I'm serious. I'm done with seating charts forevermore! Now that we got that warm welcome out of the way, let me explain - I haven't crafted - truly crafted - in months. What I mean by that is, I haven't made something that someone is paying for and carries a big sense of responsibility for …
Looking back on all the crafting opportunities my best friend's wedding brought me has been incredibly fulfilling, and as the wedding craziness came to a close, there was one more project I wanted to tackle: preserving the bouquet. This idea came to be because through all of my endless Pinterest perusing I kept seeing pictures …
Continue reading #MyBestFriendsWedding Bonus Chapter – Bouquet Preservation Ornaments
Hey guys! I have some news for you 🙂 I know most of you are here for my craftventures, but this blog is named "Work-Craft Balance" after all, so I like to share parts of the W when they come to be. When I started working for SAP, I met some cool people from a marketing …
Continue reading Say Hello to the Newest Member of the Nytro Marketing Team!
As I promised a few weeks back, I wanted to dedicate a post to the Panty Poem activity we did during Michelle's bachelorette in New Orleans. I originally got the idea from my friend Demi when she was planning Vanessa's Bachelorette last year, and I knew it would be a hit with Michelle as well! …
Continue reading The Panty Poem: A Great Activity for Bridal Showers & Bachelorettes!
Guys, can you believe it?! Just over a year ago, I began this series of posts following the journey of my best friend's road to the altar, from the proposal & the surprises I gathered for her, the engagement party & proMOHsal, saying yes to the dress, the bridal shower, the stamp serendipity, the bachelorette, …
Continue reading #MyBestFriendsWedding Final Chapter – The BIG Day!
One of the responsibilities of a Maid of Honor is to collect the ribbons and bows from the gifts the bride receives on her bridal shower, and use them to make a fake bouquet (or bowquet as I like to call it) for the day of the rehearsal, so the bride has something as a …
Continue reading #MyBestFriendsWedding Chapter 8 – Rehearsal Dinner Bowquet
You guys know by now that I can write for days on end, which is why I put the bach items in a separate post. Ready to dive right in to the day-by-day itinerary of the bachelorette I planned for my biff Michelle? Buckle up! Oh, one thing. Michelle had one request: no strippers. Disclaimer: it …
Bridal Shower? Check! Bachelorette Party? CHECK! And I simply can't believe it. I'm sitting here typing this up, freshly off the plane and starting a firm bronchitis treatment because of course I can't plan a trip of this magnitude without some serious consequences, but I digress... It already happened. So let's get to talking! Since …
Continue reading #MyBestFriendsWedding Chapter 7 Part 1 – Bachelorette, WCB Style!
Ok guys, so by this point I've shown you the invitations and the place tiles, and I'm going to try to make this as short as possible so - welcome to my best friend's Moroccan Bridal Shower! AH! The first big event I've been preparing for for MONTHS as Maid of Honor finally came and …
Continue reading #MyBestFriendsWedding Chapter 5: The Bridal Shower
Hello friends! Now that the year has begun and we got our goal-setting in order, let's start strong by tackling two head on: make things I haven't made and make more videos! With my best friend's wedding fast-approaching on March 24th, the first big event leading to it is her bridal shower, which I'm planning …
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