In The Cat Cave

It's wedding season and you are likely seeing lots of gold, white and blush pink.  This month's Fancy Friday inspiration for this blog hop comes from the following mood board.  You should have come from my fancy friend, Krista Frattin's page unless this is your first stop.


It just so happened that I had been planning a bridal shower around the same time as working with this mood board. I am loving this look and have created several projects this wedding season with this "Great Gasby" + meets "Blush Blossoms" look. This banner was created using the silver trim and gold glimmer paper, topped off with some retired ribbon. The letters were cut out from my silhouette using the Arial Black font.



This banner was paired with several garlands made out of a circle punch and cardstock.  This was machine sewed but really takes no time.




In addition, this bride wanted treats as favours as well as for the food tables. You can see that in the first photo, there are chocolate coins packaged up - this wedding is in Vegas so it gave a little Vegas flare! Here's a closer look!



These rock candy are great for any occasions!! I've used them with a quick tag for several events!



I usually go with Hershey Nuggets but believe it or not there was none to be found in my city of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada - Instead I used my 1" circle punch and created these from Reese's Peanut Butter cups! You can see some retired designer paper that I found to finish these off.


And finally, the bride has some body wash from the guests - I created a quick tag.  She will then put all the elements together.


I love the designing part of event planning! So, while planning the samples for this bridal shower, I decided I would create a quick video for you to help you if you are planning for any kind of event.  Make sure you check it out!

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Last year I bought a book called the 52 Lists project by Morea Seal.  I had heard of the book but I didn't think much of it until I had it in my hands.  It's stunning just to look at.

At the same time, I had listened to a TED Talk called the Miracle Morning.  I began realizing that when I got up before my kids, I was a nicer and better version of myself #reallife. The Miracle Morning essentially encourages you to do six actions before you start your day in order to be your most efficient self. Part of the Miracle Morning is to write as well as do meditation. For me, this book was like a reflection or mediation in a sense.  It put things into perspective and wasn't difficult to do.  And no, I don't do the Miracle Morning but I certainly had some take-aways that got me thinking.

Every time I write a list, I learn something new about myself.  I want to continue to grow and progress and this book helps me do that.

Note that some people go in order of the lists in the book.  Some people do this every week.  I don't put those pressures on myself.  I pick a list and go for it.

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This stamp set was so easy to work with.  It seemed to bring everything together without me needing to play for hours.  The step stamping isn't necessary but its there in case you want to play with multiple colours.

This week's TGIF challenge is a colour challenge. A colour challenge simplifies things for me.  It sets limits that seems to give me permission to play. Usually it means I take out the inks and then a stamp set. It's a good idea to see if this could work for you too!