Washington, DC

Last week, our overseas relatives flew across the world to see us (well, mostly Chuck).  Last weekend, our family traveled to Washington, DC.  Unfortunately, I forgot to charge my camera, so I wasn't able to take too many shots.  Here are some photos from our first day in our nation's capital.

Freezer paper stenciled "dreaming of you" pillow cases

One of the cutest wedding gifts I got was a set of pillowcases from my friend Kim.  

(image from here)

I love how the two pillowcases go together.  So when I saw that Justine from Kerr-afty Creations designed her own set of pillowcases that went together, I had to copy the idea.  (Thanks Justine!)

The pillows are designed so that it looks like one person is dreaming of the other.  I thought the pillowcases would be a nice wedding gift to S and A.  I have pretty shaky hands, so instead of directly painting the images on I used the freezer paper stencil technique.  Here are some photos of my work:  

The end result was pretty cute.  But warning- If you try this design out, make sure that you carefully iron the cloud on.  I wasn't so careful and paint seeped through one of the edges.  Eek!

S + A Wedding reception

And here are the photos from their wedding reception:

S + A, thanks so much for letting me share in your special day.

S+ A Wedding Ceremony

Yesterday, I posted about the pre-wedding Mehndi Ceremony.  Here are some photos from Sunday's wedding ceremony:

All the ladies received white flowers to wear in our hair

The lovely bride reaches for her groom

Colorful saris 

The beautiful couple

Mehndi Ceremony

This past weekend I attended the long-awaited wedding of a dear college friend.  It was an especially beautiful event, full of color, tradition, delicious food, and of course, love.

Here are some photos from Saturday's Mehndi ceremony.  (To see photos from their wedding ceremony, click here.)

Mehndi being drawn on a friend

Such beautiful and intricate artistry

The bride's lovely hands

This shot reminded me of a scene from a Bollywood movie

The lovely hands of long-time friends