SMILE:)

i can't waitttttt for our wedding. Can't WAIT for our weddddinggggg. And reception, of course:)

i got some cords in the mail the other day. Jacob and I finally got around to hooking it up to see how the whole deal works.

SO it's going down like this:

- we are setting up a moch photo booth

- we'll have a space especially for it with a back drop and little props (can you say CONFETTI!!!!:)

- our flat screen and Nikon will be set-up (an not accessible by guests)

- guests will use a clicker to take their photo

- the photo will be viewable for 3 seconds on the TV

- guests are welcome to take as many as they'd like!!!

HLkhaklghlakghklaghgaklLKHYQLKUgklhalkg. = Me excited!

after trying it out, we both agreed...it's going to be fun. It's definitely not like the instant gratification of getting a photo printed out immediately. BUT we are keeping in mind that we're saving at least $1500 by doing this and we have a plan:

- i will do some editing to the photos in the month after the wedding (prior to the honeymoon)

- have those printed (supa' cheap to do)

- then send those photos with guests Thank You Cards

BAM. You get your copy:)

enjoy the photos...just playing:)

can't you just NOT wait!!!!?!?!? Going to be amazing:):)

throw it up on the wall.

i've always loved art.com but have never gotten around to ordering anything there. I have a lot of spaces on random walls that I'd love to cover someday but I hesitate cause I'd like to use my/our own photos or artwork of family and such.

but we may want to get a few pieces to get us started and then work around them. Below are a few pieces that I really liked and how I would 'try' to make them work in our hole (aka. home:).

this is something I'd like to have just to frame. Since we will be getting a taste of Spain when we spend time over there for our honeymoon, I'd love to have a reminder of it when we come home every day. Then I could surround it with a few of our own photos from our trip.

this reminds me of Jacob. Obviously he's a meat man. So this clever print would be dedicated to him. It would have to be small in size though. I don't think I'd enjoy walking into the house to this day in and day out.

our baby will more than likely have the privilege of waking up to this face every day. And what a treat...lucky baby:)
just like how tall and skinny it is. Simple. Clean. Nice.

UP left side of the entry. Ignore the insane mess throughout, dad's here doing some work on the place, which is a GOOD thing!

DOWN what I was thinking we could eventually do...keep in mind I'm not a pro at Photoshop so this is as good of an example as I could get for you:)

UP you see that lip in the above picture - upper right part of the photo?! This is another odd space in the entry but what I was thinking we'd do eventually is frame all those 'homemade photo booth' photos we have printed for our guests at the wedding reception.

i plan on printing each guest, that participates in our photo booth, a copy and sending it with their Thank You Card and then I'll print an additional copy for me and Jacob and frame all of them in a long skinny frame. I think this space would be perfect for that:)

UP the right side of the entry

DOWN what I was thinking we could do. Just something simple and long. Not your usual square shape. Maybe not this sort of culture...but something along those lines.

ahhhhh...when I get started on house stuff...I forget ALL about shopping for myself and clothes and shoes and such. BUT it only lasts for sooooo so long!

shower curtain ruffles.

i'm not going to lie. These shower curtains are pretty freaking adorable. The simple color and the simple but playful pattern! I love it. AND thanks to Bridal Rehab, I may have found the back drop for my DIY Photobooth:)

i think the gray and ivory - possibly sewn together OR just butted up to each other - would look great with some confetti flying through the air!!!!

Urban Outfitters $68

AND it just occurred to me that IF we don't destroy these in the process of making them adorable for our wedding...2 bathrooms in this family will be able to upgrade to some pretty awesome UO shower curtains!!!

get your face out.

i'm still in the process of trying to come up with a better name for our little homemade photo booth. Smilebooth rocks...but is obviously already taken.
Mayyyybeeeee:
- smile hut
...okay...likin' hut a lotttt
- face hut
THIS could be the one...seeing as my nickname is Face...insterestinggggg.
- say cheese face
- say cheese hut
- hut o' smiles
- hut o' faces

ah...this is going to be fun:)

this may now be my new signature photo booth face. No lie. THE BEST.

and on a past post I thought of doing confetti. I already figured we'd do it but after seeing these pictures...I'm BEYOND excited about the outcome. I'm just soooo much more confident that everything will work out with our homemade face hut/say cheese face/hut o' smiles is going to rock some serious ace.!!!

side note: how cute are those little heart pillows?! Imagine them in black...charcoal gray and possibly cream and baby blue?!? Yep. Awesome.

a whole lotta' chalk board.

after seeing this photo, it occurred to me that I may have thought of a cute way to do the chalk board thing in our homemade photo booth at the wedding reception.

take a look at this picture from Style Me Pretty, taken by their amazing photographer Marianne Wilson.

can you see where I'm going with this?!!! Readddd my minddddd;)
Okay...so what I'm thinking IS: we prop up a HUGE piece of material (plywood, whatever) and paint that ALL in chalk board paint and leave a cute jar of chalk out w/ erasers for people to write messages on as they go in...they can write anything on it...A-ny.THING!

your name. A hand drawn picture of your cat. Funny face. X's and O's. Profanities. Whateva;)

hair and eye pretties.

photos courtesy of Style Me Pretty

some seriously gorgeous hair happening here. I think I need a litttttle more body happening on top but I love the sides going back. The 1/2 up, as they might say.

I've always been a lover of the both side pull back and this is definitely getting close to what I'd like to look like on my day:)

And the detail in the back is sooo pretty!

and just had to add that the goofy/cool/vintage/fun eye glasses in the photo booth look so cool. I could immediately imagine specific friends wearing the crap out of these and just being SUPER super funny!

the back drop.

now that we're talking decor...it's got me thinking about what to do with the back drop of our photo booth! The sky is the limit with this one and I'm for sure going to have to make sure I don't go too crazy cause you really do want to have the people and they're fun faces and messages being the main focus.

my favorite has to be the twinkly lights...maybe white with twinkly lights behind it or the sheer shown here. Very simple and maybe the lights would add something to the photo!

there's definitely something to be said about all the rest. SUPER cute.

photo courtesy of All American Christmas

photo courtesy of The Wed Hub

i'm so on board with this if Ma and Pa don't mind our initials on the side of their house?!:)

photos courtesy of Affordable Utah Weddings

photo courtesy of The Wedding Paper Divas

the world is my chalkboard.

i'm entirely on board with the idea of chalkboards. We've definitely decided to incorporate them into our wedding in a few different areas:
- photobooth prop
- food labelers
- general festive 'welcome', 'Mr & Mrs. ___', 'drinkies', 'dance', 'poo and pee this way', 'him and her' signs


and after seeing the chalkboard paint on the glasses, I'm back to thinking maybe this isn't such a bad idea. My sister/MOH/baby maker/best buddy;) pointed out that we may have guests walking around all night unaware that they have held their glass/chalk label and then unintentionally wiped that chalk onto their foreheads and noses.
Of course we'd let them continue walking around like that for some time..making small talk with those few family members that don't have senses of humor, at least long enough to get a few shots of them smiling unknowingly;) BUT could this be a problem as big as we think?! OR will our guests wise up and just keep an eye on how they're holding their wine glass/beer cup?!


and in the end...maybe it'll just be worth the fun we'll have documenting the seriously hilarious names/phrases/pictures that all those we love (mostly because they are vulgar/creative/silly/TOTALLY out there/too smart for their own good) will surely come up with!


i shall ponder this tonight....Jacob will also be made to stay up an additional hour and watch me pondering. He loves to observe my pondering after 11pm;)

photo courtesy of Jeremy and Kathleen

photo courtesy of Emily Edson Designs - Etsy

photo courtesy of Seasons of Life via Pier1

photo courtesy of The Nichols Blog

photo courtesy of Nashville Garden Weddings

pure coolness.

all photos courtesy of 100 Layer Cake - Photography by Shona Henderson

making a mental note to have me and Jacob's favorite sunglasses with us on our wedding day in order to get that exact shot:) Love the coolness factor and even though we're such horrible posers...I will try to get this...as many times as it takes.

the rest is just pure enjoyment. I crave the laid back vibe of the invites. Just one more reason I'd love to have my sister draw up the text or at least find a font that closely reflects that. We're just not...how should I say...a proper couple. Yes. Proper we are not. So nothing about our wedding should be quite proper!

check out Mary and Gabrielle's blog. Adorable and just a million things to inspire you. Gabrielle is actually the bride in the above pics but apparently her adorability doesn't just stop there. She is that for a living. Biatch;)

randoms that my wedding wants.

photo courtesy of Style Me Pretty via Bella Grace

STILL loving the chalkboard theme that we're trying to stick with. I think this set-up would be a great addition to our reception. I had planned on hitting up IKEA for some cheap-o wine glasses and I've been collecting bottles of wine over the last 6 months in hopes of having a great looking wine table...this is what I envision!

photo courtesy of Style Me Pretty via Bella Grace

this photo booth set-up feels perfect for me and Jacob. It's simple and charming (that may not be a word that is commonly used to describe us...but we like things that are charming...we wreck them:) and I think if I added the streamers or garland that I was thinking of....it'd be perfection!

photo courtesy of The Knot via Jones Soda

i lOVE LOVE love the idea of the Jones Soda as favors....super cute and personalized with whatever picture you'd like and the quote/saying/wording of your own choosing. Very special. If only they offered that on Bud Light bottles...seeing as we live in WI and I think we may be inching the top of the list for most alcohol consumption by any state - if we don't already hold that honor....beer might go faster than a 'soda pop';)

photo courtesy of Style Me Pretty via Joey + Jessica Photography

what a great picture. Just fills me up with a carefree, happy, loved feeling. Very much how I feel...most of the time:) But I can see Jacob doing this...I can see this being us!

awful posers.

Jagger Photography via The Loveliest Day

Phenomenal Photography via Junebug Wedding Blog

we most likely...definitely....won't be adding photo booth posers to our list of 'things we're good at' (PS. it's a short list;) any time soon. Yeah. MAN. Can hardly look at those without cringing...BUT with the help of these pictures...we're beyond prepared for next time:).