We had three weeks to plan this wedding and we had the best time doing so. The dress shopping was absolutely hilarious and our Saturdays filled with decoration creations was oh so fun. We offered up our back yard for the ceremony and reception and, minus the heat, I think it was perfect. We had so many ideas but no one really had a clue as to how well it would actually come together. We all worked hard, had a wonderful time, and had another chance to wake up our creative sides.

Burnt orange was what she wanted. We were able to pull together the different yellows and oranges that we could find in store in August. I didn't think it would have been that difficult as they're summer colors and it's summer. But no, Halloween and Christmas have already replaced summer in-store. I don't get it, though! There has to be a store in town that sells every color of tissue paper (and wrapping paper) that you could think of! We need one. We really do. I would be in heaven. Yes, we could have bought all our tissue paper online...

Pom poms: Sandra's best and most regretful idea, I think. :D They're cheap, they add a lot of fun and color, but they can be a pain when you're making 60+ mini poms for napkin rings and 45+ large and medium poms for hanging in the trees. No regrets though. They made such a difference! Accordion fold, tie in the center, clip the corners, and puff out. Next. Next. Next. My fingers are tired!

Who knew fake flowers and styrofoam balls were so expensive!!! I honestly think these flower balls would have cost about the same had we used real flowers. I learned quite a bit about the fake flowers though. The greenery can really trick you and make you think you're getting more than you actually are. And remember to look for empty stems where someone may have pulled the flower off. Thank you, Hobby Lobby, for the 50% off sale. We made six flower balls using six different flowers. The larger balls used three sets of fake flowers each as the flower bunches were pretty sparse. The smaller balls used two sets of flowers each.

We used four different sizes of mason jars as candle holders and vases. We all fell in love with the little squatty jars. They don't hold much, but they're so cute!!! I'm sure my grandma and sister will love them as well once I mail them the extras for canning.

Fresh flowers was a must. They're so beautiful! We sent the groom and his groomsmen to go find 8+ bouquets of yellow, orange, and white daisy-style flowers the morning of the wedding. We all crossed our fingers hoping they would be able to find some good bouquets. And success! Half of the bouquets were even on sale! We had six 8' rectangle tables for guests and one 6' round table for the bridal party and all tables had a couple mason jar bouquets each.

Updated Drupal to 6.19 on K|F and noticed I forgot a couple modules after my migration from 5 to 6. Captcha for one. How did I forget that!? The upgrade process kinda sucks...or maybe I need a better preparation process. Yes.

Assholes sure are assholes...and they're so much more shitty when you have to work with them. I really wish they would go far far away because they bring out my angry, snarky side way too often...like week-daily. But it's the weekend, no more energy spent on jerks for the next couple of days.

I'm anxiously waiting for my Portal buttons to arrive. My notcot lady will soon meet a bit of nerdiness. Glados, you earned a small place on a corner of my STM. I need to finish Portal. Finding time to play games seems close to impossible.

Ok, that's not fair. Let's try this again. I have way too many hobbies for the amount of free time I have and gaming doesn't rank very high compared to some others. I'm looking for a quilter to finish assembling my Heather Bailey quilt (and then I have a new one to start). I have the outdoor couch cushions to either recover or do some serious scrubbing (and then oil the eucalyptus). My drink-and-draw book is getting a little dusty and I have a couple canvases that haven't even been gesso'd. Sons of Anarchy to watch (YAY!). Wedding decorations tomorrow. Assembly on Friday and Saturday. I'm really diggin the projects that my ladies and I get together to work on.

Lara Cameron's quilt of her own handprinted fabric. I love it. And she prints on an organic cotton/hemp blend.

I love this room. I love Design Sponge. I'm really liking different shades and hues of grays on the wall, especially with white trim.

Quilt #1: Heather Bailey's "Nicey Jane" using the Baker's Dozen pattern my sister and I picked up from Cabbage Rose in Fort Worth. It's nice and simple for my first quilt.

Quilt #2: Lauren and Jessi Jung's botany line for a little bit of bark, ripple, bloom, and grass. Seeds, tendrils, bramble vines, glories, and buds. My original thought was to use Amy Butler's Lotus Brick Path pattern, but after going through the patterns on Lauren and Jessi's blog, I may change my mind. :) I like the brick path for the simplicity to show off the little details and patterns of the fabric. Who knows, by the time I finish my Nicey Jane Baker's Dozen, I may find a new pattern.

Quilt #3?: Rosemarie Lavin's Spa collection in browns and greens or browns and blues? I'm looking for something cool and calm in colors both Will and I dig.

Pancake molds and cookie cutters from... Williams-Sonoma!?

Finally! Today is the day for Lightbox success! I think it took a Drupal migration to get it all working correctly. All my attached images (Flickr and local) are now viewable in Lightbox. The Flickr module worked in my previous Drupal 5 installation, but with this particular theme, the showcase block up top is an even better place for the recent uploads. With a couple module and css tweaks, it's almost exactly what I want.

Next up: a status updater + block (possibly Twitter integration), color gradient for my tag cloud, a new recipe content type (since the recipe module absolutely sucks), a separate domain for the noms, and more content rescued from Google cache. I love nerdy Saturdays.

I did it. I deleted the wrong database. I blew away my entire site with the click of one button the other night as I was prepping for a new Drupal migration site. Why didn't I double-check my db configuration before assuming the instance was unused??? Good lord that was stupid. Thankfully Google cache has over a hundred of my stories saved, but what's gone is gone and it's time to rebuild.

So...decision time. Do I recreate all the stories I can dig up? Or do I keep the recipes and start fresh? Good bye, old friends. Hello, new canvas. I'll salvage the goodies and see what I come up with.

I'm in love with outdoor kitchens. And this month's edition of Garden Design is full of outdoor entertaining info. I wish it were a 300 page edition...I'd read it all. I'd love to have a full outdoor kitchen, dining room table, and a big outdoor fireplace to relax around. Ahhhhhhhh... Check out Lynx Professional Grills and Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet.

I wish I had an entire week of todays. It was gorgeous. My outdoor adventure began with a little veggie garden brainstorming. Then I rearranged the deck furniture, moved the grill off the side patio to a corner of the deck, bagged some leaves, mowed and mulched both parts of the back yard, cleaned out my iris' and green onions, cut back what-I-think-is-a-blackberry plant, filled the outside ring of the firepit with a mix of lava rock and pea gravel, and started to replace the two front yard landscape light transformers with one 300w transformer. I need to run two new uplights and the last 18 tiered lights. I think I finally decided where to build my veggie garden. Right off the side patio is a small section of yard that gets a good amount of morning and afternoon sun. I'm thinking a 6' x 4' raised bed built out of bricks that match the existing landscape bricks. Jalapenos, cayennes, and habaneros -- yes. Onions, garlic, herbs -- yes. I'd really like to grow some tomatoes, but I've had absolutely no luck with them. Hopefully our neighbor will leave plenty of fresh tomatoes on our doorstep this year. Yums! I just hope we have more beautiful weather over the next couple of weekends to build my garden. I've been in serious slacker mode with growing edibles for the last couple of years. It's time to get back to work...or play in my case.