Our Amazing Wedding - May 24th 2009

I'm finally posting some of the great photos that our photographer and our friends took of our wedding!  I am so thrilled to share, as Rogér and I absolutely loved our wedding and we loooove reminiscing about the day we said "I do". Our location was the serene Mattole Camp, halfway between Petrolia (my hometown), CA and Honeydew, CA.

 

Oh so exciting!

Today, Rogér and I are freaking out at the prospect of being homeowners!  We've been renting in a cute little neighborhood in San Jose for about 2 years.  We love, love, love the neighborhood and our awesome neighbors!  So I've been watching the house listings in our area for-like-EVER, and finally we found one on our street that fits the bill! EEEEEEEE!  (I know the chances of us actually getting it are slim, but hey, a girl can dream, right?)  Oh, but all that money that we have to fork over for the down payment....yikes!

Here's our little dream puff:  Needs a little love (and probably a new roof), but I think there's some potential here  :)

Some new cards

So, I've been very very busy.  I spent last weekend celebrating my girlfriend, Karla's, bachelorette party in Guerneville, CA.  Such a cute little town!  It's very close to Healdsburg too, so there is plenty of wine tasting.  We stayed at the West Sonoma Inn.  The place was really great!  Plus the bride-to-be got a relaxing spa treatment :)  

But anyway, I wanted to share some new cards that I've just put in my Etsy store.  Here they are for your viewing pleasure!

Thanks a Bunch! by Bloem

Love Birds, by Bloem

The Bobbin's Nest

My friend Lisa, gave me a knitting class at The Bobbin's Nest for my birthday. So yesterday, we packed up our knitting hand-me-downs, (Lisa's mom bestowed upon her about 100 knitting needles, crochet hooks, baubles and whatnots, from her late Oma), and headed over.  First of all, this studio is so cute!  They have really great, high quality fabrics and yarn.  Our teacher, Charlotte, walked us through getting the right yarn, casting on, knit and pearl stitches, and she taught me a little fixer trick with a crochet hook!  They give you a beginner scarf pattern project, and since it's a two part class, I'll be back next Saturday to finish up mine.

For those who would like to learn to sew, they also have sewing classes.  My friend, Maria, took one where she made a beautiful reversible tote!  

The Bobbin's Nest Blog

(Photos courtesy of The Bobbin's Nest Website)

In Bloem: Felt & Paper Flower Hair Combs

A bouquet of flowers made mostly from paper and felt.  I've set the flowers on combs so you can wear them in your hair!  Check 'em out in my etsy store, Bloem.

Custom Wedding Invitations for Karla

Custom designed and handcrafted wedding invitations for my friend, Karla.  I also designed and made her engagement party invitations, featured here

Invitations by Bloem

Packaged to perfection?

Still working on ways to package my sales.  Here's how I did up my last order from bloempot.  What do y'all think?  These little guys are off to their new home in Canada!! (I'm always a little nervous shipping my items away)

Wine Charms - Farm Animals from bloempot