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Quote: Originally Posted by JessicaLovesBrian this sucks morgan! when i was 18 my car was broken into and they tookmy stereo. unfortunately i was 18 and broke and couldn't replace it so i drove around in silence for like a year with my car looking super ghetto because of the missing stereo. what jerks! If this happened when I was 18 I would be so upset. A stereo would be like a months pay back then & my jobs were so boring then too. Driving in silence is already getting to me. I don't do well with silence. I need constant distraction or i get bored. When I had my first car, the stereo didn't work so I had a little cassette player sitting on the passenger seat. Wish I still had that

Quote: Originally Posted by Helen_S81 Counted cross stitch is quite easy, but can be time consuming. You have a pattern which is your guide, some are colour coded, and you count the squares and put stitches in the right squares. Doing words or a saying would probably go quite quickly though. I am doing a counted cross stitch from a kit right now as a gift for the bride and groom so if you need more help ask away. I'm printing off a coupon & heading to AC Moore. I will definitly ask you for help if I get stuck. I hoped I could find the patterns online for free. I just need to write a sentence & I want to make a picture. Something that represents our wedding. I'd love to see a picture of your project when you are done. What are you making them?

I think I need DIY rehab. I'm looking up websites to see how to cross stitch. Is it hard? I can't imagine it's that hard. I saw on a website that kids do it. Hmm, maybe I can hire some kids to do mine. Say I'm volunteering at the boys & girls club & we are having arts & crafts day I might head to michaels tonight with my 40% off coupon & get supplies.

Now I can't stop thinking of silly things to put in the box along with the starfish. I seriously am addicted to making things.

Quote: Originally Posted by becks Wow, Morgan! That would be so wonderful!!! I promise to take great care of it and send it on to Lisa with plenty of time to spare. Thank you SO much for you very, very generous offer! That being the case, I have one (white) that will be available from late April forward! No problem. I'm going to PM you for your address so I can get the box ready so it will be really easy after my wedding to send it on it's journey. I'll put lisa's address in the box. Yay! I get to put one of our "after we are married" address labels on it. I ordered both kinds. It's so pretty & sparkly.

your labels are both so funny. I love it!

Quote: Originally Posted by LC_Rachel Easy when you can just program your sewing machine to do it. hehe or you could cross stitch. That's easier. sewing machines can be programed to do that? wow! I haven't sewed in years. my mom can embrodery but it's not right to ask her to make her own gift is it? just kidding, I wouldn't do that.

Quote: Originally Posted by LC_Rachel JUST EMBROIDERED TOTES Ok I didn't see hankies- just burp cloths. I'm sure those would work. hehe Anyways, maybe just email her and ask. She was super easy to work with. Ha Ha! You know I've already started thinking, "How hard is it to embrodery?" I do have a DIY addiction.

Quote: Originally Posted by MsShelley I saw them on ebay for cheaper I was on ebay as you posted this

Wedding Handkerchiefs for the Bride, Mother and Bridal Party I just found cheaper ones on ebay. Don't bid against me (captmorgan730) BEAUTIFUL Mother Bride handkerchief Hearts tears poem - eBay (item 290196885214 end time Apr-07-08 19:49:37 PDT)

Beautiful Monogrammed Handkerchiefs, Baby Security Blankets, Personalized Baby Pillows, by Felicia’s Fancies I found these, but they are kind of expensive. I'm still looking around. But I thought I'd post incase someone knows of a good place to get them.

when you resize them in photobucket they will automatically change size on the forum. You don't have to do anything else. I love the hankeys too.

Cute! I like Hens night. Easier to spell than bachelorette.

Quote: Originally Posted by LC_Rachel Girls actually did that? WOW! I have two girls and FI only has one guy. I thought about having them all walk together but I'm afraid if anyone blinked the wedding party would already be by them. I think I'm going to just have the girls walk alone and have the BM stand by FI. You could have them all walk together (like you would do if numbers were uneven) or have the women walk separately. I wouldn't sweat about it too much! yeah, i think it's kind of common to rank them. Sometimes its how long you've known them which isn't bad. But I've seen where it's who you are closest too. I got bumped from last to 3rd after throwing her bachelorette party & another BM didn't pay for her dress Score!

OK it's kind of pricy. With shipping it would be $22 each (plus the cost of shipping to 2 other people). That's for 8 cups of streamers. It does look really pretty & might not cost as much as rose petals.

I was recently the maid of honor & another friend was the matron. It was great how it worked out because it would have been hard for her to pick between the two of us. I was closest to her & walked with the best man. I guess her & I have been closer friends lately. But there were other reasons to do it. I'm a pro bridesmaid (9 times) so I typically end up at one of the ends. I had to lead the sitting & standing (catholic wedding). I also walked in alone. The other girl would have been uncomfrotable with that. We were in another wedding together & she had me go last so I would walk in first. I've been down the aisle so many times I don't get nervous. It was cool sharing the MOH duty. We took turns fluffing the dress. We gave a toast together. That was one of my favorite parts of the wedding. The pictures are funny too. My next wedding has 2 MOHs (her sisters) and me as a BM. I think anything goes. The only thing I don't like is feeling ranked in order of how close you are to the bride. I was in a wedding with 6 girls & we were ranked down to the last girl. I think it's best to do MOH & then do the rest by height, alphabetically, etc. Not favorites.

Quote: Originally Posted by JamaicaBride062108 I'm using these fabulous streamer thingys! The best part is that they fit in your hand and stay attached to the little cup for easy clean-up. I wanted it to be super easy to clean! I don't know if our resort has any restrictions, but I don't know how they can argue with these! They are a little pricey at $3 each, but We might just give them to people on the ends of the aisles... The cheapest place I've found them is Wedding Favors and Gifts I love these! I could probably just have 8 for the people in the aisles & split it 3 ways if anyone is interested. It would be $19 each. I'd want the primary colored ones. Anyone interested?

Ha Ha! Those are so funny!

Wow, they are so much cheaper now than they were 2 years ago. I can get a stereo installed with an ipod plug for less than $150.

Quote: Originally Posted by becks Oh I just LOVE this idea! Such a great, special concept. I'm ordering mine today, but I would love to have a borrowed starfish! If anyone has one they wouldn't mind sharing, I'll gladly send my new one to another bride. And I PROMISE you'll have it back all safe and sound! You can have mine. it's blue. is that fine? Then just send it on to Lisa (stormstong). June, August, December. We will have plenty of time to pass it on.

Quote: Originally Posted by Dbld78 Ohhhh good song! I love that song....very Cruel Intentions....lol! we both love counting crows & we thought that song would make the best wedding song out of the others. But, my friend said he'd see what he can do with Mr. Jones Once the songs are finished I'll upload them so people can hear what he did. He is so talented. I also love being able to use a song we like, but have it instrumental so it works for a wedding.

I just got to watch the cop dust for fingerprints. It was pretty interesting & he was very nice (unlike the last guy who was annoying). He dusted a CD case my friend just gave me. I think I'll have to leave the dust on it & do something funny with it. I might tell her that her prints were found on it & they discovered that she is a fugative.

Quote: Originally Posted by cheese_diva This is exactly what we did. The guys ushered all the guests to their seats. They were only suppose to help the grandmas and moms in the sand but ended up walking all the ladies to their seats. It was really sweet. I think Matt really appreciated having his guys up there with him the whole time. There's a great picture of his BM rubbing his back to help with the nerves. I think your video was the one I watched recently then. I'll go take a look. I like how it looked with the uneven party. edit nope, not the one. But great video

Quote: Originally Posted by DougsGirl I love my car too in 2005 I finally grew-up from a 2 door Civic to my 4 door EX and I ADORE it It's so comfy and lots of room for me, Doug, 2 dogs and kids plus various gear for each of us. Lately tho I've been eyeing the Dodge Magnum, it's like a really cool version of a mom-car! I have a 1999 2-door EX. I bought it new right before graduating high school. So it's been with me through high school, college & now grad school. As long as it's still in good condition, I want to keep it until I need a mom car which will be like 4-5 years from now. I'm all for buying dependable cars & driving them until they become more costly to repair. This car, Cybil, has been great. Other than fixing the automatic windows, I haven't done anything else besides maintenence. We are in a drought right now so I haven't washed her since October or November, but when she is all shined up people think it's a new car. If I bought a mom car right now it would be a honda pilot or a subaru forrester.

I'm happy today because a friend sent the first draft of our walking down the aisle song. he is playing an instrumental of couting crows colorblind on the keyboard. It sounds great & is so special to us because he is one of mike's best friends. he can't attend the wedding because he has a new born, but this way he'll be there in spirit.