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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Wedding Paper Divas Giveaway

I have a special Giveaway from my friends at Wedding Paper Divas!

Their products were used in my wedding planning features and I can't say enough good things about them. They have everything from wedding invitations to favor tags to gifts. What I love is their matching sets and beautiful designs. There are so many to choose from its hard just picking one. So I'm sharing a couple of my favorite's and all that they have to offer.

And one lucky winner will get a personalized notepad and return address labels!

Giveaway rules and entry at the bottom of the post

Good Luck! Winner will be announced next week!

DIY with WPD label, how cute are these little bags and it's something for your guest to take home

One of the inspiration photos used for my SIL's #bridalshower

Coordinating black and white to match the theme

How cute is this for your bridesmaids? Show your bridesmaids some love with one of these boxes

Cute invitations for the day after brunch and napkins to match!

If you don't have an embosser I highly recommend one. I think it gives your stationary a polished look that can be used over and over again. These would make great gifts for hostesses, brides & house warming gifts.

I don't attend many bridal showers anymore since most of my friends are married but I may or may not go fully stocked once seeing these game cards. I get a little competitive at bridal shower games.

How gorgeous is this band wrapped around this invite? It just ties (literally) it all together perfectly.

Wedding Paper Divas has everything you would need for your event. Wedding stationary has come a long way and I love the info cards for guests now with the wedding day timeline.

I love pretty little wrapped packages. You could do favors finished off with one of WPD's custom labels or seal your wedding invitation so it arrives in your guests mailbox like a little package.

I love round labels! These are so cute and come in different color options that I had to order some for myself.

These were the Bachelorette invites we used for my SIL's bachelorette party (which you can see here) and we got matching stickers and card inserts with weekend itinerary as well.

This is a cute save the date. I remember making my own Save the Date magnets before all this cool stuff came out. Gosh I feel old. If only WPD existed I would have saved myself 127 hours by buying their magnets.

I love the personal touch of coasters at a wedding. I still use the ones I have from my cousins wedding. Although I'm not dancing right now so I don't think anyone will take my drink.

I have always loved personalized stationary. Unfortunately snail mail has diminished but I still like sending it. I must get it from my grandmother who still sends everyone she knows a birthday card. I can't even remember my own birthday let alone an entire family.

This notepad is great when planning your wedding. Or just planning your life. I love checklists! Like A LOT!!

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

A Beautiful Wedding

A wedding planning series wouldn't be complete without the actual wedding pictures.

Like I said before I was so honored to be a part of helping out with the wedding planning for this wedding. The wedding started off with many different ideas after finally landing on a classic and sophisticated look of black, cream and plum with touches of gold.

It was absolutely beautiful and the wedding designer blew everyone away. From the church flowers to the details at the wedding reception it was truly a stunning wedding.

The bride wore a gorgeous gown that looked like it was made for her. Adorned with the perfect accessories and the most amazing veil!

The amazing photographer Jon Athans captured some of these gorgeous photos. The not so good ones are the ones I tried to capture on my phone.

Enjoy!

Adorable shirt the matron of honor gifted to the bride for her special day

Prepping at The Bell Tower Salon

Pre-wedding gifts for the bride from her mother

Gorgeous bouquets made up by Wishes Entertaining and Event Design

Bridal accessories from Stella & Dot

The Gorgeous Bride

The bridal party in Donna Morgan bridesmaid dresses from Bella Bridesmaids

One of my favorite pictures. How cute is the Bride and her best friend the Matron of Honor who was expecting twin girls.

The adorable flower girls (my nieces)

Jon Athans Photography captured the most beautiful photos. If you're in the Reading/Philadelphia area I highly recommend him.

The wedding party

Some of my other favorites from the day

Mr & Mrs

First Dance

Serious talks before the ceremony

Cousins, they thought they had to hold hands (so cute)

and they lived Happily Ever After!

Bridal Prep: The Bell Tower Salon and Spa

Wedding Photography: Jon Athans Photography

Event Planner: Dave at Wishes Entertaining and Event Planning

Reception location: Berkshire Country Club

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Planning a First Communion Celebration

First Communions are right around the corner. It's an exciting time for families and children to celebrate. We celebrated our sons First Communion last year, it was so cute seeing all of them in their white suits and white dresses.

I always look forward to any event or party I can plan. The hit of this party was the bouncy house. Since when have First Communions included bouncy houses? Well, out of 3 communion parties in the neighborhood all 3 of them had bouncy houses. Kept the kids happy and tired them out so I'm not going to complain. If you're in the process of planning a First Communion party I highly recommend the bouncy house.

I started with a theme for Conner's First Communion and browsed pinterest and blogs for ideas. I'm a huge fan of navy and green for the boys so that's where I started. I wanted to do something fun for the kids as well which was an ice cream sundae bar. Also a big hit! I think there were more toppings then ice cream consumed but hey, we had a bouncy house to wear off those sugar highs.

Here's a look at our celebration for our little guy.

My mom brought the cake pops from Pa. They were enormous and soooo good! I displayed them in terracotta pots. She also made a fondant cake topper with Conner's initials as well.