Last weekend’s wedding was so beautiful!
A beautiful southern wedding with finger foods.
The bride’s cake was elegant with a lot of delegate trim work.
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The cake was layers of vanilla, strawberry and Bride’s white.
Although cake decorating is VERY stressful there is much satisfaction when the job is done and everything comes together as planned.
My sweet, sweet, SERVING Cherish. As I struggled with some dehydration yesterday morning she brought fresh fruit and cool water to my recliner. Her tender, servant heart always convicts me, she serves with such meekness.
I WANT TO BE MORE LIKE HER.
I am glad we did not say “…she is too old to adopt.” I am thankful my husband did not say, “…kids cost too much, are too much work, or we are too old.”
Ever since our children were very young we’ve prayed on a regular basis for their future spouses, and for their children. We’ve prayed for a spirit of contentment while they prepare for married life.
We have always hoped that our children would marry young, but we also know that it is God’s timing, not ours.
How They Met
Several years ago our daughter Olivia would occasionally travel with a military family to help with their young children. On a couple of their trips they would stay at a base in FL that had a sister church to our church. That church was also part of a homeschool community. Olivia first met Josh and his mother and brother through those visits.
We have a few ladies in our church who bake and decorate cakes.
One of my dearest friends baked this for me and I decorated it.
I am so glad I took time to learn cake decorating so many years ago!
Emma was a very easy bride to please. There were only 2 things that she really asked for and that we paid full price for, and that was her dress and this cake topper, which we bought on Amazon.
The wedding was beautiful, the Lord granted perfect spring weather, calm spirits and a LOT of helping hands!
We had a bunch out of town guest for several days which was fun! But combine that with wedding craziness I am pretty much exhausted, even though I loved it and am so thankful, SO VERY THANKFUL to find our new normal, minus one person, it is a bitter-sweet thing.
It will be a week or so before we get the pictures from our photographer, but Olivia was able to snap some of the dress reveal.
Seeds are 20 cents a packet at Wal-Mart (ign
ore the 99 cent price listed there).
Cut some strips of brown paper from some paper lunch bags.
(I LOVE my paper cutter we picked up at a yard sale!)
Add a little twine and a note, and there you have it,
a very simple gift for your guest.
These are perfect for a spring wedding!
Jeff made this wonderful box to hold the seed packets for the wedding.
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Several weeks ago I made up a bunch of homemade soap
to be given to our wedding guest in a couple of weeks.
Thankfully I had all the supplies left from my last soap making class, so these cost me almost nothing to make. I did buy some lemon essential oil to add in, I’m not happy with the fragrance so I won’t use that one again.
This soap has castor oil, coconut oil, palm oil, olive oil and lye. I threw in some flax seed for exfoliating, and the lemon fragrance so it wouldn’t be too froo-froo for guys. It takes about 6 weeks to cure. I cut strips of paper lunch bags and a piece of twine to ‘package/label’ them.
Last weekend we attended a barn wedding. It was pretty neat. The bride’s family are bluegrass singers and the wedding was on their family property.
LOTS of people…
LOTS of food!
It was more like a community event, where everyone brought food and took part in this very happy occasion.
Everything was decorated so beautifully.
I made the bride’s cake.
I’m still here! I know blogging here has been pretty scarce the last few weeks, but that is what happens when real life interrupts my virtual life. 😉 The Lord is teaching me so much.
The only reason I am typing right now is because I’m sitting beside a 3 year old who NEEDS a nap desperately and the quickest way to accomplish that is to sit here next to her and make sure she doesn’t sing, tell stories or turn acrobats on my bed instead of sleeping. 😉
The acronym R.S.V.P is short for the French phrase “repondez s’il vous plait”, which means “respond if you please”.
If you receive an invitation with an RSVP request, it is proper etiquette to respond. It is best to reply as soon as possible and keep your response brief letting the host know whether you are accepting or declining, including any other information asked for in the RSVP.
