• it's like we're famous!

Ok, not really. But it's so fun to see yourself on someone else's site! Long story short...I ordered this canvas artwork from a shop on etsy named GeeZees for our one year anniversary. It's a picture from our wedding and our wedding vows. Basically, you order the size canvas you want, then send in the picture you want to use, and up to 150 words. Stephanie, the "shop owner" then takes your words and combines them with your picture. Once you approve one of the proofs she prints it out, mounts it on solid wood, and wa-la- instant art!

Now David and I have to figure out where to put it in the birdhouse! The other cool thing (here's where the famous subject line comes in) is that we're part of an email she sent out about a charity thing she's doing on her blog and we're on her etsy site now! How cool!

The charity part of it is actually really awesome. For every print she sells the shipping is free (within the U.S.) and she will donate one handmade knitted and crocheted hat for every sale during the month of October to kids fighting cancer who have experienced hair loss. Check out her shop on etsy! Stephanie did an awesome job with ours!

• my new purchase

I was wandering around this store in SD looking at lots of goodies when I came across this one "booth" of stuff. I was instantly drawn in. Actually I wanted to buy just about everything this girl had, but thought that my bank account would thank me later if I refrained!

So instead I just read everything she had on the walls and found myself going back to one piece in particular. I actually did the "walk-away" test. I walked over to a few other stalls to look at their items and then kept turning around looking at this one piece. I just found the short and sweet message so powerful...so I bought it! What do you think? :)

• creating the new photo-scene

So David and I apparently felt like we didn't have enough to do for Gina and Max's wedding...we decided our original photobooth just wouldn't do! No, we needed something more magnificent, more vintage, more perfect for their special day! Insert: the photo-scene! I can't believe we got it basically completed in less than 1 week! Below are some of the pictures we took creating the 2010 line of our side-business!

Our friend Tom Fink helped us create the entire 8' x 8' scene in his shop. In order to make it easy to move, assemble, and disassemble we needed to make the scene 2 separate pieces that fit together.

First we framed both the top and bottom pieces, created the wainscotting on his huge table saw, and attached the front pieces onto the frames.

We also had to position our two picture frames on the top section and cut them out using the jigsaw.

Once both pieces were ready to go we created "legs" to help hold up the entire scene. Then we sat the top section up on the bottom and screwed the pieces together. Here's a view from the back of the scene!

Just completing these pieces of the booth took all day. Before David and I left we had to try out the booth though!

A few days later we came back to stain the bottom wainscotting, wallpaper the top, and reattach the frames. We were almost finished! In our quest for the vintage look we found a chair and stool (that we reupolstered) and a small table that sits in front of the scene. Included behind the scene are stepstools that allow you to stand up behind the framing and look like you're in the picture frames "hanging" on the wall!

Tomorrow David will be processing the pictures that were taken at the wedding. I'll post a few up here so you can see the finished product in use. As with any new item there's a few kinks to work out and items to add, but we're super excited to add this to our photobooth business!

No pics just yet!

We've been busy helping Gina & Max with their upcoming wedding (upcoming like this weekend!!) and haven't done much around the birdhouse lately! This past weekend David and I celebrated our one year anniversary- we can't believe how fast the year has gone. Throughout the day Sunday I found myself looking at the clock and thinking back to what we were doing at that time one year ago! So fun!

We've decided to create a "vintage" photobooth scene for Gina's wedding (and to add to our ensemble of photobooth options). Gina found a photo of a scene some guys had made for someone else's wedding so David and I thought, "Well, we've got nothing else going on so...why not, let's build one too"! This past weekend we went antique shopping for scene furniture, wallpaper, and ideas. Finally found some furniture (chair, bench, table) at a place on 7th Ave and pretty much created the whole scene with Tom Fink's help (again!) on Sunday. It's amazing what one can create with a little imagination, a master carpenter, and the right tools!

We don't want to spoil the fun for Gina and Max to lay their eyes on the vintage photobooth this upcoming Saturday...so no pics just yet! Let's just say David and I are super excited for the debut of our latest photobooth creation! (Plus, we're trying to figure out where it's going to be stored when not in use)

Don't worry we'll post a few pics here soon! Plus, we'll have tons on our photobooth site http://www.picturethisbooths.com/!