Thursday, June 30, 2011

Clamming obsession

So during my time away from school and blogging, I spent a couple of days at the Oregon Coast with Craig and his parents, and a couple of their friends.  The tide was low on Wednesday and Thursday of June 15/16, so we spent the mornings digging for razor clams, and the evenings drinking, chatting, cooking, and having fun.  I'd never been clam digging before, but am now OBSESSED.  It was a lot of fun procuring food for the dinner table, and the fact that my shellfish license had been bought and unused (a whole $7 for residents in Oregon), it was well worth the money.  The clams were delicious, and I couldn't wait to go back out...now to just wait for a super low tide!

Craig's dad even bought me a brand new clam gun! And it's blue!!  How awesome is that?!  Being that I couldn't wait to go back out, Craig and I went to the coast yet again to harvest anything we could...this time, it was mussels.  We went out for only one night in Warrenton, OR and stayed at a cute little beach house.  It was our friend (and my save the date/invitation designer extraordinaire), Seyoung's, birthday the day before, and she and her boyfriend let us tag along for the trip.  Craig and I harvested mussels on Saturday afternoon, and we all went back to the house to clean them up and make some yummy chowder.  I will admit, it was quite a chore, as the house was equipped with wood stove (seriously) to cook on, and an couple of low-heating separate electric coiled cook tops.  We probably cooked a total of 6+ hours making that chowder, but it was such a blast!  We drank wine, ate cheese, crackers, and chips, chatted, and overall just had a blast.  We also made a nice little fire in the backyard and had some smores (which Seyoung had never made before!!!), had more libations, and finally tried our "chowder" at around 1:30am.

We ended up eating the chowder the next day for...brunch?  It was a great trip, and I was so happy to be able to do this before rotations started up for me (this week).  Thanks, Zach and Seyoung! We had a blast!

Phone picture--the chowder with crusty garlic-Parmesan cheese bread! Yum!

From my phone--the mussels all cleaned up:)

Me, being a turd in the kitchen.

Seyoung and I in the kitchen cooking up a storm...and drinking;)

Craig and Seyoung cleaning mussels


Enjoying the smores, beer (from chalices), and the awesome fire.

Just as a side note, invitations are coming along slowly, but surely.  My friend, Seyoung, really is super talented.  She's also an awesome writer.  READ/SUBSCRIBE TO HER BLOG!!  She does a lot of makeup reviews and writes funny comics:)  You can also check out her artwork here.

Monday, June 27, 2011

I'm sorry for my absence. Let me make it up to you

...by showing you some of our engagement photos!

I'm super excited about these for so many reasons--one being that they are just super duper awesome:)  All photos were shot by the talented Mosca Photo, and our photo sesh was in Newport, Oregon...a special place for me and Craig.  You can see their blog entry of our shoot here.  Here are just a few of my faves.  Enjoy!

Mosca Photo

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Mosca Photo

Sunday, June 12, 2011

My fiance is a doctor!

I'm so proud!  He's going to make an excellent veterinarian! 


My fiance is graduating!

Yep, it's true!  He's finally done with vet school.  He'll be walking today at 1:30--so proud of him!  The past week has been a whirlwind of moving (for me) and graduation celebrations (for me and him).  So excited to be marrying a DOCTOR! Lol.

Congratulations to all of the new grads out there!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Need Cufflinks?

If so, check out this giveaway from Style Unveiled and The Groom's List.  These are custom made by San Damian and completely amazing!

Oh--and the photographs were shot by my wedding photographers, Mosca Photo:)

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

I can't not share this with you.

Yes.  That was a double negative...but it was meant to be that way.  Don't worry.  Here. Watch this:

Saturday, June 4, 2011

DIY wedding flower bootcamp

So, a couple of weeks ago, I bought a Groupon for a DIY wedding flower bootcamp at the Floral Design Institute here in Portland.  The Groupon was $95, but since I had a $10 Groupon credit (I dont know when/who I got that from), it was only $85 for me.  Now, I know this is a lot of money, but since I've been stressing out over the whole flower situation and doing them myself, I decided if anything, the amount of time I can save just by getting some practice should be worth the money.  Besides...it was a class normally priced at $195, which includes all the materials--FLOWERS!--and it was only one day.  Fun!

Anyways, I learned a lot, and am starting to think I may tackle fresh flower bouquets for the guys and corsages for the moms and other special ladies:)  Here are pics of some of the things I made.

Bouquet using a nosgay.  Not a huge fan of these, but it did look nice.  I still prefer hand tied bouquets.





Corsage.  Not a big fan of the gluing method we used to create these, but I know how to wire and wrap them now:)

Boutonniere

Flower girl head gear as modeled by Maddie. 




Also made a hand-tied bouquet, not pictured here. 

I had a great time at this class, and it has given me more confidence to do my own DIY flowers.  Are you planning on doing your own flowers for your wedding too?







Thursday, June 2, 2011

2 for 2 in June

It's Oregon.  I know.  But seriously.  It's the second day of June, and we've had rain both days so far. Gah.  If you added some rain to this comic, it would be pretty darned accurate.  Especially on campus.

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TOMORROW I'm taking a DIY wedding flower bootcamp!! So excited!  I got a Groupon for it, and am excited to take the day to learn how to make my flowers!  I'm hoping this investment will save me time when it's finally time to make bouquets and bouts for the wedding.  Pictures to come after tomorrow's class!
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