To the birds

Dear Internets,

As I mentioned yesterday, I made a few prototypes of little bird statues. I want to pick a pair to serve as cupcake stand (cake) toppers at Achilles' and my wedding. (I made these myself out of Crayola clay and paint, but with the exception of couple 3, the birds were mostly inspired by designs I saw on Etsy. Don't give me too much credit!)


Couple 1


Couple 2


Couple 3

These are just prototypes - I will definitely make a fancier/cleaner version of whichever couple is deemed cutest. (For example, the bride in Couple 1 would not have a Don King veil.) Also, my florist/BFF said she could make a little nest for the birdies to live in, so they wouldn't just be hanging out on top of the cupcakes.

Which birds do you like best?


Thanks for weighing in, Internets!

Love,
Jane

Wednesday Weecap! With bullet points!

Dear Internets,

It has been a while since I've done a bullet point update. I think we're overdue.

• Even though Informal Classes got canceled, the currently scheduled classes will still run. This means my stand up comedy class is still on. Yay?
• I think I'm getting too old for Facebook. Every time they change the interface, I get more confused.
• We had a baby shower at work. My boss told me she hoped I wasn't getting any ideas about having babies myself. I told her Achilles and I want to go to Europe again before we have kids. Then everyone looked at me like I was the devil. Am I the devil? I thought saying "IwantkidslikeOMGrightnow!" would make me seem crazy.
• After I politely explained our situation, the guest who added his son's girlfriend apologized profusely and removed her from his RSVP. I felt sort of guilty, but I would feel worse if one of our other guests (who aren't bringing kids or dates) got their feelings hurt.
• Other wedding news: I made some little bird sculptures to use as cupcake stand toppers. I will post pictures and let you guys vote on which ones you think we should use.
• Our wedding is turning out to be very traditional. This is not what I originally wanted, but it seemed to take that direction on its own. I think I'm OK with that.
• I'm going to make my nephew some Hulk/Valentine's cupcakes. We'll see how those turn out.
• I love Valentine's Day. It has the best color scheme of any holiday. It's like pink and purple and lavender and red got together and exploded into heart-shaped everything. If Halloween had a Valentine's color scheme? My life would be complete.

How are you this week, Internets?

Love,
Jane

GRRR....

Dear Internets,

Is it wrong to feel INCREDIBLY STABBY because people decided to add their son's girlfriend when they sent their RSVP?

If I couldn't invite my cousins or friends from college to my wedding, I don't want your teenage son's stupid girlfriend there!

At least you understand me, Internets.

Love,
Jane

Just pluggin along

Dear Internets,

Aside from a series of minor calamities (shattering a bottle of hot pink nail polish all over the bathroom, burning my hand rather severely on my parents' toaster, accidentally slamming the car door on the end of Bailey's tail, etc.) life has been rather uneventful. Most of my energy has been focused on being annoyed angry with UT for canceling their community informal classes program (which hosts my comedy class and my original return to horseback riding class, among others) and taking care of somewhat boring wedding details. Any remaining energy has been directed toward worrying - about anything, everything, nothing.

Other than that, I've been going to work, going home, spending too much time and money on Etsy, and going to bed early. Rinse, repeat.

Life is boring. I should probably be happy about that, I guess.

XOXO,
Jane