Pre-Oscars Glitter Ice Cubes

Here's the thing about DIY's: you never know if they're going to work. Seeing that the Oscars are this weekend, I had dreamed up an idea to use sugar stars in ice cubes for a glammy cocktail. I bought supplies & had everything I needed. What I realized was that the water quickly dissolved the sugar stars I purchased, and there was no beating around the bush that this cocktail was not going to happen. 

I was sad. 

I wasn't going to let these cute straws go to waste nor my new ice cube trays that I'll never use again. I filled 'em up with water and began sprinkling *inedible* plastic stars into each cube. 

While you cannot consume these stars, they make for a fun presentation added to an ice bucket with bottles of champagne! They're very beautiful and extra fun. I only wish you could drink them, too. I'd love to see anybody tackle this and figure out how to make it work!! I'm sad they're inedible but can find other ways to use these pretty things!

Glitter Ponytail

As I was browsing Pinterest (which is pretty often) I came across this ponytail. This silver glitter ponytail was seen on the runway at Markus Lupfer's spring/summer '13 show using Bumble and bumble products. If any of you know me well enough, I'll put glitter in my hair any chance I get! It's a pretty simple tutorial and only requires two products. Here's what you'll need to recreate this look: 

A vintage top I found at a thrift store. Perfect for sparkly hair!

End result - I combed through it and my hair looked like tinsel!

Rules of thumb: 

• Don't use coarse glitter. Use thin/fine glitter. It blends into the hair better!
• Be prepared to make a mess - glitter sink, glitter floor, glitter SLR!
• Practice makes perfect. We tried several different ways to see how the glitter would hold and it still didn't turn out exactly how I wanted. I've learned, so next time I know what to do differently - spray the hairspray from the bottom up (hold the tip of your pony tail and spray the hair spray UP the ponytail.) Also, I would have used spray that already had glitter in it, like star gazer glitter hair spray.
• Play it up: change colors, french braid your hair and add glitter - the sky's the limit!

The Glitter Project

This summer, Tyler and I started a party decorations "business" and dubbed it The Glitter Project. You all know we like to keep ourselves busy, so it was fun coming up with ideas and bringing them to life. After all, entrepreneurship runs deep in our veins!

We wanted party decorations that were customizable so that every event had a touch of personalization. We can make greek letters for recruitment, numbers for a milestone birthday or spell out a name for a nursery. The list is never ending! The letters and numbers are made out of recycled cardboard, so they can hang from the ceiling (with our neon rope) or sit atop a table. They are super light weight.

And the party hats? Oh, the party hats! They are reason enough to find something to celebrate. 

Although we're super busy with wedding planning, we'd love to find the time for anyone that's interested in having custom letters or party hats made. We do freelance work!

K & T - our wedding initials.
We wanted the products in the shop to look like they were taken on old polaroids.

Don't wait for that special event to celebrate life! Every day is a blessing from God, and that's a celebration in itself.

We're Engaged: Bridesmaid Boxes Part 2

This weekend, I popped the question to my girls asking them to be my bridesmaids. 

It was so. much. fun. 

Tyler and I drove up to Oxford specifically to drop their boxes off to them. It was well worth the drive! (what guy would drive 4 hours all for some bridesmaid box?! I have the greatest fiance.) 

Here's the lineup of my girls: this picture was put in their boxes so that everyone could match a face to a name. 

So lucky to have 7 amazing women to stand by my side. They are now apart of this blog as much as I am! I am so excited :) And, of course, they said YES! (we're missing 1 bridesmaids picture. She lives in Indianapolis!)

On the outside of the box, I had custom Krazy Straws made to add a touch of personalization. 

I bought a handmade stamp from the sweetest woman in Germany. She even wrote me a handwritten thank you note. Great customer service!

    

I then went to Michaels and bought hot pink stamp pads and wrapped the box in fabric and tied with a bow. 

Inside I had 4 pieces of paper titled "Our Day", "Your Role", "My Girls", "Your Dresses". 

The purpose of this was so that I could give the girls a general idea of who was in the wedding party, what our day would be like, what they might wear (it could change!) and what I expect of them. I wanted to answer as many questions as possible. Besides, how do you know you want to be a bridesmaid if you don't have all of the facts? Funny I say that, a lot of crucial information on here has changed, so don't believe everything you read! (more on this later this week)

Under the paper, there was a mini bottle of wine titled "now it's my turn to POP the question..." Labels were created here. 

Followed by a card of me blowing bubble gum (POP!) in a shirt similar to what I had given them.

And you can't forget the ring POP!



Stuff it with some tinsel, and here's the sort-of final product (missing a few things)

The particular box above was for my Maid of Honor (my cousin and second sister), Taylor Williams. I made a book on Blurb of all of our childhood photos together and added a poem of why I wanted her to be my MOH. 

The cover of the book was from the movie Bridesmaids. I Photoshopped every girls face onto the movie poster! We all look like bobble heads!

I adore my MOH!

    

   

Originally, I had planned on writing out "will you be my bridesmaid" with candy, but it didn't take a very good picture. So I ate it. This may or may have not been intentional.

Hope you all are having a lovely week! I know I sure am!

We're Engaged: Bridesmaid Boxes Part 1

Just delivered bridesmaid boxes to my girls on Saturday. Tomorrows post: everything I put inside of them!