Children's New Year's Eve Party Black, White, Comics, & Bling This past fall, I participated in a fun "East Coast Challenge" with other party designers to collaborate on a Children's New Year's themed party. It was East Coast vs. West Coast! We'll showcase soon but today we're showing you East Coast with black, white, comics, and bling! My role was to add some jewels and "bling" the { Continue Reading }
New Years Eve Dinner Party Photography by Kristen Steele Photography This year, I was inspired to style a New Years Eve "midnight" themed dinner party atop a downtown Nashville condominium building. Partnering with Kate of of Custom Paper Works, we came up with a black, gold, and midnight blue color theme. She designed all the paper menus, confetti, signs, and place cards. She is one of our { Continue Reading }
New Years Printables in honor of Operation Shower from Love the Day Lindi of Love the Day created these oh so fabulous (and free!) New Years Printables to raise awareness for Operation Shower! Operation Shower is a fantastic nonprofit organization that "provides joyful baby showers for military families to ease the burden of deployment.” Check out Operation Shower’s website to find ways to { Continue Reading }
We all wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We are all enjoying some quality time with friends and family for the next couple of days, but wanted to leave you with our fabulous Holiday card designed by Kori Clark of Paper & Pigtails. She took our love for tablescapes (and green!) and designed something we fell in love with. We mailed these out to Pizzazzerie friends and { Continue Reading }
Crystal Light shared these low calorie holiday drink recipes with me, and they are oh so good! I love the stuff day in and day out but you can add a few simple twists for a delightfully delicious holiday drink (without all the calories). What's your favorite Crystal Light flavor? Set up a "make your own cocktail bar" with a few different flavors of Crystal Light and a variety of liquors and { Continue Reading }
Ugly Sweater Christmas Party The charming Rebekah of A Blissful Nest told me about an Ugly Sweater Christmas Party she had worked on, and I was all kinds of excited to see the pictures! We love showcasing gorgeous cocktail parties, holiday children's parties, etc, but this party theme is one I know a lot of people celebrate around the country. I have seen some true "winners" in the tacky { Continue Reading }
Elegant Connecticut Wedding Thanks to photographer Justin Marantz for this submission to us via Two Bright Lights. Katie Saeger, a writer for our site, told me about this gorgeous wedding and we "ooh'd and aah'd" quite a bit over the lavish details! This autumn wedding provided us tons of luxurious inspiration for not only weddings but dinner parties, cocktail gatherings, and all sorts of { Continue Reading }
Mad Men Christmas Party The holidays are all about food and fun, so why not throw a themed twist into your celebration this year with a Mad Men inspired Christmas party! We recently caught up with the owners of Fantasy Frostings (you might remember this duo from our Cake Jars giveaway) and learned all about their latest Mad Men inspired cake! The cake involves the Radio Flyer red wagon! { Continue Reading }
We recently hosted a fun giveaway of Willow House products and had the pleasure of styling a shoot with their holiday line. Thanks to Martha Hjorth for letting me style away with the gorgeous Willow House items. Huge thanks to Kristen Steele Photography for the amazing photos! Christmas morning is a magical time during the holiday season. The children are eager to open presents and sweet { Continue Reading }
Giveaway: Calligraphy Hand Stamp ($50+ value) Calligraphy is such a beautiful art and not jut for wedding invitations anymore! From paper goodies for parties, stationery, logos, and even cookies, Jennifer Gillespie is the owner of Calligraphy by Jennifer. We are so lucky to have her as a talented supporter of our site. She is a true gem. We are also lucky to be hosting a giveaway for a { Continue Reading }
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