Our Reception - special touches

This Christmas, Ben and I are finally going back home to Pittsburgh. The first time back since our Wedding (August 2010). It's crazy how time flies - and to think that I haven't seen my parents in almost a year and a half (even more crazy!).

So I thought I would relive our wedding just a little bit while I wallow in my homesickness!

These were some of the special DIY touches we included in our wedding -

ribbon, signs, diy flowers and photobooth, and homemade touches made our reception special

Oh! and we contacted our caterer from the wedding and asked if we could pick up some wedding pies for the holiday. We loved them so much but weren't able to take any back to Seattle, so this will be a real treat. If you need food or event planning in western PA, I highly recommend Rick at JPCevents.

Table Numbers: Nerdy Baby flash cards

Love is Sweet banner and photobooth props : Little Retreats

Fabric for the flag banner and table settings

pink garland and paper straws : shopsweetlulu

Groom Style

Grooms and groomsmen.. and their style!

I've always been a big fan of classic suit colors and bright, fun accents (ties! suspenders!).

Guilty:

Included a picture from our wedding.

Our guys were just so well dressed :)

spell love

Piglet: "How do you spell love?"

Pooh: "You don't spell it, you feel it."

Re-design

I've been mulling over a new re-design of this blog lately.

Mostly I want to push it out of "after work hobby" to "after work passion."

I've enjoyed this month of almost daily (every other day?)  updates but really want to push it to the next level. I want to add a weekly feature and update the page so it doesn't look like a standard blogger template. This personalization should add more interest and hopefully create a following.

I plan on adding more posts featuring stories and personal experiences. I currently shy away from too much detail and being real with the problems I (and maybe you?) face.

I found these great color palettes on DesignSeeds and am really attracted to these color schemes. I want to keep it light and fun but not introduce too many "girly" colors. What do you think?

growing into a career

When I was in middle school, maybe early high school, I changed my current career ambitions of being a teacher to being someone that was important enough to have their name in a textbook. I know, it's an odd thing to aspire to be, but it's actually still true today. I've always wanted to do big, important things. I have always found immense satisfaction in leading a group, being in charge, and pushing myself to do more good and better.

This perspective change helped to shift what I wanted to be when I grew up. It put a very academic focus on my future career. I would read about what Newton, Franklin, Tesla, and Crick did and how valuable their thoughts were to the scientific community. I envied their accomplishments and their Nobel prizes!  It resonated with me and gave me reason to load up on science courses through high school.

I eventually discovered what an Engineer was from my dad, who was a Computer Engineer by training and experience - not by education. 

Growing up, I played extensively with Legos - however, it only opened up the doors to house construction and interior decorating. If I had one of these cute toys, I might have sparked my Engineering bug sooner!




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