Always the bride and never the bridesmaid, am I right ladies? Or is it the other way around? For me, I’ve never been in anyone’s wedding but mine and my mother’s…so at 40 something, here I am a bridesmaid for the first (and probably only) time! For the bride’s shower, I was tasked with favors and the mimosa […]
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Mimosa Bar: Easy Like Sunday Brunch
Always the bride and never the bridesmaid, am I right ladies? Or is it the other way around? For me, I’ve never been in anyone’s wedding but mine and my mother’s…so at 40 something, here I am a bridesmaid for the first (and probably only) time! For the bride’s shower, I was tasked with favors […]
Wedding/Shower Favors: Lavender Soaps
Always the bride and never the bridesmaid, am I right ladies? Or is it the other way around? For me, I’ve never been in anyone’s wedding but mine and my mother’s…so at 40 something, here I am a bridesmaid for the first (and probably only) time! For the bride’s shower, I was tasked with favors […]
Our Tradition of Homemade Christmas Cards
It warms my heart when friends and family tell me they look forward to our Christmas card every year or that ours was the coolest. The end of the year is the most stressful time for me, so making these cards as a “year in review” is a satisfying reflection that makes all the stress […]
Wedding Things and Stuff for Other People
After doing my own wedding, a dear friend of mine asked me to help her with some minor wedding reception decor and favors. I was much obliged to help her enhance the wine theme that she had begun working on. Enophilia was already a big part of Monica and Bret’s lives together, as they had […]
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 […]