Moglea: 2012 Letterpress Line

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I’ve got a creative itch today thanks to Meg from Moglea. Recently she started her own letterpress line of paper goods and boy are they good! Now I’m all inspired to design more items for our shop. I have a bunch of ideas I would like to develop, but until my pile of outside work dwindles down a little I’ll just have to swoon over Meg’s stuff.

Bow Tea Bridal Shower

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I’m going to be honest here, one of the first things I thought of when my best friend Erika asked me to be her matron of honor was “oh boy! I can’t wait to plan her bridal shower.” I was over joyed to start brain storming wedding ideas and support her in any way I could, but her bridal shower would be my baby. It would be something I could bless her with to make this special time in her life even a little more exciting. I wanted it to be fun, beautiful and scream “ERIKA”. And that’s exactly what I set out to do. Every decision I made was based on what I knew and loved about Erika. First off she is currently obsessed with bows. Who could blame her though? They are so cute! I love them too. As you will see I ran with that idea. Bows, bows, and more bows. 
I also knew Erika always thought it would be fun to have a tea party bridal shower. It’s a timeless bridal shower theme, but instead of having a typical tea party where you drink hot tea out of fancy cups, I thought it would be fun to provide guests with different flavors of iced tea. From there everything else on the menu consisted of Erika’s favorite foods. 

Erika’s favorite cake is Neapolitan flavored. So of course we had to have chocolate, vanilla and strawberry cake balls decorated with her favorite sprinkles. 
Along with the shower invitation I sent a recipe card and asked guest to fill it out with their favorite recipe and bring it to the shower to share with Erika. She got a lot of yummy sounding recipes.

One thing I can tell you about Jake and Erika is that they are one hilarious couple. I wanted to share a bit of their humor at the shower so we played a game filled with funny quotes from their facebook conversations between each other. The guests had to guess who said what. 

Every guest went home with a tea bag shaped cookie favor as a thank you for coming and celebrating with us.
Photo booths are always fun. I made some silly bow headbands for props. 
We all had a fun, relaxing time celebrating with the beautiful bride-to-be. Thanks to the other bridesmaids for pitching in and helping put this together. 
Be watching for a post on some DIYs from this party along with some free printables!

Peonies

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We had such a fun weekend. Saturday I threw a bridal shower for Erika (which my amazing husband  helped me all day with). Since we were so busy on Saturday we spent most of our day Sunday relaxing at home and then went out for some frozen yogurt with friends. It made for a great weekend.
I bought these Peonies for Erika’s shower. After the shower I brought them home and set them on my table. Their fragrance fills out home. I’ve really enjoyed having fresh flowers in the house so I thought I would snap a few photos to share with you.

GoPro at the Dog Park

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Hey everyone, this is Jake. I know I don’t get to post on our blog very often, but when I have the time I really do enjoy it. This morning Jamie and I found a video shot from the perspective of a dog at a dog park, and thought we’d share it with you.


Click here to watch on youtube.

We are beyond excited to be picking out our puppy next Saturday, and bringing him home next month! This morning we picked out his crate, and are now looking for beds. Does anyone know of a good place to find stylish food and water dishes? Have a happy weekend!

Bridal Shower Sneak Peek

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Whew! Erika’s bridal shower is so close. These next two days before the shower is crunch time. There’s a lot still to be done but I’m so excited with how things are turning out. Here’s a little sneak peek of what I’ve been working on.

100 Years of Paramount Pictures

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To celebrate Paramount Pictures 100th anniversary DKNG Studios designed a limited edition screen printed posters made up of 100 icons of their classic films. It’s only available to Paramount employes. How many films can you pick out?

You can see a larger version by visiting DKNG Studios.

Bergamot

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Check out this hand-drawn font from My Fonts! It was inspired by vintage apothecary labels and comes with tons of styles and frames. Right now it’s on sale for only $20. Now that’s a deal. I was excited about it so I thought I would share it with you.

New Member of the Family

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Something really exciting and unexpected happened over the weekend. Out of the blue I decided I was going to do a simple internet search for dalmatian puppies near Los Angles. We have been looking for a while now for litters close to us and the only breeder we found isn’t having puppies until late this year. We were just planing on waiting for that litter. That is until I came across another breeder who is only an hour and a half away that just had puppies that were born 3 weeks ago! We got in contact with her over the weekend and have scheduled to go pick out our puppy in two weeks! We couldn’t be more excited. On Saturday we even did a little puppy supply shopping to prepare for our little one.

Father’s Day Printables

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Hello Lucky just posted some awesome printables for Father’s Day. They are perfect for making not so exciting gifts, like socks, a little more desirable. And let’s face it, if it has a cool labels like these then it doesn’t even matter what it’s wrapped around. I buy things based on the label anyway. Nice job Hello Lucky.

There are even more printables on their site here.

Pretty Parties

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Right now I’m knee deep in planing a bridal shower for my best friend. The party is only a week and a half away. It’s been so fun designing and planing everything but I still have a lot of work to do.

Throughout the planning process I’ve looked around other blogs and party planning sites to get inspired. Let me tell you — there are some pretty cute and creative parties out there. Here are a few of my favorites.

Book Club via Not Your Average via Glitter Guide

Pink and Gold Bridal Shower via Elizabeth Anne Designs

Nice Party Box from Nice Party

Strawberry Shortcake Bridal Shower via Wedding Chicks

DIY Ruffled Party Hats from A Subtle Revelry

Now don’t you just want to party?

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