Bridal Shower #weddingwednessay

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

 


I’ve said this so many times but I honestly have the best girlfriends in the world. My bridesmaids threw me a surprise bridal shower a week before the wedding. 


I loved every single moment if this day. Gathering during Covid is tough and scary but it was so nice to finally see friends and spend time together outside. I’ll never forget this day and I’m so grateful.  















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Wedding Wednesday - How We Asked

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Wedding party proposal

Mark and I have the best group of friends in the world. We knew exactly who we wanted to ask to be apart of our special day. We had to ditch the idea of having an even amount of bridesmaids and groomsmen because that's exactly what we wanted. 

We decided to get all of our friends together for dinner at Founding Farmers.  For our proposal gifts, I decided to go with makeup bags and Mark got the guys Herschel toiletry bags. I wanted to include a sweet treat with our gifts and decided to go with macrons because they're just so elegant. I ordered clear gift boxes from Amazon, printed and cut my labels with my silhouette cameo. If you're using regular labels and cutting them yourself, a square label might be easier. I picked up a box of Oliva Macarons because I know I can't make them nearly as good and that was it! 

Such a simple and easy wedding party proposal that was so much fun to put together.


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Wedding Wednesday - How I Ended Up With Two Wedding Dresses

Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Bride and Bougie? 

The important thing to keep in mind is that I finally found my wedding dress. It only took me buying a dress I DID NOT want to find the one for me. 

I never had a dream wedding dress. As I began to plan my wedding, I never envisioned a certain style or look for my dress. I did know that I wasn't a fan of strapless dresses because of how much I despise my shoulders. I was pretty open to trying pretty much everything. 

I was lucky enough to have all my girls home during a weekend in October so we decided to go try on dresses at a local boutique. After trying on 10-15 dresses, I thought I found the one! So.. I bought it. Just like that. I didn't love it but I didn't think that I'd ever actually love a dress. 5 minutes after leaving the boutique I had serious buyers remorse. My bridesmaids took tons of photos of the dresses and as I was looking at them, I kept thinking.. That is so NOT ME. "I hate tulle why did I buy a dress with so much tulle!" The boutique was kind enough to let me come back the next day to look at other dresses, but I never found "the one" at that boutique. 

Wedding dress shopping tips from ya girl that has not one but TWO wedding gowns -

  • Keep your dress shopping team small:
    I kept it super small with just a few of my bridesmaids whose opinions I trust the most. I didn't want to bring too many of my girlfriends because I knew it would get too overwhelming with everyone's opinions. 
  • Try on EVERYTHING
    Try on different types of dresses.. even ones that are out of your comfort zone. For me this was strapless dresses. I hate the way my shoulders look so I avoided these in the beginning. Turns out I actually love the fit of strapless dresses and that was the style I ended up choosing!
  • Set a budget
    Set a price range for your dress and stick to it! Make sure to factor in alterations. This was easy for me. I had a budget in mind and only picked out dresses in my price range. 
  • Decide how to shop
    Trunk shows, sample sales, online, the list goes on and on. The small boutique in the city may have some great stuff but don't forget to check out other bridal salons. 


In the end, I found the perfect dress for me. I guess I did have a dream wedding dress all along. And guess what?! It ended up being a strapless dress. Although I will add straps so I'm more comfortable. The best advice I can give is to shop outside your typical bridal boutiques. The experience at a larger bridal salon is definitely different from a boutique BUT I can honestly say that these places shouldn't be overlooked. My dream dress was found at David's Bridal. 

Happy wedding dress shopping!

Xx- Miyonne 


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Winnie the Pooh One Hundred Acre Wood Baby Shower

Sunday, July 5, 2020
Say hello to virtual belly rubs!! 

My beautiful sister is having her rainbow baby in August! I was lucky enough to be there when she found out she was pregnant but haven't been able to see her due to Covid. We are so grateful that she was able to visit in June. My girls and I planned a virtual shower for her. We wanted to make the shower as safe as possible so we had a small group of family over and the rest of the guest joined online. 





Below are some helpful tips to help make the best out of virtual baby showers. 

Video Chat Services: 
 
There are so many to choose from but we decided on Zoom. Zoom is definitely the easiest to navigate. FYI - The free version of zoom meeting only allows for 40 minute meetings.  




Themes & decor:

My sister loves Winnie the Pooh so we decided to create a Hundred Acre Wood themed baby shower. We stuck to whites, gold and yellow for a neutral palette. The baby shower was also her gender reveal so the theme was perfect. 
  • I found these adorable classic Winnie the Pooh die cuts at Joanns. I used glued these to the 5x7 card stock signs to place around the house. These can also be used for a strong garland if you punch holes in them. 
  • Guest book courtesy of Targets One Spot ( only $3)
  • Printed off a sweet quote online and found an old gold frame which matched perfectly 
  • Hundred Acre Wood Sign: I created a stencil for the letters and painted right on top of the wood. This actually came out a lot better than expected. 
  • Dollar tree jars & Trader Joe flowers for the floral arrangements. We painted the jars white and used a dark yellow acrylic paint to make honey jars. 
  • Michaels balloon garland in white, clear and gold
  • Oh Baby Balloons from Target













Invitations: 

Paperless post has always been my go to for invitations. They have the most gorgeous and realistic cards. Tracking options are pretty basic but I love how interactive you can be with guests and sharing photos after the event. We even shared her baby registry just in case guests wanted to send a gift to shower the baby. E-vite is also a really popular option. 

Party Favors: 

Although we only had 10 guests in person, we wanted our virtual guests to feel super special as well. We ordered the BEST cupcakes from one of our favorite places, Bakeshop and dropped them off to all of our local attendees. My sister and brother in law helped with this. It was the perfect time to get them out of the house for us to decorate. 

I ordered individual cupcake holders from Amazon and created thank stickers with labels. I had the labels cut with my silhouette cameo but scissors will work just fine! 



Games: 

We decided to play two guessing games. We filled up a jar full of honeycomb cereal and had guests guess how many honeycombs were in the jar. We also had guests guess the size of mama's belly. We ended up having one winner for the honeycomb game and four winners that guessed the correct size of mama's belly! Each guest won a $25 Amazon E-gift card that was emailed after the shower. 


Gender Reveal: 

There are so many wonderful options for gender reveals that really allows you to get super creative. We decided to stick with a simple cake because.. who doesn't love cake?
We had a beautiful almond cake made to reveal the baby's gender. Simply Desserts is one of our favorite places. They also made my sister's wedding cake in 2016 so it was a must. 

I made the cake topper with the silhouette cameo on gold glitter card stock paper. 



IT'S A BOY!!!








A huge thank you to my girls that helped make this baby shower possible and ALL of our guests that attended in person and online. Virtual baby showers can be just as fun as in person showers.  I hope this gives you some ideas for your next virtual event. 

Xx- Miyonne 



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Fyre Festival Themed Birthday Party During Quarantine

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
#Fyrefestival was the most talked about festival of 2017. For those of you who don’t follow.. check out Fyre: the greatest party that never happened on Netflix. It’s a documentary that focuses on the disastrous build up to the Fyre festival which was hosted by Billy McFarland. Cringe-worthy but hilarious. My sister and I couldn’t stop talking about it and laughing for months.

For her 26th birthday, I decided to recreate Fyre festival with the help of my bestie. We’re all still in quarantine but we wanted to try to make the celebration special.

I made all the decor to reference a bunch of funny parts we loved from the documentary.

Decorated straws with Billy, Ja Rule and of course Andy. 

I printed these on card stock paper and used my silhouette cameo to cut these but printing & scissors work just fine. I also made some extras to super glue to toothpicks to decorate the appetizers.





FYRE festival lanyards (festival passes)

Ordered lanyards from amazon and used the background from the FYRE promo to print off these tags.



Exauma Point Beach Bar & Grill Sign (restaurant from the documentary)

We ordered take out from one of her favorite restaurants, so I decided to turn the kitchen table area into the popular restaurant from the documentary. 

I used a regular white poster board and letters from the Dollar Tree. I added clip art drinks and palm trees last minute to make it more festive.


FYRE: Birthday Banner

I used the silhouette cameo to print off the letters but the letters from the poster can definitely be used here to easily create a banner. You'll just need to punch holes in the corners to put the string through. 



Ice Cream Cake with a photo of Ja Rule and Billy from Baskin Robins 



Evian Water - Because I love Andy!!

& of course the best Sangria from Trader Joes. 

Here's how it all came together 

(Before the food arrived) 








So much fun and SO funny. Wishing we could’ve shared the fun with more of our friends and family but it was an eventful day nonetheless. Quarantine birthdays are not so bad after all.

Xx miyonne




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A Wedding Series - Postponed Wedding

Friday, May 15, 2020
May 2, 2020 was the day Mark & I we’re suppose to tie the knot. As much as we wanted to celebrate our love with our closest friends and family, in light of the current situation with COVID-19 we decided to postpone our wedding. We didn’t have much of a choice with all of the bans on large gatherings. All the chaos of contacting vendors is behind us. We are so thankful for how flexible and understanding our vendors and guests have been. We have a new date in mind but feel that it's too soon to share since so much is changing daily.

It took me sometime to accept that there wasn't going to be a wedding and this was out of my control. In reality, a postponed wedding is not the direst thing happening right now. I completely understand that. I felt fine during the days leading up until the wedding. May 2nd finally came around and my gosh I was so emotional! Mark had promised that we'd still do what we could to make the day special and my goodness it was. May 2nd, 2020 was such a memorable day.

Here's a peek at our day through photos.








We got dressed (meaning no sweats) and had cake!! My little sister picked up my favorite cupcakes for us. My best friends surprised us with a zoom call and they gifted us the most generous gift off of our registry. We have a Dyson air purifier and it is AMAZING. Mark and I had the most fancy dinner. We decided to go with Shake Shack. I mean.. how many people get to have burgers and fries at their wedding? We are so thankful for our beautiful friends that showered us with so much love. How did we get so lucky?

To all those that are experiencing a similar situation during this time of uncertainty, I wanted to let you know that this too shall pass. Things will get better.

We are really grateful to be standing where we are and not in someone else's shoes. We are healthy. We have food to eat. We have family and friends that care about us. We are working from home. We are happy.

Thinking of all of you that had to cancel graduations, birthdays, bridal showers, baby showers and all the other big events you were looking forward to. I hope you choose to celebrate in your own special way because you deserve to.

This post is the start of a wedding series. I spent weeks rushing to get everything ready for the wedding but now I have way more time than I ever needed. I mean it. WAY more time. I'd like to use this time to share all my DIY projects and a little on the planning process. #weddingwednesday coming soon!

xx - Miyonne



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The Best Quarantined Birthday

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
I'll start by saying I have the B E S T friends & family in the world. They made my birthday unforgettable. I always feel so anxious around my birthday. Partially because I know I really need to get my life together. I over analyze every single decision I've made and always focus so much on where I think I should be in life. This year was really different. Being at home has actually been really good for me. It's allowed me to slow down. I feel like many of us take the simple things in life or granted, so much so that we forget what makes us happy. I've been able to savor life these past few weeks and spending my birthday at home with the closest people in my life was all I needed.

They ordered it ALL. My favorite food from Founding Farmers and Sweet Water. We had leftovers for days which was not a bad thing since we're only able to make trips to the grocery store once a week. We're currently on stay home orders in VA and no gatherings of more than 10 people. Surprise balloons and my favorite cakes. Quality time sitting 6 feet apart. How did I get so lucky?




 
If you're spending your birthday in quarantine, I hope you will make the most of it! 
Love, Miyonne

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