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I’m so excited! I was asked to put together my first fashion inspiration board based on a fictitious (well, fictitious for me anyway) High School Reunion at a local bar by Amanda of I Go You Go. It was certainly a challenge but I think I picked looks that I would actually wear and that fit my style (although I am not sure that comes through in my standard issue
In case you missed it, yesterday I did a guest post over on Celebrations.com about fall entertaining and ways to keep the costs down as we head in to the holiday season. I focused on decor, materials and ways to jazz up already owned items. Check it out here. Then pop on over to see Part 2 that was shared today. I share how I created the buffet menu (above
In case you hadn’t heard about it over on Pizzazzerie, Sterling Vineyards is hosting the “Ultimate Hostess” contest. The first challenge was to create a party for friends including the wine for no more than $75. I love a challenge so I decided to see what I could put together. I was super happy with the overall party I designed (note: should there be a party girl episode of Hoarders
image by Jackie Culmer Since starting my blog, I have always wanted to be featured on Hostess with the Mostess. Until earlier this year, I thought that the larger party sites scoured the webosphere to find the coolest party and prayed they would find mine and think they were awesome. Duh. Then I realized you can submit them for review. I’m so glad I submitted this party thrown for my
Some of you may have seen this on my Facebook page already but Lowe’s recently posted this video they did at Blogher 11 where they had some bloggers talk about creativity. SEE THE VIDEO HERE (I couldn’t figure out how to shrink the movie file size to work on blogger so you can check it out on the Lowe’s Facebook page) Did you remember to “like” them? I wish they would
Today is our first day of kindergarten!!! I’m nervous and excited and sad and happy and a whole mess of emotions all rolled in to one. We are so proud of our little guy. Just wanted to share a few videos of him that have made us smile over the years. Caution: The first video contains spit up. If you are easy to gag, maybe do not watch it
Neon and neutral are the perfect colors for a party. You may remember that I entered a contest a while back in an effort to win treats for a party I wanted to throw for my friend, Erika. I didn’t win, but decided to throw the party anyway. It can be really hard to figure out a theme for an adult birthday party. So I went with a color theme
What a wonderful weekend! This was my first time renting a house with friends in Palm Springs and we had a great time. So great to spend some quality time with friends and just relax. And since we were there celebrating a birthday, you know there had to be an easy garland and cake. Hope you all had a great weekend too. Phase 2 of our Palm Springs adventure starts
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