tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64283984925791786972012-02-16T19:42:36.246-05:00handmade invitations · custom cards · DIY rescuelimoncelloSTYLEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389029285110705398noreply@blogger.comBlogger851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428398492579178697.post-84820640498698951242012-01-23T16:39:00.000-05:002012-01-23T19:56:00.154-05:00

I'm super excited to announce that LimoncelloSTYLE has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride's Choice Award™ 2012 for Invitations! The annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry. While many industry awards are

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It has been a while since I have posted anything here.  Mostly because we have been very busy preparing for and welcoming a baby girl into our family. Margaret Clarinda was born on October 27, nine days ahead of schedule.  She'll go by her middle name which was quite a challenge to announce.  I finally decided to create a piece with her photo on the front and a small explanation on the inside

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Recently I had a chance to recreate the Johanna invitation that I featured last fall. A client contacted me who was absolutely in love with the concept and had a piece of custom artwork that she wanted to use and all we had to do was work out the rest of the color scheme.We made a few changes based on the different type of wedding they were having. For instance, this wedding is being held at a

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One of the many great things about being a licensed Envelopments dealer is that I have access to their pre-made design templates. Normally, this isn't something that I take advantage of - I like to create my own designs. But sometimes it is nice to be able to pull a tree or a flourish if I need one.Recently, I had a client contact me who described her and her fiancé as fun, spontaneous, quirky

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Hi all,Just a quick note to let you know that the LimoncelloSTYLE.com website is down as it was hacked a few days ago. I am in the middle of several important client deliverable dates and thus website maintenance will have to wait for a few more days.Thank you for your patience during this time.Warmly,Miriam

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I've been working with a client who is getting married on Martha's Vineyard in the Fall. She wasn't too set on any specific design concepts for her wedding when we first met which can be daunting to a designer to try and determine. But after speaking with her during an initial consultation I was able to come up with a few possible designs for her. One of my favorite parts of this career I have

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Here's another fun party invitation that I did for a client before the Christmas break. I used a few elements from the Envelopments line - specifically, the layout of the date and their tree graphic. I loved the jewel tones of the double mount invitation and envelope and the client really responded favorably!

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Every year we host an after-the-holidays, meet-the-neighbors party at our home. It is a great way to get everyone on our block together to meet one another and say 'hi'. This year, our invitation is a little different and I think it is pretty fun. Pay no mind to the date or details of this invitation...they've all been changed. I'm hoping the neigbors all like this year's offering!!

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I recently participated in a publication called Indie Owned. The premise is to highlight independently owned businesses in and around Boston.The publication was distributed to every home here in Roslindale, MA. Unfortunately, they weren't put in mailboxes like I originally thought they would be, but still it was great to get the exposure. Many of my clients are not local, so it is great to dip

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Since making my big announcement I have been busy on several designs for new clients. It really has been a wonderful collaboration and again, I can't believe I waited so long to jump on board with Envelopments.Well, if the prospect of new clients and the ability to source quality, beautiful papers weren't enough...Envelopments has giving me yet another reason to love them!Turns out they're

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This is a pretty big announcement and one that I am super excited to share with you all.LimoncelloSTYLE, LLC is going a little corporate.Yup, we've partnered with Envelopments®!!You may know Envelopments as the go-to source for Envelofold/Portable Pocket/Pocketfold Enclosures...but did you know what an extensive collection they have of cardstocks, envelopes and liners? Envelopments offers over

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I can't believe how long I let this go before taking pictures and getting them posted here. Remember my latest featured custom design, The Johanna? I gave you a glimpse of it here when I showed you the mock-ups.For your reference, here is what the mock-up of the outside of the invitation looked like with the custom painting by the bride's father: And here is the final result! The 5x7 gatefold

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I've been working diligently on an invitation suite for Johanna for the past few weeks and thought it might be fun to show my readers a preview of her design. When going through the design process, I build everything in InDesign so that I can send PDF previews of the final designs to my clients. This takes a lot of time, but really is the best way for me to share my vision with my clients who

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Phew...it has been a looooong time since I have updated the bloggity-blog. Having a baby really does change ev-er-y-thing!!So other than baby stuff what have I been up to in my almost five month absence?Well, to be honest, not much. But, after MUCH introspection and thought and consideration I have decided to continue my business. Because I do love it so much and it is something that fulfills a

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(click to enlarge)Hey there readers...just wanted to give a quick update to let you know that our son, Garrison Reid, was born into this world naturally on July 8, 2009 at 4:50am weighing 10lbs 5oz and measuring 21.5 inches.We have been home a bit over two weeks and it has been an amazing time of bonding and getting to know the little guy.And just to keep this post wedding related...for those of

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We are rapidly closing in on our due date around here; a fact that is altogether exciting and overwhelming. It is so hard for me to grasp that in less than a month and as early as next week, we will have a son; real, live, crying, pooping, dozing, needy, tiny, adoring son.I decided a while back not to take on any more work after mid-May, as my current back-up plan is the kitty and while she is

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It's been a busy day of housekeeping around here...my website had sadly been neglected while life was busy being hectic. Somwhere during all that time the program I use for my gallery stopped working properly, which wasn't noticeable up front, but was making behind the scenes a nightmare.As you may know, my talents are creative and not necessarily technologically minded. But after a lot of

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Just finished a beautiful invitation suite that I absolutely adore; probably because it appeals to the coastal girl in me :)Rachel and Chris are getting married in September in Maine and asked me to help them create an invitation that was informal yet still special and that incorporated the rustic and inspiring feel of the coast of Maine.To accomplish this, we created a graphic from a picture of

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Recently, I was introduced to a new wedding planning resource for same-sex and allied couples: So You're EnGAYged!. Here is a blurb from the website to help you get more acquainted with them:So You’re EnGAYged seeks to match same-sex and allied couples with wedding vendors who actively support LGBT rights and freedoms, including, but not limited to, same-sex marriage. By highlighting voices from

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Weeeee hooooooo! We have another baby announcement!! This was a fun announcement to work on because it was for my brother-in-law and his wife. She's a pretty laid-back, low-key kind of person, so she requested that we not do anything too frilly; regardless of whether their baby was a girl or boy. So I designed this simple announcement with the picture printed directly on the piece to help keep

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We're still on a baby kick over here.A good friend of mine had a beautiful baby girl on January 31. In preparation for her arrival, we created the beautiful and informative baby booklet with all sorts of valuable tidbits on everything from directions to the hospital, to the cell phone policy, to a phone chain, to where you can find food in the area.This project was really fun to work on and the

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Things have been pretty busy around here and crazy enough not all of it has been invitation related! Rather there seems to be a bit of a baby boom going on.I am excited to show you the announcement I had the privilege of making for close family friends of ours. I love the design because it is fun and quirky yet still has the added addition of the ribbon embellishment and double mounted photograph

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Jennifer over at Sin Desserts has just started a new blog highlighting pictures of cakes her company has made, stories from the bakery, info on running a small company and maybe even some recipies.Jennifer was the creator of our most amazingly delicious Chocolate Bourbon wedding cake that was served at our wedding in September of 2007. It. was. PHENOMENAL!!! Seriously. Unreal. And I like me some

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I tend to get stuck when designing rooms in our house because while I LOVE all things traditional, I tend to have a touch of modern in me. However, I also tend to talk myself out of the a-touch-modern look because it seems so scary and beyond my reach; especially when trying to work with what we've already got. So I relegate myself to looking at other people's pretty, modern spaces and deem

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I can't believe I haven't posted in such a long time. I do have an excellent excuse! But first...Quietly, I celebrated LimoncelloSTYLE's 1st birthday on December 7. To be honest, I kind of forgot about it, but I am super excited about having 'made it' a whole year. I am incredibly grateful for all of the wonderful clients I have had this year who have helped me to build my business. Here's

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Well, the Roslindale Open Studios event went well over the weekend. Unfortunately, I am a complete moron and I forgot to take a single picture. Seriously. Who. am. I?We attended the preview show on Friday and were able to show one of our pieces of work that was then displayed for the rest of the weekend.Saturday was a bit misty and gross out, but we had quite a few visitors and our new

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This coming weekend I will be participating in the Open Studios event here in Roslindale, MA.Below is some text about the event:The Roslindale Arts Alliance announces that the 4th Annual Roslindale Open Studios will take place on Saturday November 8 and Sunday November 9, 2008 from 12-6 p.m.. This year 90 artists will be displaying and selling in 40 locations throughout Roslindale. Art mediums

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i headed over to amanda's blog over at the blissful bride the other day and spotted a post on a favor contest... ...over at darcy miller's the bride's guide blog......the contest is actually being hosted on the martha stewart website......anyway, all that is to say that i went over to the martha stewart site and uploaded the pictures of the favors i hand-made for our wedding last september... ...

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i am participating in the roslindale open studios in november and i thought i would make some cards showcasing some of our fine little village.below are two sets of pictures, let me know which ones you think will look better on a set of four note cards. (click to enlarge)option a:option b:

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i had a wonderful time this week assembling a hostess treats groom's cake for Alanna.Alanna's husband (as of today) saw a hostess cake and was really hoping to convince Alanna to have one just like it as their wedding cake. somewhere along the way, she was able to convince him to go more traditional for the wedding, but as a surprise, she had me make a hostess cake to use as a groom's cake at

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Ok, so I have had some time (actually, LOTS of time...I went away for the weekend) to dream up an invitation suite based on the three pictures I picked as my inspiration the other day.The goal with this design was to evoke the classic simplicity of the venue while still retaining a sense of spontaneity and fun edge. With that in mind, I kept the text of the invitation very classic in both layout

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i've had a blast the past few weeks designing and making these super-cute baby shower invitations for susan.she doesn't know if she's expecting a boy or a girl, but with the dainty blue polka dots and stiched detail, i think the overall design works either way.each shower invitation was delivered in a chocolate brown envelope with a white-'stitched' butterfly detail hand drawn on the back of the

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if i were to choose the one thing about my business that i love the most, it is the opportunity to take the ideas a couple has about their event and translate them into an invitation suite that conveys the spirit of the event using just some paper, ink and a lot of imagination.usually, i suggest to my clients that they try to come up with an inspiration board so we can figure out the exact mood

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...that we go from this:to this:and i will finally be able to bake things without having to reset the thermostat every 5 minutes. yay!!ooo...much better:

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once the show was done taping, we were allowed to start taking pictures again. after each segment, martha has a picture taken with the guest from that segment. then they use it all over the place...i know i have seen the pictures both on her website and in her magazine as well.a shot of bee taking a picture of martha.next we watched martha do a spot for the armed services.they kept us in the

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after grabbing some breakfast at a local deli, we arrived here around 7:30am to stand in line. the studio is in chelsea and the line wraps along the side of the building.this picture is for my friend ellie so she can see that we were across the the street from buybuybaby ;) one of the most fun things about being here at the show is that i am here with a group of bees from Weddingbee, so i know a

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i'm headed to the city for a taping of ...if all goes well, i should actually be blogging from the show audience...not sure that i will have anything exciting to say, but we shall see. regardless, it should be fun...and who knows, maybe there will be a fun give-away!see you soon.

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Congratulations to my super-lucky in-laws who had their season tickets to the Pittsburgh Penguins personally delivered to them by Sidney Crosby today. You can read the story HERE.And the video is here:update...i took off the video since it was messing up my front page...

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i actually have done lots of things this summer...but the past couple of weeks have been glorious.my sister and my nephew came for a visit and except for a short side trip, they were here almost a week. then DH and i headed to boothbay, maine for a mini-anniversary trip; even though our official anniversary isn't until this coming monday.here are some highlight pics of the past couple of weeks...

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well, nothing like a meme to get me out of my summer haze and back into the swing of blogging.ellie at The Lucky Nest tagged me to share with you six random things about myself. i'm not sure if it was because she thought six random things about me would actually be worth any entertainment value, but rather because she was bored and felt like torturing me. thank you, ellie.without any further ado.

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well, i finally got around to updating my website to have some portfolio pictures on it. i have been promising myself that i would do it so long that the actual application that i use has gone through 16 updates!!now, when you go to the LimoncelloINVITES section of LimoncelloSTYLE you will see a group of thumbnails of some of my recent projects.when you click on the thumbnail, it takes you to a

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i am pleased to show the latest design i have been working on here at limoncelloSTYLE. jennifer is getting married in tuscon in the garden of a beautiful, historic victorian mansion. she and her groom really wanted to include folk art elements in their wedding as a nod to the area; they plan on having bright, colorful spanish paper flowers as their escort cards. additionally, they really wanted

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tricia and fredrik were married this past thursday in mijas, spain. we worked diligently for months to create the beautiful invitation suite below.the suite (which will be featured on the LimoncelloSTYLE website in the LimoncelloINVITES section) consists of a pocket-fold invitation with the invitation card mounted on celadon green book cloth for added texture. the pocket contains an RSVP card

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this past week my hard-drive failed. as you know, my laptop is not that old, so it was very discouraging to have this happen.i have an external hard drive where i keep all of my files, so i was in a good position. but the hard drive can be a pain to lug around when i am working in different rooms in the house, so i also have an 'in limbo' file on my desktop where i keep things organised until i

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i just finished designing and making adoption announcements with matching envelopes for my friends who have recently returned home from China with their new daughter. in the interest of privacy, i created this 'faux' announcement for posting on the website:the cost for 20 handmade cards and envelopes is $45.00; 40 cards are $80.

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i have spent the better part of today updating my website so that it has more information on what services i offer. i plan on continuing to work on it diligently over the weekend, but in the meantime, here is a sneak-peek...you can access this page here: limoncelloMAPS

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...last winter i posted this picture of the lilac tree outside our front window. this afternoon, the sun finally broke through the clouds and I couldn't resist capturing a picture of what the lilac looks like now.actually, the picture is more cherry tree blossom than lilac, but you catch my drift. what a difference four and a half months make!i was so inspired by the pretty afternoon, i headed

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thanks to my amazing mom who came to visit last week, we were able to complete a project we have been hoping to complete for some time...painting our stairwell and front hallway.first, davis helped tape the hard-to-reach areas using a sketchy-looking, albeit sturdy, scaffolding system. After taping, we sanded the trim and put down a layer of primer.With the primer on, the hallway looked really

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i haven't been blogging much lately since we were away in denver and then had visitors at our home. amid all of the hustle and bustle, i have been working on a map for a client who is looking to have a directions sheet to easily email and/or hand out to guests coming to their home in oregon*.i really like making maps, and eventually, when i get the IT department** here at limoncelloSTYLE to

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DH and i have been keeping ourselves busy lately doing some projects around our house.last weekend we replaced the light in our stove room with a hanging pendant. don't be fooled by how serenely this is hanging...this took hours to install. part of living in an 103 year old house is discovering each and every issue that all the homeowners before you have left. in this case, the existing light was

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yup...i bit the bullet and became and LLP today. it was expensive, but in the end i believe it is worth it. if only the cost of becoming an LLP covered all the questions i have now that i am an LLP : ^ )

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last night i was on my way home from having dinner with a friend in the city. i had driven to the commuter rail parking in my town earlier that morning, but when it was time for me to come home, it made more sense to take the T and then transfer to the bus at the end of the line.i got off the T and there was a bus right there waiting so i quickly ran to catch it. i had my headphones on and was

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for my faithful readers, i thought i would mention that the handcrafted wedding is having their biggest give-away to date.The prize is jewelry for your bridal party from Redot Designs up to a $300 value!Entries will be taken through handcrafted's blog site Handcrafted: the cure for the common wedding. All the details are posted on the blog.good luck!!

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many thanks to diy bride for featuring me today in the Fab Finds Friday section.You can click the picture below to enlarge it or check it out here: www.diybride.com.

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the flower show in philadelphia was such a fun experience; albeit very crowded. i took lots of pictures, and saw lots of wonderful ideas.**some of my pics are a little blurry. i know how to use my SLR settings for my camera, but i am just not fast enough to get it all set in a crowded atmosphere. so for the most part, i used the automatic settings...which, of course, meant that my shutter usually

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my mother is turning 65 at the end of the month, so my sister and i are taking on an all expenses paid trip to......philadelphia.for the flower show!none of us have been before, so it should be a good time. we are looking forward to seeing the show, eating in great restaurants and getting to hang out.hope you all have a great weekend!!--mzb

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the need:the inspiration board:the new do:

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i have had my nose to the paper, so to speak, for the past couple of weeks working with a bride who is having a nature inspired ceremony in august in an open chapel on the top of a mountain in the woods.the ceremony sounds so beautiful and we decided that the beauty of the space will clearly speak for itself, so the best we could do was highlight that beauty in her invitations.we are still

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i have a new chair in my studio. it looks, uh, a bit odd...but i can forgive it that since it is is such an amazing chair.basically, the saddle design, forces you to sit upright so that you aren't slumping your back. and since it is adjustable, i can match it to the height i need for typing on the laptop, and then adjust it back to the height i need to work on paper crafts.

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DH is a graduate of skidmore college in saratoga springs, ny. a few times a year, he travels out to the college for some meetings and i usually join him so i can sit in my favorite coffee shop and do work.the first time i was here, a few years ago, it was a snowy, cozy day. the shop was smaller then; busting from its seams with college students, parents with rosy cheeked toddlers and townies; all

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(here is the other card i made for the weddingbee valentine's card swap... (no kitties were harmed in the making of this card)

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i participated in the weddingbee valentines card swap this year. i ended up making about 10 valentines, using two different designs.the first one used a quote i saw in a recent 'real simple' magazine that stated the human heart beats 100,000 times daily. the sentiment says 'hope this valentine's day someone makes your heart skip a beat' i ended up making a few versions of this card using

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my studio space has a small closet that i have used for the past year as a dumping ground for anything and everything that i just didn't feel like looking at anymore.last week, in preparation for the cable guy (long story) i had to clear out the closet, so DH and i decided it was as good a time as any to look into getting some shelves.i had visions of something with many more bells and whistles,

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a close friend of mine, who was the matron-of-honor in my wedding, asked me to help create a memorial card for a close friend of hers who's father passed away unexpectedly last year.she wanted to send a card, but she wanted it to be something a bit more than 'just a card'; something that would show she was thinking of her friend and her friend's family.when i started LimoncelloSTYLE, it never

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1 brief stop at joanne fabrics to pick up fabric scissors and a spool of white thread+2 minutes removing cardboard and tape from machine+10 minutes of setting up and loading a bobbin+20 minutes of setting up and loading the spool of thread+4 years of home economics with mrs. lynch albeit 19 years ago=one happy husband who is overjoyed that the velcro strips on the laundry bag are finally

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i just received my valentine from miss penguin over at weddingbee as part of their valentine card swap. it is so lovely i just had to share.i am pretty sure the box and the card were gocco'd, which just makes me covet one even more! underneath the quilled paper hearts (which all have valentines messages) are necco candy hearts. -- pay no mind to the fact that all of my pink necco hearts are

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our first annual meet-the-neighbors party was last night and it went very well. we had about 12 adults and 6 kids show up. the biggest mishap (other than blowing out my knee while kneeling to get some candles from a cabinet) was that i mistakenly thought the party was at 7 and we realized at 5:56 that it was at 6.oops. : ^ )unfortunately, when we realized the time issue, i had just started the

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my lovely in-laws gave me funds for purchasing a sewing cabinet for christmas. which is good, because i received a sewing machine (which i have requested for years) as a wedding gift way back in september! the cabinet arrived today, and in the interest of getting the boxes out of the house in time for our party on sunday, DH and i put it together this evening.of course, we were assisted by jp (i

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we're having a meet-the-neighbors party on sunday so today i made chocolate biscotti to use in the chocolate fondue we will be making. other fondue dipping items will include fruit and pound cake.this was exciting as it was the first time i was using my new mixer that we purchased with some of our wedding funds. i was supposed to make two rolls, two inches in diameter, which wasn't easy since

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please don't ask how long she was in there before i realized it.please don't ask how high i jumped when i found her.

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well, i tried making the cards with my name on the front and they ended up looking very squished and unprofessional. so this time i added my name to the back along with my motto, 'sit back and relax'. i also added the swirl from the lemon, to emphasize the brand.i do like the outcome, but there are still a few changes to consider. i plan on moving the phrase over towards the right so that there

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we have a new front hall rug. i have been looking for something for a while that would fit in the space, be a nice thing to come home to, and go with the fun table we have in the foyer.i think we did pretty well.next on the list: painting the front hall butter yellow.

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i finalized the design and then realized i don't have my name or my address on the card. back to square one :)

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... to lynn at the hand crafted wedding, for featuring LimoncelloSTYLE on her blog today. i was so honored to read what she had to say and she really captured the spirit of my DIY rescue service.lynn's blog is a wonderful resource for brides who are looking to break out of the mold and create unique and meaningful details for their weddings.keep up the great work! and thanks a million!

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i saw a spread in a recent blueprint (or it might have been domino...i can never keep those two straight) magazine where they used a branch of sand blasted manzanita as a jewery display.since i have some left over from the wedding, i figured i would give it a go.i'm not 100% convinced i like it...and it isn't as functional as i thought it would be since i have a lot more stud earrings than

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dear husband (DH) and i have lived in our blue house on the hill for a little over a year now and we only have ever spoken to three of our neighbors.DH's parents host a holiday party every year for their neighbors in pittsburgh so it was suggested that we try to do the same.considering the little time we had during the holiday season (what with all of our travel and jumping out of planes and all)

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so this is the last i will post about it, but the still pics came in and they are pretty fun. here are a few that I like the best...

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on Sunday, we headed out to hollister, ca to go skydiving. davis' cousin turned 21 on monday (he turned 34). when he was 21, he promised her they could do anything she wanted for her 21st birthday. she could have gone with him anywhere in the country, but she chose to have us all come to visit them in sunnyvale, ca. since she has always said she wanted to go skydiving, he set up the date and

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hope it is great for everyone!!

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my husband's birthday is on new years' eve. his younger cousin shares his birthday. 13 years ago, when my husband turned 21, he promised his cousin that they could do anything they want to do together on her 21st birthday.fast forward to this year, and we are headed to california to go skydiving. except, my husband is afraid of heights...and doesn't even go on roller coasters. so guess who is

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nothing like playing elf to get you in the christmas spirit... 8:20pm9:20pm 8:20pm 9:20pm10:20pm next we are on to california for the new year! hope you all had a wonderful christmas!!

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so today is a really great day. it is the shortest day of the year. which means that every single day from now until close to the end of june it will get progressively brighter and brighter. every. single. day.but, the darkness isn't all that bad...especially when everything looks like it is coated in pure sugar.enjoy the shortest day!!

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that's what the weather people all said yesterday......will one of them come clean out my driveway that just got plowed in....after spending an hour yesterday cleaning the whole thing out?and because i don't want to sound bitter about the snow...here's a picture of the lilac tree outside our front window this morning.

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we bostonians have had a lot of snow and it isn't even officially winter yet! i personally love snow...if it is going to be cold and dark, might as well spruce up the place with a fresh layer of frosty white. of course, it is a lot easier to like the wintery white stuff if you are warm and cozy inside by the tree; no matter what size tree you have :)

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alright...so it begins.i am actually not new to the blog-o-sphere; in fact, so much of the inspiration for starting LimoncelloSTYLE has come from years of immersing myself in the blog world.i am hoping to use this blog as a way to show some of the things that inspire me and my work and to keep me connected to the people and places that helped get me to where i am today.enjoy!--mzb

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