Knock...Knock...Knock...Will You Let Me In?

Blogging is a huge commitment for one to make... As an avid reader of blogs, I know how it feels to frequent the page of your favorite blogger only to find that no updates have been made :/.  But if you open the door for me to come inside your home...your office... your car or where ever you are... I promise you... I can explain :)!

Since my last post soooo much has happened in my world!!!

First off, I experienced months of blissful bridal showers!!!

I married my prince charming on September 22, 2012 in a fairy tale wedding and each day we strive to live "happily-ever-after!"

We jet setted off only a few hours later to beautiful Bora! Bora! in our official husband and wife attire!!!!

We honeymooned in Tahiti, Bora Bora and Hollywood!

We moved into our new home which is nestled in a nice golfing community....

I started to spiff it up a bit by doing several DIY projects... (that continues to be a work in progress)!  LOL!

We celebrated our 25th church anniversary where Vashawn Mitchell (he sings Nobody Greater) was our guest psalmist....

I spruced the house up and we celebrated our First Thanksgiving....

Which was followed by our first Christmas....

And then we culminated our year in Nashville, TN at the Opryland Hotel in support of his brother's engagement!!! Yay, another beautiful Turner wedding!!!

So...yes 2012 was extremely busy and as I peck this post... I am reminded of how incredibly blessed we are!  I wrote several posts in my mind...but they never quite made it to my blog!!! Now, that I am back in and things are relaxing a bit I plan to replay some of this memorable moments in my life!!!  It is my prayer that our lives will be a light for all to see how serving God, obeying God and loving God has laid the foundation of our awesome testimony!

A Shower for Sandra

Back in March I hosted a birthday party/ bridal shower for Sandra at work.... Sandra is was one of my favorite employees as she always made me the absolute best homemade salsa ever!!!!

I decided to go with pink and zebra as the theme... The picture frame seen above and the candles seen below where purchased at the Dollar Tree and embellished with ribbon, rhinestones and flowers that were all in my scrapbooking stash at home!

I once asked a very popular event planner/florist if he could offer me one tip for hosting/having a fabulous event and he said lights make a world of difference.... And I believed that he was right! Here are a few more close-ups of the candle light....

And for my most cr8tive piece.... An altered bucket.... I purchased the bucket and ladle below from the Dollar Tree and altered it to make a punch bowl/bucket. As you can see I removed the handle and embellished it using the ribbon and flowers from my scrapping stash...


It was a major hit and I am soo proud of it!

Have you altered any common household items only to become a hit at your event? If so what was it and how was it used?

Up next.... do you have your umbrella!

I predict that a few showers are headed your way!

Put a Ring on It: The Bachelorette/ Lingerie Shower

We wanted to throw a bachelorette party/ lingerie shower like no other... We did not want a stripper (uuugh!!! I think that it is something VERY wrong with male strippers) and we definitely did not want any one selling pornographic items. We wanted it to be classy, fun, enlightning, and memorable. Simply put... we wanted the shower to be Tastefully Entertaining ( we will settle up on the plug later, lol).

The shower was held at a community cluhouse. It was recently renovated so we did not need a whole lot of decor. The colors were the ever so popular pink and black and to add to the theme all of the wedding party wore pick and black as well.

The theme of this shower was centered around Beyonce's hit single "Put a Ring on It." One of the hostesses is a choreographer and she put us together a really cute routine {see pics below}. We have a video, but I had problems trying to upload it...but I disgress...

Yeah, we put her in the front... LOL!

We did not want to do any of the traditional and boring "shower games" so we (dexim) things up a little. First off, on the invitations we asked the guest to give their lingerie a name. Once a name was chosen, it was written on two different cards that we provided. One of the cute little cards were placed with the garmet and the other was placed in a nice silk bag as a gift to the soon-to-be groom. On their honeymoon the groom could draw a name out of the bag and the bride would wear the lingerie that corresponded to that name. For example, I gifted her with a fun piece of lingerie that resembled a referee's attire. I named it {Time Out} and yes it came with a whistle!!!! (blowing whistle: flagrant file) LOL!

Another hostess for the wedding, just so happens to be a wonderful cook/caterer. So it just seemed fitting that she did a segment entitled, "An Appetite for Love" and enlightened us on the top foods that puts us in the mood. Among these were chocolate, bananas, almonds, and sour kraut. Yeah, that's right SOUR KRAUT!!!!! Okkkkay..... moving on......

To end the party, we formed a panty line using a panty poem that I found on the Internet. {I am sure that you all have seen that one before. If not just leave me a comment and I will be more happy to send it to you}.

Okay, this post has gotten long enough... Perhaps I should have broken it down a little more... But on second consideration... I am ready get on with the wedding recaps!!!

Enjoy!

Showered with Tiffany's: Part II

As I surfed the www a little more, I struck gold!!! Not really, but I came across a website {http://albums.phanfare.com/5288177/2008/} that made my vision for this Tiffany shower P-L-A-I-N! You wanna see?

I can still use my tree...

This kinda reminds me of a tea... but what the heck? The jewelry sure does inspire me...

This kinda goes along with my idea of spray painting the trees silver. Maybe I should use {bling} instead of paper!

I like this, but it is kinds overdone for what I am looking to do... It sure is inspiring though!

I am sold!!! I really want to do this!!!

Quick: I need any/all your ideas on how I can make this come together by Saturday....

Thanks ahead of time!

M'Shonta!

Showered with Tiffany's: Part I

This weekend my best friend has her first bridal shower and I am so excited! Her fiances mother is hosting this one and she has asked me to do the decor and games. Yay! So, I guess today we will start with the inspiration for the decor and tomorrow we will cover the games.

I have searched the {www} high and low for looking for inspiration for the shower. I came across a post on weddingbee by Miss Springroll and I immediately knew that it was perfect for the shower! So without further adieu I present to you this beautiful paper flower centerpiece via Jen Elisebeth. I will paint the stems silver and use tiffany blue paper to create the paper flowers!

The first runner up goes to these beautiful tiffany blue box centerpieces as seen here:




Now that I have settled on these two wonderful ideas for centerpieces... I have a bit of a dilemma... The mother has asked me to decorate for both the rehearsal dinner as well as the shower. Which centerpiece should I use at each event? How can I incorporate this bling?