WEDDING!!!!

It has been almost one month since Bill and Alyssa got married!

The days leading up to their wedding were filled with wedding festivities. I don't have many pictures from their big day but I do from the days before.

The weekend truly started on Thursday. The sisters (Eryn, Raena and I) threw a bachelorette party for Alyssa at Applebee's before we all headed to Alyssa's Bridal Shower!

The decoration I made for the table. 

The car packed and read to go!

The beautiful sisters ready for the crazy weekend!

The beautiful bride getting geared up for her big night!

Alyssa opened up LOTS of gifts (not many internet appropriate...)

Then we played fun games that Eryn led. 

For this one we had to tie objects in knots.. in our mouths!

Twizzlers, cherry stems and unwrap starbursts. 

 Raena giggled.. alot! :)

Alyssa's gift from the sisters. 

Another gift from the sisters... this one a joke gift from the Salvation Army! haha

Then we headed off to the Bridal Shower at Aunty Ju's house.

Lydia made a beautiful sign to welcome guests. 

Leis were given to the Bride and Bridal Party.

The bride's chair!

Lydia helped to decorate!

The beautiful cake Aunty Ju made. It looks very similar to Alyssa's dress!

The hostesses!

The mini cheesecakes I made for the shower. Strawberry and white chocolate are Alyssa's favorite!

Here comes the bride!

We played a wedding version of pictionary. 

The game was so much fun and everyone was laughing so much!

Aunt Esther had some of the best interpretations!

Alyssa with her beautiful cake!

The delicious food!! And decor matching Alyssa's wedding colors!

Lydia made a new friend with Alyssa's friend's little girl. 

Look at all the gifts Alyssa got! So blessed!

Then came the day BEFORE the wedding.

Raena and I got to church super early to help Mom get the flowers ready.

Super stoked!

Raena and I made the bottom portion of the centerpiece.

All the flowers!!

The church morning before the wedding.

Getting there!

The wreath in memory of the grandparents who passed away. 

YEAH WEDDING!

Working so hard!

Bill even got in on the flower action!

We had an assembly line!

Bill, Alyssa and Bill's sister, Jaz

Aunt Addi and Lydia

The boys entertained themselves!

Favorite picture of the groomsmen!

My buddy Ian is really paying attention!

Apparently I am not good at paying attention either! haha

Me and Ian!

Jet's Pizza was eaten at the rehearsal dinner! Their Jet bread was delicious!

The groomsmen!

Uncle Lionel, Aunt Bev and Eryn catching up. They came from Texas!

I have a few pictures from the wedding.

We started off the day by getting our hair done!

Beautiful bride!

Beautiful Maid of Honor

Beautiful sisters, Bill's sisters

Beautiful Raena

Raena fixing up Eryn's hair before the ceremony.

And there ends my wedding pictures... except for these last few

The wedding favors that Raena and I made!

The centerpieces!

Dad and his friend, well he tried to make friends.

We snuck out during the reception to decorate the bride and groom's car.

A funny picture to end a crazy weekend!

To see more pictures from the actual wedding check out the photos I am tagged on Facebook. 

Project: Sponge Splash Ball

I had a TON of fun making these quick and easy splash balls from sponges!

I bought the smaller size sponges in bright colors. I used 8 sponges to make 3 splash balls. 

Step 1: Gather your supplies! 

2. Cut into strips, I did 1 inch strips. 

3. Separate into even piles, I did eight strips per splash ball. 

4. Then grab a zip tie for every splash ball. 

(I used the handy tool kit my dad bought when I got my first apartment, thanks Dad!)

(The next part was difficult to take pictures of when I was putting the finishing touches to the splash balls)

5. I gathered the strips and arranged the strips so that they looked good together then used the zip tie to bind it all. The zip tie was placed in the middle and I tightened it as tight as I could get it. Then clipped the tail.

Voila!

Project: Garden Art to Little Girl's Chair

Ben's parents were cleaning out the garage and put this on the side of the road to get rid of. It was meant to go in Ben's mom's garden but she decided it was in too bad of shape to use.

I stared at the chair for a few hours trying to think of a reason to snag it. Ben came home and was SO EXCITED to see it on the road. He grabbed it and told me of his great plans to change it into a chair for Addison's 2nd birthday. 

Here is the chair when we got it, minus a few spiders webs we got off before the picture was taken. (Your welcome!)

The paint was very uneven and chipping terribly.

The seat was stained, broken and a chip in the corner. The seat was made from terrible wood, not fit for a little girl. 

Here is a look from the top. You can see the terrible shape the seat was in. 

Ben threw the seat chair away and began master plans to create a new one. 

Before Ben could spray paint the chair a fun color fit for a energetic girl he had to sand the chair.

Ben sanded the chair then sanded it using finer sand paper to really even out the chair. 

Here is what the chair looked like after Ben and I tag-teamed sanding.

It was not perfect, but it was close!

Ben made a new seat and sanded that down well too so little fingers didn't get a splinter.

Then life got busy, we moved, Ben started working 12 hours a day, Alyssa's wedding preparations kept us extra busy and we did not work on the chair for a few weeks.

Days before Addison's birthday Ben took the chair out and painted it a color as bright as Addie's personality!

Sunshine yellow!!!! 

Look at how beautiful it looks now!

 Then Ben asked his assistant (ME!) to help him with the more detailed oriented part of his project.

Ben wanted an A on the back of the chair in white trimmed in pink.

He choose this font, something with straight lines and childlike.

Here is the closeup.

Not my best work... but Ben decided the morning of her party he wanted to add it.

From a distance, it looks great!

Here is the final shot of the chair! 

What an improvement and so fun for a growing girl!

Uncle Ben was so proud of his project and I was so excited to share his project with all of you!