new header or not?

so ive been wanting to update my header....just because i see it all the time and to me its getting stale.  most of my readers love my header and want it to stay.  i can understand....i like my header to, but maybe a font change? so im going to ask you to pic a font from the pic below. leave me a comment if any of them stick out to you.

i had posted this header earlier....but several people (via chats, texts, and facebook) said it was a bit much.  i can see their point....it is a bit much. 

let me know which font you like.

now playing:tuesday

i just realized today that i didnt do a now playing post last week.  sorry y'all!

this week ive been listening to a little bit of ninety's goodness and some new stuff.

first up is:

cake!!!

not only do i make cake....but i happen to really love the band.  its my cousins fault.  in high school we used to ride together and then roomed in college...it rubbed off.  i dont know how to describe cake's sound other than saying its just plain awesome.

next up is:

i have a MGMT pandora station that i listen to alot in the car and The Cure poped up on Sunday and ever since then i have been listening to it on my ipod.  Everytime i hear the cure i think of Empire Records...prolly one of my top 10 favorite movies. techincally The Cure is from the eighties and nineties...but i didnt know them til the nineties...so yea.  love it!

and finally:

this is the only new band that im posting.  they have a similar sound to MGMT and Local Natives...and other assorted "Hipster-esque" music.  i really like them! it makes for really great driving music or good background music to play around the house

thats all for this weeks now playing post.  let me know what you think....or if you have suggestions for me to check out and put in future posts!

weekend thrifty finds...and a Monday DIY

this weekend was the first, in about a month, that i didnt have a cake due or somewhere to be.  so i took most of the day to myself and went thrifting.  i usually dont go with a list, but this time i did.  i was on a mission to find candle stick holders (sturdy ones that could hold platters), vintage or pretty platters/plates, and pretty crystal/glass vases.  we dont even have a date set for the wedding but i know what i want for decorations so there is no reason i cant get started. 

i found 4 candle stick holders (3 are brass and the other is wood), a ceramic urn(?), 2 glass bud vases, set of 6 mini cognac glasses that will work great as tea light holders, set of three gold-yellow serving platters (one round and two oval), a couple of vintage floral pillowcases, and a partial set of vintage Mikasa daisy stoneware.  ill post pics of everything later, but for now i wanted to show you how i made over some of my thrift finds.

first up is the wooden candle stick holder i bought:

this poor pillar candle holder was hideous. 

 it was brown and black with silver accents, but it was all scuffed up and sad.  sorry i forgot to take a pic before i started spraying..alittle trigger happy.  i gave it a good shot with some Krylon Silver spray paint and it looks awesome!

next up is a ceramic urn.

as you can see, on the left, it was artfully "distressed" for lack of a better word...all in all it was pretty ugly.  so i did the same thing as i did with the candle holder....gave it a nice good shot of silver Krylon.  it looks a million times better....looks even better in person.

i also did the same metallic spray treatment to some empty wine bottles. 

i used different shades of metallics for some depth.  i think with taper candles and flowers in our wedding colors (oranges and greens) it will look nice as centerpieces on the tables.  i got this idea from Once Wed - Milk and Honey feature (see wedding idea post from last week)

im going to submit my before and after pics to Project Restyle (which is being put on by Elsie Flannigan and Rachel Denbow of Red Velvet Art.  You can follow their Flickr stream and see other submissions.

Feel free to try this yourself.  I would love to see your pics!

i heart elote

yesterday after church dave and i went to fiesta and got our favorite snack!!

elote

elote is basically roasted corn on the cob that has been cut off and you add butter, sour cream, Parmesan cheese, chilli pepper spice blend, and fresh lime.

its pretty much the yummiest thing you can eat on a sunday afternoon. 

dont think for one second that i wont call this guy up and see if he caters weddings.  how awesome would that be if i hired a taco and elote truck to cater my wedding.  "hey everybody...dinner is outside...form a line and get you some foods."  that would be the coolest wedding id ever been to!! :)

ill be back later with my thrifty finds and project restyle stuff from this weekend

inspirations:wedding

so far i havent put much wedding stuff on the blog yet but i thought i would share some of my current inspirations



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 1. i really like the look of these glass bottles (wine and beer bottles) that have been spray painted with different metalic shades...i think that would look really preatty with tea lights and some flowers and taper candles.

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2. i want a dessert table...instead of just cake.  even though i make custom cakes im not really a big cake person.  so im gunna have different displays with pie, cookies, brownies, and other pasteries.  to make the displays im going to thrift some old candle stick holders of different heights and plates and glue them together.  i think it will create a nice tablescape and a wider selection of yummy treats that just cake.....there will of course be cake



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 3. the Nature Girl Halo by Mignonne on Etsy.com.  the one in the picture is the pink/nude color.  earlier in the week there was a white/ivory one....i guess it has since been sold, but i would love to wear this at my wedding.  or really anything from this shop...everything is beautiful.



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4. i love this sweet engagement photo.  ive been working on a quilt for dave and i for a while.  i have embroidered a bunch of our little inside jokes on it.  i hope to finish it in time to use it in our engagement photos.

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5. i am in love with this backdrop.  its not like anything ive seen on any of the hundreds of wedding blogs ive been surfing.  it would be neat to do this with different shades of our wedding colors (green and orange) in a variegated look.....maybe with cheap streamer...worth checking into.

maybe ill make a weekly wedding idea post....hmmm.  let me know if y'all liked this or if it was boring.