Dawn's Wine Tour - Bachelorette Party



For Dawn's Bachelorette party we all took a party bus on a wine tour to the Texas Hill Country. We had a great time visiting Grape Creek Vineyard, Torre di Pietra Winery and Becker Vineyards. Thank you to all who came, I know Dawn really loved spending the day with everyone!



Party bag for the Bride

Gift bags for the Bachelorette Party...filled with personalized wine glasses, mini wine bottles and snacks!

Personalized wine glasses! What's a wine tour without them?!



Christie & Dawn - brunch at Zocalo

Mother of the Bride- Cheryl, Sister of the Bride - Christie & Dawn-The Bride!

Yay we love our glasses!

Smile!

Dawn got 'The Perfect Man' as a gift!

True!

Wine Tasting at Grape Creek Vineyard

Wine Tasting at Becker Vineyards

Enjoying the day at Grape Creek Vineyards!

Michelle, Dawn and Terri - our 3 nurses!

Shannon & Dawn

Drink up!

Holli & Dawn

Heather & Shannon

Carolyn, Christie and Dawn at Torre di Pietra Winery

Christie & Dawn enjoying their wine!

Heather and Morgan

Chris and Cheryl on the party bus

Project: Tulips

I'm not known for being the "gardening type". But, I've been inspired to try to plant flowers and see if I can make them work. I found these tulip bulbs at Walmart. Then I used mason jars leftover from a bridal shower as planters. Oh the cuteness!

 Hopefully I'll have beautiful blooms in early spring! The anticipation is already killing me!





Makeover: Nightstands

We've been living with one nightstand for a few months. I refused to buy anything temporary until I found EXACTLY what I was looking for. I happened to walk into a Goodwill and found these little darlings. I quickly decided that these were the nightstands and they came home with me!

This was my first time using a paint stripper. I bought "Citristrip Paint Stripping Gel" from Lowe's. It smelled like oranges, not like super toxic fumes. I painted it on with a cheapy foam brush and it started eating the paint away within 5 minutes!

This is Kahuna. He's helping his mom...as usual.

I found a paint swatch in turquoise that perfectly matched our comforter and stained the top of each nighstand. Last I switched out the knobs, also purchased at Lowes.

Makeover: Pedestal Table

I had been on the hunt for a new kitchen table and I was convinced that I could should a)not pay retail b)make it amazing. So begins my hunt for the perfect kitchen table. I searched Craigslist until I found what I was looking for.

INSPIRATION:

The Feminist Housewife

OUR PEDESTAL TABLE:

Purchased on Craigslist. I think this was a kids craft table. It was yucky!

Products used: Minwax Stain with polyurethane in "Bombay Mahagony Satin", Rust-Oleum Spraypaint in "Satin White"

Luckily the base was easily removeable from the top of the table. I lightly sandpapered the base, just to get off the shiny-ish topcoat. Then, I applied several light coats of spraypaint to the base until it "looked good". I used the entire can.

I'm pretty sure this isn't the most professional way to protect the top of the table but hey, I used what I had! I taped coupons to the underside of the table, checking each page to see if I needed to clip any first..of course. Then spraypaint.

**I don't really have any "staining" pictures to post. I'll be a better project documenter in the future. I put about 5 coats of stain on the top of the table.**

Table is finished and in our kitchen. I'm really happy with how it turned out. :)

Dawn's Bridal Shower

After months of planning and preparing, Dawn's bridal shower had arrived! We hosted the shower at our house and everything turned out beautifully!

Group Shot

The Morgan Girls

The Bride to Be

Tasty

Hey Cupcake!

Poms and Favor Bags

 Chalkboard Coffee Mug favors

Picture Wall