Inside The Bungalow Blog

Real Wedding: Tanya & Ben

ITB — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:35:00 GMT

Tanya & Ben are an amazing couple. They have been together for seven years and the bonds between both families were so strong, it made you want to be a part of the family. The toasts from Tanya's grandfather & Ben's mother brought tears to us all.

Congratulations you two!! We wish you many years of love, joy, & sweet memories!

Real Wedding: Christiana & Jason

ITB — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:27:00 GMT

Christiana & Jason were an absolute pleasure to work with.

They were fun, playful, relaxed, and completely in love. I love working with couples like Christiana & Jason because they keep the focus and intention of their wedding on the true meaning of getting married~ their bond to each other.

Christiana went to Trader Joes in the morning & choose beautiful wild flowers to make her bouquet from. Not only did they turn out beautifully, they matched the garden like setting of ITB. They also had novelty candy as party favors to also keep in theme with the vintage style location. Congratulations Christiana & Jason! Thanks for sharing your special day with us!

International Women's Day & Half the Sky

ITB — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:30:00 GMT

NCM Fathom and CARE, with the support of Delta Air Lines and Meredith Corporation, are partnering on a one night event inspired by stories from the NewYork Times bestseller “Half the Sky” by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Celebrate International Women’s Day on Thursday, March 4 ...at... 7:30p, and be inspired to help women and girls everywhere turn oppression into opportunity! Go to www.halftheskylive.com for more info!A group of us will be attending this movie at the AMC at Stapley & the 60. It plays at 7:30pm. Please feel free to join us!

Art Show This Saturday

ITB — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:28:00 GMT

Sunday Drive Interrupted

ITB — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:22:00 GMT

Don't you hate when you go out for a drive in the rain...

and the road disappears???

Happy Sunday!

DIY Friday: Creating Eco-friendly Invitations Using Photoshop

ITB — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:40:00 GMT

Scrapbooking has evolved over the years and provides an excellent resource to make your own invitations. The three scrapbooking sites I use the most are Cottage Arts, Designer Digitals, & House of 3.

1. Create a new project in photoshop 6 x 6
2. Place your paper (I chose Cottage Arts BlankDeNoir 2papers # 7)

2. Pick your two colors (Springwedding colors for 2010 include teal, cobalt, poppy, coral, violet, andyellow, which can be paired with champagne, gray, and taupe)

3. Click layer tab- New adjustment layer- Gradient Map (Here you can play with the opacity~ I chose 70%)

4. You could choose to print your invitation here & overlay it with vellum or you could continue below

4. Click new layer
5. Choose white as a color and add the rectangular shape
6. Click on the layer tab- layer style- blending options
7. Click the drop shadow box (this will give the top layer a 3d effect); Play with the opacity here too (I chose 70%)

8. Choose your font & you have you own invitation to print out on recycled paper

Wedding season begins next week. Check back for photos!!
Happy Sunday,
Carrie

DIY Friday: Inexpensive Spring Eco-Friendly Wedding Centerpieces

ITB — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:02:00 GMT

We are moving into our Spring wedding season at Inside The Bungalow. It is my favorite season because our orchid trees are in full bloom. I love the creative and unique centerpieces I discovered for this upcoming season. Moving from the upper left corner and moving left:
1. Fruit Wedding Candle Centerpiece Love To Know (I love the use of fruit & candles~ something you can reuse & is not expensive) 2. Wheatgrass Centerpiece Floral Verde LLC 3. Just Beachy Martha Stewart Weddings (I liked the idea of taking a pale & painting them with your wedding colors) 4. Bubble Clings Stress Away Bridal Shop 5. Springs Nest Country Living 6. Personalized Favors Country Living (this was such a thoughtful thank you!) 7. Real Wedding The Knot 8. Simple Beauty The Knot 9. Burst of Sunshine The Knot 10. Real Wedding Brides.com 11. Real Wedding Brides.com 12. Birdcage Brides.com
Make sure to use seasonal flowers and a local florist to make these eco-friendly centerpieces. I can't wait to share the creativity of our ITB brides this Spring. Stay tuned for more upcoming Real Wedding photos!!!
Carrie

The I Am Enough Mantra

ITB — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:13:00 GMT

In the Yoga Sutras, Pantanjali reminds us that ignorance (avidya) is the root cause of all suffering. In Light On The Yoga Sutras, B.K.S Iyengar identifies the seven states of ignorance:
1. smallness, feebleness, insignificance, inferiority, meanness
2. unsteadiness, fickleness, mutability
3. living with pains, afflictions, misery, agony
4. living with the association of pain
5. mistaking the perishable body for the Self
6. creating conditions for undergoing sorrow
7. believing that union with the soul (yoga) is impossible, and acting as though that were so

As I continue to work with women through my yoga classes and workshops, I see a common thread... A feeling of inadequacy. Whether it came from messages in our childhood, culture, or workplace, many of us learned to put others first, to stuff feelings internally, to compare ourselves to others. Think about the messages you may have or continue to receive: You are selfish if (fill in the blank), Who do you think you are if (fill in the blank), Why can't you be like so and so?...
How much time, on average, do you devote to yourself on a daily basis? The two minutes it takes to brush your teeth? The 20 minute car ride into work? The 40 minutes during your child's soccer/hockey practice as you converse with other parents on the sideline? The 1 hour 20 minutes for your yoga class if the kids aren't off on Spring Break or a work deadline isn't due?
Yoga provides a wonderful opportunity for me to see where the imbalances lie in my life. On my mat, I have countless opportunities to observe, without judgment, my thoughts, breath, and sensations. I witness, firsthand, when I overextend myself (stuck in past conditioning) or when I am not reaching my true potential (concerned or fearful of what has yet to come). While I can appreciate not everyone having the luxury of owning their own studio, taking time out of our day for ourselves is critical to personal growth and freedom. It provides each of us an opportunity to cultivate an awareness of what keeps us stuck, what continues to create suffering in our lives and what we can do to overcome these obstacles.

Take the challenge: Take 20 minutes out of every day just for YOU for the next seven days. Close the door to your bedroom if you have to. Journal, take a bath, take a walk. Come back and share your experience in the comment section below to be entered into a drawing to win some delightful Strawberry Hedgehog goodies.

Living Gloriously

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are Powerful beyondmeasure.

It is our Light, not our darkness that most frightensus.

We ask ourselves.

“Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?”

Actually, who are NOT to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not save the world.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so small

That other people won’t feel insecure around you

We are all meant to shine, as children do.

We were born to manifest the glory of God that iswithin us.

It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,

We unconsciously give other people permission to dothe same.

As we are liberated from our fear, our presenceautomatically liberates others.

~Nelson Mandela

Have a beautiful weekend. I look forward to your sharing
Namaste',
Carrie

Happy Valentine's Day

ITB — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:32:00 GMT

In honor of Valentine's Day, I thought I'd share a couple of our winter weddings. Randy & Christina were a joy to work with! Joel & Sarrah we have been lucky to get to know through the last couple of years in the cafe. It was a treat to share in their special day. Congratulations!!

Fun w/Diana Rothery

ITB — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:29:00 GMT

I had so much fun taking these photos with Diana Rothery. Thanks Diana!!