Randomness: Hostess with the Mostess?

Hostess with the mostess?...  I will gladly self nominate myself {lol}

I absolutely  love entertaining , it’s so fun to come up with themes for birthdays or just for anytime of the year. We live in a small condo, so space is pretty restricted, but I don’t think your space or lack thereof should limit your creativity and fun.

I really enjoy DIY projects especially when I can save money and get the satisfaction of  knowing  I’ve created something all by myself. There are so many ways to save money on party decorations, just Google DIY party décor and you will be inundated with tons of blogs just dedicated  to saving money and diys.

I recently hosted a “ladies night in” and  a few weeks later my Husband’s birthday and wanted to share some photos

with you.

My Husband loves Disc Golf so for his birthday he and all his friends spent the day traversing the city and its various disc golf courses . I wanted to have his favorite foods along with a cake ready by the time they came back.

So, a few balloons and a crap load of tin foil later this is what I came up with… 

I decided to dress the table with this funny picture of Zach Galifianakis and these old school mountain dew bottles  I found at the grocery store all atop of my husband's Navy year book.




At the moment I am obsessed with pendant style banners, so I made this one with black construction paper and good ole` fashion Microsoft word lol



I had a spur of the moment idea to somehow make a cake look like a disc golf basket, this is my ratchet version {NOTE TO SELF; NEXT TIME GOOGLE IT LOL)



If you couldn’t already tell, we like funny things (sorry i'm not sorry for name of the potato skins  lol) I made homemade taco bell inspired crunch wrap supreme’s , my better version of subway subs , and my version of tgi-Fridays potato skins.



Happy birthday Kuks! If you’re reading this I hope you enjoyed this birthday to the fullest. We love you so very much!!

Now, on the complete opposite side of the party spectrum I recently had a some girlfriends over for a “ladies night in”  and it was a perfect chance for me to release my suppressed inner little girl. Being that I was blessed with an awesome boy instead of a girl, my life consist of dinosaurs and blue jeans and as much  as I love singing the dinosaur a-z song with my son over and over… and over a part of me has always yearned for pretty pastel dresses and tea parties .

So what is my adult version of a cutesy little girl party?...... pajamas and champagne of course!

I invited my girlfriends over and insisted they all wear pjs , we played games and I even turned old spaghetti sauce jars I’d been hoarding since Christmas into party favors

{ I wish I would of took more photos but sometimes fun takes over my intent to blog , lol}

1.       Mimosa bar  2. Pretty pastels   3. Chocolate mustaches  = happy ladies

No party is complete without our favorite party game LRC {left right center} congrats to the beautiful Cat for winning!!

I hope you enjoyed this post.

Thanks for stopping by, now go read one of those fancy  professional party bloggers lol

Rie`

DIY: Boys Valentine Day card

Happy (friendship day/ lovers day/ sweetheart day ) Valentine’s Day! I believe as many others do, that you should show the special people in your lives you love them every single day not just one random day of the year. But since that one random day a year is upon us, here is a cute post on it.

The way I usually celebrate February 14th is by making either an extra special breakfast or dinner, like heart shaped pancakes for breakfast or once heart shaped quesadillas for lunch, pretty much heart shaped anything lol.
...and since my son has been born I tend to celebrate more random holidays because they are just more fun when a little one is involved. This year I racked my brain to figure out what we should get the kids at my sons school ( last year instead of candy we gave the kids crayons ) this year candy prevailed due in part to pintrest.

I often find myself super overwhelmed with pintrest but this time it was the major source of my inspiration. As you know if you are frequent visitor to this blog you obviously know I love taking pictures and my  muse is always my one and only, my son. So I decided to make a photo of my son a personalized valentine’s day card for all his school mates and teachers and believe me it was incredibly easy and if I do say so my myself  super cool and adorable .

Being that my son is still only 2 years old sometimes it’s a bit hard for him to follow direction, so the final product was as good as it could of possibly could be lol

Enjoy…




this is everything you will need

printed photos and lollopops




cut two small slits, one at the top of the hand and one at the bottom of the hand. insert the lollipop and volia`!

Here are a few of my favortie shots form this DINO-MITE shoot....

Thanks for stopping by!

Engagement: Tyler & Gretchen, Winter Love

This is probably my most long awaited post… not just mine but for a lot of folks.

This is Gretchen and Tyler, some of my dearest friends.  I have know them both for many years now and have never known them independent of one another;  Their names are synonymous.  Ever the consummate southern gentleman, Tyler, was polite enough to suffer my incessant and often irritating grandiose plans of wedding proposals (love you T).  In the end it, was truly love that guided Tyler to the perfect moment while we all waited...and waited.....and waited a little bit more to witness the rest of their love story.

For a woman, her thirtieth birthday is a huge deal. So fittingly enough Tyler asked Gretchen to marry him just a few hours before she turned the big “three oh” { so she can technically say she got engaged in her twenties} . He took her on a romantic picnic to the beach (complete with her favorite wine) and without any witness' (ie; me, hidden behind a rock to capture the moment. It’s ok though lol) Tyler got down on one knee and asked Gretchen to spend the rest of her life with him!!!

… and literally since the moment that story was shared with me and all of our friends during Gretchen’s thirtieth birthday I  haven’t stopped being that annoying friend who sends color schemes and wedding dress designs all while bugging the couple about engagement photos  (but I will never stop being that annoying friend and that’s probably why we are besties)

No one  deserves a happily ever after more than one of my “bestest” friends ever! Gretchen is the epitome of humility and beauty;  She is the most genuine person you will ever meet...and her Fiancè isn't that bad either :)

So without further ado here is Tyler & Gretchen a winter engagement session

 

Always the gentlemen 

wow Gretch you look so sexy 

this shot reminds me of a sleeping princess being awoke by her prince

Tyler is serving blue steel 

congratulations guys, i love you both very much and i am so excited to see what the next chapter of your lives holds in store. 

and thank you so much for allowing me to capture these memories for you!

love,

Rie`