Sunday, February 21, 2010

In Non-Wedding Craft News...

For the past few moths I have been working on a patchwork camera strap for Ethan's Aunt "Chiggee."  She got a new camera for Christmas and I thought a homemade camera strap would be a nice accessory.  I saw a similar project on one of the craft blogs I read, and thought I could figure out how to recreate it. I purchased a plain camera strap, took it apart and then made a patchwork strip that fit the dimensions of the original piece.  The hard part was attaching it to the leather tabs (that connect to the camera).  I was very nervous that my sewing would not be strong enough (I had this terrible vision of her brand new camera smashing to pieces on the ground because the strap didn't hold).  So, I reinforced it with craft cement (the slightly classier version of duct tape). It was along process, but, after months of troubleshooting, it is finally finished!  I hope she likes it!




 Also, I finally ordered the fabric for my table runners.  I tried getting fabric in downtown L.A., but that did not go well.  It's a long story and I will save it for another post.  According to the UPS tracking code for my order, the fabric left Doraville, GA at 3:42am on February 18th and should be in Santa Barbra on the 24th.  I am so excited!

Friday, February 12, 2010

Going Public

I have been keeping this blog/ journal for 7 months now without publishing it.  I liked the idea of being able to read it after the wedding and remember all the work that went into making our day special, but I wasn't sure if I wanted others to read it or if they would even want to if it were published.  However, after pouring over hundreds blogs in the past few months looking for veil-making tutorials or ideas for non-cheesy father-daughter dance songs, I have really started to love the blogging world. So, I have decided to put this out there and see what happens. Maybe this is the beginning of my lifelong dream of becoming the next Martha Stewart...

Wait. There's more.  Since I enjoy making blog entries so much, I also decided to branch out from Project: Wedding.  (Besides, after a while, people start avoiding you if you can't talk about anything other than wedding plans.)  So, coming soon: Culinary Adventures, The Dogs in My Life and other random fun.


One last thing.  I feel like I should explain the the blog name.  My fiance insists that every month I come up with some new hobby or project, etc. to obsess over.  One month I was very passionate about installing a garden and growing my own vegetables, another month I wanted to crochet an afghan...so he claims.  One of my "things of the month," as he calls them, was going to be a blog about cupcakes (because I am obsessed with them and try a new cupcakery in every new city I visit).  That blog died before my third entry (I can't even remember what the blog was called or what blogging host site I used).  However, this journal (now blog) has been alive for several months now (without his knowledge) and the title, "Thing" of the Month, is my way of saying "HA!" On the other hand, this blog could provide him with valuable documentation of my monthly obsessions and then the "HA!" would be on me.

Stay tuned.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

A few more things crossed off the list

Design save the dates- CHECK
I am pretty happy with how the design turned out. When printed they will be about the size of a small postcard. My plan is to make stickers out of round labels and place them in the middle of the card. People can then put the stickers on their calendars. Hopefully I will be able to get these printed with a matte finish...

(In case you are wondering what is up with the seagulls, I chose to use them because we are getting married in a beach town and I love wedding graphics with love birds or sparrows, so I combined the two ideas.)

Hire a caterer- CHECK
Bonus points on this because he lives across the street from me.