Going to the Chapel...you want a present?

I'm not quite sure when the big wedding season switched from June/July to November, but it seems like everyone is getting married this month.  O.k., well not everyone, but there are two seriously cute girls I know getting married in the next week.  Being almost 10 years out from my own wedding, I have no idea what to give today's bride (especially when they don't register anywhere and aren't having a reception).  So, here's what I came up with:

 

Sorry about the lame photography.  I tried to "fill out" the apron by tying it around a pillow.  Not sure it worked quite the way I had hoped.  Anyway, this apron was made using Amy Butler's Midwest Modern fabric line and a pattern from this fun apron book:

 

But, I couldn't stop there...you know I just can't control myself.  I'd never sewn with insulated batting until now, but I had the perfect excuse to try it out.  I just used a basic pinwheel pattern and made a matching hot pad:

 

But, I couldn't stop there either, so this was added:

 

I know, I know...what in the heck is that?  Another Amy Butler pattern (can you tell I like Amy Butler...!)  This was from her book, In Stitches, and inside are these little gems:

Just some of my favorite recipes.  I included recipes for:

• Pop-up Pancakes a/k/a German Pancakes

• Cranberry Slush

• Strawberry Cheesecake Dessert (I'll love you forever for this one Janelle...but my thighs are paying for it!)

• Cheesy Chicken & Potato Soup

• Friday Night Breadsticks

• Hot Tamale Dip

I laminated them because if anyone else cooks like me, you need to keep these things protected!  I only have one set of everything ready, with one more to make.  I think I'll try a different apron and definitely different fabrics.  So that will be coming up.  I hope that they like this gift idea and that it will be useful to them. 

And since I was making multiple sets anyway, I thought it was about time for another giveaway.  So here's the deal...leave a comment on this post with your most memorable wedding gift (or if you aren't married, something you think would make a great wedding gift) and I'll draw two winners on Saturday, November 15th.  You'll get all the laminated set of 6 recipes in your own cute little bag. 

Comments

[Tara]

We weren't married too long ago...and I can definitely remember the one that made us laugh the hardest! We opened up a present that was from my mom's VERY stylish friend....to reveal a BRIGHT blue wooden flamingo on a stand with matching blue towels!! Everyone's mouths dropped wide open...with a Looooong pause...and then we all burst into the giggles!! It was pretty shocking to the eyes!

[Corissa]

Just had to say that the apron is so stinking cute!!! LOVE IT!! My most memorable wedding gift? hmmmm, i think it was Dora handtowels! Yep Dora. Quite interesting I must say!

[Jackie]

My most memorable gift was my sweet husband! He's the greatest gift I've ever received.
Jackie
Pleasant Grove, UT

[janelle]

I'm supposed to remember 12 years ago and something I got!!??? Oh yeah, I got a Martha Stewart cookbook. I looked through a couple of recipes and saw that I needed more than salt and pepper for the spices and took it back to Deseret Book and got a $30 credit. PHEW!! She could make life simple if she would just stick with the simple.

[janelle]

I was so caught up in the memory of the Martha Stewart cookbook that I forgot to say how darn cute the apron and accessories were! Great gift and the recipients will LOVE them!!!

[Tiff@Three Peas]

My most memorable wedding gift was a Magic Bullet. I love that thing. We make drinks, salsa, pesto, milkshakes, etc. It's such an awesome tool!

[Serena Welker]

The apron turned out very nice! Love it!! I was married a long, long, long time ago. We received alot of towels and for some reason some baby blankets as well.. Wonder why??

[elizabeth]

I love how you pulled the whole gift together with the recipes. Very nice touch.
I can't remember hardly any gifts... and it wasn't that long ago. I guess I really like our dining room table. My mom said they would buy it for us since her parents bought my parents one for their wedding. We picked it out and I love it. Though, it's square and we need a bigger one now!

[Amanda Hansen]

Hmmmm...It's tough to say what my favorite wedding gift was. I guess it would be a toss up between my BMW 650i Convertible and the beach house in San Diego. What can I say? I married well.

But really though...these aprons are amazing. Let's start a business. You make all the cute stuff, Corissa does the photography for the website/ads, and I take care of the marketing. We'll be rich!

[Jessica Moore]

Most memorable in a good or bad way? Well, i'll just share one of each. For the bad stuff someone (a family member who will remain un-named), gave us the most hideaous set of mugs with chickens on them. I believe there was also a little wooden tree to hang all the ugly mugs on. Obvoiusly a recycled wedding gift.
For the good, one cute little thing that stands out is a basket someone gave us fileed with sundae sauces, tall dessert spoons, and tall sundae glasses. They attached a little note that said, "Stressed spelled backwards is Desserts!" Just something cute and different.
Love the apron!!!!!!!!!!! You're so stinkin' creative!

[Wendy]

I'm late, I know, but the best wedding gift I got was a set of his and her boxing gloves. It was a gag but we pull those gloves out and fight and everytime find ourselves laughing until we're crying-because I look like a drunk flamingo when I get swingin'!