Celebrating Colorfully

There is NOTHING I love more than Kate Spade, so when it came time for my eighteenth birthday, there was no better inspiration.  Hannah and I invited thirty girls to help us celebrate by living colorfully and had so much fun creating the little details and then enjoying the time with our best friends! The day included lots of spades, more than 150 balloons, photo shoots, kisses, and of course - color!

Our version of pin the tail on the donkey: plant the kiss on the hottie!

Our homemade photo booth was a big hit! + super easy & inexpensive to create!

Photo booth printables!

We all made crepe paper flower headbands using this adorable tutorial!

Party hat tutorial!

Happy Valentines Day, love bug

Sure, it is totally cheesy and Hallmark designed, but no matter how much you rebel, every year the holiday will still come..So why not enjoy it?  Anything that involves candy, hearts, and an excuse to bake is pretty darn good in my book! 

I found these ADORABLE printables on pinterest (i'll attach the link below) and couldn't resist the chance to do a little baking and crafting.  They were super easy to make and a seriously delicious reminder to all of my friends how much I love them!

Shirt: J.Crew

Pin: (actually shoe clip): Ban.do

Pants: Macys

Boots: Cathy Jean

Printables: http://www.dandee-designs.com

Make a wish

For me, birthdays are a big deal.  Embarrassing people by showering them with birthday love is my way of showing I care.  For Hannah's eighteenth birthday I decided to give her eighteen wishes.  Throughout the day she received little colored slips of paper with holes in them in small envelopes that read, "Make a wish!"   At the end of the day, I gave her a bouquet of eighteen balloons to attach her wishes.  When she let them go there was a moment of absolute beauty and tranquility.. until they got stuck in a tree!  

Dress: Alice + Olivia

Shoes: Cathy Jean

Yesterday was originally supposed to be my designated "do the things I don't want to do and have been putting off" day.  I had promised myself that I would focus and get work done!  Then when I went to get my school work out, I noticed how white and boring my binder was.  I had no choice.  I HAD TO do something about it!  Life or death situation...

My daily treasures

For my new years resolution this year, I decided to stop kidding myself (my resolutions to go to the gym last for about a week) and put my energy towards being more thankful!  To remind myself of all the good things in my life, I decided to write down all of my blessings at the end of each day.  I decorated this J.Crew journal so that I would have a pretty place to record all of my daily treasures and have been filling the pages with praises, pictures, and little smiles from my days!

Winter Wonderland

Being that I would love nothing more than to be an event planner in the future, I thought helping my friend, Terri,  celebrate her birthday would be the perfect practice!  I was so disappointed the day after when I realized that I hadn't taken any quality pictures.  Luckily, instragram saved the day!

Not only did I have way too much fun planning, baking, and crafting all of the details, but I also loved making one of my very best friends smile!