Business cards and a new vendor!

I am happy to announce that after some careful choosing (and a little help from my family) that I have officially ordered new business cards, ready for distribution in about 2 weeks! While I was finding the right look for my cards, I also found a friend who is a photographer to work with and refer clients to for their wedding and party pictures! I love her work. She is a natural light photographer and is based out of Northern Utah as well. I'm looking forward to working with her and I know that she will always deliver. If you have more questions about her and what she does, let me know and I will get you that information. I'm feeling very blessed at how well everything is working out and I look forward to the future!

preparation

I'm preparing for new buisiness cards to hand out. I'm also trying to figure out how to get my name out there for more people. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. A website will be up and running in a few months, which I'm very happy about, and hopefully by then I'll have everything squared away. I'm very excited that everything is going so well, thus far.

Baby Shower, October 2009

Alice in Wonderland theme:
I wanted to stick as close as possible to both the classic book and Disney movie. The invitaion used was a playing card with a summons from the Queen of Hearts, herself. You would attend or "off with your head!". The Queen of Hearts was dominant throughout the decorations, splashing red in several various places. Alice in Wonderland playing cards were scattered on all the tables in the room, each having a different quote and scene from the book. There were signs hung that would point you in no particular direction. I had cut-outs of the characters throughout the room and black sillouettes of rabbit tracks on the floor to
indicate that the White Rabbit had passed through. The food of choice was finger sandwiches and cupcakes, keeping with the "baby" part of the shower, I placed rubber ducks on top. There were several tags with the words "eat me" and "drink me" to go along with the various tea pots and tea cups.
Keeping in mind hat not everyone is a tea drinker, I kept the choices simple with tea, juice or water. It's not a party without a centerpiece! I had fake roses, red and white, and put them in a vase. On the tips of some of the white roses I had red accrylic paint. To further coordinate, I then placed paintbrushes in with the roses to mix it up. Lastly of course, there were several baby shower games, which included: Guess this mess (guessing melted candy bars in diapers), Blind drawing (an Alice themed drawing), The birth story (guests would fill in the blanks to make a funny story) and finally, Guess how many M&Ms in the bottle.

50th Birthday Party, April 2009

The 50th birthday celebration was kept simple. The obvious color of choice was, of course, black. I threw in a few different colors to keep with the "party" aspect of it. "over the hill" banners were hung at either end of the room to mirror oneanother. To tie the tables together, I used black plastic and had confetti on each. 50 balloons were both inflated with helium and on the floor. It was a luncheon, so there was another room off to the side with finger sandwiches, crackers and cheese, lemonade and coffee. After the guests were seated and had eaten, there was a "roast" of the birthday girl which consisted of a few close friends and family each getting up to tell an embarrassing story and to poke fun at the honorary guest, with a little love thrown in. There were 2 cakes present at the party, one especially for the birthday girl, who loves sunflowers, and another to serve to the guests. It was important to the birthday girl that there be no presents, just the presence of her friends. We had decided on 2 charities to give to, with drop boxes and both a matte to sign and black cardstock to leave a message for the birthday girl on, all located at a table by the entrance.