Rumi

“Looking For Your Face”, by Rumi 

“From the beginning of my life I have been looking for your face, but today I have seen it. Today I have seen the charm, the beauty, the unfathomable grace of the face that I was looking for. Today I have found you, and those who laughed and scorned me yesterday are sorry that they were not looking as I did. I am bewildered by the magnificence of your beauty, and wish to see you with a hundred eyes. My heart has burned with passion and has searched forever for this wondrous beauty that I now behold. I am ashamed to call this love human, and afraid of God to call it divine. Your fragrant breath, like the morning breeze, has come to the stillness of the garden. You have breathed new life into me. I have become your sunshine, and also your shadow. My soul is screaming in ecstasy. Every fiber of my being is in love with you. Your effulgence has lit a fire in my heart, and you have made radiant for me the earth and sky. My arrow of love has arrived at the target. I am in the house of mercy, and my heart is a place of prayer.”

Mesa Blue

Bells

My brother is a beautiful photographer. I love this picture.

Bird Seed Wedding Favors

A Gift For The Birds

You know our favors will be DIY too! Birdseed wedding favor hearts are a sweet, simple, eco-friendly way to thank our guests – and the birds
 

Birdseed wedding favor hearts are so easy to make. And they’re incredibly inexpensive.

Here’s the DIY:
Birdseed Wedding Favor Hearts
(Makes approximately 21 two-inch hearts)
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 envelope unflavored gelatin (2.5 teaspoons)
• 3 tbsp corn syrup
• 4 cups birdseed
You will also need:
• large mixing bowl
• heart shaped cookie cutter
• nonstick spray
• chopstick or bamboo skewer for making a hole in the ornament
• parchment paper
• cookie sheet
• jute or raffia
• card stock
• rubber stamp
• ink
• rounded corner punch
• hole punch
Mix flour, water, gelatin and corn syrup. Add birdseed and stir well.

Infusion

We are on a tight liquor budget. So for our wedding we are going to try something new. We are going to have two signature drinks made with our homemade infused vodka. Since we have some time before the wedding we are going to test out some recipes now. I am really excited!

Basic Infusion Guidelines
1. Use a clean, large (at least 1.5-liter) glass container with an airtight lid for your infusion.
2. Start with a 750-ml bottle of good-quality vodka, and use fresh spices, herbs, or ripe fruit; the average yield will be about 3 cups.
3. Save your original bottle; you will need it to strain the infused mixture into.
4. Infusion times vary depending on the ingredient. Strong flavors like lemon take less time to steep (24 to 48 hours), while milder flavors such as raspberry or pineapple may take 1 to 2 weeks to fully infuse.
5. Some ingredients may break down as they stand, requiring the infusion to be strained through a wire-mesh strainer lined with a coffee filter or cheesecloth.
6. Infusions are best stored in the refrigerator; chilling helps preserve the flavors longer than if kept at room temperature.

The infusion jars will also act as decor on the bar. Our plan is to purchase large, clear, glass infusion jars which run $50-$100 each. To personalize the jars we'll add a P, for Pisciotta, of course. This can be done very easily with a glass etching stencil.

Wishing Tree

The Wish Tree is a Dutch wedding custom where guests are given a piece of paper, either shaped like a leaf or made of card stock. The guests write their wishes to the bride and groom and then hang it on the tree. This creates a gorgeous centerpiece and the tree is placed at the entrance to the reception to wow your guests right when they walk in.

                                                                  Manzanita Branches

Garden Wedding

A spring garden wedding in the Hill Country
.Simple.Elegant.Classic.
Colors:
Bride in white
Groom in tan
Bridesmaids in navy blue
Groomsmen in tan
Bouquets..white and grass green

Simple Silhouettes "Celosia"

I love these bridesmaids dresses (in navy blue)

I want my girls to love their dresses and want to wear them again. I think these are fun and simple but, elegant and perfect for a garden wedding.

Here is another idea for bridesmaid dresses:
Octopus Wrap dresses are great because they are a million styles in one. They are under $100. 
Check out her website
http://www.etsy.com/shop/CoralieBeatrix