Eat, Drink, and Be Married

Monday, January 16, 2012

Holiday Crafts

After being addicted to pinning on Pinterest for a few months now- I tried my hand at some holiday crafts. It is hard to believe that my favorite holiday has already come and gone- but I am already pinning new decorating ideas for next year.

I took a few of our leftover mason jars from the wedding and re-used them. I put snowflake stickers on the jars then sprayed them with a frosted glass spray. I peeled off the stickers, put some ribbon and greenery around the top, and lit a candle inside- love them.

I have also started a "modge-podge" frenzy, it helps that it perfectly rhymes with my name. I made these letters and bought the jingle bell for the "o". I wish I would have gone a more vintage direction- until next year. I also modge-podged frames with holiday paper with my second graders. I took picture of them with Santa hats or reindeer ears on and put them inside. They turned out very cute!

Every year David and I exchange Christmas ornaments representing our favorite memory from that year. Obviously one of them was our wedding. I took too long to shop at the Hallmark store and couldn't find a good "wedding" ornament. I decided to get out the modge-podge again and make an ornament using a wooden H and some of our favorite wedding pictures. I love it!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Dreaming of Maui

With the cold fall weather and waking up early to scrape the frost off my windshield, I have been dreaming of our time in Maui. David's parents gave us a very generous gift for our honeymoon! We laid on the sandy beaches, went snorkeling with rainbow colored fish and sea turtles, drove the road to Hana and found amazing waterfalls, watched breathtaking sunsets and sunrises, went to a Laua, and ate... a lot!

Shaved ice... we ate it almost every night!

One of the best meals we had- and we made it! Fresh fish tacos with cabbage, GIANT avacado, and pineapple, mango salsa. I bought everything at the local farmer's market.

Our favorite meal: banana-macadamia nut french toast with coconut syrup. Until next time Maui...

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Do-It-Yourself

I tried to do a lot of D-I-Y projects for our wedding- here are some of our projects...

The invites!

Candy Buffet tags and labels

One of the signs- it says 'Love is Sweet'

Another sign- "Mr and Mrs"

We used this sign for our Thank You card

Our directional sign :) I love it. David cut leftover pieces of fence we had and I quickly painted them with white paint.

Another one of my favorites- I stole this idea from Etsy but didn't want to pay 60 bucks for a guest book tree. My talented mom drew the tree! The sign says 'please leaf your thumbprints and sign your name'.

The centerpiece napkins were made by my dear friend Elizabeth and her mom, they were green and pink ones.

Friday, October 14, 2011

My OWN Classroom

After graduating in June 2010, I was ready for my own classroom. But with the job market as it is, that didn't happen. I subbed for all grades from September until February and was then hired as a 4th grade teacher, covering for a teacher who just had a baby. Yes my own class- but not really. This summer I taught summer school and had my own class, but still I didn't get my OWN classroom and the freedom to decorate and make it how I want. I was then hired as a 6th grade teacher, job sharing and teaching the afternoons- but still it wasn't my own class and classroom. Well I was then hired by the most fantastic school that takes me 5 minutes to walk to and am teaching full time 2nd grade in my OWN classroom, decorated by me. I know David is sure glad to have all those organizers, books, and teaching supplies I have collected out of the garage. Here is it!

The entrance into my classroom.

My desk area and onw of my favorite art projects we have done so far.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

I'm Married!!!

WOW- I sure am behind in the blogging world- and for good reason. I have been so busy that the word busy does not seem to do justice. I have been married now for 2 months. The wedding was amazing and all the hard work and planning paid off. I will be mixing in some wedding posts over the next few days. Since January, I worked as a full time 4th grade teacher from February to June, taught a 5/6th grade class for Migrant Education Summer School, had one week from the end of summer school until the wedding, enjoyed 10 days in beautiful Maui with my husband, started the school year teaching half-time 6th grade, and then was hired two weeks after school started to teach full time 2nd grade- meaning, I FINALLY have my own classroom! I will also be updating on my life as a first year teacher :) ... hence the word busy.

For now, here are some of our most favorite wedding pictures of just the two of us taken by Kirsten Hammericksen. Here is the link to our wedding video highlights done by Oregon ENvision Photography. The wedding really was perfect :)