Almost there

The count down is official next week I will be married. Everything is set, now the tough part pack and ready to move. I currently have a walk-in closet and going to a closet with half the space, just the look of my closet right now, ugh where to begin. ...I started to purge my closet of items I have not used in a while, which feels great! I have my closet color coordinated, so I took all my black and brown items to my new place. Hopefully I'll finish tackling this beast by the end of the weekend or at least before the wedding date.

SALE!!! STORE TO CLOSE FOR HOLIDAY

Wow does time go by fast! In less than 1 month I will be married, I have a few wedding items to pay off so decided to put my whole shop on sale till 5/9, then my shop will be closed for about 1 month for holiday and to settle into my new home with my hubby. Here is peek to items you can get at https://www.etsy.com/shop/IsabellesAttic :

Cents count!

As my fiance was spring cleaning he showed me a few bags that he had collected with spare change over last few years. I was completely shocked how heavy all the bags were, I took the liberty to separate all the coins and my dad packaged all the coins in coin wrappers. 3 days later all coins are wrapped and now the grand total close to $400 in pure coins! Next step going to the bank to deposit it, I'm sure that bank teller is going to love me. Just shows every coin counts.

Bridal Shower

It is less than 2 months away for the wedding my Mom and maid of Honor did my bridal shower on Saturday. We had so much fun! It's amazing how a moms love will go so far, my mom took 3 days off from work to prepare for the party. She did the majority from cooking, baking, decorating, food shopping etc....The theme Hollywood glamour, my Maid of Honor was so cute and brought our version of the red carpet:

Taste Testing

Today I go with my mom and sister in law to a bridal expo at the reception site of my wedding. My mom is extremely excited as today we get to try the food, appetizer choices, cake vendors and see different flower decor. One of my favorite things about this place is the view as the restaurant sits on top a small mountain. Here are a few pictures from their website:

green please!

So the last weekend I spent my time in my backyard. My poor backyard has only small patches of grass, it has come along way, though as my dad did tell me awhile back, what this yard needs disparately is good dirt. I finally had some extra cash and I bought some extra bags of dirt and put grass seeds on the bald spots and with the rain we have had lately I'm hoping it will make my dirt into nice green grass....wish me luck. here is a picture of what I started with, my dad was sweet to add the planters for me to grow veggies in them, I'll take a picture of how it looks now and post it next week:

Take a Stand

As my mom would say what is a wedding without the cake! After doing some research, I found the perfect cake layout at the bakery's catalog, a simple cake with butterfly on a tree stand. I never knew trying to find the tree stand would be so hard, the bakery shop gave me a phone number of someone that would rent and/or sell, but funny thing he wanted to rent me the stand more than the cake purchase.....ummm no thank you! My fiance and I the next day went to look at house paint and when we passed by the plants I said "stop", I think this is the tree stand. He helped me take all the plants on display on it and there it was, way cheaper than the rental and it would be ours too keep. I put more moss on it, added some flowers, rocks...and here is my tree cake stand:

To Trip or not?

To trip or not is the question? As the wedding is nearing we are in the mist of booking our trip to Puerto Rico, though after thinking and consideration I was thinking if we should take a trip. My fiance and I have not taken any trips in a few years and thought we very well deserve one, though we also have a home with no furniture. I know that as we save more money we will get furniture we have the basics to get by, though in your opinion if you could have furniture vs a trip would you?

Cloning Please?

Do you ever feel like if there were more of you, how much you could accomplish. Currently my job is stretching me thin I'm learning and covering work in one building and when we are short staffed (all the time LOL) or the manager is leaving early I go to another building and cover there thus doing a few extra work hours after my regular shift. Meanwhile behind the scenes planning my wedding and working on my fixer upper house. I have been really tired last few weeks, though instead of complaining I'm going to be thankfully I have a job and my health. What are you thankful for?

Dress blues

What is a wedding without some fun planning and some stress right? So here is my current little dilemma, I had ordered 4 of the 5 bridesmaid dresses and let the girls know I would be dropping each of their dress as they were mailed to my parents place. One of my bridesmaid told me she was expected great, oh no her dress won't work few months down the line LOL (ok no biggie, I'll try to sell it online or something). After I gave the dress to the rest of the girls my cousin text me a few days later, ummm my dress doesn't fit...again I thought ok, plenty of time fixable. I send messages to the seller and decided they will custom make me another dress and I pay for the fees. Few days later my cousin sends me another text "I must have been super bloated or something, the dress now fits".... Well lucky me, trying to be careful with my money and now I'm out 2 dress which I have to pay for.

If I can't sell the dresses online I was thinking maybe I can have my pregnant bridesmaid have both dresses combined to make hers or have it taken in for the other bridesmaid that hasn't order the dress??? What is your thought or suggestions?

Switched!

I've been planning for a wedding last couple of months. Though on Sunday I finally got my engagement ring. My boyfriend took me on a walk on this cloudy day in the nature center. We stopped at this bridge and he was asking me, "do you remember when I first tried to hold your hand"? "I put my hands in your jacket pocket and told you my hands where cold, when you put your hand in my pocket and found out it was lined with fleece" LOL....so he grabbed my hands putting them in his jacket pocket and I felt the ring box. He then went down on his knee and opened the box. My first reaction "What?" and I started laughing. He was really puzzled until he turned the box around and saw he grabbed the wrong box, it has his old high school ring. Needless to say once we got home, he turned on the chimney and Christmas tree lights, when I saw him waiting for me he said "this is the way it should have been" now he had the right box. Poor guy he said he was so embarrassed, but I told him he just made this moment more memorable.

recycle and renew

My future husband was one day looking through a pile of old shirts that he just couldn't bare to get rid of, especially this shirt of a dog that had the saying "we don't need no stinkin leashes" even though it had 2 huge holes, or as he called them ventilation hole (I could fit almost my whole hand in it). I finally convinced him if he really liked the shirt to let me make him something with the picture on it so he can still continue to preserve it a bit longer and use it. He finally agreed and asked me for a apron, I framed the cut out of the shirt with red trim and here are my end results. Needless to say I have an extremely happy camper :O)

Marry me Veil

Sometimes when we are not looking for things we don't realize what we like....in this case my mom and I were looking at wedding dress as a few dress were tried on, I never thought I would think much about the veil. But, as I had a few veils put on me, I realized how much a veil could add a beautiful and delicate appeal to the dress. The more I thought about the veil and looked at them, the more I realized I wasn't seeing what I was looking for. Therefore, of course I decided to make my own. After I found the perfect tulle I these are the end results:

who knew a dress would do that to me LOL.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/106835334/wedding-veil-mantilla

Puppy tude

My parents have this very spoiled dog named Brisquet, whom we all love! It's funny how these furry creatures can have such a unique personality. When the dog is mad at my mom he'll completely ignore her and walk right past her. Brisquet, the dog can be very mischievous and playful. He knows he's not allowed on my parents furniture and when we sneaks into their house he likes to take a nap under the dinning table. But one particular day, when my dad stepped away from his lazy boy chair I walked by the living room and found this furry creature trying to take a quick nap. LOL

I think the flash caught him off guard.

he hasn't done this in a while, but he used to jump on the outside chairs and sit on the table too!

got to love him!

Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder

Sometimes we can spot beauty or imagine what something may become after we put a little work and shine into something..... That's how it was with this home, when my family first saw this home they thought oh my I don't know about this place. I told them all just give it a chance a little color, some work and love will bring it's beauty out of this charming home. I had taken some before and after pictures of each room, looking back to the before pictures I'm really surprised how much these changes made a difference. Here's a few before and after pictures after working on the home for over 6 months: .

The kitchen I forgot to take a before pic, but luckily I found one from the previous owner:

next step save up for furniture LOL.

Calling Bunny lovers!

Just a few weeks ago I won a little auction on 2 pairs of bunnies, I just love bunnies, I'm going to keep 1 pair and posted the other in my shop. After doing some research I found out they were made my Gladys Boalt, which has her signature on the bottom of the foot and signed 1983. she has such attention to detail, they have cute little whiskers and even a little baby bunny attached on the back of mommy bunny. It's funny because sometimes you just don't know what you'll find.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/100296479/vintage-bunny-indian-ornaments

A little Silly

Sometimes we all need a little silliness in our lives...the other day my boyfriend and I went to Catalina Island, the day was a little gloomy so I brought a little fun and warm beanie to wear. I guess I threw people off when they saw a grown adult wearing a tiger beanie. I didn't think I would get so much attention with it. here were a few response I got from strangers walking by after they saw me in this:

* husband and wife walking by: I don't mean to scare you, but you have a lion on your head. *group of drunk guys: hee hee hee *couple on bicycle: ride by and had the biggest smile when they saw the hat *tour guide: your hat is so funny, so anyways where was I....

favorite superhero?

As we were all growing up and watching different cartoons, tv shows, movies or comic books we all had a favorite super hero. The super hero that stood out the most for me was Wonder Woman, she was beautiful, smart, strong and had the coolest super hero outfit.

Even as a adult I'm still a fan, I have a lunchbox and 2 of the tv dvd series which I watch on a occasion. So now don't be shy and tell me who your favorite superhero was as a child?

What's your favorite item?

Today I want to try something different, how about each one of us picks our favorite item from the shop above us that has commented. I'll start. With Valentines around the corner, how about something sweet looking, a keepsake and calorie free!

I think this would make a wonderful gift! From:
Lori Bergmann's shop
http://www.etsy.com/shop/LoriBergmann?ref=seller_info

Got Dessert?

With Christmas around the corner, shopping is all done, main dinner feast will be done by my parents....now what should I make for dessert?

Last 2 years I made a rum cake which did really well, it was gone in a few hours LOL. With all the cold weather lately I think I might make some cookies the day before, but for the main day I want to try a new dessert. So please help with ideas and tell me, what is your favorite holiday dessert?