DIY - Girls Night Out

January is the start a many things...a New Year, a new resolution, a new attitude, and my newest favorite - New Wedding Shows!

This coming weekend there are 2 big Wedding Expo's in my area so I have invited my Bridesmaids on a Girls Weekend! Wedding Expo by day, Downtown Get Down by Night!

I wanted to Thank them in a way more than just making a card or giving a verbal Thank you for the girls taking the time out of their busy schedule to give me an entire weekend of their time - so I have put together a "Girls Weekend Survival Kit"!

Here's the Breakdown:

Buttons:

I have been looking for Buttons for us to wear while at the Bridal Shows but I just couldn't find any that appealed to me - they, in one word were, BORING! So I decided to go to my local craft store - get some Button Kits & Make my own, here's what I came up with:

Hangover Kits:

Due in large part that we are getting a hotel room downtown for Saturday Night and plan on going out and having a good time with just the girls, I thought a Hangover kit would be the perfect addition to this Girls Weekend Survival Kit!

Kit Includes:

1 pack of Saltine Crackers

2 Hello Kitty Bandaides

1 Lip Smackers

1 Tang Electrolite Drink Mix

1 pkg of Chewable Pepto

1 pkg of Extra Strength Tylenol

1 Hair Tye

1 Make Up Remover Wipe

1 Small pack of Gum

1 Pkg of Drinkin' Mate - Hangover Medicine

(All items were purchased at http://www.minimus.biz/ <- Love this site!)





First Picture shows what is in each kit, the Second Picture is the finished Hangover Kits!

Finished Product:

Other things found inside the bag - a feather boa in their favorite color, which also matches the bag it is in, a pink shot glass that says "Girls Night Out" and a little baggie of 4 Mardi Gras Beads! I purchased Zebra Print tissue paper from Hobby Lobby, the bags from Party City, the Zebra Ribbon from Hobby Lobby and the Name plates on the bags I created myself using Sticker Paper & Scrapbook paper.

My next project is to work on the Address Labels for the Wedding Expo & The Jello Shot stickers! Yep thats how we  roll - we are getting together tomorrow (Friday Night) to mix up some Jello Shots for Saturday Night!

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Wedding Date Set!

So I have been (im)patiently waiting for today *Jan 1st* to start planning our wedding! We have been engaged since October 5th and decided we wouldn't start planning the details until the beginning of the New Year, we both decided to survive the holidays and the stress that tags along with it before we added to our pile!

We now officially have our date set *which was the date I wanted anyways, its our Anniversary now & happened to fall on a Saturday in 2012 so it was perfect*

March 17th, 2012

Now to start the details of planning - our wedding party has been chosen - now we have to decide if we want a big wedding here at home in STL or if we want a small, intimate wedding somewhere tropical like Jamaica!

Choices....choices!

Let the Bridezilla Moments BEGIN!

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'I Made it' Mondays

I am always looking for some really fun & great Meme's to partake in & since I am going to be doing a lot more DIY for my Wedding I thought this would be a great way to get out there & share with everyone my hard work! So thank you Amanda at Life According to Amanda for hosting this kick ass Blog Carnival! :)

Today I just wanted to showcase my "Will you be my Bridesmaid" cards that I made for my 5 girls that will be standing beside me on my big day.

To read the DIY post - please visit here: "Will You Be My Bridesmaid?"

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Slainte!

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30 Day Blog Journal: Day 6 - 20 Fav. Things

- 30 Day Blog Journal -

My 20 Favorite Things

The love of my life & Future Husband Mr. H.

My amazing lil Man, J.

Fall up in the Mountains of Tennessee

Hot Cocoa with mini Marshmellows

Pecan Pie made by my Granny

Great Music both Live & on my iPod

True Blood

Cupcakes

90210

Anything Rockabilly

Tattoos

The beach

"Dolly" Lipgloss from Bare Escentuals

My iPhone

Going to the Movies

Theater Popcorn

Shamrocks

My Daddy's Hot Air Balloon

Sweet Child of Mine

Juicy Couture

 

Peanut Butter Jelly Time

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Top 115 - First Songs

So I spent 2 weeks digging through dozens of song lists to see what people were choosing as their first dance song as a couple.  I pulled lists from all of the places I could find and sorted them all out. Then I picked out the ones that showed up multiple times and it sifted out a whopping 115 songs that people are choosing to use as “their song”. That first magical dance in front of friends and family.  And here they are!

(Article Credit) - I do not take credit for this article.

A Groovy Kind Of Love	Phil Collins
A Moment Like This	Kelly Clarkson
A Whole New World	Peabo Bryson
After All	Peter Cetera/Cher
All About Loving You	Bon Jovi
All My Life	Linda Rondstadt
All The Way	Frank Sinatra
Always	Atlantic Starr
Always and Forever	Heatwave
Amazed	Lonestar
Angel Of Mine	Monica
At Last	Etta James
Beautiful In My Eyes	Joshua Kadison
Because You Loved Me	Celine Dion
Breathe	Faith Hill
By Your Side	Sade
Can You Feel the Love Tonight	Elton John
Can’t Help Falling In Love	Elvis Presley
Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You	Frankie Valli
Chances Are	Johnny Mathis
Colour My World	Chicago
Come Away With Me	Norah Jones
Come What May	Ewan McGregor/Nicole Kidman
Could I Have This Dance	Anne Murray
Don’t Know Much	Linda Ronstadt/Aaron Neville
Dreaming Of You	Selena
Embraceable You	Nat King Cole
Endless Love	Diana Ross/Lionel Richie
Eternal Flame	The Bangles
Every Time I Close My Eyes	Babyface
Everything I Do (I Do It For You)	Bryan Adams
Faithfully	Journey
Fly Me To The Moon	Frank Sinatra
Flying Without Wings	Ruben Studdard
Forever & For Always	Shania Twain
Forever and Ever, Amen	Randy Travis
From This Moment	Shania Twain
Glory Of Love	Peter Cetera
God Must Have Spent A Little More Time	N Sync
Greatest Love Of All	Whitney Houston
Groovy Kind of Love	Phil Collins
Grow Old With Me	John Lennon
Have I Told You Lately	Rod Stewart
Heaven	Bryan Adams
Here And Now	Luther Vandross
Hero	Mariah Carey
How Do I Live	Leanne Rimes
I Believe In You And Me	Whitney Houston
I Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore	REO Speedwagon
I Can’t Help Falling In Love	Elvis Presley
I Could Not Ask For More	Sara Evans
I Cross my Heart	Georga Strait
I Do (Cherish You)	98 Degrees
I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing	Aerosmith
I Finally Found Someone	Barbara Streisand
I Knew I Loved You	Savage Garden
I Melt	Rascal Flatts
I Only Have Eyes For You	Flamingos
I Swear	John Michael Montgomery
If	Bread
I’ll Be There	Michael Jackson
In My Life	The Beatles
In Your Eyes	Peter Gabriel
It Had To Be You	Harry Connick Jr
It’s Your Love	Faith Hill/Tim McGraw
Just The Way You Are	Billy Joel
Just You And I	Eddie Rabbit
Keeper Of The Stars	Tracy Byrd
Lady	Kenny Rogers
Lady In Red	Chris Deburgh
Lean On Me	Bill Withers
Let It Be	The Beatles
Let It Be Me	Everly Brothers
Longer	Dan Fogelberg
Love	Nat King Cole
Love Of My Life	Brian McKnight
Me and You	Kenny Chesney
Moonlight Serenade	Glenn Miller
My Best Friend	Tim McGraw
No Ordinary Love	Sade
Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love	Glenn Medeiros
Power Of Love	Celine Dion
Sea of Love	Honeydrippers
Someone Like You	Van Morrison
Spend My Life With You	Eric Benet
Stand By Me	Ben E. King
Take My Breath Away	Berlin
The Best Is Yet To Come	Frank Sinatra
The Way You Look Tonight	Frank Sinatra
This I Swear	Nick Lachey
Through The Years	Kenny Rogers
To Make You Feel My Love	Garth Brooks
Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You	Roberta Flack/Peabo Bryson
True Companion	Marc Cohn
True Love Ways	Buddy Holly
Truly Madly Deeply	Savage Garden
Unchained Melody	Righteous Brothers
Unforgettable	Nat King Cole
Up Where We Belong	Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warrens
Valentine	Martina McBride/Jim Brickman
Wedding Song (There is Love)	Petula Clark
We’ve Got Tonight	Kenny Rogers
We’ve Only Just Begun	The Carpenters
What A Wonderful World	Louis Armstrong
When A Man Loves A Woman	Percy Sledge
When I Fall In Love	Celine Dion
When I Said I Do	Clint Black
When You Say Nothing At All	Allison Krauss
Wind Beneath My Wings	Bette Midler
Wonderful Tonight	Eric Clapton
You Are So Beautiful	Joe Cocker
Your Song	Elton John
You’re Still The One	Shania Twain
You’re The Inspiration	Chicago
You’ve Got A Friend	James Taylor

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DIY - "Will you be my Bridesmaid?"

I wanted to do something extra special for my girls when I asked them to be my Bridesmaids and Maid of Honor - I wanted to DIY something that shows how much I appreciate them and how I feel so honored to have them by my side on my wedding day! After trying a DIY puzzle *which failed miserably - evidently I bought the wrong type of paint*, decided on a homemade card with a personalized message on the back, and shopping online for a fun gift to send along...this is what I came up with! :)

I made the Card out of Zebra Cardstock, Teal Cardstock, and added Zebra ribbon and jewels as accents to make it pop a little! I found a really great poem online and printed it up and placed it on the front. On the back of the cards I wrote a very personal message to each of the girls letting them know how much they mean to me and how I would feel honored to have them by my side on my wedding day.

A card is never enough for me - I always have to go above and beyond the expectations so I started looking online for something fun to send along with it. I came across these really cute Corset Cookies made by Lori from Lori's Place! I knew I just HAD TO HAVE THEM - So I contacted Lori and within 1 day I had my order all set up and ready to go! I must note that Lori is great! She even got my cookies to me earlier than she told me! (Which in my book, deserve MAJOR kudos!) So if you are looking for a really fun, unique gift or cookies in general, definitly check out Lori's Place on Etsy!

Here's all the different corsets I got! Did I mention...I LOVE THESE COOKIES!? :)

I've already give this to one of my bridesmaids - she cried when I gave it to her! She called her Mom (which is like a mom to me) and she cried, too! I think I make a good choice on who to stand next to me! I am going to deliver the other cookies/cards this weekend! I hope I get the same reaction out of every girl! They truly are my very best friends and I am just delighted that they have agreed to be in my wedding!

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30 Day Blog Journal: Day 5 - Fav. Quote

30 Day Blog Journal: Day 5 - Favorite Quote

I'm not really sure I have a favorite quote...there are so many out there in the world. I am going to say that I really like:

"Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary." - Sir Cecil Beaton

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