Love & Happiness

This past weekend I had the pleasure of hosting a shower for my best friend. We don't get to see each other very often with her living in Maine and me in Boston so when we do it's always cherished time. I met Allison {the bride to be} freshman year in college and we were fast friends, roommates the following year {and year after that} and pretty much inseparable throughout the wild decade known as our twenties. She is fiercely loyal, non judgmental, hilarious and beautiful inside & out so celebrating her upcoming nuptials has been a very fun and special. Yesterday's shower was no exception. I hosted the event at one of my favorite restaurants in Boston, Bistro Du Midi and went with a full Provence theme to shower the bride with. The color palette was lavender and pale gray with lots of little details. Some photos of the event is below with links to all the resources at the bottom. 

Invitations & all Paper Products - Parkside Prints 

Flowers - Boston Pollen

Cookie Favors - Mayflour Confections 

Lavender Favor Bags  - Six Pence Press

Kraft Bag Labels - The Favor Box

Fresh Lavender Seeds & Stems 

Invitation Frame  

Lavender Dry Soda

Kraft Bags

Lavender LePen

Etsy Love

I love Etsy. I almost always check their lovely little site for hard to find or customizable items before shopping larger retailers. Not only are most shops so grateful for the business, they are so accommodating to make you the customer happy...something that means a lot to me! The coming year has a lot of fun plans in the works and I have been busy favoriting away cute shops to resource for decor, invitations and so much more. A few current favorites are below. 

these mixed print invites are ahhhmazing...I am totally obsessed 

every party has cocktails, therefor a place to put them on is a necessity, these bright colored with gold foil printing napkins are too cute

these diamond pinatas are so cute solo or in a bunch, i love that you can customize them in colors to match whatever palette your special event is sporting

these stylish matches are so fun with their cheeky sayings, a big bowl of them would be fun near candles or in the bathroom

snail mail just got a whole lot cuter with these neon letterpress note cards that suit all different occasions

let the party begin with these hilarious little treat bags to fill with a little hangover kit or recovery snacks for a girls weekend!

***Have a great week & weekend - I am signing off till next Tuesday to spend time with the family over on the West coast. I of course will be sharing snaps of our travels over on Instagram so come say hello over there!***

Let's Party!

Morning friends! I am back in Boston for a few days after an amazing vacation in Nantucket with my love and a week in Connecticut celebrating my nieces birthday and some other special events. Every year I go down to help my sister throw my nieces a birthday party to remember, we always love getting creative and flexing our DIY muscles. The theme this year for Miss Lyla was a casual country fair. There were pony rides, farm animals for petting, concession stands filled with fun snacks, photo booths, games and more. It was such a great time for both the kids and the adults that I thought I would do a little round up of some of my favorite party items to throw your own little celebration!



garland // piñata // coasters // drink mixers // cupcake flags // bowls & forks // party hat // wine tote // drink stirrers // confetti pops // cake platter // sparklers // treat bags

Fun Favors

One of my favorite elements of party planning has to be putting together a little keepsake for the guests to bring home at the end of the evening. So last night when we celebrated my dear friend Kate's birthday last at a new to me Boston eatery I was quick to offer my assistance with creating a little treat for everyone. Since we were dining on Italian cuisine I went with that as our theme. I decided to make homemade limoncello and adorn the mini bottles with the phrase "salute" instead of cheers. The limoncello was made from this recipe but instead of using plain simple syrup I used the juice of the many lemons I had peeled and created a lemon simple syrup to give it a richer and sweeter lemon flavor. The results were pretty delicious and strong but something I would definitely make again!

Other examples of favors I have created are here, here, here & here. 

tags // twine // bottle

A Carnival Celebration!

I always have known that my friends knew how to throw a party, especially my friend Lisa who often entertains our large group of friends in her beautiful New England home. So while I shouldn't be surprised by her talented party planning ways I knew this event was going to be over the top awesome when I heard her ideas for her twins fourth birthday party. I immediately asked her if I could share on the blog and lucky me she said yes! When the photos arrived in my inbox, I was blown away from all the creativity and brilliant execution of this festive occasion. A theme and color palette are alway good starting off points for any party but getting it done EXACTLY as you envisioned is a whole other thing. Its safe to say this party was a huge hit with the guest of honors as well as all the lucky kiddos that got to attend. 

Just take a look at all the fabulousness below!

The Beautiful Family

Games Galore

Dessert Bar

Clowning Around

Happy Birthday Jack & Sophia!!!

Invitations // Cupcakes // Clown // Birthday Shirts // Bow On The Birthday Girl // Carnival Decor