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{oscar party} diy chalkboard cheese platter

February 21, 2014

When revving up for a party I always find myself in a creative, want-to-make-something-right-now kind of mood. For the Oscar Party I decided on a chalkboard cheese platter. Nothing like some delicious cheeses to go with a little champagne. What I love best about this project is that the material list is short and the […]

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{oscar party} invitations

February 14, 2014

The theme has been picked, inspiration found, and now the Oscar Party invitations are going out. I hand drew the patterns for this invitation and then completed it using Adobe Illustrator. This method rocks because you can have a hand-drawn aesthetic without having to actually hand draw a boat load of invites. I went for […]

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{oscar party} inspiration

February 7, 2014

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 For awhile now I have been hankering to write a celebration series of posts that build on one another. Today I am excited to introduce my first celebrate series focused on throwing a viewing party! I will walk you through my process, starting with my oscar party inspiration. […]

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{celebrate} my baby shower!

November 22, 2013

{Sharilyn, Me, & Kelly} It is not often that all the facets of my life come together. I am lucky to have a large, loving community of family and friends that has slowly grown throughout the years. Because my parents are divorced and I tend to collect one or two close friends from every phase […]

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{celebrate} honey bee rehearsal dinner

August 19, 2013

 A party is always fun to put together, from making the invitations to deciding on a menu. The Smyths recently hosted a backyard rehearsal dinner in honor of Nick, my bro-in-law, and his lady Sharilyn. It was a garden party like only they can put on, with the vintage parachute hung with lights and lanterns, […]

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{diy} honey bee party favors

August 13, 2013

Nothing like a sweet quote to set the stage of a rehearsal dinner. I helped put these lovely little honey bee party favors together for Nick and Sharilyn. We were able to a some local flare with the help of my mom-in-law, Debbie’s, neighbor who has his own backyard honey bees. With the cutest weck […]

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{celebrate} happy fourth!

July 4, 2013

{cupcake flag} Happy 4th of July to you and yours! Hope you are enjoying the day!  

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{celebrate} cupcake flags

April 5, 2013

Celebrations have been abound in our world lately. The mister and I celebrated our 30th birthday party with a joint bash in our basement. We held a backyard fête at the beach for my brother-in-law who recently got engaged. Then there are the showers and bachelorette parties in the near future. For each of these […]

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{celebrate} nick & sharilyn’s engagement party

March 5, 2013

This weekend we spent our days prepping an engagement party in the beautiful city of Santa Cruz. My brother-in-law found the lovely lady he wants to spend the rest of his life with and I can’t think of a better excuse for a party than that! Given that our family loves throwing a shindig, we […]

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{diy} starfish place setting

July 19, 2012

Just a couple weekends back our family had the opportunity to celebrate the eightieth birthday of Jeff’s fabulous grandpa. He is a wonderful man, quick to laughter, and always to warm and welcoming. Our party loving family jumped at the opportunity to put something special together for him. I volunteered to help out with a […]

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