the unlikely olive.

as i have said many times, custom jobs are my favorite ones, and when danielle reed contacted me about her website/etsy/business venture, that is exactly what i got.  the name for the business; the unlikely olive.  i was so anxious as i was reading through the email and when i read the name i was ecstatic.  i think it is the cutest name, but what came next in the email came as a surprise for me.    "I like clean lines, and would like something in basic colors..... I love "earthy" things....I'm open to new ideas!"  I was really thankful for the  "I love "earthy" things....I'm open to new ideas!" portion of the sentence because earthy is exactly what came to mind and thankfully she was open to new ideas because i was just not feeling basic colors or clean lines.  i was thinking, earth tones, the colors of olives, etc.  i went with my gut and this is what came about.

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i wish you the best of luck on your business venture danielle!!

Breathtaking.

I just can't get enough of her.

New Business Card Design.

A lot of my "little bit creations" branding was lacking a bit so slowly I have started getting everything up to speed!  That has included changes on my blog, changes to my etsy store, and NOW a new business card design!

OLDEST.

OLD.

NEW!

FRONT.

BACK.

Selfish.

Today I am selfish, ha-ha, no actually just SUPER excited!  I have been busy at my etsy store and just wanted to share on my blog what I have been up to!

Machines.

I have officially never wanted anything this badly!!!!!  Dear Lord, Please find a way to put one or both of these into my hands and home.  Amen.  P.S. My birthday is right around the corner:)

Silhouette SD Digital Cutting Tool

The Silhouette Digital Cutting Tool is your gateway to creative freedom for scrapbooking, craft projects, even home decor. This table top machine plugs into your computer similar to the functioning of a home printer. With the included software you can access 50 different shapes or use any fonts and designs on your computer to cut vinyl, vellum, craft paper, cardstock and more. Machine can accommodate material 1/4" to 8" wide and up to 39" long (much longer than other cutting machines).

Letterpress Machine

Combo Kit

Introducing the new at-home Letterpress Machine - a table top unit that allows you to create homemade letterpress cards and crafts. A truly amazing and affordable way to make your own letterpress creations! The L Letterpress Machine Combo Kit includes everything you need to get started letterpress printing right away.

All from my friends at Paper-Source:)

My Wedding Photos by Photographer KT Moon, Fidamo USA

Here are some photos of my wedding that took place last fall, October 3, 2009.  I am so lucky to have such a wonderful friend who is an ABSOLUTELY AMAZING photographer, Miss KT Moon of Fidamo.  Mike and I definitely had what you would refer to as a "budget wedding" and a DIY wedding.  Hopefully photos of our day will show you that you can DIY too and maybe you will be a little inspired!

Our vintage peacock theme wedding.

Flowers by Valeri Nicole

DIY Reserved Seat Signs

DIY decorative cones with bird seed

DIY Wedding Arch

Thanks to my handy Dad, he cut down a tree in his woods about a week before the wedding and crafted this beautiful arch.  We dug holes into the ground and in she went.  The morning of the wedding, my friends and I weaved flowers and ivy all over it and then draped it with fabric, all together we made this arch for under $200 and it was breathtaking!

Me and my Dad:)

Ohhh THE DRESS.  I bought my dress at Demetrios but I did not want to have the same dress as somoeone else and could not afford a custom dress, so thanks to Penny (the mother of my bridesmaid Lindsey) it became one of a kind!  I found a fabric that matched the dress and Penny made several roses of different sizes by hand.  Lindsey, Penny and I had a sewing party and on the dress they went!  It could not have turned out any better!  Thanks Penny.

I found my beautiful cake topper on Etsy, oh I love that site.  Thank you Krishna for creating exactly what I wanted.

The cake was made by my Aunt, Red Velvet (mike's Favorite) with fondant icing(my favorite).  She saved us some major money on this one and created the perfect cake and it was delicious too!

DIY Wedding Favors.  I ordered the boxes from Paper-Source, BEWARE, you will become addicted to this site.  2 of my bridesmaids and I assembled the boxes and wrapped them with ribbon.  I printed the labels at home, filled the boxes with a sweet treat and WAH-LA a beautiful guest favor!

DIY Food Trays.  I bought foam core at Hobby Lobby cut it to size, wrapped it with leftover wallpaper samples and it was stunning.

DIY Wedding Invitations.  I created completely custom Wedding Invitations and my husband and I went to work; printing, cutting, rounding edges and tying ribbons:)

We were so blessed with an AMAZING sunset at our wedding, it could not have been more perfect.

DIY Wedding Programs.  I created custom programs for our wedding, the envelopes were again from Paper-Source and we embossed a gold label with our last initial and sealed it with a peacock feather.  Repeating our Peacock wedding theme.

All of the girls wore head peices with peacocks in them, some of us made them ourselves, while others bought them.  Sarah handcrafted this one herself!

My hair, courtesy of Tiffany at A-do.  I DARE you to find a bobby pin in this work of art.

DIY Escort Cards and Peacock Guest Book Pen.  Both FOR SALE at my etsy store!

We did not do the traditional, see eachother for the first time at the ceremony thing, so this was our way and it turned out perfect.  Thank you KT, another wonderful idea from our photographer!