Just a reminder for all of you in Southern CA: the Queen Bee Market is tomorrow! Hooray! Be sure to come check out all of the handmade goodness. I know that I will be doing a lot of shopping 
Here is a sneak peak of a new product I have been working away on. I am so excited about them!
Happy weekend everyone!
Date posted: August 5, 2011
I am so excited to be participating in the Queen Bee Market again! If you have not heard of Queen Bee, it is a killer handmade & vintage boutique in Southern CA.
The next boutique is on Saturday August 6th in Downtown San Diego and I cannot wait! I am working away on banners, tags and a couple of fun new products. If you are local, you definitely want to come. So much cute stuff!
Here are the details:
Saturday, August 6th
Bayfront Hilton Downtown
1 Park Boulevard
San Diego, California
9:00-6:00
Let me know if you are going to be there so I can say hello! Also, you can enter to win a $50 gift certificate to the market by spreading the word. Make sure you mention I sent you- then we both get entries!
Date posted: July 19, 2011
photo by Jessica Claire
Congratulations to Izzy, who is the randomly selected winner of our second bundle of Cricut Cartridges!!
Thank you everyone for entering both giveaways and thanks again to Provo Craft for supplying the cartridges. If you haven’t checked out the DIY wedding class on the Cricut website, you can hop over and see it here.
Happy Monday everyone!
Date posted: July 18, 2011
As I was looking through the incredible photos that Drew B took of our new little guy, I was thinking of how much I would love to have them on canvas on our home. With perfect timing, Easy Canvas Prints contacted me and asked me to review their products on the blog. Of course, I said yes right away!
They sent me an 8×10 gallery wrapped canvas print of one of my favorite shots from our newborn shoot:
I absolutely love it! Great quality and super quick turn around. Just like their name suggests, it was really easy to order as well. It first perfectly in our little built-in and I just cannot help but smile when I look up at it.
The only thing I wish could have been different is that it would not have zoomed in so much. I like the composition of the original image and when I went to order the canvas, the editing software on the website had already zoomed in.
The best part about it is these canvases are really reasonably priced- starting at around $30! I just saw on their website that they currently are offering 25% off and free shipping as well. So awesome! If you are looking to have photos of your wedding, baby or any daily moment featured on canvas, be sure to check out Canvas Prints.
**This post was sponsored by Easy Canvas Prints. I received free product in exchange for a blog review. The product review and words are all mine though**
Date posted: July 13, 2011
Thank you to everyone who entered our first Cricut Cartridge Giveaway last week! If you haven’t had a chance to yet, please check out my DIY Wedding video on Provo Craft’s Cricut website. It was so much fun to be a part of!
Today, I am excited to announce part 2 of our Cricut Cartridge Giveaway! This set has cartridges that are primarily focused on weddings and love. Here they are:
This is actually the font I used for the numbers on my projects. It is a really pretty font and the cartridge also has some fun shapes and phrases.
This one has fun wedding phrases and shapes and also has some great project items such as favor boxes, a scalloped pennant and cones. I used this quite a bit on the other project ideas I showed in the video.
Lots of great shapes for any occasion, as well as some cute ones for showers, anniversaries, weddings, valentines day and engagement parties. There are tag, card and envelope features, so there are tons of projects you could use this one for.
This cartridge has shapes for any dressy event. It has phrases and cute frames too.
Just like last week, you can enter up to 3 times by taking the following steps:
1. Comment on this post, telling me what your favorite wedding detail is/was. Or- you can tell me what your favorite cricut cartridge is.
2. Tweet or post on Facebook about this giveaway. Once you have, comment with a link back here.
3. Blog about the DIY class and the giveaway. Once you have, post again here with a link to your blog post.
You can enter each way only once. You can enter until midnight on Friday, July 15th. I will announce the winner on Monday the 18th.
**Thank you to Provo Craft for supplying the cartridges for these giveaways. Other than the company supplying the items, I am not receiving any sponsorship/payments from Provo Craft for this post**
Date posted: July 12, 2011
Julie and Bryan are such an elegant, classy couple and their wedding was such a good representation of their style. We introduced them to you a couple of months ago and are so excited to share the beautiful photos of their wedding, captured by Erin Hearts Court.
Their wedding was simply stunning- classic details with a warm, tasty color palette of plum, peach and blush pink. It was held at one of our favorite venues- Vibiana.
Julie’s veil is one of my favorite veils I’ve ever seen- those ruffles!
Meg of La Partie did the floral design and everything was beautiful!
How sweet are they?
We were so excited to see that their wedding was featured today on Elizabeth Anne Designs. You can see the post here, as well as a snippet of their wedding film!
The amazing vendor team:
*Photography: Erin Hearts Court
*Planning & Coordination: Joyful Weddings & Events
*Venue : Vibiana
*Floral: La Partie Events
*Lighting: Amber Event Production
*Stationery: Wedding Paper Divas
*Calligraphy: Little Miss Press
*Videographer: Artisan Productions
*Gown: Amsale
*Hair : Cathy Masingale
*Makeup: Alissa Wasser
*Catering: The Food Matters
*Cake: Vanilla Bake Shop
*Rentals: Signature Party Rentals
*DJ: Red Shoe LA
*Ceremony music: Angelica Strings
Date posted: July 11, 2011
The winner of our first Cricut cartridge giveaway, chosen at random by number, is:
Hillary!!!
Hillary, please email me your address and we will get those out to you right away! (courtney at joyfulweddingsandevents dot com)
Be sure to check back again next week for our second giveaway: 4 more great cartridges!
Date posted: July 8, 2011
Just a friendly reminder that our first Cricut cartridge giveaway ends tonight at midnight pst! Be sure to enter on the original post for your chance to win!
Date posted: July 7, 2011
We hope that everyone has a fun and safe 4th of July! Photo by Meg Perotti.
Date posted: July 4, 2011
A couple of months ago, Provocraft flew me out to Utah to film a class on creative ways to use the Cricut for wedding decor. For those of you who have not heard of the Cricut, it is a cutting machine that can cut literally thousands and thousands of shapes and fonts with themed cartridges. I love mine- I use it all the time for my weddings and for my personal parties and decor. Provocraft just released a new version, called the Cricut Expression 2 and it is really fun- I have loved all of the great upgrades.
My class is now up on Cricut’s website! In it, I talk about trends and give project ideas including vase wraps, labels, snack cones, a cute card box idea, drink stirrers and many more. Then I give step by step instructions on how to many adorable scalloped escort cards and table number signs.
Ignore the bad quality of the photos above. They are screen shots of the video. I want to give a big thank you to Amanda Phelps for the beautiful calligraphy on the escort cards.
The video is totally free and you can watch it here any time!
**To make things even more exciting for me, the wonderful team at Provocraft gave me some cricut cartridges to give away!!*** I will be splitting them into two giveaways.
The first will be a set of 3 fun cartridges that are great for everyday crafting and weddings as well:
Paper Lace (my favorite new cartridge!)
and Carousel
Next week, I will be giving away a set of four wedding related cartridges too!
You can enter to win these three cartridges in 3 ways:
1. Comment on this post, telling me how you would use the cricut for a wedding. Or- if you did use the cricut for your wedding decor- I’d love to hear how! Also, if you watch the DIY class, let me know what you think!
2. Tweet or post on Facebook about this giveaway. Once you have, comment with a link back here.
3. Blog about the DIY class and the giveaway. Once you have, post again here with a link to your blog post.
You can enter each way only once. You can enter until midnight on Thursday, July 7th. I will announce the winner on Friday the 8th.
Have a wonderful 4th of July weekend everyone!
Date posted: July 1, 2011
