Taxi Printable

Just a quick post today to share something I made for the wedding :)

I was inspired by something on Pinterest to make this for my wedding!

I went into Photoshop, made the dimensions for the size of the frame that I want, put the border (I looked up how to do that on youtube) and started with the graphic stuff. I got the owl graphic by searching for free owl clip art on google - pretty simple. The font is a free custom font that I downloaded - Pinterest has tons of selection and just put the companies and numbers in the area.

I plan to put it in a frame and place it on the bar at the wedding - you know ... just as a friendly reminder ;) 

 

Weekly Recap + an announcement!

**Read until the end because I have announcement!

This entire week I have been sick which is one of the main reasons I slacked on the blog and couldn't get a Youtube video up on Saturday. But besides sleeping until 5pm everyday, I did manage to power through and get some things done that I had previously been avoiding.

This obviously was not one of the tasks but I thought it was funny - Kitty and Gizmo love their new cat tree so much that they fight over it. This is not a permanent spot for it, I just put it there to make it easy to jump onto from the couch because it is quite tall. 

This is also what happened early on in the week and the week before - a crappy weather system. It was so cold but now when I see that it is 0 degrees, I'm like ... hey it is time to put my coat away! 

One of the tasks I started was addressing my invitations, I have them all printed and addressed now. I just need to wait for a special personal touch to come in the mail and I have to get the hotel room block sorted out which I am doing today.

Here are all the envelopes all addressed. Some people are going to be getting their invitations before others. I am sending anybody who lives out of province theirs the end of the month so that they have time to make arrangements. Anybody who lives far enough that they need a hotel will get theirs mid February and the rest I am sending out at the end of February.  Once they are all out, I will be doing a post on the invitations.

I also picked up the new Carrie Underwood collection of nail polish! I am wearing the pink one (Carnival Cotton Candy) and I love it!

And this is basically how I spent most of the week - watching Glee.

Not pictured here, but I did do it over the weekend was compile a list of makeup and hair professionals for the wedding. This was one thing I was seriously avoiding because it seemed like an overwhelming and hard task to me. Reasoning being that there is a lot of them, and they are not cheap. I decided upon a mobile service because we will be getting a hotel suite the night before the wedding. I would have had all my calls made by now but alas the illness won out and didn't get to the phoning part but I plan to do that this week!

And now for this big announcement! Over the past few months, I have hinted here and there of a new business venture. Well the website is up and I am ready to share now. I have started my own business as a Professional Organizer! I am not doing appointments just yet because I still have some administrative/legal stuff I want to get together but will let everyone know as soon as I am. In the meantime, my website is up and I will be doing all of my organizing posts on there! So head on over there and subscribe to my Facebook page to get all the organizing goodness that I am going to be sharing :) 

Website: www.laurenashleyorganizing.blogspot.ca

Facebook Page: http://on.fb.me/KTisqC

Fashion Friday

Since I have been sick all week, I haven't really worried too much about my own wardrobe but I did find this really cute outfit idea on Gal Meets Glam. 

On her blog she provides where she bought the items but I've provided more affordable options to achieve the look! 

Dress: Here, Here, and Here

Jacket: Here, Here, and Here

Clutch: Here, and Here

Shoes: Here, Here, and Here

22 Benefits of Being Married

I have been sick the last few days so there hasn't been any blog posts. Sorry about that. Because I missed the scheduled posts for the last 2 days, I'm replacing a throwback Thursday with the one that was supposed to be posted on Tuesday!

That being said, I find there is a lot of negativity around being married these days - especially towards young people getting married. I found this article over on the Inspired Bride so I thought I would share it here for some fun! 

22 Benefits of Being Married 

1. You’ll have a live-in spider killer.

Seriously. When I see a disgusting bug, I put a cup on it and wait for Brandyn to get home and get it.

 

2. Someone will always be around to reach the top shelves in the kitchen.

 

3. You’ll live longer; studies have shown married couples live longer.

4. You’ll always get a Valentine’s Day present… and an anniversary present!

Double the presents!!! Who doesn't love presents.

5 Your husband is like a built-in toe warmer waiting on the other side of the bed.

 6. You will always have someone to share your deepest secrets with. 

7. You’ll have a dishes-doing partner… and a dance partner.

8. There’s always someone to wake up if you have a creepy dream.

9. You’ll have someone to support you in all things.

10. Having someone there to bring you soup when you’re sick.

11. Starting a family with the man you adore.

12. Having a husband is like having a handyman on-call 24-hours a day.

I will never have to pay for an electrician

 

13. Gaining a whole extra family that you’ll love and who will love you.

14. Knowing that someone always has your back.

15. You’ll have a Sunday morning newspaper-reading partner.

16. He’ll be your partner in crime.

17. It’s nice having someone who knows you as well as you know yourself.

18. Two heads are better than one, especially when you’re coming up with excuses for staying home from work, getting out of a prior obligation, etc.

19. You always have a date for Saturday night.

20. Someone is always there to share laughs with.

21. Looking forward to your husband walking in at the end of the day.

22. You’ll have someone to try new recipes on… and someone to tell you how your butt looks in those jeans!

See it is not so bad! Keep in mind, you obviously don't have to be married to enjoy these perks either!

Weekly Recap

With my weekly recap, I have a bit of a change that is happening to this blog. This has been widely requested so I will be starting a fashion type post on Fridays! I wouldn't say I have a crazy fashion sense, I just wear what I think looks nice, so if I may not have my own outfit to post everyday but on those days I will be posting some great looks and inspiration I come across! I kind of failed with it last week because I was really busy that day but I promise I will keep up with it in the next year!

That being said, last week a few things happened.

One major one is that I set up my Facebook page! I never set one up before because I didn't feel like I had enough readers to deserve one but I think my blog has gotten to that point now and for those of you who aren't friends with me on Facebook, if you like my page you now be notified when I do a posting. So! Here is the link to it: Click Me

Also, my business website is currently in the process of getting done so hopefully by the end of the week I should have that up and running and then I can make the big announcement of what I am doing! I am very excited for that. 

And as per usual, here is how the week went described through pictures!

I got this book which is basically 150 cities in the US and Canada and what to do when spending a weekend there. It tells you in detail, where to eat, what to see and what times you should be going there so you can make sure to fit everything in. What I love is that there is a strict itinerary and it is not any of the big attractions either - it is more local stuff. I love to immerse myself in a city when I travel so that is a huge bonus about this book for me. Obviously if you really want to visit a big box attraction, you can just swap something out for it but anyway I seriously recommend this book. Amaze!

We also brought Carter to secure his suit for the wedding. The jacket he is wearing is not the jacket with the suit. He put that one on for sizing purposes so sorry, but you can't see the whole look! lol but look how sharp he looks! What a handsome brother I have.

Here is Carter again, being a "cat" 

 

On Friday, the day I was supposed to do a fashion post, I was watching my brother's indoor Ontario cup tournament. The toque is from The Bay - it is part of the 2012 Olympic line.

Friday night we went to go see the new Paranormal Activity movie. I was quite tired from the long day so I just wore my slippers and pj's! I didn't put my slippers on until I got inside though because it is quite a slushy disaster outside! As for the movie, I am done with that movie series. (**This is a spoiler alert so stop reading now if you don't want to know). I was watching it fine until they started visibly torturing the dog. It is one thing to you know basically say that the dog died like they did in one of the earlier ones but to watch it happen... I got very upset and the movie lost me after that.

And for a funny picture, I tried a new mask from Lush! My eyes are looking like they are because the peppermint aroma was so strong it made my eyes water! lol I will probably do a review maybe next week on this mask so make sure to be subscribed to my YouTube channel!

Throwback Thursday

Summer 2008 Part 2

Monthly Favourites

makeup forever lipstick in purple / sigma e40 tapered blending brush / kiehl's ultra facial cleanser / formula x the twenty-two

To hear full reviews on each of these products, I will be putting up a video on my Vlog channel. Click here to subscribe to it.