Run! Succulent Fever Outbreak!

As I've been perusing the wild and sometimes overwhelming world of wedding blogs, one trend that I've really loved (but really doesn't fit our farm-y wedding) is the use of succulents. Those weird, kind of chubby little desert plants. Last summer I saw a bunch at the National Botanic Garden and they were pretty amazing inspiration.

Then this week, it's like I contracted succulent fever (possibly contagious) when I saw this store on Etsy. I immediately scooped up the little guy above and named him Elvis Kiwi. Yes, I like to name my plants. Not going to lie, part of the appeal is that I don't have to water them often which is good because I have a certified black thumb.

Then I started doodling them. Watch out for the incoming glut of succulent doodles...

There are more but I will spare you. Anyways, I'm hoping to use these as a jumping off point for some more patterns in the near-ish future, ya know, after we finish our 348 wedding projects, oh, and manage to buy the house of my severely altered dreams. More to come on that... eventually. 

Anyone else been bitten by the succulent bug? 

Kevin is awesome!

This is not a paid advertisement. Kevin is genuinely awesome. He is risking LIFE AND LIMB to bring our crazy wedding details to life. Exhibit A:

Why yes, that is a mason jar etched with our initials. And here's 50 of them lined up on the window:

Do you know how caustic etching fluid is? Apparently VERY. Don't worry he washed them multiple times, but during the application this amount of protection was necessary:

Cool right? He also figured out how to build a Ladder Golf set out of PVC, golf balls and string for our guests' enjoyment while we're doing less fun things like taking goofy photos. Meanwhile I've been ordering lots of burlap and blue patterned fabrics to do... something with. And we've been collaborating on our invitations to match the Save the Date. Here's a preview:

Anyways, things are coming along great. We've finalized the majority of the BIG things, so now we're focused on details that we hope everyone will appreciate :o) Like these navy and white striped straws and twine from Etsy: