Dearborn, Michigan

For the next day of our Michigan trip we were in the Detroit/Dearborn area. My cousin's wedding was that evening. My parents suggested we visit Greenfield Village and/or the Henry Ford Museum. We ended up just having time for Greenfield Village. The place is HUGE! It's filled with tons of historic buildings like Edison's lab, Robert Frost's house, the Wright Brother's bicycle shop and so much more. This was my favorite part of our Michigan trip. They also have an amazing military discount. Charles got in for free!

Enjoying a post-lunch treat--Buckeye!

We closed out the evening celebrating my cousin's marriage. I saw some of my cousins that I haven't seen in at least 15-20 years. Everyone is so grown up now.

Shoe search

I am going to be a bridesmaid in December for my good friend Cheryl. I am very excited since I've never been a bridesmaid before. I was very honored that she asked me to be one.

My dress finally came in and I tried it on today. It still needs some alterations, but it's a gorgeous dress. Now comes the hard part of picking shoes. Cheryl has given the bridesmaids free reign on shoes. The dress is long and her view is that we should be comfortable and no one will really see our shoes anyway.

The owner of the dress shop thought brown. I was originally thinking gold, but the gold shoes that I fell in love with would not look quite right with the color of the dress. After looking at brown shoes, I tried to think of another color. I landed on red! It's a Christmas/winter themed wedding and red makes sense. Plus, what girl doesn't want a great pair of red shoes in her collection.

Here are some shoes that I found in my brief search today:

Basic red pumps

Some more red heels

I'm leaning towards these...aren't they beautiful?

Red flats

Red flats with a little detail (sorry for the really blurry image...got it off Google)

Picture Frame Dress Up

As mentioned in a previous post, I am going to share with you how I dressed up a photo frame for my "wedding shelf" with the ribbon and pins from my wedding bouquet. It's so easy and could be done with any frame.

My Wedding Shelf...includes the bottle of wine we were given at our Rehearsal dinner, the two glasses we toasted with, my garter, the cake serving set (which desperately needs some polishing), picture frame, cake centerpiece, bottom of maple syrup that we used as favors and my husband's dried boutonniere.

Things you'll need:

Picture frame (I'm using one that holds an 8x10 photo...the front is just flat and white)

Ribbon

Decorative pins or other embellishments (buttons would be cute, too)

Wire cutter, if using pins

Glue gun and hot glue

First you'll tie the ribbon around the frame like I have done. Tie a bow on the corner. Then, if using decorative pins, you'll need a wire cutter to cut the top off the pin. My pins had a pearl-like top and looked so great against the brown satin ribbon. 

Once you have all the pins cut, eye ball or lay out how you want the pearls to lay on the ribbon. I love polka dots, so mine are in a polka dot pattern.

With a tiny dot of hot glue, glue the pearl tops onto the ribbon in your desired pattern. Hold it down until it dries.

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