DIY Decorations

Time to get a lot of my DIY decorations done now since I have a nice break from work!

I did some after holiday shopping with my mom and sister at Michael's and purchased these baskets for 1.00 each! Decided to re-purpose them and make them look shabby chic for the wedding.  The crackle effect is super easy to do!  See the steps and final product below!

Step 1. Spray paint the baskets black.

Step 2. Cover them in a thin layer of glue. 

3. Final coat with white acrylic paint.
When it dries the final product creates the vintage crackle effect.

Save the Date Holiday Card

So we shared some of our engagement photos with you and now it is time to share with you what we did for our Save the Date Holiday Card.

We were so pleased with our engagement photos from Ken Kienow Photography that naturally we wanted to share the photos with our friends and families.  The holidays are just around the corner and our timeline says that we are supposed to send our save the dates this month!  So naturally we thought, maybe we should share our Holiday Cheer and our happy news for next year.

We ordered our Save the Date Holiday Cards from Tiny Prints.  After perusing the pre set cards we found a format that we loved and they turned out so amazing!  I added a couple of DIY touches such as our personalized return address labels and the "special delivery" stamp for the front.

Until our next wedding planning adventure!

Genie Kimchee

 Back of the Card

 Detail of our Save the Date & Holiday Message

 Close up of the back of the card

Close up of the front of the card

Save the Dates

Since our wedding is in June we decided to do a save the date and holiday combo card. We used the beautiful photos from our engagement session and ordered holiday cards from www.tinyprints.com.

Inside deal of the day was a 20% discount for Costco Members and a discount on 4 Day shipping costs.

I think Larry and I are going to frame our save the date as a keep sake. To save time and money we decided to print our own labels. I also did a personal touch by using a cute "special delivery" stamp to make it more handmade.

Next is figuring out what to do about our invitations. I think we both decided to make them a little more formal then our original idea. More to come!

Love,

Genie Kimchee

WE FOUND AN EWOK!

Can you spot something odd in this picture?

During our engagement session, Ken told us a story about this dad who photoshopped an ewok into his son's photo, to convince him they were real!  So naturally we asked him to do the same!

Engagement Photos!

We are so excited to share our engagement photos with you!  First I would like to tell a story about how we know our photographer Ken Kienow.

When Larry and I first moved in together in San Luis Obispo, I was at Cal Poly starting my Masters, and Larry was touring with the band and completing his online program at UMass.  Ken, Courtney and Cameron lived in the same 6 unit complex we did.

Our complex was pretty awesome, aside from landlord issues....there was a driveway that separated the complex with three units on one side and three units on the other side.  The driveway led to a parking lot where Patches, Cameron, and Ken spent a lot of time playing.  It was more like a fortress then a parking lot...a place where you could sit and read outside, run around and just relax.  Did I mention it was walking distance to downtown SLO and a quick ride on my bike to Cal Poly.

We got to know the Kienow's and found out that Ken was a photographer, naturally when we first got engaged we started thinking of all the people in our lives that we love and could help us with this daunting task of planning a wedding!

So we contacted Ken and are so happy to share his beautiful photos with you!

Thank you to Ken Kienow for all of your beautiful work. Larry and I could not be happier!  Wish I could post all of your breath taking photos!