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Selecting Your Wedding Decorations

Wedding decorations can turn any location for your wedding and or reception into something special. If you have no idea what you want as far as decorations go maybe try starting out with a theme and move on from there. Flipping through wedding magazines is a great place to start to get ideas also.

Wedding decorations include more than ribbons and flowers. They encompass everything from cake toppers to wedding favors, and even accessories for the bridal party. Choose wedding decorations that invoke the style and feeling you are looking for. If you are going for a fantasy wedding theme it would make sense to romantic setting with candles and pastel colored flowers.  A fairy tale carriage would make a addition to your decorations for a story book wedding. You could have centerpieces and place holders reflect that idea at each table.

If there is something that you are looking for that you can’t find it’s always possible to hire a company to do custom wedding decorations for your wedding. This will give you the opportunity to have exactly what you want down to the very last detail. Most companies will be happy to provide you with excellent customer service so that the bride and groom are happy and are able to have the wedding of their dreams.

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I Want To Brag A Minute

Okay, I want to brag for a minute or so. I’ve been working really hard to keep my new year’s resolution to work out 3 times a week and so far I’ve been doing great with that. But, That’s not what I want to brag about. I want to brag about the fact that my kitchen has been spotless for the past 12 days.

My sink has been spotless every night before I go to bed and the dishes haven’t piled up because I do a load every night as soon as the dishwasher is full. Then in the morning I empty while I’m making myself coffee so the sink never has a chance to have a dirty dish left in it because the dirty dishes can go straight into the dishwasher as soon as we are done with them.

It has felt absolutely amazing to go to bed and wake up with a clean kitchen. I don’t know what inspired me but I hope that I can continue it because it feel s amazing. I suppose it will just take some discipline and determination to keep going and to not give up.  Why would I want to stop doing something that makes me feel so fantastic?

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It’s always a good time to buy jewelry

One of the things that I’ve noticed lately about the some of the local jewelry stores that I like to go to is that in addition to the traditional rings, bracelets, and earrings, and necklaces is that they also sell individual beads that you can buy to custom-make your own jewelry. My favorite beads look like Cloisonné beads, and come in a wide variety of colors. They are so pretty that it would be nearly impossible for me to pick out just one favorite!

Recently I was learning about how some gems are treated with heat, radiation, bleaching, or laser treatments to improve the color or clarity! I was really surprised to learn that from the website of a jewelry store salt lake city. I’m constantly amazed by how much one can learn about things without even trying!

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Thank You Gift For My Husband

Because my husband took my out for a surprise lunch this afternoon I was thinking a great way to spoil him would be to get him something really nice from truefitt and hill. They have luxury shaving creams, pre-shaving oil, and cologne.

I know he would really appreciate the line of grooming products for men that truefitt and hill make. He’s always wanted to go to London and now he can have products worthy of London’s gentry. I know this will be a fantastic thank you gift for my husband.

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Where To Start After A Home Is Broken Into

My aunt that lives up in Richmond posted on her Facebook page this afternoon that her home was broken into one of the houses she owns that is on the market to be rented. The burglars broke one of the back windows in the house. There wasn’t really anything to steal and my uncle suspects that they were just looking for a place to squat. My aunt is a complete wreck because she doesn’t know what to do or where to start.

I feel awful for her. I told her I would help her out by doing a search for window replacement richmond va and trying to find a company that will accept her home owners insurance. Hopefully we can get it taken care of quickly and things will go back to normal. I wish I was there to give her a big hug to comfort her through all of this.

 

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Using Skype To Stay Connected To Family And Friends

Do you use Skype? Video calls on Skype are a great way to keep connected with family and friends that don’t live near you. We love to use it in our home so that relatives can see our children and talk to them. This  helps the kids get to know grandparents that live across the country. Then when we see them during the holiday times they don’t seem like complete and total strangers to the kids.

Our kids actually recognize grandma and grandpa and their aunts and uncles. We try to have a Skype call at least every other weekend to stay in touch with the family. We don’t do anything long because the kids don’t have much of an attention span. But, we talk about looking forward to making the Skype call all week and then when it comes time to make the call the kids are excited.

I like to also use Skype to just connect with friends that have moved to different areas of the country. It’s really nice being able to talk to some one face to face even if they are 2000 miles away. I know other people use Skype for business purposes but for now I’m happy with what I’m doing to stay connected with our friends and family.

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Enhance Your Theme With Beach Wedding Favors

Wedding favors leave a lasting impression on your guests. While I was looking into different types of wedding favors I found that there really is a huge variety of favors to choose from for every theme you can imagine. Today, I’m going to talk more about Beach Wedding Favors.

How exciting would it be to have a beach wedding out by the water and be able to listen to the relaxing waves as they come crashing in on the shore. You can offer the perfect wedding favor to help your guests remember this special occasion at the beach.

Enhance your wedding theme by including the beach wedding favors as part of your decor. Use the wedding favors as place card holders at the tables for your guests. Sea shells, sand dollars, or star fish can help add a little pizazz to your table. Add these little tokens to tea light votive holders and you have an instant beach wedding favor. Include some sand  to hold the candle in and it will remind everyone of the wonderful time they spent with you at the beach.

Another festive way to commemorate your beach wedding could be to chose a functional item with a twist. A great example of this would be to give away a classic wine or bottle stopper but with a beach element on top like a starfish. Your guests will definitely appreciate the thought and detail you put into the favors you offer them.

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Where is the sax?

Saturday at the street dance and concert that my kids and I went to, the band was playing a song about how much they love the saxophone, and I could swear that I heard the saxophone playing, but darn if I could see anything that looked like a saxophone anywhere on the stage! This perturbed me greatly, as my uncle used to play a mean sax, and I was thinking about talking to him later about the concert and the song about the saxophone! It wasn’t until my brother was telling me about the cheap buy used yamaha wx5 sale at guitar center event that I realized that there are other instruments being used in this day and age that can mimic the sound of the saxophone, and the trumpet, and other wind instruments.

I felt amazed, and yet cheated, at the same time. Isn’t modern technology amazing? And how sad for the many talented musicians that are now out of jobs because machines can mimic what they took years and years to learn how to do! I think that I would prefer to see the genuine saxophone musician wailing on his sax – it provides a much better theatrical performance!

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Mid-morning Parenting Rant

This morning after breakfast my daughter had the biggest melt down I’ve seen in ages. You would think we were really doing something awful to her, when in fact she was just upset because I wouldn’t let her sit on my lap while I was working at the computer.

I love spending time with my children, seriously I do. However, I still need some grown up mommy time to myself. It drives me insane when I am trying to get a little bit of work done and one of the kids decides it’s the end of the world until everyone else int he house stops what they are doing and runs to give them their complete and undivided attention.

I make sure I sent a good amount of time each day with the kids without trying to be distracted because I don’t want them to feel they have to compete with us for attention. Sometimes though it goes without fail that as soon as my husband and I are trying to do something else they are stuck to us like glue. Then at other times when we want their attention they are no where to be found. Kids are silly little creatures.

I suppose if I really wanted their attention all I would have to do would be to either walk into the bathroom or put my phone up to my ear. Those two events are bound to draw them to me like magnets.

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Family Movie Night Starring Tinkerbell

Woo hoo! We made it through the week. I can’t believe it’s Friday! I’m looking forward to having a nice relaxing weekend at home with the family. I noticed that the new Tinkerbell movie is on television. I added it to our queue while I ate my lunch today. I think we’ll do a family movie night tonight when I get home.

I’ve been wanting to see this movie ever since I found out that it was coming out. I found out by stumbling across videos on YouTube one day and then got hooked. I’m a huge Tinkerbell fan. I’m not ashamed to admit it. I’m a big kid at heart.

Anyway, family movie night tonight. I think it would be fun to order pizza and make banana splits. I’ll have to run by the grocery store really quick on my way home to get some ice cream and bananas but I think I can do it and still get home at a reasonable time.

What are your plans for the weekend? Do you have anything fun planned or are you just going to take it one day at a time and see what life brings your way? I’ll love to be inspired for plans next week. Share away.