For Matt and me, there was a lot of negotiation and compromise involved with planning our wedding. For example, we wanted to stand in front of the lake to get married, but there was literally no spac...
I recently attended the Austin Earth Day festival as a representative of the school Im trying to start in Austin. I look forward to sharing a couple of posts to tell you all about it. First, I w...
Im so excited to announce the winner of a $500 (yes, thats a fourth of our wedding budget!) gift certificate to 123print.com. I have to confess Im a little jealous, but, nonetheless, Im happy for:Amy...
Beyond all the fun parts of DIYing aspects of your weddings, theres also just the nitty-gritty legwork that goes into ensuring that youve thought through every last detail to make sure you have every...
Woo-hoo! So excited to announce this weeks opportunity to win $500 worth of customized wedding stationery from 123Print.com.Seriously, 500 big ones!You could use your gift certificate to order weddin...
Planning our wedding wasnt just about putting together an awesome party with our nearest and dearest. It wasnt just about commemorating and celebrating our lifetime commitment to one another. At an e...
I swear this picture does not do this craft justice. You see, Matt, Henry, and I were on our way to visit some new friends (whom we met via this blog!). When they came to our house for dinner, they c...
Is anyone self-catering a dessert bar for your wedding? If so, may I recommend the addition of homemade whipped cream? The process was incredibly inexpensive, easy, and delicious (one of my favorite ...
I could not be more thankful that BuildASign wants to partner with 2000 Dollar Wedding to exchange products for an advertising slot in the sidebar. It was a no-brainer for me, since Ive already used ...
Im honestly not a naturally organized person (even though I write posts like this one about my Weekly Action Plan). The truth is, I have to force myself to perform the daily, weekly, monthly, and yea...
The first time I made a quilt was for our wedding. We incorporated it into the ceremony, and it has become a visual reminder of the community and connection that we felt during our celebration.The ne...
Sometimes its tempting to get so focused on the goal that once you achieve it, you forget to maintain it. Dieting is the perfect example of this. Its easy to become obsessed with eating right and exe...
Matt and I have had meaningful and memorable experiences with creating our own rituals (like we did for our wedding with the quilt-wrapping and tree planting). When it came time to celebrate our sons...
I wanted to share a simple and inexpensive option for tagging reusable glasses at a party. I simply looped a rubber band through a tag from the office supply store, and voila! The only downside was a...
Thank you to everyone who entered our contest to win a complete wedding set from e.m.papers (and thank you to Eleanor for sponsoring such an awesome contest!).Without further ado, Id like to announce...
Its seriously happening. The book! Its honestly coming together. I e-mailed the manuscript to my editor for my final deadline at the beginning of January. She just sent it back with tracked changes (...
Oh, the party. I have much to tell you.Do I start at the beginning when it was awful or start at the end when it was wonderful? I suppose I should tell the story chronologically.If youve been followi...
Hooray! Another contest! This time, e.m.papers is offering an entire wedding set for one lucky winner to download. The set includes these designs:5" x 7" Wedding invite5" x 4" Save-th...
The pinata is done!This is another one of those posts that could have gone a lot of different ways. At one point (or more like several points), I almost gave up on the whole idea. I was trying to fol...
As part of the Gourmet Grilled Cheese Bar for Henrys birthday party, I went looking for a creamy tomato soup to make. This one from Martha Stewart is surprising simple and tasty. We had it for dinner...
For Henrys birthday party on a budget, Im most excited about the gourmet grilled cheese bar (with tomato soup in the crockpot--thanks, Ellie!).The trick to keeping costs low is to offer enough option...
Im so excited to get an opportunity to help a new independent business and give away prizes to the first ten people who leave their e-mail addresses in the comments section. (Thats right; dont even l...
I apologize for not having any cute DIY projects to share on this day devoted to love. Matt and I prefer to invest our time and energy in our anniversary, birthdays, and Christmas (when it comes to p...
Thank you to everyone who entered our contest to win a copy of Megs new book:A Practical Wedding: Creative Ideas for Planning a Beautiful, Affordable, and Meaningful CelebrationIm excited that Megs f...
Henry and I worked on the pinata for his first birthday party this weekend (er, I worked on it while he crawled all around the garage looking for interesting things to put in his mouth).I followed Jo...
Right before our crazy move to Austin (we found out on a Tuesday that the scheduled closing date on our house was going to go through on Thursday after all), I managed to finish designing the invitat...
Hooray! Its free giveaway time!Im happy to be offering not one but two copies of Meg Keenes new book, A Practical Wedding: Creative Ideas for Planning a Beautiful, Affordable, and Meaningful Celebrat...
Wow. Ive written this post in so many different ways in my head.First, this post was going to be about DIYing invitations in order to save money. We only have $10 allocated to invitations for Henrys ...
Sheesh. Trying to plan the menu for Henrys budget birthday party brings me back to the difficulty of trying to plan dinner for 80 of our nearest and dearest at our wedding.Right now, weve got $50 all...
Henrys birthday is coming up, and I find myself wanting to jump right into the details (ahem, I may or may not have already started creating the invitations on Tiny Prints). The problem is we havent ...
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