Beauty

A beautiful shower for a beautiful bride to be. 

Today was my dear friend Ashley's shower!  She's planning all sorts of crafty goodness for her shower. Handmade napkins, bunting and more.  (seriously check out her napkin post, it's so lovely!)

More photos to come from the photographer and fiance Sean.

Other fantastic photos of his can be found here.

And, what shower would be complete without a llama and...

a goat!

The day was planned by these beautiful maids. Hillary, Jen and Ash's wonderful momma Lulu. Great Job! Can't believe I didn't take more pics and I can't wait to see the photos Sean took.

lovely day

Happy Lovey Dovey Day!

First of all. I'm the luckiest girl in the world! I'm marrying the funniest, most caring person on the planet.  

We are getting married June 19th!  I'm so excited about the party we are planning.  In honor of Chuchie Wuchie Face day. Here's a few of our ideas.

We are working with a really great team at Stephanie Grace Design It's been tricky since we are working in Wisconsin right now and will be heading back to NYC in March. Parnell and Stephanie have been super helpful. If you are in Santa Monica, check out their new shop.

We new right away we wanted a "Rob and Laura Petrie Wedding." If you've never seen the Dick Van Dyke show.  You can catch episodes on Hulu. It is the BEST sitcom.

We were torn between a NYC wedding and California wedding. We've decided to go head and do both! (kinda) We'll have a ceremony with family and a few friends in Cali and then, a reception at a bar in NYC. For now, we're focusing on the California part. We've picked the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood as our venue. It's historic and beautiful.  The clientele might be a little too "hollywood" for us. But, we're packing the place with our loved ones, so it'll be just right.  The first Oscars were held here, and the decor is all original. Pretty. Dang. Cool.

This vintage light fixture is my favorite piece in the hotel. I WANT IT!

This is the lobby where we'll say the big I DO!

We are going to use Vintage Suitcases instead of a guestbook! Guests can fill out these Travel Stickers I found at 

www.saveoncrafts.com

I will be crocheting little flowers that will be sprinkled thru out my bouquet of red Dahlias and Roses. I have not decided on a yarn or pattern yet - but here's a few ideas. Eventually I will use real pearls. 

We had our Save The Dates designed by my favorite Etsy seller, Kate Gabrielle at www.flapperdoodle.etsy.com 

We then printed right on to the back of the cards ourselves. (JD actually did this all on his own... YAY for him) It took us a little time to get it all lined up perfectly, but it was fairly easy and turned out just like we wanted. I found little embellishments at Target (which totally surprised me) and they added such a nice touch. 

Kate also surprised me with "Will you be my Bridesmaid?" cards. They are now for sale in the stationary section of her site. Love them!

Once we were ready to ship we had our own stamps made at www.pictureitpostage.com  It was super easy and they arrived in a few days. I'm aware that having stamps made of yourself is super dorky, so we chose this great dorky pic from a photo booth.  When our Save the Dates arrived our loved ones instantly knew they were from us. : )  We still have a few more to send, and hopefully that will happen soon. 

The last litle bit to share is our officiant.  After some major hemming and hawing (and a little freaking out on my part) we came up with the PERFECT officiant!

While on tour with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang I was luck enough to be partnered up with the beautiful, talented, loving, honest, ridiculously funny Tim Hughes. JD and I ended up sharing housing with TIm in Orlando and Orange County.  Tim was always so supportive and excited about each and every wedding discussion we had. We know Tim understands and believes what we believe and stand for, and we know there is no one more perfect to help us make this commitment to each other. We asked Tim in a sneaky way while playing a game called "mail man" and we are so happy he has agreed! 

He went to http://www.firstnationministry.com/request.shtml and is now legally able to perform the ceremony! 

I can't wait to someday help Tim plan his own wedding.

Sooooo this is what we are working on. There's more to share, wedding party, an 8 year old singing superstar, flowers etc... but I think we are off to a pretty good start! 

WOW WEDDING

I am so far behind on my blog! BUT, it's for a good cause. My sister got married on Saturday!  It was perfect!  They are now spending their Honeymoon in Yosemite. Yay for true love!  

I. AM. BACK.

I had a wonderful 3 week lay-off.  I spent the first week in California, the second in NYC and the third in the Caribbean.  Not too shabby.  We re-opened the show in Albuquerque and we are now back in the swing of things with 2 new cast members in Salt Lake City.  I'm making a commitment to post more often and I have lots and lots to share.   Here's a few highlights from the vaca.

CAN YOU HANDLE THIS FACE!!!!!  Little Lucia is the beautiful daughter of two of my very dear friends, Melissa and Ozzy.  I can not handle how cute she is, and I'm so glad I was able to see her in California.

PROJECT BRIDEWAY! My beautiful sister (the tall blonde) is getting MARRIED!  Super fun Shower.

Of course, I had to sport some "Molly Made" items on the cruise. I made this flower headband with my sis in mind. I hope to start a white bride inspired line. BUT.... my man said it looks like an egg... so now, all I can think is EGG HEAD when I see this picture.  Thanks mister.

I made these earwarming headbands for Marvin (on the left) and Richard (not pictured). I also made one for Skip's lady Tara. But I know Skip really wanted the flowered headband for himself.

Dayton, Ohio

I've been very bad at updating this poor little blog!  Things have been crazy on the road.  Most importantly......... I'M ENGAGED! My wonderful bass playing man proposed in Chicago on February 8th.  He put the ring in this amazing star shaped box and painted the inside with blue sparkly paint so it looks like the stage from the first show we did together.  We couldn't be happier.  Our dreams of someday opening a dance/music/acting studio with a yarn store/coffee shop/performance space attached continue to grow. He even has a knitting machine which he is slowly learning to use! Life is good.

    Now.... yarn stores.  I was very excited when I saw that google had a yarn shop listed in downtown Dayton Ohio.  It's called the Yarn and Needle and it's on Main street.  UNFORTUNATELY I walked back and forth in front of what I thought would be 49 S Main Street about 100 times and could not find the shop.  I eventually called and learned that google was wrong.  This shop was actually in a suburb of Dayton, and about a 15 minute drive.  We are not provided with cars on this tour, so I never made it to the Yarn and Needle.  The theatre itself was lovely, but Downtown Dayton itself really didn't have too much to offer. 

    I, however, did find two great vintage clothing stores.  One (Feathers Vintage Clothing) was in the Oregon District and the other (The Look) was a short cab ride away near the University.

    It's probably a good thing I didn't make it to a LYS, my suitcase is packed with yarn.