Okay so I'm backtracking a little... sue me!
We had a seriously wonderful Christmas this year. Spoiled with love, time, and thoughtful gifts from our families. This year Mitch and I tried to do Christmas on a budget. We are both givers by nature. We LOVE to buy things for people and give gifts. However, when you have approximately no money due to idunno wedding thangs, it kind of cramps the giving style.
I was pretty proud of some of the things we did to save some money because it allowed me to be creative. Here is a picture of some of our gifts wrapped up. I used my 40% off coupon from Hobby Lobby (hallelujah chorus) to get some kraft paper and then went back another day and used it to purchase a canvas bag (originally $1.99) to paint as a reusable gift bag! I thought I had a brilliant idea to stamp my craft paper using polka dots and then I got on pinterest and realized I was about the 8374983658234 person to "come up with the idea"...wah wah waaah. Regardless, I thought they turned out pretty cute!
The thing I was most excited about this year was being able to ask our flower girl and ring bearers to be apart of our special day! For our flower girl I actually made her a "flower girl" doll. Since she is not even two yet, I wanted her to have something tangible that she could be excited about. We also got her the Pinkalicious Flower Girl book (so cute) and the cutest freshly picked moccasins for her to wear for the wedding. I didn't use a pattern or anything for the doll, it was just a little trial and error project that worked in my favor! Gotta love it!
And here is a terribly lit picture...sorry about that.
For the Ring Bearers, I made little bear bags out of brown paper bags. I attached a note on the back of both bags that asked the boys to be our "Ring Bears." Inside were a set of suspenders for each of them to wear for the wedding. Soon to come are bowties but since I am a TERRIBLE decision maker I am unsure of what color I am wanting them to wear. So they will get them once I can make up my mind!
Here are the boys with their bags! Aren't they the cutest?!
And here is one of Mitch and I on Christmas morning getting ready to head to his parents' house for lunch. I love that man of mine what a babe.
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