Wish List

Since our house is stagnating on the market, I will relieve my frustration by working on my wish list for when we move in. There are so many fun things that I am wishing to do and to buy! Where do I begin ... I can't wait to get my sewing machine out of storage and try it out, I want to try out all of these new cookbooks I got, all of my new sewing gadgets are wasting away ... sigh.

I can't wait to pick a place and then pick some colors and get to "nesting"! I am still thinking about a gold kitchen (but of course, that depends on the countertops and cabinets). For the dining room, I am thinking either a dark gold or medium green ...

My new wish list item, however, is tons of trim! I want crown molding, cased windows, chair rail, "fake" wainscoating (trimmed out rectangles beneath the chair rail), and more! Tons and tons of white trim with traditional, bold paint colors ...

My inspiration house is eluding me currently. It is a home I saw on "My house is worth what?" on HGTV. I am going to try to get Dad to record it for me when it next comes on.

Bye, bye Miss Farley ... hello Mrs. Wetzel!!!

It's official!!! I'm a married woman ...

The wedding weekend was truly wonderful. Seeing all of our friends and family, sharing all of the moments (big and small!), and starting the next phase of our life with a great party ... I won't soon forget it!

All the months of planning came to fruition. We had about 150 people at the wedding and everything went really smoothly. The weekend was really full of so many fun things ... Friday morning manicures and pedicures with Emily, Catie, Beth, Julie and Sue ... Friday lunch at Jim and Linda's place with great barbecue! ... Rehearsal and decorating the church! ... Rehearsal dinner at Birraporetti's ... Spending Friday night with Mom ... Saturday breakfast brought over by Anne and Frank (breakfast tacos, mimosa's and more!) ... Andi (The Perfect Face) and Danny showing up at the same time and beginning the "Paparazzi!"... meeting the girls to get ready at the Magnolia ... heading to the church and hanging out in the preschool rooms ... lots of photographs!!! ... watching all of the guests arrive ... getting more and more nervous as the actual ceremony approached ... walking down the aisle ... trying not to cry and failing ... the quick meet and greet line ... heading to the wonderful party at the Majestic Metro!!!!

I've included the photos from Danny's amazing photography of the event. We are so excited to get our photo album back! It's like our own work of art.

Another one for the craft room

I love this little guy! He is "Played Out" by Mac.

A nod to photography

Thought I may as well mention the few photos that I have done that I am proud of. Here is a group of flower photographs that hang on the wall at Mom's house:

Here is a panorama of our backyard at Hot Springs before we moved.

Another Craft Idea ...

They just keep on comin' ...

Here's something that might be fun to do (or it might turn out really awful, but at least I can check it off the list):

I'll keep in among the list of the hundred or so projects that I hope to complete in my life.

More Wishes ...

I'll start off with another fun wish list project ...

(these are from www.needlepointfun.com)

I am making progress on achieving some wishes and adding others to the list (isn't that always the way it goes?).

I purchased the book with "The Inconsolable" in it, and I think it will look great on my craft room wall in the house we will hopefully be buying this year! Is it wrong to decorate a room in my head before we even shop for the house?

I am so excited about the idea of having my own space to be creative, be organized, and decorate however I want! I have started brainstorming some ideas for my "dream craft room". Some of my favorites are: blue or yellow walls with black storage shelves, one open storage unit as a room divider/display, a dining room type table for spreading out (I need decide how high of a table I want and maybe explore some yard sales or resale shops), perhaps the Van Gogh blossoming tree on the wall, my new sewing machine (hopefully a wedding gift!), fresh flowers, task lighting, a chaise, a beautiful rug in the corner under the chair ... I could go on and on! It's so fun to dream ...

Here are some inspiration photos for me:

I can't wait! Perhaps I will include my decorating ideas in my list of creative accomplishments.

Miscellaneous Wishes

This guy is just one of my favorites ever .. he is titled "The Inconsolable", and he is one of many wonderful dog sketches by artist Diana Thorne (this is from her 1935 illustrations of Real Tales of Real Dogs by Albert Payson Terhune):


Two of my favorite Wyeth paintings (they both hung in Grandmom's house .. the sure reason why they are my favorites!):

Here are some of my favorite Van Gogh paintings (I just love his work!):

Just thought I'd post some pictures of some things that I would like to make from The Drawn Thread collection: