Wedding Stationary

I love Wedding Paper Divas, so much so that the Mister and I used them for our engagement party invitations as well as save the dates.  Their cards and stationary are beautifully designed, and perfectly executed.  And on GiltCity they're 50% off, $50 for $100 worth of credit.  With everything from wedding invitations, to save the dates, thank yous, to bridal shower and bachelorette party invitations, to stationary and address stamps, you'll find something that fits your wedding needs!

Oscar & PJ Party

While the Oscars maybe over, I love the concept of this PJs & popcorn party for any awards show or girls night.  Guests rocked their comfy pjs and Oscar worthy hair and jewelry, while snacking on a gourmet popcorn bar, and cheering for their favorites.  The black and white color palette, is sophisticated without being too overbearing, and festively fun.   Guests even took home their own swag bags.  This is watching the Oscars in comfort and style!

 

{Photos via Hostess Blog}

Coco Chanel Scent Bar

As promised, a recap of the lovely scent bar we created for the Parisian Coco Chanel inspired bridal shower.  With head, heart, and base notes to choose from, guests could create their own signature scent or make one of the provided scent recipes.   We had custom roller ball perfume bottles made with the bride-to-be's name for guests to take their signature scents and favors home in.  And no Parisian Coco Chanel inspired bridal shower would be complete without an Eiffel Tower guest book. 

~All photos courtesy of rivernorthLove

Hollywood Glam: the Bachelorette Party

We celebrated one of our bestie's bachelorette in Cancun last weekend. The Hollywood Glam theme included a decked out suite with a dessert table and a red carpet.  All in traditional bachelorette colors pink and black with plenty of crystals and bling.  The dessert table featured custom lolly pops and Hershey kisses, a blinged out letter P (the bride's first initial), and a corset card.  The backdrop was a silver streamer curtain flagged by pink and black streamers with pictures of the bride-to-be and each girl on the trip.  We added a pink boa, and gifts for both the bride-to-be and each girl to finish of the table.  And yes everything fit into our carry-ons.

We awarded her with the "Oscar" for Best Bride, and had mini awards that she could award us with throughout the night.

We had champagne flutes and ring shots on hand to get the party started.  And just in case, we also had custom water bottles and hangover kits handy.

The royal wedding People magazine replica cover, featuring our bride-to-be, added to the Hollywood Glam theme.

Sex And The City Themed Bachelorette

We were in NYC this past weekend celebrating a Sex And The City themed bachelorette for one of our good friends.  We dinned at restaurants our favorite four fictional ladies dinned, took a strip tease class, celebrated our bachelorette, and danced the night away.  The color palette for our NYC bachelorette party, aptly named "Neha And The City" was pink, white, and black.  We created goodie bags for all the girls that included: water bottles, nail files, shot glasses, hang-over helper kits, mints, and a "Neha And The City" tank.  We created a mini cocktail bar that included martini recipes such as the Carrie, the Miranda, the Charlotte, the Samantha, and renamed the Cosmopolitan to play on our bride-to-be's new last name.  Threw in Magnolia cupcakes, cookies, a boa, and of course the infamous yellow post it.   We also added SATC ambiance with Carrie's musings "I couldn't help but wonder..." and added a pin-the-lips on Mr. Big game.  We gifted our bride-to-be with the book, Love Letters of Great Men (from the first SATC movie), and had her soon to be husband write her the sweetest love letter that had everyone teary-eyed.  And since we were a diverse group of girls from Chicago, DC, and NYC we had our bachelorette write up a little blurb about each girl and put them together in a New York Star (the fictional newspaper Carrie wrote for), "Sex and the City" column and sent it out to the girls the week of the trip.

the "Carrie" desk



{Pin the lips on Mr. Big.  Not sure why his head is so much smaller in comparison to his body}

{Carrie's Musings "I Couldn't Help But Wonder..."}

We decked out our bachelorette in traditional bachelorette style: a sash and huge ring.  We also added a mock Carrie Veil from the first movie.

{logo for our SATC inspired Bachelorette weekend}

We played the undie game, where each girl brought an undie for the bride to be, and placed it in one of the bags that most closely represents one for the four SATC leading ladies.  And the bride-to-be guessed who the undie was from.

On our last day in NYC we decided to have brunch at the Russian Tea Room, location of Alexandr and Carrie's first date.  We added quotes such as "He tasted like black cherries" and "Alright you gorgeous Russian, I'm off" that were representative of their romance at each place setting.  And we gifted our bride-to-be with the apron that Charlotte wore in the second movie, in a similar style box as when Alexandr gifted Carrie that pink Oscar de la Renta gown (from the episode, the Ick Factor).



~ All photos courtesy of me.