Saw It. Pinned It. Did It. - Monogrammed Canvas Bags

Am I speaking your language yet??

Bags?  Monograms?  Pinterest?

Yep, I thought so!

Sooo... since our wedding is now over, I can share all of my Pinterest projects with y'all!  YAAY!  Watch out Saw It. Pinned It. Did It. 

When deciding on gifts that I wanted to get my bridesmaids, I wanted it to be something they would get use out of after the wedding & something special & meaningful from me.

Original pin:

*Side note - the original site is in Polish so, I winged it!*

What You'll Need:

Canvas Bags

Cloth paint

Doilies

Stencils

Paint Brushes

1. Iron each bag flat along with the handles.  Once all bags are ironed, place your doily & stencil in the bottom corner of the bag ensuring the doily gives enough room for the stencil to fit evenly.

2. Once the doily is in place paint the outside to make the outer pattern.  Be sure not have too much paint on your brush as you don't want it to bleed other places on the bag or through the doily.

I obviously had not discovered the "iron bag before you begin painting" idea

3. Repeat the same process with the opposite side of the doily, on the opposite side of the bag.  Let all of the paint dry & then you have bags for...

6 bridesmaids, 2 aunts, 1 future mother-in-law & a sweet flower girl!

VOILA!!!  Saw It. Pinned It. & DID IT!

To add to my bridesmaids gifts I picked out these adorable burlap koozies from Ginnie Macs Etsy Shop.

Nicole was great to work with & the turn around time was very quick!  Check out her shop for some great, inexpensive, personalized gifts!

Finishing out the bridesmaid gifts, I ordered all of them matching necklace & earring sets from Alexandrea's Jewels Etsy Shop.

Maria was also wonderful to work with & turn around time was very quick as well!  These necklace & earrings were the perfect touch to the girls outfits & I'm so happy that they can be worn for more than just our wedding!  Win win in my book!

Hope these ideas help get your brain movin' when it comes to different gift ideas for your bridesmaids or any other special people in your life!

Linking up with Steph & Katie today for Saw It. Pinned It. Did It.

Stop by & see what everyone else has done!  Find me on Pinterest here!

I hope y'all have a great Memorial Day Weekend!  Matt & I are off to Memphis for the long weekend for our honeymoon trip!  I'll be back next week recapping it ALL! 

How To: Fix Sealed Wedding Invitations

Hey ladies!

So, do y'all remember a little while back when I mentioned a little mishap Matt & I had with our wedding invitations?  Well, all of you brides out there... today I'm here to help!  (& this goes for anyone else sending out invitations, cards, etc. as well!)

As I mentioned in the previous post, Matt & I were aallll ready to send out our invitations.  Thankfully, while at the post office a couple days later for some other business, I realized that we had in fact not fixed the problem we had discovered when stuffing our invitations & to top it off, we made the problem worse!

What's was the problem you ask?

Well, you see... back in January we sent out Save the Date post cards & now (in March) we would be sendng out post cards again as our RSVP cards & we needed to have those pre-stamped.  Post card stamps are a different (less) price than regular postage stamps & we had some left over from January.  We decided to use those first but, knew we would need more to finish out the RSVP cards so we figured up how much we needed & bought them.  Sounds like simple, harmless, bride-ahead-of-the-game type preparation right??  Well, turns out the post card stamps price changed between January & March by 1 cent!  1 cent!!!  Luckily, we noticed about half way through & decided before we sealed those envelopes we would need to add an additional 1 cent stamp to the RSVP card.  Simple... but, fast forward to Friday afternoon while at the post office, after all of the invitation envelopes were sealed.... HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!!

BASICALLY WE MESSED UP HALF OF OUR RSVP POST CARDS BUT, ALL OF THE ENVELOPES WERE ALREADY SEALED & THERE WAS NO WAY OF KNOWING WHICH ONES WERE GOOD OR NOT.  SO, WE HAD TO OPEN ALL OF THEM.

Thankfully, God has an amazing way of knowing just what we need & when.  My friends mom called me just as I was leaving the post office & could tell there was worry/panic in my voice.  She asked what was wrong & I told her the situation.  She gave me the best advice (which we used that night) & everything worked out perfectly!!!

So, have a sealed envelope that you need to open??

Follow these simple steps & you'll soon have peace of mind!

What you'll need:
- Steamer & water
- Iron & ironing board
- Double sided tape
- Time & patience
+ a glass of liquid courage/boost *if you have a ton of envelopes to open*

1. Start by steaming the sealed portion of the envelope.  Be sure not to get it too close though...

2. Gently open your envelope, careful not to tear the flap & take out the invitation.  Then, fix the boo boo you made when stuffing the envelope.

 

It may be a little curled like this but, don't worry, it's just from the steam & it will go right back in the envelope.  :)

3. Lay the envelope flat with the flap out & glue side down.  With your iron on the regular cotton setting, iron the flap flat.  (It only takes a few seconds)

4. {Not pictured} Re-stuff the envelope & put double sided tape on the flap where the glue should be & re-seal your envelope! VOILA!

It should stick just fine & your envelope will look as good as new!

Matt & I reopened all 130-something envelopes that Friday night.  I was devastated because even though the issue was fixed, I just knew people would be able to tell something was done to them & they would look like poo!  To my pleasant surprise, we received so many compliments on our invitations & no one was none the wiser!  (Unless I told them! HA!)

Any questions about this project??

Let me know, I'll be glad to help!

Sunsets + Drinks + Friends

Hey y'all!

This weekend was much more slow paced compared to last weekend.  Friday we went to see my brother & sister-in-law & visited one of my best friends that lives just down the road from them.  This is what was waiting for us as we walked out the door... late night Texas sunset.  

Hello beautiful!

Saturday morning I was scrolling through FaceBook & saw a photo album titled "Matt & Shayna's Wedding".... Say WHAT!?  I thought... wait a minute... I'm Shayna & my husband's name is Matt.... Ahhhh that's OUR wedding pictures!!!  So, yes there was a sneak peek of pictures from our wedding day.  I'm a bit OCD & really like things to be in chronological order so I'm still not going to share all of the pictures.  For now, here's one of my favorites from our reception!

Please excuse the quality as this picture is from my phone

Saturday night Matt & I took the bike out for ride & stopped at a few fun places to hear music, watch the Rangers game & visit with friends!  It was a great night out & just what we needed!

Cheers to our Danish friends who will be here in JUNE!!!

How was your weekend?

See any beautiful sunsets?

Have a great day!

Wedding Recap: Rehearsal & Rehearsal Dinner

Hi y'all & Happy Friday!

I know I said I would be back to my regular blogging but, it's down right hard getting back into the swing of things after vacation or any BIG things that occur in life, in my opinion.

So, to start off the Monday before the wedding Matt & I went down town to get our marriage license.

It was such a surreal moment!

If you follow me on Instagram (@shayna_y shameless plug) then you've already seen this.  Matt is always a great sport about my "we need to document everything" ways so I thought it was too funny how he was all of a sudden acting so "Joe Cool" about it this day!  nerd.

The day before the wedding, Friday, I had lunch with all of my bridesmaids, aunts, cousins, future mother-in-law & sister-in-law & future niece.  All in all there was about 15 of us that had lunch & then we were off to the nail salon to be pampered a bit before all of the craziness began!

Here's most of us girls at the nail salon on our way out... some had already made their way out, oops!

I remember traffic was INSANE that afternoon because not only was it Friday BUT, Mayfest was happening that weekend (Spring kick-off festival) & a major event at TCU - making it almost impossible to get anywhere in a hurry!  None the less we made it to the church & started the rehearsal.

Here's some snap shots of the rehearsal:

OUTTAKES!  HAHA!

After we finished with the rehearsal it was off to Chimy's for the rehearsal dinner.  Chimy's was also catering our wedding reception so we thought why not the rehearsal dinner too!?  Being that they hosted both of our dinners, it worked out perfectly to only deal with one company/restaurant for ALL of the food & bevvies.  (Note to brides: the less vendors/people to deal with the better!)

The lighting was super weird in the party room but, here's some snap shots from the rehearsal dinner:

Some of our wedding party & their spouses

Maid of Honor & Bridesmaids... & Chris!

Family & wedding party!

Mixing of two families... loved that everyone clicked SO well!

Yancey family!

Cousins!

Dad, brother, aunt, uncle & cousin!

a lil blurry but, we'll roll with it!

Last picture together as an engaged couple!!!  :)

A fun, laid back atmosphere is what we wanted & that's exactly what we got!

What better way to start off wedding festivities surrounded by friends & family that you love so much!?  We had so much fun, I just wish we could go back & do it all over again!

I won't get pictures back from my photographer for a couple more weeks so, hang tight.  I'm DYING to get them back & be able to share them with everyone!!!

Hope y'all have a great weekend!