Save the dates and your money!

So, I can't lie, Ben and I had been talking about getting married for a while.  So much so, that he had basically said by the end of next year, 2014, I'd be wifed up.  So of course, thanks to Pinterest, I had been browsing some different save the date ideas and thinking about taking awesome engagement photos when the day came.

Well the day came, and I realized we're not broke, but we certainly don't have a ton of money to shell out for a wedding and especially engagement photos.  Then I stumbled upon this bad boy. It was perfect.  I made up a template pretty similar to the one on the site and we spent an afternoon in the Arizona heat, trying to capture the perfect photo to use.  I am beyond excited about how they ended up!

I'm working on documenting my wedding better so sorry about the crummy picture to start.  I promise the photos will get better!

We spent $17 ordering the photo sticker books and shipping and probably $5 for the card stock.  Overall this was super easy and super cheap.  I've also had a ton of positive feedback from relatives and friends!  Even my great aunt, who is 93, understood and loved them.

So there's the first installment of my wedding DIY, hope you'll stick around for some of the later developments.  We have invitations in the works along with lots of wonderful decorations!

- Liz

I'm getting married!

So obviously, I had to jump back on the bloggin train to document every part of my super DIY and budget friendly wedding!

We got engaged about 2 weeks ago and we've spent a lot of time deciding what we want for our wedding, and I cannot wait for it to actually be here.  I've already completed a few projects that I will have to post in the near future.

But for now, I'm headed to go do some hiking, because let's get real the wedding is about 7 months away and eating brownies for dinner, doesn't do the body good.

M.I.A.

So I haven't posted in a while, and well it's because I've been living.  I've been planning for next school year, taking field trips to the Phoenix Zoo, murdering ants day and night, and preparing for Ben's arrival (in less than a week)!

I think I'm going to let this blog rest for a while.  I know my life is only going to get busier in the weeks and months to come.

Thanks to my whole 11 followers :) I'm sure I'll pick this back up in a few months or so, when I am particularly bored and dreaming of being like Emma and Elsie from A Beautiful Mess.

Have a wonderful summer!

- Liz

Things Georgia should have...

Sunsets like this. 

Oh it was also 100 degrees when I took this... ridiculous! I love it!

I can't wait for all my visitors in the near future and especially my permanent visitor!