{Bright Idea Thursday} Doily Love

Don't you just love doilies? There are so many options and fun ways to use them. They are NOT just for your granny anymore! There are the paper ones or hand crocheted ones. You can use them to decorate a cake, add to your table setting as a runner, or put under a plate for place settings, and maybe even have a calligrapher put your guests name on the place setting. You can use them for invitations, wrapping presents, or use as a texture for molding clay dishes. Plus they are great for any occasion!

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Barn Wedding Dream Location

I have a serious obsession with barn weddings and events so to help me organize my favorites I have created a pinterest board and shared them with you here. My BIG BIG dream is to build a barn up in New York where we are moving to so that I can host these amazing weddings at. The barns showcased here include these locations: The Barn at Gibbet Hill, The Alerin Barn, Coquelicot wines vineyard, The Lake at Foxwoods, The Barn at High Point Farms, Honey Creek Ranch, J and D Farms, Circa 1799 Dutch Barn, Heritage Restorations, Smith Barn at Brooskby Farm, The Persistence Foundation, Claxton farm, and Mount Gulian. I still can't decide which construction design I like the best: Dutch, German, traditional barn, or the more modern Claxton barn style with a tin roof OR what materials or color I would like. I love all the post and beam style for the inside, fabric draping, twinkle lights, mason jar chandeliers, and antler chandelier. I also like the idea of the big doors being open and bring the wedding outside so that guests may go in or out. I'm partial to the long rectangle table layout, the dark wood folding chairs, but the round tables are also very functional. I have to have a flower garden, plus a very pretty area for outside ceremonies, and I guess my husband will have to get his dream tractor. Ok well there you have it. I have spent a lot of time obsessing over this and maybe one day it will happen. Lots more to figure out and lots of $$$$$ would be needed, but a girl can dream, right!

This tractor is on my husband's wish list and I think it would be perfect since this couple obviously loved getting their picture taken on it <3