A Country Wedding Part One

Hello everyone!

My husband and I went to a wedding over the holiday weekend.  I love sharing pics from a wedding because there are always so many great ideas shown.  I'm a romantic at heart too, so I enjoy going to weddings as well.  This wedding was for the daughter of a firefighter friend of my husband.  We have known his family for many years and were so honored to be a part of their big day.  She just graduated college at UGA and her husband recently graduated from Ga Tech!  Hmmmmm........and they actually like each other!  LOL!  For those of you that don't live in GA, those are big football team rivals!  Anyway, they have a wonderful future planned.  They will move to Texas, where the groom has a job lined up as a chemical engineer, and she will be an interior decorator with the degree she just earned.  Pretty exciting huh?

As we approached the venue, Sanctuary Plantation, we followed the sign to the ceremony.

This is what we saw as we drove up.  It's an antebellum plantation!

This was an evening outdoor wedding.  The guests were seated in front of the plantation overlooking a beautiful view (which I'm sorry to say I did not get a picture of).  

Here is the bride coming out to greet her groom at the beginning of the ceremony.

Regrettably, I did not get any pics of the ceremony itself.  I wish I had, though, because it was a beautiful setting in front of a large fountain.  

After the ceremony was over, the wedding party walked back into the plantation.  

We were all instructed to drive down the hill to the barn on the property to enjoy the reception.

There was a beautiful gravel path lined with roses leading to the barn.

We were greeted by this cute old window with the wedding date added to it.

Upon entering the barn, we were able to add our names to this picture featuring their wedding invitation.

We walked in to the upper level of the barn, so when looking down over the railing this is what we saw.  Very festive!

Want to see more?

Well, you'll have to come back for part two.  Sorry!!!

I hope all of you are having a restful Memorial Day today.  We will be cooking out later today with family.

Thanks for stopping by.

~ Dian Mayasari ~

A Summery Bedroom

Hello everyone!

Well, I did it again.  I changed a few things in my bedroom.  The reason?  Well, since my walls are white and my draperies are neutral, and the bedding is white, it's just so darn easy to do!  I could come up with just about any color scheme I wanted to in here and just by changing a few pillows and accessories it wouldn't cost much.  So, that's what I did in my bedroom for the summer.

This time I added some cherry and pink.  I don't want anything fussy just simple cottage style with a summery feel.  I think I got it.

A simple change of pillow shams with a cherry paisley design  got me off to the right start.

I also added a vintage grain sack with a red stripe to the bench.

On one side table, I added some cherry blossom branches to a pitcher and some books with prayer beads on top.

On the other side table, a simple white crock filled with white hydrangeas.

Adjacent to the bed, is a chair and ottoman covered in a ruffled blanket and some simple pillows.

It feels very summery in here now.

Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

  I hope that you can all take time out of your fun weekend plans to remember those that made the ultimate sacrifice for our country too.

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Dian Mayasari ~

Linking to:  Best of the Weekend

Share Your Style Party #14

Hello everyone!

I hope you're having a good week so far.  I'm really enjoying seeing what everyone links up every week.  There is just so much creativity out there.  This week, Martina with Northern Nesting is your host!

Hi there friends...It's Martina from Northern Nesting

I'm thrilled to be your happy host this week at

Share Your Style! 
I love hosting with these guys every week!

Sherry @ No Minimalist Here

Debra @ Common Ground 

Barbara @ 21 Rosemary Lane

Lynn @ The Vintage Nest 

Dian Mayasari @ Dian Mayasari Style 

Martina @ Northern Nesting

Ron @ Uptown Acorn 

Amanda @ Dixie Delights

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Here's a few things I shared with you on the blog this month... 

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FEATURES Of The Week!

You guys AMAZE me every week with all the fabulous posts you all link up...I wish I could feature all of you!

Here are a few from last weeks party... 

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Des from Peeking Thru The Sunflowers

made this beautiful trumeau mirror...love how it turned out! 

 

Mary from Home Is Where The Boat Is

shared this beautiful outside tablescape!

Laura from Top This Top That

shared her beautiful guest room makeover! 

Making my reservations today:-)

Julie from Little Farmstead

shared how she painted her kitchen countertops!! 

What a fabulous transformation!

Christy from Our Southern Home

shared her DIY no sew lampshade...love it!!

All That's Jas

Shared this yummy and healthy for you dessert!

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Playing with my New Camera

Hello everyone!

Well, I finally got one!  I have my very first DSLR camera now.  It is so much fun to use but a lot of work trying to learn!  My husband surprised me the other morning with this Nikon D3300 camera.  He bought the kit with it so it included a strap, carrying case, wifi card to download pics to our phones etc.  He even bought me a tripod!  So, needless to say, I have been knee deep in learning how to use this thing!  It's much more complex than my little point and shoot that I had for years.  

We've been reading the manual, watching You Tube videos about it, and watching DVD material sent with the camera.  We've been learning new terms like ISO, aperature, effects, exposure compensation etc.  

Here are some pics taken with my new camera.

Trying out different lens:

Trying out different aperatures:

Using the view finder:

Using the tripod:

Using basic "point and shoot" style:

I think what I love about this camera  is that I don't have to edit them so much now.  I get a much clearer picture and when I download them to be edited, the picture is much larger to see on my computer screen.  I think I will enjoy using the tripod the most!  I am terrible about tipping the camera when I press "shoot" so all my pictures have to be straightened out afterwards.  

So, now I want to know (from those of you that have this same camera) what set-ups do you like the best?  Any advice or recommendations you would make?  

Be sure to come back here tonight at 7pm  (eastern standard time) for our weekly Share Your Style party too!

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Dian Mayasari ~

April Showers brought May Flowers

Hello everyone!

We had a very rainy April!  It was one of the wettest months on record.  However, May has been pretty dry.  We are now enjoying the flowers that the rains from April helped produce!  I thought I would share some views around my front yard.  My back yard is blooming too, but I'll share that another time.

First of all, I'm very pleased with how our grass is doing.  This is the time of year when it looks the best.  Once the rain slows down, it starts to fade.  

We basically have grass at the top of our yard and at the bottom.  Since we're on a hill, we have landscaping along the hill. The top of our yard gets a lot of shade, so we planted fescue grass there.

What I love the most is my peony bush that is doing well this year. Here is a bud about to open.

 Just two days later it looked like this!

I also like my knock-out roses.  We have red and pink.  For some reason, the pink ones haven't grown too much.

This bush was planted many years ago but this is the first year it has bloomed small white flowers on it.  We're not quite sure what it's called either.  We think it's a type of privot bush.

The three little green plants, below, are yellow day lilies that haven't yet bloomed.

Down by our mailbox, we have a mix of honeysuckle and roses.  

We have bermuda grass planted at the bottom of our yard due to the full sun exposure.  However, it hasn't greened up all the way yet.  

I'll share the back yard next!

Thanks for stopping by.

~ Dian Mayasari ~

Painted Chest in the Foyer

Hello everyone!

I loved the color of the clock so much (from this post)  that I decided to add it to the chest of drawers in my foyer too.  However, I didn't really paint the whole thing.  I just dry brushed the blue paint over the grey so it instantly gave it an aged look. No wax was necessary. 

Here is the before:

This chest has been through many transformations.  It started out as a plain pine chest.  Then I painted it blue and the knobs white.  But, the blue was more blue than I cared for, so I painted it grey (to match my other furniture pieces).  Now, I've dry brushed a light blue all over it so it's a subtle change. 

This picture shows the color a bit better.

By simply dry brushing it on, I was able to do it quickly using some of the paint that I had left over.  It dried almost instantly too!

I styled the top by adding some faux lilacs in galvanized buckets. 

The paint that I used was from Farmhouse Paint and the color is blue toile.  I dry brushed that over a grey paint from Sherwin Williams called Fawn Brindle.

Hope you all have a great weekend planned!  I can't believe there is only one more week of school until summer break.  So, I better enjoy a quiet house while I still can!

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Dian Mayasari ~

Linking to: Best of the Weekend

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