Pumpkin Patch Picking & Projects!

The rest of my September consisted of finishing up my SEA Sister projects for my two October brides and a Sunday project break for a pumpkin patch picking adventure!















Me and the gals just arriving to the cute little farm!














Catherine in the pumpkin barrel...we didn't go far ;)















I led the corn maze...maybe not the best idea. My strategy was to take every right turn...come to find out- the way out successfully was to take every LEFT turn...OOOPS!










I loved these old trucks...how adorable are they!

PROJECTS! PROJECTS! PROJECTS!















Painted all the cedar shingle signs...love the colors!















Molly was great help in the painting of words for them as you can see.













Feather boutonnieres for one of the bride's....I'm loving these! The feathers were brought to me from Mandy Jones, the beautiful bride. They came from her fiance's duck hunts :( But they sure do make some pretty boutonieres!
























Below is the start of the light pink silk garter I made for Mandy as well. I added the cream lace flower with beads as an accent for the garter.
















I made Mandy try on the garter for me :) How adorable is that!!

BEFORE Making Things Happen!!!

Due to all my hard work with different Sea Sister projects I've been taking on, I have decided to take the bizz to the next level. I signed up to join 13 other enthusiastic entrepreneurs for Lara Casey's Making Things Happen 2010 Tour. I will be going to Houston, Texas TOMORROW to learn everything there is to know about how to take what I've got to the NEXT level.

A Little Background For Ya:

I first learned about Lara Casey from my amazing wedding photographers (VUE) who were selected as cover shoot contestant for Lara's latest edition of her Southern Weddings magazine. (She's the editor and founder/owner/creator/goddess divine, among other things)

The VUE chicks called me after being selected as contestants and asked if I would lend the handmade "party belt" (as I call it) that I wore for my reception...AND asked if I would make a second belt for their photo shoot.

(This is the party belt I made to wear for my reception)

Hmm Lemme think.. YESS!!!!! I jumped on the opportunity and made some belts as quick as I could (for thier Southern Weddings cover shoot contest they were having in 4 days!)

(This is the second belt I made for their photo shoot)

From there I read more about this Lara Casey person....I became one of her many fans REALLY quickly!

Her blog posts brought me newfound INSPIRATION and COURAGE to keep at it with my little Sea Sisters business idea. When I saw she would be doing her Making Things Happen tour again this year, I knew I had to be a part of it! I worked worked worked and saved saved saved to get my butt in that seminar.

Where Things Are Now:

Although VUE didn't win the cover of Lara's latest edition of Southern Weddings magazine (just realeased this month!), they DID make it in the beautiful pages of the magazine.

-BONUS: I also won a free copy of Southern Weddings magazine from Lara ONE DAY EARLY when I posted my favorite Southern dish to her site...my answer: "BOUDIN BALLS BABY!"

My belts weren't used with the dresses chosen for the shoot as they were empire waist, but thankfully I got a TON of great shots out of the deal and I'm just honored and STOKED to be a part of anything with VUE, LARA, Southern Weddings magazine, and all of the gals that work with Lara.

VUE recently wrote a blurb on thier blog with an AWESOME pic of my belt...SO SWEET to include me! (Check it out!! http://www.vuephotographyonline.net/?p=3459)

As soon as I get more pics from VUE I will add so you can check out my handmade fabric flower and jewelry belts!

September in a NUTSHELL!

So, I honestly can't remember what happened the two weeks following the honeymoon. I've searched through my personal and work calenders and nothing seems to have happened so I'm going to bring us right up to date to the last week of August. So this week started with me getting my latest student ID card...that's right folks, I'm now a Vanderbilt Family Member...just one of the few perks of being the wifey of law student at Vanderbilt....

Thursday evening we went to our first Titans game! -against the SAINTS of course ;)

We met up with my fave Kappa gals in Nashville and walked to the stadium from Victoria's place at The Stahlman to the VERY top of the Titan's stadium.

That's right...we sat at the very tippy top where the bugs hang out and get this...we were so high up that I noticed even the bugs can't handle it...they were constantly running into the light bulbs, dying, and falling on us!! Yep, so we were high up, but thankfully it didn't matter for me b/c the whole time I was talking to Victoria and did't watch a lick of the game.

So Friday morning came and that meant...LABOR DAY WEEKEND trip to Florida!! I left early from work and head down to Rosemary Beach to have a little beach fun with my bestie Meggie, my mom, Rusty, and our fave nieghbors from BR. So, that was a beautiful weekend of beach fun and relaxation!












Walked in from the long 8 hour drive back to Nashville with a BROKEN pup! That's right, Molly Gonsoulin was wailing and freaking out. We brought her to Vet E.R.....torn ACL!! Yes 400 bucks later, she has a torn ACL and got drugged out of her little puppy mind. ( she couldn't even hold herself up to pee outside...so sad!) So, she (Molly) and we (Ben and Em financially) survived the week and got ready for the big weekend of visitors.

LSU came to Nashville...and more importantly, my mom, sister, her friend, ben's kappa sig buddies, and their ladies ALL joined us to watch the Tigers. We started the weekend with a BBQ at the house and waited for the rest of the crew to arrive. So fun to see purple in gold in my new city! I can sum up that weekend by saying "They Came, They Partied, They Left." It was a fun weekend for all! (Thank goodness we won...that was a close one! Gotta Love them Tigers!