Month: November 2011

Thanksgiving Tablescape

Although we generally eat dinner on the couch while watching TV, for special occasions we find that food tastes much better in a beauty setting.  This weekend we put together a Thanksgiving Tablescape that we hope makes our turkey taste even more delicious. We chose a purple and gold color scheme because it seemed more

Scripted Pumpkin {DIY}

I’m not really sure if you could even call this a DIY because it is so easy, but I’m going to file it under that category anyway.  So Megan and I were toying around with the idea of carving white pumpkins to put on the front steps of the wedding venue for a long time.

Fabric Garland {DIY}

When I was planning Colleen’s shower, I saw this picture and thought, “I bet I can do that.”  Well I was right and it was easy peasy. This is a DIY that is super cheap and pretty quick.  And I find the results to be quite a beauty. I realize that my garland has pink in

From inspiration to creation

Usually when I am planning a party, I start by gathering inspiration pictures.  It helps me to be able to see my inspiration side by side to see if I like them together and also helps to make sure that I don’t forget anything I wanted to include when it comes time to start executing.

More apple pie please

Anyone who has ever met me probably knows that I am a dessert fanatic.  While Megan is more of a pumpkin advocate, I eat any and all sweet things and rarely discriminate.  In particular, I LOVE apple pie.  Just ask my mom who has to make an extra apple pie just for me at all

Just a little Hocus Pocus

For the past two years I have had a smallish Halloween party for my friends.  I find it to be an excellent excuse to spend completely ridiculous amounts of money and time on decorating my house for Halloween.  Planning generally starts in the spring which consists of going to marthastewart.com’s Halloween section and wishing desperately