I was surfing around Etsy the other day and came across these super fabulous bags by seller DavidShockDesigns. You know my penchant for all things industrial and quirky, so it isn’t any wonder I dig them.
They’re made out of discarded orange fencing (like they put up to catch leaves and trash). Making trash useful and fashionable; how green is that?!
I love that it’s using unique and different materials. Like how I wallpapered our “dining room” with giant acrylic gas station numbers. Not their original purpose but look super cool!
As most of you probably know, I posted on theknot.com all throughout our planning process. Without going into a great deal of detail (it’s a whole other world, folks), most of the people who post have bios.
A bio is a webpage where you can post all your ideas in one spot and other brides can look through and see all your ideas. There are a bunch of different programs and websites people use; the knot has it’s own tool but STL Wed’s Bio Builder is a pretty universally popular one. GooglePages is becoming common but I used WordPress (but I’m not using it as a blog, just a reg. website). Have a lost you yet?? I loved looking at bios! I know; I’m a giant dork. We’ve established that. So I made my own married bio and posted pictures from our wedding, pictures of our many DIY projects and a bunch of other things that, unless you’re planning a wedding, you probably don’t care to hear more about.
If you’re really bored, you can check it out here. One of the things I love about WordPress is that there is a stats page that shows how many hits you’re getting per day/week/month and where those hits are coming from (referrers).
Today I saw a referrer I’d never seen before – FavorIdeas.com. If you scroll down, this comment was made on 23April08 -
Row 2: 1-2) Copper bodice detail and copper bouquet wrap, from “Fit for a King & Queen,” Inside Weddings. 3-4) Copper taper candles and original copper wire trees from Mrs. Carrie Grace.
Check out all the weddings listed above for more ideas, especially Mrs. Carrie Grace whose wedding was all about copper. But the other ones listed have some great details. I didn’t include it here, but if you’re into copper you have to see Mishka Design’s tropical Copper Wedding. She is so talented and as usual, the whole design floats off the ground.
Anyone recognize the right & middle pictures of the center row?? wink wink, nudge nudge!!
LOOK – our TREES!!! WHEEEEE!!! And the candles Aunt MaryAnn found!!
To quote, “Check out all the weddings listed above for more ideas, especially Mrs. Carrie Grace whose wedding was all about copper” (yeah it was!). And if you read up at the top of the page, under “How To Get Down With Brown” (after the blue and pink part) it says, “Now, cutting-edge weddings interweave brown with fire-engine reds, copper and oranges”. “Cutting-edge”, I like that!
I LOVE this site! Throwing parties and having people over is something we really enjoy. The Hostess Blog has so many great ideas. They also do a great job of keeping things realistic. The ideas are budget friendly and within a normal persons reach. They also pull in cool things and ideas from other websites. Kind of like a news aggregate site – but way more my speed! haha
Usually, I’m very productive at work. But sitting at a desk all day can (sometimes) cause me to get a little distracted. It’s always amazing where I end up in my daisy chain of clicking. There are now several places that I like to check out, so I think I’ll feature them here over the course of a few posts.
Etsy is king of like eBay but everything is handmade and you just buy it (no bidding). It’s massive. I could spend (literally) hours on this site! So many cool things!!
Most recently, I bought Rob this new wallet from seller jDUCT-
It’s 100% made out of duct tape! And it’s got a lucha libre mask on it.
Etsy makes me want to craft or start my own crafting business. I know, I know. Grad school first. Got it. Grad school THEN Etsy store.
Every year, Rob goes to the NY Comic Con. It’s a giant comic convention at the Javits Center. Tons of vendors, artists and people in costumes (guests, not vendors). I’ve never been, so it was a first for me. We got a few really cool things, signed comics and art, commissioned a Hellboy sketch. Another day of LOTS of walking but, all in all, a very fun time.
Yesterday was Open House at work and I spent all week getting ready for it. It’s the busiest day of the year for me but always SO much fun. What a great team, our office is! While I do a lot of the planning, it wouldn’t be possible (at all) without them. They’re so fun!! Not sure how many people we actually had come but it’s got to be more than 1,100. We’ve got a ton of different events, tours, etc. My feet are still sore but I think people had a great time.
This came out a few months ago but it just popped into my path again recently. I find it powerful, motivating, and inspiring, just like the speech itself. We have control of our destiny and our future is only what we make it. We can do good. We can change.
Thursday night, we went with our friend Chrissy to see Gnarls Barkley at The Highline Ballroom. AMAZING!! It was such a cool space – probably only held 1,000-1,100 people, balcony included.
It was general admission, so we got there a little early; 7:30 for a 9pm show. Ate dinner there. Rob and I had the Kobe burgers. We asked for medium but am pretty sure they came out rare, if not mooing. But we were hungry, so ate them anyway. I like things more on the rare side, but I think they sat funny with Rob.
Santogold opened for almost an hour. She’s from Brooklyn and we really dug her!
Then Gnarls Barkley took the stage for an hour. It was the best concert I’ve been to in a long, long time; if not ever. So much energy. They’re a current favorite band.
Bar Americain was delicious. Seriously. Best.Food.Ever. Well, certainly in a long long time. It was swanky but welcoming.
We were sat on just out of this shot, along the right wall.
just opposite of the right boot
To start, we had the Corn Chowder & Raw Bar Tasting. The tasting of 3 was quite possibly my favorite of the night. From left to right: Lobster & Avocado, Shrimp, Crab w/ Mango & Coconut. Lobster & Avocado was transcendent.
For dinner, Rob had the Rack of Pork with Hudson Valley Apple Chutney, Sour Mash, & Creamed Corn. I had the Smoked Chicken, Hatched Green Chile Spoonbread, Black Pepper Vinegar Sauce. Doesn’t that just sound delicious?! It’s all a la carte, so for sides, we had the Hot Potato Chips w/ Blue Cheese Sauce & Asparagus w/ Green Peppercorn Vinaigrette. Dessert was the Maple Cinnamon Creme Brulee w/ Asian Pear Beignets and the Deep Dish Chocolate Creme Pie.
For being an upscale, fancy restaurant, the portions a really good size. We got out of SNL and weren’t hungry at all! AND!!!!!!
GUESS WHO WAS IN THE KITCHEN?!?!
Actually cooking stuff -
YUP!!!
That’s him in the whites!! Chef Bobby Flay, himself!
Dinner alone would have been an amazing date – but NO! There was more.
2 tickets to the LIVE taping of a Christopher Walken SNL. Rob’s buddy even hooked us up with floor seats!! You can kind of see us in some of wide shots but only if you knew where we were sitting. We were right in front of the opener, Weekend Update, the Grease sketch, the Surprise Party sketch and the Walken Family Reunion sketch. SO cool!
I made it through the whole night in my heels (yay me!). But we only had a half hour from the end of the show to make the last train out of the city to jersey, so we took a cab. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of grabbing the last train of the night, boy are you missing you! It was a better show than people watching at the airport. The drunk blonde with the clutch bag full-o-money who kept sidling up to people trying to talk to them; the bachelorette party who was trying to hold 10 seats for the lost half of their group; the drunken group of kind of Irish people. The list went on but it certainly made for an interesting ride.
Top to Bottom, L to R: 1) Copper Leaf Bobeches, Martha. 2) Embossed copper menus on CB napkins, from Alissa & Craig, Brides. 3) From Dina & Patrick, Weinstock copper cake, Brides. 4) Favor detail from Stephanie & Ken, Junebug Weddings.
Row 2: 1-2) Copper bodice detail and copper bouquet wrap, from “Fit for a King & Queen,” Inside Weddings. 3-4) Copper taper candles and original copper wire trees from Mrs. Carrie Grace.
Row 3: 1) Copper centerpiece display on Copper L’Amour linens, BBJ Linens. 2) Stunning copper organza overlay/tuxedo pinstripe CB linen combination, Real Weddings. 3) Copper linens and hanging paper lanterns, from Beth & Kenny, The Knot. 4) “Jewelry Cake”, Edible Art.
Check out all the weddings listed above for more ideas, especially Mrs. Carrie Grace whose wedding was all about copper. But the other ones listed have some great details. I didn’t include it here, but if you’re into copper you have to see Mishka Design’s tropical Copper Wedding. She is so talented and as usual, the whole design floats off the ground.