Erin Akin Carroll

not your typical guest book

Filed Under: weddings

Feb262008

Todd and I brainstormed a lot over what kind of guest book would we have. I didn’t want to use the usual sheets from my bride book as the guest book because I wanted a little more than just someone’s signature on a line. I wanted to create an opportunity for guests to leave us notes and give us a book that we’ll want to look back through later.

I love the idea of the Polaroid guest book where the bride and groom provide a big blank book and have an attendant at the entrance to take Polaroid pictures of all of the guests. Then the guests attach their picture to the book and sign around their picture. The only problem is that I don’t have a Polaroid camera and I don’t want to assign someone to take those pictures all night.

from theknot.com

I also loved the idea of a guest book quilt. The bride and groom provide little quilt squares and markers for the guests, the guests sign them, and then the bride and groom have the squares sewn into a quilt that they can use forever and pass down through the generations. It does sound like a lot of work, though.

quilt from Findgift.com

We decided on another idea. For Christmas, I used kodakgallery.com to create coffee table-style photo albums for my parents and brother. I scanned in hundreds of old pictures and then uploaded them all into kodakgallery.com. The website is so easy and you can go back and place pictures on each page just as you want it. I’ve decided to do the same thing for our guest book. I’ve created a book of pictures of Todd and me throughout our courtship and I’ve left every other page blank so our wedding guests can sign all around our pictures. I hope it goes over well. I know that we’ll go back and look through it all the time to remember the wedding day, the special guests that attended, and to look at pictures from all of our fun experiences together!

from kodakgallery.com

i want candy!

Filed Under: weddings

Feb262008

A huge trend in wedding and event planning is candy buffets. We’ve jumped on the bandwagon and decided to have a candy buffet at our reception set up as guests exit and leave.

Candy buffets are all fun, but I’ve definitely seen some that are pretty and even more personal than others. Some candy buffets feature every color of the rainbow and some stick wtih the wedding colors. We’re doing the latter. Here is a picture of a gorgeous candy buffet that I recently saw. The photo was taken by candyfavorites.com. There are quite a few websites to help you locate different candies in bulk so you’re not trying to open up small package after small package to empty them all into a giant container big enough to serve all of your guests.

Restockit.com is a great resource for containers. They are just nice enough for the occassion– you don’t want to use your mother’s Waterford crystal candy jar for this!

bright in white

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Feb262008

Everywhere I look, things are bright, white, crisp, and clean.

Cute little Westies! My neighbor has two westies that are always out on walks and just so adorable. This one in the tiny polo is even cuter!

I am not a fan of coconut cake, pie, drinks, or anything else… but it looks so yummy! Especially under this gorgeous Juliska cake stand.

Beignets!

Christina and I were in Coach on Sunday and they have affixed these little scarves to all of their leather bags this Spring. Aren’t those the cutest little scarves?

Oh… Carolina Herrera. Your dresses are so lovely!

dancing in the kitchen

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Feb262008

I wanted to post this picture of Boudreaux and me dancing in the kitchen on Sunday night. I was getting ready for the Oscar party and baking red velvet (Red Carpet) cupcakes and started singing. The dog gets so excited when we sing or dance!

I think the second picture shows the evidence that I was eating the red velvet cupcakes as I was making them. Oops.

I want to point out that the apron that I’m wearing is by Kitsch ‘n Glam and is one of the gifts that I’m giving as hostess gifts throughout the shower/wedding process. It’s so retro/I Love Lucy. There are over 10 patterns and they make full aprons, halter aprons, half aprons and even matching hand towels and oven mits. They’re so glamourously domestic!

On another note, the Gamecock baseball team won 2 out of 3 games against East Carolina this weekend. My friend, Christina, and her friend, Mark, came down to watch Saturday’s game. It was so wonderful to hang out with Christina and catch up. It was a beautiful day on Saturday and the Gamecocks were on fire! Unfortunately for Mark, ECU didn’t do very well and I took a picture of the scoreboard to remember the event. Spring is almost here!

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