tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83618988373066048562012-02-16T02:37:42.901-08:00Kristennoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8361898837306604856.post-34180430915524620472008-04-21T18:29:00.000-07:002008-04-21T19:01:06.554-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.diybride.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/diycover4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.diybride.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/diycover4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1561589640?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=diybride-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1561589640"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1561589640?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=diybride-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1561589640" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />On two separate occasions, I've carried <a href="http://www.diybride.com/">Khris Cochran's DIY Bride Book</a> around the store with me before deciding gas in the car should probably come first (well actually it was deciding that my husband-to-be would see things that way).<br /><br />I subscribe to her blog and am insanely jealous that she wrote <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1561589640?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=diybride-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1561589640">this book</a> before I could even get engaged and come up with the idea.<br /><br />She gives away copies through the blog ever few weeks, and today I got an email from the Do-it-Yourself Bride HERself. I won a free copy of her book!<br /><br />Do I really need a new project?<br /><br />Always.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8361898837306604856-3418043091552462047?l=unexpectedcreativity.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kristennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8361898837306604856.post-69586541351879603932008-04-16T17:23:00.000-07:002008-04-16T18:17:56.927-07:00A few Saturdays ago, the FedEx Man brought a HUGE box for us.<br /><br />Crap! What did I order and immediately forget about? And, what story can I make up for Josh's benefit to get myself out of trouble? Wait, oh yeah, we're getting married in August. Presents are part of this whole gig. Whew!<br /><br />Once I snapped out of the mini drama I played out in my head, I was able to enjoy the moment. And, I must say it really did feel like a rite of passage of sorts. Or maybe even a point of no return. You've opened the first gift, no turning back now...mwahhhhahahaha!<br /><br />Anyway, we tore right into that bad boy, found the card and discovered that lovely Mrs. Leslie Willis was the one responsible for christening us into the official "we ARE really getting married" club. Yeah, she pretty much rocks harder than anyone else could only hope to rock. Thanks, woman!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOHfUehXPyI/SAadqR9t8kI/AAAAAAAAADo/sACrpn0Womo/s1600-h/1stWeddingGift.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOHfUehXPyI/SAadqR9t8kI/AAAAAAAAADo/sACrpn0Womo/s320/1stWeddingGift.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190008970293408322" border="0" /></a> Well, our wedding-planning-stress-relief kit is awesome. And, you know I had to scrapbook this lovely little milestone in the marriage process.<br /><br />I had the perfect bright, colorful striped paper to compliment the pitcher too!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOHfUehXPyI/SAakeh9t8lI/AAAAAAAAADw/BtWHRPC3Ax8/s1600-h/1stgiftscrap.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOHfUehXPyI/SAakeh9t8lI/AAAAAAAAADw/BtWHRPC3Ax8/s400/1stgiftscrap.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190016465011339858" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8361898837306604856-6958654135187960393?l=unexpectedcreativity.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kristennoreply@blogger.com1