bridal shower

i spent a little bit at the church today celebrating the upcoming marriage of a dear lady and her fiance. she is a beauty through and through.  

she was the kid at youth who always had the questions about EVERYTHING we taught her.  and wrote out notes and questions that came up in her own Bible reading time during the week.  she wanted answers.  we had better be willing to find the answers if we didn't already know them.  she challenged us, the leaders.  i love that about her.  

she is a dreamer as well, that makes her an amazing writer.  

last night i realized it was her bridal shower this aft. 

Gasp!!  

i hadn't bought anything yet.  

she needs something unique, like her. 

something that creams Nicole! or Nikki! :) 

i didn't want to go out on a hunt.. i thought for about 2 minutes and ran to my husband 

"bookends.  she needs cool, unique bookends!"  

they're readers, she's a writer...bookends made so much sense to me.  

so hubby said, alright let me know what you want and i'll go make them.   

what do you think of when you think of Nik?  i think of...Fantasy!  oh..not too easy to make into bookends in one night.  

then i had it...Scrabble tile bookends. 

I drew it out and gave it to hubby.  

he went down stairs and cut some wood, and brought me up the tile pieces.  

i got to work wood burning the letters and their values.

then he brought them down putting them altogether.  

we were able to get 2 clear coats on them last night and this morning he went down for the sanding and final coat.

(that's the first letter for each of their names.)

i had to make the card before i went. 

i was so excited to bring them.

love this gal.

she has encouraged me over the years, in many ways.

she makes me laugh.

she makes me cry.

she just makes me smile.

i am so excited for her and her upcoming wedding.

what a beautiful grade 9 she was when i first met her..

what a beautiful lady she is now.

what a stunning...beautiful...lovely bride she will be.

i hope someone is watching her hubby's face when she starts her walk down the aisle because that will be spectacular.