For my Goddess of Spring 30th Birthday Party, while my friends picked their favorite gods and goddesses to attend as, I went as the queen of spring herself, Persephone! While she is certainly my favorite goddess, her love of flowers also made it the perfect opportunity to try my hand at making an accessory I had wanted for a while, a flower crown!
Read MoreWhiskey and oranges are a match made in heaven, so my last Old Fashioned for my New Years Midnight Masquerade Party was inspired by both the holidays and this most classic of combinations, leading to the Spiced Citrus Old Fashioned!
Read MoreWith every party I throw in the winter, I always include an Old Fashioned Bar. It's my absolute favorite cocktail and I love trying out new flavor combinations to theme them for my parties and events! This year I went down the rabbit hole of tea, brewing different combinations and turning them into flavored simple syrups, and the London Lemon Old Fashioned was born!
Read MoreIf I have a favorite cocktail, it has to be Old Fashioneds! I love whiskey and likewise adore a great cocktail that makes it shine, but more than that I love Old Fashioneds because they are super fun to experiment with. I’ve made some lovely maple themed ones for the holidays, but I wanted to create a summery floral option for my whiskey as the weather warms up. So I took a trip to my local tea store and started turning teas and honey into simple syrups for a fun floral Old Fashioned!
Read MoreThe last couple weeks we've been showcasing all our projects that we made for our girls weekend in the balmy weather of Florida last month, and now we’re putting it all together into the gift boxes I gave each of my girlfriends during our trip, these Sleepover Spa Sorority Gift Boxes!
Read MoreI love giving away bath supplies as Bridal Shower and Baby Shower Favors, but they are great gifts for any variety of events, so I returned to this tutorial to create a new trio of bath bombs for my latest trip to the beach to visit and catch up with some college friends! This pretty trio was the perfect finishing touch to the Spa Sleepover Gift Boxes I made for each of my friends, being easy to DIY and color customize!
Read MoreFor those cold winter nights, nothing beats a delightful pair of fuzzy slipper socks! I feel like this is equally true all year round, so despite the fact I was jetting off from the cold to balmy beach weather, I wanted to include something in my friend’s Sleepover Spa Sorority Gift Boxes with a cozy vibe that still fit my theme for our college getaway vacation. Enter these Personalized Sorority Socks, that gave us the perfect matching accessory to share during the weekend, just like TShirts from our college days, while also being lovely for traversing those chilly tile floors of our rental home in the morning!
Read MoreWe’re back from some balmy southern weather and ready to show off all the cute gifts and favors I made for all my friends! So the next couple weeks of projects are devoted to all the fun goodies in the Sleepover Sorority Spa Gift Boxes I crafted for my wonderful college friends, starting with a lovely favor to make sure everyone gets some shut eye when it's time for bed after a day of chatting and vacationing!
Read MoreHappy Valentine's Day everyone! While I bedecked my husband’s office in heart shaped post it notes, dinner will be much sweeter with this lovely conversation heart centerpiece gracing our table! I originally made this beauty years ago at my first Valentine’s Tea party for my friends, so now I’m remaking it for pretty new blog photos and to decorate with for this and my future Valentine’s Day events!
Read MoreIf there’s one thing I love, its all types of flowers! Real ones, silk ones, or in this case, wooden ones! While I brainstorm and plan out more beautiful floral projects for wooden flowers in my next summer party, I had to use some of my extras to start my outfit by creating these adorable wooden flower hair and accessory clips!
Read MoreWooden flowers are back everyone! Or rather I’ve finally had time to enjoy playing with them and redesigning my bookcase centerpiece in a smaller, more whimsical fashion from my Zodiac Summer’s Eve Party.
This was the perfect project to start off the creative side of my year as well as a perfect way to show off one of my favorite new crafting supplies for my centerpieces and other floral details, wooden flowers!
Read MoreOur year went out with a pop, fizz and clink with the perfect party to say goodbye to all the fun of last year and welcome in the new: a masquerade themed appetizer and cocktail party! There’s no better way to ring in the new year than with good friends, fancy cocktails, lots of appetizers, and a fairy lit photo booth!
Read MoreNow I could eat nothing but sweets all day long, but I know there are many, with my husband being among them, who adore their salty snacks above anything else! So while I designed two of my mixes to be sweet, I wanted to include a savory option too! While I’m not a huge chip person, if I eat salty snacks they are always cheesy, and with Chex mix being a favorite from childhood, I did a mashup for this Cheesy Chip Savory Snack Mix!
Read MoreOur holiday season is starting with a special Self Care-mas for my husband this year! Why, you ask? Because when MANSCAPED reached out to me to have some of their products featured in my holiday gift guides, while I had heard of them before I wasn’t sure. But my husband encouraged me to pursue it because he had heard of them through his favorite podcasts and had always wanted to try it! They were happy to send us some products to try, and my husband was more than happy to review them! So I got to buy wrapping paper early and work on my gift packaging prowess; then he got to unwrap them all and try them all out for this review!
Read MoreAnyone who knows me knows I love chocolate in all its forms; and while I’m usually a milk chocolate lady, there is certainly a time and place for white chocolate as well! So once I was done indulging all my chocolate and peanut butter love with my Pretzel Peanut Butter Snack Mix, I wanted to create another mix that was sweet, but instead of dense and chocolatey, light and airy. With cloudlike kettle corn and sweet circus animals for my inspiration, this Rainbow Cookies and Cream Kettle Corn Mix was created!
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