Whoa! We just participated in our first ever Black Market at Bat’s Day in Disneyland and we can’t WAIT for the next one. Sure, I just peeled myself off my bed after being in my platforms all day long and meeting tons of great people (explanation: I’m exhausted) but I would do it again next weekend. We were so anxious to show off some of our new products. Yes, we do more than just invitations. Some of the things we had to show were some more of Underwood’s original digital artwork. No surprise, it looked like our thorny roses in a frame were our best sellers. We sold out! Man, I had the perfect spot in my house to put that. :o) Guess other people did too, which is a-o-k with me. Anyhow, I’m going to stop talking for the time being so I can gather myself and get some things done but I wanted to invite everyone to visit our Etsy store, which will have all our items from Black Market and then some….

I will write more later but for now…. VISIT ETSY!

Growing up I never saw my dad wear a ring. Wait, maybe I saw him wear one, once…on his pinky. I think it was the whole invoking the Godfather persona but other than that, no ring. I did date a guy who wore a gold ring with my name (awww) and his class ring, so that was probably my first experience with a man wearing a ring. Now that my beau and I are getting married I’ve wondered, does it matter if he wears a ring or not? And the answer there is no. I have left it up to him to wear a ring or not.

The only jewelry I’ve ever seen him (beau) wear was a gold necklace his mother gave him. When I asked my newly married friend if she minded whether her husband wore his ring or not she just about knocked my head off and said “HE BETTER”! She then turned the tables on me and asked my thoughts and I told her it was really up to him - I could care less. She was speechless.

Wedding rings are symbolic of many things, everlasting love, life-long commitment, you name it. But when I really think about it, I think a lot of wives put a heavy emphasis on the ring as a symbol of “back off ladies, he’s taken”. To me it’s really his actions. A piece of metal will not stop or make him act any different. Sure, it’s nice to see some “bling” on my man but it’s not a necessity on my part.

Although, there is this ring in development that will warm up every hour 24 hours before your anniversary. That’s pretty funny and will they make it for the bride as well?

A backhanded nod from Bridezilla… Our “Committed” invitations made the “most bizarre” wedding invitations. Cool! We love bizarre.

A marriage that very few people may think of is between a visionary and a musician. There is one marriage that strikes my fancy each time I hear they are working together: Tim Burton & Danny Elfman. Theirs is a marriage joined in ultimate synergy. One of my favorite Elfman/Burton collaborations, and which I have on my iPod is the Edward Scissorhands theme. I could be in the middle of traffic, or having a really bad day and this song comes on and *POOF* I’m transformed into a Burton-like world. True love lives. Oddball antics occur but yet I am utterly at peace.

Whether it be a song, a color or smell something so mundane seems to evoke such a deep sense of being in you that no one, no thing can ruin your moment. Is there a song that resonantes in your mind so much that you envision your “moment”, your wedding? If so, hit “play”, imagine and create.