From the Mind of AlphaBetsy

We are now under 4 months until the big day. Can I scream yet? Lol. Actually things have started to come together in the strangest ways and it looks like I will not have to flip out and cancel the wedding. I'm just kidding, but I really was beginning to panic at the number of things we still had up in the air at this late date. But we have really kicked our butts into gear and gotten a lot of things done, started, actually thought about, that hadn't been yet. We went to a gaming convention (Origins) last weekend and we got the first of the stuffers for our favor bags. Seth and I had a good portion of our initial courtship happen during two RPG games we were both involved in, so we decided to put random dice into the favor bags. At origins you can buy a pitcher full for $39, so we did a whole pitcher. This should give us enough to put two per bag. Also while at Origins I fell in love with and bought a corset to go under my dress for the wedding. The nice thing is that it...

These are some of the really cool items that I have purchased in the last couple of months. This is just a catch up so you can see some of my great finds. Another awesome silver tea set from Goodwill A vintage scale from an awesome little shop in Clintonville.  Vintage Buttons for my Wedding Bouquet!!  More Vintage Buttons Even more vintage buttons!!  And yet more vintage buttons!! I really like buttons. Beautiful tea cup and saucer from Anthropologie Beautiful shelf from a vintage shop for $5.  Old artist's tray and palette with old paints that I am going to use to decorate my craft room. Some of the old bottles in the artist's tray. More old bottles from artist's tray pretty white tea cup that was $1 Vintage books to use for wedding crafts  Cute silver tray from Goodwill. Cute bead or other little item tins that were only $4 Native American Day of the Dead Mouse Pad Stone chip necklaces and st...

I found these two pieces of military art at a thrift store and while I did not purchase them because they were priced strangely high, I did take photos so I can share them with you.

My mother is an amazing thrifter, yard saler, and all around awesome things finder. Last summer she went to Swappers day in Johnstown (where she picked up the fantastic silver box  that will be a part of my wedding) and she got a huge box of bottles and jars for me for basically nothing. This is one of my favorite bottles from the box...

I went to the Ohio Thrift Store on Friday Night, and it was an amazingly good find day. I spent $24 total and I bought the following. An Awesome Silver Tray.  A tarnished but beautiful tea set with three goblets, all silver plated. An awesome bottle with Bacchus on it.  And a clear glass tea set for blooming teas. :)  Life is going good. I'm still losing weight. My current weight loss total is 35.5 pounds. Going strong. And my friend Janet and I decided tonight that we are going to do the  Warrior Dash  in June. Basically it's a "race" with an obstacle course in it. And they encourage costumes and silliness, so we have decided we have to do it. I am really excited by the idea. :)  I got my second English essay back today and was really excited that I got a 98% on it. Hell Yeah. I am so freakin' excited by that. Which means I should be getting an A in the class. Rock!! I have a Math test tomorrow night, but I am feeling pretty confident about the concepts...