Weddings + Christmas = Love

Wedding and Christmas are two of my very favorite things...and combining them is heavenly! While coming up with a personal touch to a wedding gift for our wonderful friends Nate and Ashley, I came across on where else but Pintrest {a recent obsession of mine} this great idea to make a Christmas ornament out of the couple's wedding invite and then gift it to them as a gift for their 1st Christmas tree...I know right?! This had to happen...
It was so very simple and took me know time at all to mane a beautiful Christmas ball. I got so excited and I forgot to take pictures of Ashley and Nate's invite, So here are instructions using my 10 year old {yikes..how did 10 years happen already} wedding invitation:

1) Take your wedding invitation and cut it into strips using a paper cutter..I didn't measure I just tried to cut it so they were somewhat uniform and that you can still read what it said:

2) Curl the strips of invitations around a pen or pencil - a stiff paper will hold the curl:

3) Take the top off  the Christmas ornament and place them inside:

4) Add a pretty ribbon to the Christmas ball and you're done!:

 

Here are some completed ones of Ashley and Nate's...

Here is the link to the original post for this craft...so simple, so lovely!

Beautiful

Wow! I wasn't kidding about my last post...B really was for busy! I have seen so many beautiful things during the past month, that I thought the best way to showcase my amazing last 4 weeks was via photos...

Beautiful Shower for my equally beautiful girlfriend in crime, Ashley:

My daughters visiting with their beautiful Great Grandparents in Thompson, Manitoba...priceless:

Celebrating a beautiful Canada Day with the best of friends at our 10th annual July long camping trip:

Celebrating July 4th with my American friends in beautiful Brimley, Michigan on Lake Superior:

Beautiful sights along the shores of Lake Superior:

A beautifully delicious Margarita at The Palace Restaurant & Saloon in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan:

 The beautiful wedding of Nate and Ashley Ward:

Lastly, my backyard in beautiful summer bloom...all while experiencing a month of beauty with loved ones:

I hope you are enjoying a beautiful summer so far...sometimes life flies by so quickly we forget to take in all the beauty of the  moments happening right before us.