Color Done Right!

There is such thing as too much color - sometimes it's overdone.  Believe me, I'm generally the first one to cross that "too much going on" rule.  But this wedding as found on the blog, Love and Lavender, is the perfect way to go crazy with bold bright colors for a wedding.  They used enough colors in all of the accessories and details of the wedding that gave it a big punch of personality!

Definitely got the wheels turning... :)

Pale is the New Perfection.

All my life, I've wanted to be a bronzed beauty, basking in the sunshine, going surfing (hey, it's a dream alright?).  However, my genes prevented all aspects of that.  Instead, I sit here as a strawberry-blonde, pale, freckly person.

Whelp, you can't have it all I guess.

I've come to terms with the fact that I'll never be able to sit for hours in the sun without turning a shade of red that doesn't even exist in a Crayola  - 64 pack. But I've never been really accepting of this fact.  Until now.

This photo shoot is simply gorgeous with a capital G.  It has a little bit of everything I love, pale colors, braided hair, and over-sized teacups.  Ha, caught you there, right?  It's very Alice in Wonderland and very accepting of all things pale.  Maybe it's the lighting, and the camera, and yadda yadda yadda.  But it has me convinced that paleness might just be...ok.

Do-It-Yourself Stationary!

Hello all!

This is a fun find I found on another one of my favorite wedding web sites. Ruffled is a great web site for all things vintage.  As many of you know, I am a girl that was brought up in the wrong decade.  I love all things '5os, '60s, and '70s.  Clothing, Lifestyle, Music, and of course, dancing.  I'm probably the only 24-year-old that I know with 30% oldies music on my ipod.  I can't help myself sway to the beat whenever an oldies song comes on the radio (yes, I will find the only radio station that plays it in any city I find myself in!).

If you didn't know any of that, well, you've learned something new.

Anyways, Ruffled had their readers send in ideas for projects and other things related to weddings, vintage weddings, and vintage-ness. My favorite idea was the DIY Marbled Table Numbers.  I figured you can also apply this to stationary, or any other things you want marbled in colors.  Of course, with me, the more color the better, which is probably why I'm obsessed with the way these table numbers turned out! Seems like a relatively easy process, albeit, probably for something with a final number of products in mind!

Anyways, help yourself! Feel free to love away!

My Favorite Book

One of my absolute favorite books (Not Harry Potter...Sorry!) "The Great Gatsby" is becoming a movie.  Now those who know me, know that I almost always hate the movie version of a book.  (Yes, that still means the HP movies, but although I dislike them because they aren't as good as the book, I'll still see the movies because it's cool to see it in "real life") However, I'm optimistic about the movie version of "The Great Gatsby".  Mostly because the director is going to be the wonderous Baz Luhrmann.

Baz Lurhmann is the technical genius behind movies such as "Moulin Rouge" and "Romeo+Juliet".  I have high expectation and can't wait to see the castings!

In an Event Planning Sense - who wouldn't want an event completely themed out in a "Great Gatsby" theme? I know I would!!!!

Halloween

In honor of Halloween - I thought I'd share my favorite part of Halloween growing up.  Not so much Event Planning...but gives you that fun, happy feeling.

This is from one of my absolutely FAVORITE web sites is guaranteed to make you smile...1000 Amazing Things.  It'll always make you smile and get the warm fuzzies!


Intense Post-Holiday Candy Trades.

You came, you dressed up,you conquered.

Now you’re walking around with bloodshot eyes and a gumball headache as you pack Princess costumes into boxes, peel decorations off the door, and get ready for the important business of sorting through your loot.

Now it’s time to focus. FOCUS. Work through that Halloween hangover and steady your nerves because it’s time to strike some big deals. Maybe a candy currency system even emerges amongst all your siblings and friends:

Large size chocolate bar: 20 points

Loot bag full of assorted treats: +/- 15 points depending on size of bag

Fun size chips or Doritos:10 points

Popcorn ball: 6 points

Reese Peanut Butter Cup:5 points (especially valuable if special Halloween version)

All other mini candy bars: 4 points

Little pack of fuzzy peaches or sour gummies: 4 points

Cake items such as Twinkies: 3 points

Two-pack of rock hard gum: 2 points

Licorice: 2 points

Caramels from a big well-known caramel company: 2 points

Lollipops: 2 points (Note: Possible points premium for large sizes or rare rainbow-colored lollipops.)

Lollipops with chewy stuff in the middle:Either 1 point or -2 points depending on whether you have braces

Caramels in clear plastic wrap that are overly sticky and have no name on it and taste like burnt sugar: 1 point

Tootsie Rolls: 1 point

Lemon flavoured anything: 0 points.

Pen from guy who sells real estate: 0 points

Anything healthy including raisins or apples: 0 points

Weird chewy generic halloween candy: -1 point.

So pour out your pillowcase and get ready for some high stakes deals on the basement floor. Don’t forget to keep your personal favorites a secret or you’ll pay a fool’s ransom. (If you sacrifice three bags of chips for a Twinkie, you’ve been had.) Lastly, know who you’re up against  — does anyone have nut allergies or unhealthy addictions to lime flavoring?

Bottom line: Get in there and get deal-making. Get in there and get teeth-breaking. Get in there and get

AWESOME!

To Bring out my Inner Nerdiness

Theme weddings. You either win or you lose. There is no in between.

Wedding+Harry Potter = Brilliance.

Done.

Specialis Revelio :

Life. Love. Candid Moments

The following pictures are the reason I love event planning.  I love the staged proper photos because I love tradition and it's always wonderful to have beautiful, nice photos of you and your loved ones.

But by far my favorite moments come from catching something wonderful - unplanned and full of raw emotion.  Candid.  Candid pictures help capture the happiness, insanity, and love between everybody.

Love.