POPPY SHAPED LEMON COOKIES

Picked up the latest Martha Stewart in an airport along the way because it had super cute poppies on the cover. Inside I found this fun decorating idea. I made some sugar cookies over the weekend (minus a cookie cutter! will be buying one for next time!) and already made cookie icing to decorate. I think it dried a little too quick, so next time I better just make them like Martha did!

ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS

We finally got to see some of our engagement pictures and they are amazing!! We got to work with a super fun photographer, Morgan, who I knew before we even were engaged I wanted to have do the photos. To see a couple more from the perfect evening we got in Montana click on the picture above. To check out more of Morgan's stuff click on her logo!

ZIPPER SUCCESS

I've been pretty intimidated to try sewing anything that needs a zipper added to it, but there's so many cute things that just work better with one... plus you can get them in pretty much any color and that just adds to how fun they can be.

So here is my first successful zipper attempt! I looked at another little bag that I'd bought to see how it was put together and did my best to repeat it. And I hate using the seam ripper when I screw up so I was looking at it every 5 minutes to double check my idea of what order to sew everything.

Found the fabric on my most recent Joann's trip. It was the "don't know what I'll make with it but I have to have some" kind of purchase. I have some left so maybe I'll make a little set?

Very happy with my results : )

FIVE WORDS TELL A STORY

Came across a fun site, called Five Words Tell A Story, that daily uses 5 words to convey something. Then they dress it up a little bit and put it out there to share. Not sure when this one was from, but thought I'd throw it up here.

12 ON THE 12TH: MAY

1 - Arts Goggle happening this weekend in FW. It's a music festival/art gallery/local business fun!

2 - My brother just finished his graduate program at IU, so I spent last weekend in Bloomington drinking wine helping him celebrate!

3 - Think I may be hooked on Glee ... have watched a couple new episodes, think I need to start from the beginning ...

4 - The weather has been so wacky that there is an umbrella packed in my bag at all times!

5 - Makeup/Hair appts for wedding day made!

6 - Check out the frog exhibit at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman. It's there until September.

7 - Part of Chad's training involves a few trips riding trains. All I can think of is the Thomas the Train song ...

8 - Wine arrived from Oliver Winery in Bloomington! I wasn't able to pack any in my bag home since I only brought a carry on. Will enjoy soon ....

9 - My friend Kelly spent the last several months in India volunteering at a school. She just returned home to Alaska and sent me some beautiful fabrics from her trip!

10 - Waiting to get our engagement photos back. Refreshing our photographers blog every night to see if they've been posted yet : )

11 - Most of our wedding invites have gone out, there's a few addresses that we're waiting to get back and the last couple invites to cut and assemble.

12 - SweetTarts for breakfast!

CAKE ON THE BRAIN

Back in Fort Worth after a trip to Montana for Easter/wedding planning/catching up with friends and to Indiana for my brother's graduation. Both were a lot of fun and the perfect little break after being in Texas for nearly 8 months!

We got a lot of stuff done for the wedding. It was super great to meet with everyone helping put together our big day. And we had a perfect evening for our engagement photos after having to postpone to windy and gloomy weather earlier in the week. Can't wait to share a few of those here ...

So far we've not put a lot of thought into our cake. The chef we hired for the reception asked about it and we threw out a few ideas. Very excited she's willing to do the cake as well, as that cuts down on the running around we'll have to do or worrying about another vendor. We decided on a few other things, but lately I've been looking at lots of pictures to get an idea of how it should look.

Here's a few of what I'm liking right now and have a few others in mind too. We'll see in about 3 months what the final design is!