Activity for kalamityjen

We got married on Saturday in San Diego and it was PERFECT! Sure little things weren't quite like I had planned but I hardly even noticed. We were surrounded by all of our family and friends and we could feel their love. We were both amazingly calm...

I was getting so tired of my hair in the weeks before the wedding but there was no way I was cutting it before the wedding. The day after, though, I marched into the salon and had my hair lady chop it all off. It feels sooo much better! Plus it will...

The bathrooms at our reception venue don't have very good lighting in them. It's a museum so I guess not something they worry about since they're usually closed before dark. I wanted to have some additional lights in there so I started to mock some...

So, as a kid, when our family was planning a trip we would buy one of those big Mexican ceramic piggy banks and once we filled it all up, we could go on vacation. A year ago, FH and I bought one to save some extra dough for the honeymoon. We've had...

My little sister/MOH threw me the best shower ever. A little backstory, a few years ago I took some belly dancing classes and loved it. She used that as the theme for the shower. It was a Moroccan wonderland and it was all a total surprise for me!...

I bought my dress about a year ago from Brides Against Breast Cancer. I had gone as my first dress shopping experience thinking I would try on a bunch and see what kind of style I liked, then have a better idea when I went shopping "for real". It...

Hi! I mocked up our cake table today and I love it so I had to share! We're having a Mexican fiesta wedding in August. We're having 4 individual cakes and both mom's are making cookies that will be on the table as well. FH is responsible for making...

So when my sister was engaged and planning her wedding 7 years ago my mom made her a countdown paper chain. One link for every day until she got married. At the time I thought it was the silliest thing. I had no idea the wedding planning excitement...