WE DID IT!! (and a Thank You Photoshoot….)

By Mandi 02/28/2014

You guys!!!! YOU GUYS!!! I am pinching myself over and over! We won the Apartment Therapy Homie for Best Home Project DIY Blog!!

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I am so excited I don’t even know myself right now!!

I have to give the hugest thank you in the world to every single person that voted and shared and cheered us on. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!!

It was so humbling, inspiring,  exciting, and every other word in the English language for something so dang incredible to have happened. It was wonderful to see how everyone rallied together to push it through.

You guys, we did it!!

For those that are new to Vintage Revivals, welcome to the family!! We are a crazy bunch, but we are glad to have ya!

The bridesmaid photoshoot was a last minute idea, and honestly I am so relieved that you guys put up with my weirdness.

So the best way that I could think of to show you how INCREDIBLY grateful for your support is of course, another one. Dont worry, the awesome DIY starts back up on Monday. But for today, we are going to a wedding…

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All joking aside, I really do love and appreciate every one of you!!

Love Your Guts

65 thoughts on “WE DID IT!! (and a Thank You Photoshoot….)”

  1. OMG, stop it right now. This is so AWESOME. I think my Barbie had that exact dress 😉 TOTALLY deserved and I’m SOOOOO excited for you!!

  2. I’m so glad you won 😀 I have been reading your blog for a few months now and really like it. Amazing and unique ideas but what got me really hooked was that you shared your life story, so wonderful. Congrats!!!

  3. Just started reading your blog recently, and LOOOVE it! And I love Apartment Therapy, too, so it totally makes sense that you’d win! Totes mcGotes. Anyhoo, congrats and love the photoshoot. Looking forward to looking through all your old posts and reading the new ones that come along.
    Annette

  4. OH. MY. GOSH! You make me laugh so hard. For starters CONGRATS, you deserve it big time. Secondly, your so gorg. that the gag me 80’s dress doesn’t matter. Third the mascara… and that is all!

  5. I feel like my mom probably made that wedding veil haha. She was the queen of wedding viels for a long time and sold to stores all over. Her name is Jill Payne or Jillian Viels. ha
    Just curious if you remember where it was from, Im sure she would love to see this!

  6. You are so photogenic! Even in that crazy headpiece and dress you look beautiful! Love the “emotional” shots! What a great sense of humor you have! Congratulations on your win!

  7. Congrats!! You totally deserve this. This made me laugh on a day that I needed to. I didn’t know if you could top the bridesmaid photo shoot, but you definitely did.

  8. Awesome post! You crack me up! So fun 🙂 And congratulations, you really have a wonderfully unique style of approaching DIY and how you express yourself in writing, Great blog! 🙂

    1. For the first time ever do i read comments to find that out too! So i second this question, where on EARTH?! Makes me think of the movie 27 Dresses, hehehe.

      1. Re-read the bridesmaid post and what do you know, there it is: Butterfields Antiques on St. George Blvd. 🙂

  9. I just have to say you are amazing, and totally deserve to be recognized. Also, I could never bring myself to do a photo shoot on my front porch. I wish I could see inside your neighbors heads. Love your guts!

    1. Erin! This was actually on the back porch on my In Laws. BUT. Every year we do a hilarious Christmas picture and this year we did it in our driveway and totally had neighbors see it (you can check it out in the bloopers https://vintagerevivals.com/2013/12/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-christmas-photo-2013.html) The good news, our neighbors think we are crazy. The bad news, they dont ask us for stuff…actually that might be double good news. 🙂

      xo
      m

  10. Congrats!! You definitely deserved this and you are one the most talented & creative people that I’ve ever seen!

  11. CONGRATS! Well deserved to an awesomely talented person!!!! Very happy for Vintage Revivals! 🙂

  12. Congrats! You deserve it. I am a lurker, and wanna be diy’er….your creative solutions leave me inspired and amazed. If I could only get off my paralyzed butt and attempt something…but I did get off my butt to vote for you!

  13. Congrats! That is so exciting, I love seeing all your accomplishments unfold. I feel proud that I “know” you. Can wait to see what’s coming next!

  14. Holy cow, that’s huge!!! The award, not the dress. Well, actually that bow on the back of the dress is sort of huge itself! Very 1993. I would know because I got married with a hug bow on my butt in 1993. Looking back, not a great look! Congrats on the award though!

  15. Holy moly! Your blog looks fantastic, can’t wait to really look around. Congrats on the homie award, that’s how I found you

  16. Please tell me you blew one of these bride pictures up to 16 x 20 and hung it in your fabulous house. Totally awesome! Congrats!

  17. YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIII! Congratulations!!!!!!! So happy for you Mandi!!!!! And you make that dress and headpiece look good! Hehee!

  18. LOL! I voted my ass off and am SO HAPPY that you won! You totes deserve it. And I love LOVE the photo shoot! So great. xx

  19. As my dear Granny would say “what in Sam Hilllllllll!?”.

    My first time visiting your blog and I see some sort of amazing: Tacky Vintage Wedding / Awkward Family Photo
    glamour shoot going on. I am especially in love with the “ugly cry” photo.

    Fabulous!!!!

  20. Congratulations!!! Super excited for you. Somehow, I missed your crazy Christmas picture, but I just went and checked them all out…..fantastic. Totally made me you love your blog even more that I did before!

  21. girl, you are hilarious!!!!! Thank you for the bride photoshoot!!!! and congrats on the win
    but mostly LOVE the blog!!!!

  22. I’m pretty new to your blog, but I read your Real life Story, and really appreciated your honest depiction of your life…and Happy for your success’s now (yes i voted for you too)!
    These pictures of the bridesmaids dresses are cracking me up; I think I’ve told everyone I know about you now! You truly bring a smile to my face! These wedding dress pics are hilarious and your facial expressions SO remind me of Carol Burnett!!
    You deserve all of your happiness! 🙂
    We love your guts!

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