Wax Paper Chandelier

I am pretty darn excited to be linking up for the first time with Katie, one of my favorite bloggers. I'm the laziest 'pinner' ever, hardly ever doing anything on my dozens of Pinterest boards. Until now, that is! I spotted an amazing chandelier made of wax paper on Pinterest a few months ago and thought it would be an awesome addition to the decor at Kayla's wedding. There was no real tutorial out there, so it looked pretty simple and we figured we'd give it a try!

Little did I know- it would not be quite as simple as we thought.... and incredibly time consuming. There... you can't say I didn't warn you!

Oh, and the more hours you spend punching out circles from wax paper, taping circles to fishing wire, and attaching them to the spray-painted wooden ring? The more weird things will get. Again- consider yourself warned.

This project took probably close to 10 hours over time- I kid you not. Kayla and I punched holes for hours and hours it seemed like. Since those handy little circle-punchers aren't really made for wax paper, it was a lot of trial and error on how many sheets we could cut through, and what method worked best.

Thankfully, although time consuming- this is really all you need for the project. I used the hot glue to secure some of the knots once we were ready to hang it up.

Oh, and preferably a husband that will help you out when you feel like your fingers are about to bleed ;) Thanks, Jared!

Jared refusing pictures and my tangled mess in progress ;)

I know it's going to look SO pretty hanging up in the outdoor reception this weekend behind the bride and groom's table! So what do you think..... would you have the patience to create one of these??

Summer Bucket List!

Yes, I said it. The S-WORD! Summer will officially be here before we know it... after all, we're approaching Memorial Day weekend (what?!) If you've been around my blog for longer than 2 days, you probably know how much I love a good list... so of course, I'm bringing you another one today to pin and complete in the coming months. That is your assignment, folks! ;)

And what's better than one blogger's list? How about seven bloggers combining their bucket lists, all in one spot!? Let me kick things off with my own personal list:

Andrea

Steph

Mandy

Gwen

Robin

Robin wins for best to-do list over the summer ;)

Kristen

Not sure I'll be able to concentrate at work today.... all these ladies have be dreaming of sunshine, concerts and being in the water! Summer, here we come!! Did you get any ideas for your own bucket list? Have you started one yet? What's the number one thing on your must-do list for this summer? 

May's Past

Since this blog was just born in late 2011, I've been recapping the highlights of the past 5 years each month. If you're newer and want to catch up you can see: Jan, Feb, March and April :)

May 2008
Jared took me to see one of my favorite groups ever for the first time: Rascal Flatts!! Our seats got upgraded for free at the last minute and we wound up 6 rows from the stage... I might have cried when they came out for the first song ;)

May 2009
I was finishing up a temp job and had no where to go... so I said why not?! And applied for grad school... somewhat on a whim!

May 2010
I had just started full-time at my current job and they learned of my background in graphic design. A couple weeks into my job and I was designing season tickets for the NFL!

I find both of these so hilarious! ;)

May 2011
We got married! On May 28th, to be exact! And went on THE vacation of a lifetime to Mexico.

May 2012
Went on an amazing combo-vacation of mountains AND beach!

And we celebrated 1-year of wedded bliss by revisiting the church we got married at, exchanging traditional gifts and eating our delicious leftover cake!

May 2013
Here we are! Almost to our second anniversary-- which I can't wait to celebrate! We have reservations at a delicious new restaurant in town and have plans for this coming Sunday & Monday :)

Plus? We'll get to share an anniversary weekend with Jared's brother and our almost sister! They get married Saturday and we cannot wait to celebrate with them.

April is my favorite month of the year, but May is definitely a very close second! What good things have you done or celebrated this month??