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Etsy Find: I pick you!
I loveeeeee Etsy. I tend to spend a good amount of my day browsing through the shops. Well, while window shopping or should I say computer screen shopping, I can across Metal Craft, and i'm happy I did! Look what I found and purchased:
I Pick You - Personalized Hand Stamped Sterling Silver Guitar Pick
I Pick You - Personalized Hand Stamped Sterling Silver Guitar Pick
I plan to give this to my finacee on our wedding day as a momento! It's perfect! Aaron is a guitarist. He's going to love it! Yippeeeeee! I'm so happy! Go Etsy! Go Metal Craft!
Style: Flower Girl Dress
Flower girl dress hunting is not easy. Trying to find that perfect little dress for that special little one, can be tough. I was worried I would not please Aaron's little niece (she's a girly girl with an opion, who could blame her). Well, I emailed two pictures of dresses that I had really like (Aaron' sister lives in Kentucky, otherwise I would have visited) ;o). Maddie (Aaron's niece) picked the one she liked! And I must say it was the best choice! I love it! It was secretly my favorite. Here is is:
It arrived in the mail the other day! OMG! It's beautiful! I wish I were the flower girl for my own wedding, so I can wear this dress.. sigh
Here were some other options:
The Pumpelly House Estate
Ok, so after much searching, we finally picked a reception site! yippee!! The Pumpelly House Estate! It’s a historic house built in the early 1900's, that is now used as a Bed & Breakfast. Our reception will take place at the Carriage House, which is part of the property! It's Beautiful! It's rustic, but elegant, roomy & airy. It's right on the Susquehanna River. Here are a couple of pictures.
The Pumpelly House Etsate (Front)
Pumpelly Lobby
Pumpelly Grand Staircase
Pumpelly Livingrooom
Pumpelly Master Suite
The Carriage House
Estate Grounds Map
There are some of the places we were looking at:
Owego? Tioga County?
Where in the world is Owego? It's in Tioga County. I decided to write this blog to give a little backround on where I will be living once I'm married. (Owego is also home to our reception site) ;o)
Here is a map of New York State.
Here are some other pictures of Tioga County:
Owego Court Street Bridge (the bridge to Owego!)
The Owego Court Street Bridge @ Night
Sunflower Field
Susquehanna River
Susquehanna River during the Fall
Tioga County Court House
Tioga County Farm Country
Tioga County Kayaking on the Susquehanna
Did You Know?
Fun facts about Tioga County
1. The last remaining Treadway Inn in the national chain of hotels is located in Owego.
2. The largest island in the Susquehanna River in New York State, 110 acres, is in Tioga County.
3. The longest epitaph in the U.S. can be found on a grave in Evergreen Cemetery, Owego.
4. The Jail House Restaurant, formerly a real Jail until 1997, is a historic registered building built in 1910. You can dine in the jail cells, and waited by staff in black holding handcuffs.
5. Owego is the Home of General Henry Martyn Robert, author of the "Roberts Rules of Order."
6. The crackdown of the American Mafia gathering of 1957 occurred in Apalachin, NY where the opening of the movie, "Analyze This" was set.
7. The county courthouse built in 1872 is still used as a courthouse.
8. Tioga County is home of world, national and NYS woodcarvers.
9. The Tioga County Historical Society Museum houses Civil War original photographs by Matthew Brady of Robert E. Lee, Ulysses Simpson Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman and Abraham Lincoln.
10. The largest deer farm in New York State, 3rd largest in the country is located in Candor.
11. The Jail House Choppers, makers of old-fashioned motorcycles, located in the basement of the Jail House Restaurant.
12. Susquehanna means long and crooked river – susque means long & crooked; anna means river.
13. If you've seen movies such as "Braveheart," you've seen one of the many products manufactured in Tioga County. Starfire Swords, Ltd. is located in Spencer, NY and produces sword blades for costume, decoration, and staged combat.
12. Susquehanna means long and crooked river – susque means long & crooked; anna means river.
13. If you've seen movies such as "Braveheart," you've seen one of the many products manufactured in Tioga County. Starfire Swords, Ltd. is located in Spencer, NY and produces sword blades for costume, decoration, and staged combat.
14. Newark Valley is the home of the largest elm tree in New York State. It's girth measures 150" and is 108' high. It is located on...what else? Elm Street.
15. Lockheed Martin, the largest defense contractor in the world, is located in Owego, NY and is the new contractor for the next generation of Presidential helicopters.
16. Leprino Foods, the world's largest supplier of mozzarella cheese is located in Waverly, NY.
17. The Ti-Ahwaga Players has the proud distinction of being the oldest continually active community theatre group in upstate New York. This distinction is especially impressive when considering the fact that TCP has never had a permanent physical location to call a home until 1996 when they purchased a building, a former food processing plant, and transformed it into a quality 150 seat cabaret style theatre space.
17. The Ti-Ahwaga Players has the proud distinction of being the oldest continually active community theatre group in upstate New York. This distinction is especially impressive when considering the fact that TCP has never had a permanent physical location to call a home until 1996 when they purchased a building, a former food processing plant, and transformed it into a quality 150 seat cabaret style theatre space.
18. Richford is the birthplace of John D. Rockefeller, born in poverty. John also went to school in Owego. He lived in Owego at 2453 Route 17C where in front of the house a historic marker stands.
Cool links:
Tioga's Historic buildings/landmarks
Tioga County Web Site
Owego Web Site
*Owego's Annual Strawberry Festival
*(The Strawberry Festival is the mian reason we moved to Owego) :o)
Wedding Cake!
YAY! WE went cake tasting! Aaron could not wait for this day! We stopped by Marilyn's bake shop in downtown Bighamton! YUMMMMMMMMMMM! She had some saples for us, which Mr. Gibson ate the most of. I took two bites of each and started talking the the wonderful cake lady and when I went in for another bite, the small cake was half gone! I looked @ Aaron, who just happen to wipe the excess frosting from his mouth, and knew where the rest of the cake went! Did I happen to mention our cake tasting was @ 9am! We had a bit of a sugar that morning! anyhoo.. here are the flavors and fillings that we picked:
The cake will be in 4 layers (though, from the looks of it, we're going to have to order more cake) with Buttercream frosting
Starting from the bottom layer
1st layer- strawberry cake with cream cheese filling
2nd layer - Chocolate cake with Chocolate mousse filling
3rd layer - yellow cake with Chocolate mousse filling
4th Layer - Surprise! We couldn't decide, so we asked the Bake shoppe to surprise us!
Now, I come from a family of cake bakers and decorators, I myself am a certified cake decorator (really.. :o) I have the certificate to prove it.), however I wanted a really simple cake. I think alot of my guests expect an elborate cake! lol.. oh well! Here is a reference picture we left with them, as to what we would like the cake to look like :o)
The cake will be in 4 layers (though, from the looks of it, we're going to have to order more cake) with Buttercream frosting
Starting from the bottom layer
1st layer- strawberry cake with cream cheese filling
2nd layer - Chocolate cake with Chocolate mousse filling
3rd layer - yellow cake with Chocolate mousse filling
4th Layer - Surprise! We couldn't decide, so we asked the Bake shoppe to surprise us!
Now, I come from a family of cake bakers and decorators, I myself am a certified cake decorator (really.. :o) I have the certificate to prove it.), however I wanted a really simple cake. I think alot of my guests expect an elborate cake! lol.. oh well! Here is a reference picture we left with them, as to what we would like the cake to look like :o)
Our Save the Date Cards & Invitations
So my mom and I went on our Michaels Craft store adventure to find anything & everything wedding and to get ideas. I passed the invitation section & something caught my eye! Black & White invites. Yippee! We loaded up our basket with the invites & matching save the date cards and off we went. DIY projects are a million times cheaper (sometimes) than paying someone else to do it. I just have to assemble them all ;o(.
Here are the sample pictures:
Here are the sample pictures:
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