Going to the chapel......

It's that time of year again. June! and that means weddings. We had a big wedding/reunion in my family. My niece got married and I made 40 dozens cookies for the reception.  I hear the cookies, at weddings, are now as important as the cake. We had cake too.....HO-HO cake. Layers of chocolate cake, chocolate ganache, chocolate icing and fluffy vanilla cream.  And no, we're not Italian. I know they are known for baking alot for weddings too. What a fun time. 

Using what I have....or I'm too cheap to buy it.

I made a cross-stitched Christmas tablecloth for my niece who is getting married on Saturday. I was going to buy wrapping paper, ribbon and a card but my daughter said let's use what we have. So this is what we came up with. Butcher's paper, seam binding and copies of vintage wedding cards. Does it say  "what a creative family!" or does it scream "THEY WERE  TOO CHEAP TO BUY WRAPPING PAPER!" Well , the deed is done and this is how we are taking it . No excuses.