a gorgeous farm and vineyard 2 days later than originally scheduled.

Do we send UnSave-the-Date cards?!!!

So, Compassion is easy when someone is easy to show love toward, but compassion is a challenge when people are cold and selfish and, yes, mean. But my daughter and I are showing compassion in the face of miserableness with this gorgeous wedding venue turned bad.  "Everything happens for a reason". "It will all work out". "Be nice back, even if the owner is not". "Let it go".

Our new wedding setting is so wonderful and happy and twinkle light filled, that we are happier than ever.

♥

Wedding Thoughts...

♥It seems Blogspot is having trouble posting photos today. Are any of you having this trouble? Sorry, but I tried to get my journaling photo to show up, three times, and no go.

Many of you might remember/know that my daughter, Michelle, is getting married. She got engaged to Kevin about 18 months ago and we've slowly been doing the preparations and planning, spreading it out because we had 2 years.  Well, all of a sudden it seems CLOSE!

Their wedding is this summer and the plans are taking on a whole new feel. There's more of a sense of urgency to them. The Save-the-Dates are being finalized, homemade goodness and creativity done by my daughter herself. The Bridal Shower is scheduled, the bridesmaids' dresses are all chosen, and the guys' suits are ordered. The colors switched to browns, champagne-beiges, and grays. Fresh floral thoughts are dancing in our heads...

I will keep you posted!  ~Ah, all these memories in the making!