Christmas crackers, a popular tradition in the UK, is now a tradition in our home. I had seen them in stores like Marshall’s and Home Goods, but I never fully understood what they were until I became a Doctor Who fan. Rather than buying them though, I make my own. For the past couple […]
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A Chic Wedding that Didn’t Cost a Gazillion (Part 2)
Continued from A Chic Wedding that Didn’t Cost a Gazillion Planning chic DIY wedding wasn’t only about the crafts and consumables. I needed to plan logistics, and that included a variety of spreadsheets and checklists. I modified a Martha Stewart wedding checklist to fit my needs and went from there. Knowing we would be sailing […]
A Chic Wedding that Didn’t Cost a Gazillion
I planned a chic Christmas wedding in four months. It wasn’t a shotgun wedding or anything, it’s just that I was in grad school and we wanted to just do it. Neither one of us have wealthy families, nor did we want to spend tens of thousands on a wedding when we would rather spend […]
Afternoon Tea Society, Houston Edition
A little background on how the Afternoon Tea Society in Houston came to be: This May a friend and I took our mothers to Great Britain for a British Isles cruise out of Southampton. We would be in London for less than 24 hours before the cruise. The flight on coach from Houston to London was […]
Jack of All Trades, Master of None
I cannot sit still. I seriously can’t function unless I have multiple things clouding my brain. Some people might call me a busybody, an overachiever, or someone with a short attention span. I may not necessarily disagree with those people. While I tend to stay away from any one label, I will admit to having […]