It really is less expensive to do it yourself!!!!

I really wanted the Unity Candles for my wedding to match the theme...which is, of course, a Woodland Elf theme.  Unique.  And, of course, nowhere can you buy anything to match that theme!
Amy Ketner, my Wedding Coordinator, and I decided that we'll have to make most of the ceremony decor ourselves.

Here's the Unity Candles I made today... 

 I started with some Dollar Tree candles...$3.00

 Some river pebbles from Lowes, in a glass tube, also from Dollar Tree $1.00

 Candlesticks...$2.00

The trio

 

I found a picture I like for the center...

(actually, it was only for the picture :) :) :))

California!!

Dad and I got to go to California during spring break to have a bunionectomy done on my left foot.  We flew there Sunday, 3-13-11, and came home the following Friday, 3-18-11.

Here's some highlights...

Dad checking our luggage at the Greenville-Spartanburg airport

 

I LOVE airports!!! People are funny :)

This is for Steve...inside joke, but the poster was funny

 

I got the window seat three out of four flights

   We love flying!

Dad and I stayed at Laguna Beach Inn 

There were flowers everywhere!! 

Our room looked out over the sundeck

The view. I like the tile roofs in CA.

My own personal store in downtown Laguna Beach :)

Dad and I walked a mile and a half Sunday night to eat supper at a Coca~Cola diner

On Monday we went on a dolphin/whale safari

The Manute'a...there were about 40 people on the tour

We saw pelicans and California sea lions on the way out of the harbor

 

 Dad and I were at the front of the boat for over an hour...It was windy!!!

 

 

A boat trolling for sharks

 We saw three blue whales on migration...here's the tail of one

 The boat was right in the middle of a pod of common dolphins

+500 of them!! 

The dolphin safari was the best part of the trip!!

Our hotel was directly across from the ocean!!  I had fun exploring Monday, and Tuesday before the surgery

The rocks were interesting 

 Monday night we ate supper, then walked on the beach til sunset

 I love you, Steve!!

 Sooooo handsome :) He took really good care of me

 

Sunset

My First Post!!!!

For Gooberhead

They met in May, I do believe

My sister and this guy named Steve

It's not been very widely spread

That I often call him Gooberhead

My chaping days will soon be done

My sister's heart this guy has won

On August the 13th they'll wed

My sister and this gooberhead

She's got some time to pack and plan

She'll soon be off to join her man

He is a nut I've heard it said

That crazy, Bryan gooberhead

We'll all be sad to see her go

They will be happy, this I know

Down to Florida he has led

My sister's loving gooberhead

I hope to often visit there

My faithful camera I will bear

Many stories I will spread

Of my sister and her gooberhead

A happy household they will start

I pray they never have to part

I hope you often hear it said

My sister loves that gooberhead

~Susie P.  Jan 2, 2011