Magnificent Mondays: Magnificent Blogs 36

Emily is a stay at home mommy that loves to show the blog world that you don't have to be Martha to create beautiful, homemade things!

Did I ever tell you that I like fall?  Because of my love for fall and monograms, I really like this!

Do you have a sweet little girl in your life that needs a pretty headband for her hair?  If so, head here.

Here is a transformation of a very country tray to a very sophisticated and decorative tray to display in her home.

Run on over to Martha Shmartha and let me know how you've been inspired!

Happy Blogging!

DIY Wedding Fun - Part 5

Guestbook

By no means is this a new idea, but I figured I'd share it anyways.  For our guest book, I had decided that I wanted to make a more personalized book that I could have sitting out and people would enjoy looking at.  Many of my friends had done the same thing at their weddings and I loved the idea of it.  I took our engagement pictures (you could use any pictures you'd like) and I designed a book through apple as our guest book.  I made sure that I had plenty of room around the pictures so that people had enough room to sign around them.  We sat the book out with regular, thin-tipped sharpies and people signed away.  I have the book sitting out at our apartment and I even find myself look through it from time-to-time.  

DIY Wedding Fun - Part 4

Table Centerpieces

I was engaged for a year and a half...I had a lot of time on my hands!  So, what I did to pass time was I made my own table centerpieces.  The picture above shows just one of the two different centerpieces that I used on the tables (the others were lanterns).  I went to Michael's and bought a bunch of wooden frames for $1.  I also purchased a pack of fall themed scrapbook paper and I Mod Podged all the different fall designed paper onto the frames.  I then took baby and little kid pictures of Stephen and I and I filled the frames with these pictures.  The frames were accompanied by Mason Jars that a lady at church let us borrow and we filled them with coffee beans and a votive candle.  With the candle lit, the hot wax dripped down into the beans and really filled the tent with the wonderful aroma of coffee and vanilla (the scent of the votives).  We simply finished off the jar with left over ribbon from the invitations...those to come soon!  All centerpieces were surrounded by fall leaves around them (and a menu of the meal served) to add some more color to the table.  The picture frames could be made for ANY occasion, as I've given them and seen them be given for birthdays.  The mason jars could be made for any special occasion that you have coming up to help create an intimate setting in your own home.

DIY Wedding Fun - Part 3

Pumpkin Tea Lights

Do you see the little pumpkins on the table?  I know you can't really tell but I made tea light holders out of these pumpkins to enhance different tables throughout the reception.  They were on the guest book table (see above) as well as on the food and dessert serving tables.  

I don't have a great picture of them, so I've shown you a picture from a blog I found recently.  You can visit this blog to see how to make these easy pumpkin tea lights yourself.  

These would make a great addition to your thanksgiving decorations to really add a soft, festive touch to your serving tables.