DID I FORGET SOMETHING?????

It’s a month before your wedding and the finishing touches are being made.  As you are going through your check list you notice that something has been left off….WEDDING PARTY GIFTS!!!!!  As you take an even closer look at your budget, you see that its just inches away from being busted.  What are you gonna do now…You have to get these people something to show how grateful you are to them for putting up with your BRIDEZILLA ways…..Well fear not I’m hear to help you with that dilemma with some help from Oriental Trading Company.

For the Bridesmaids/Hostesses

1. Scarves are becoming one of the latest fashion trends.  Oriental Trading offers 11 different color scarves that can also be personalized.  This may also be a great idea for the guys as well.
2. You’ve got your bridesmaids on this workout plan and most of them actually like it.  In this case water bottles would make a good gift, which could be used during the workout or even through the workday.  These are available in five different colors and can be personalized.
3. You and your girls like to have get-togethers and there’s always wine involved, but it always arrived in had, a plastic bag, or a brown paper bag.  Give your girls personalized wine totes that holds 2 bottles.
4. While everybody is getting ready, you don’t want to see them walking around in towels, big t-shirts and shorts……that’s not gonna look good in pictures…so pamper your ladies with custom robes and slippers.
5. Your maids and hostesses need something to put all their things in and you notice that some of the ladies use the same bag for everything…work, gym, baby bag, make-up, etc.  Oriental Trading has a number of bag styles and colors, including make-up bags, that can be personalized.  Also do them a favor and add a survival kit (tissues, lotion, water, extra pins) to the bag….they will thank you later.

For the Groomsmen/Ushers

The men are going to be are going to be a lot easier to shop for thanks to Oriental Trading.  Oriental Trading offers flask, can holders, mugs and cups, pins, money clips, cigar holder, pocket watches, cuff links, and socks which can all be personalized and enjoyed by the men in the wedding party.

For the Kids

Oriental Trading also offers a few ideas for the children involved in the party.  Everything from personalized bags to picture frames to pre-made gift sets.  When it comes to the kids just have fun and use your imagination.  I advise moving out of the wedding section when shopping for the kids.

These ideas and more can be found at www.orientaltrading.com.  Also like their page on Facebook.

Now relax…..Crisis averted and your budget is still in tact ;)

Don’t Have a Style….then create one!!!!

Many people say they don’t have any fashion sense and don’t know how to find/create one.  Ever look through a magazine and say “Oh…I like that” or stroll through FB or IG and “I like her outfit”.  Next time you are looking through a magazine  and see an outfit you like rip the page out…only if its your magazine, and create a style board.  Do the same thing for the FB and IG pics….create an album or a photo collage that can serve as you digital style board.  Then go shopping.  You may not be able to find the exact pieces, but you can find similar items and you may be able to switch out pieces to make it your own.  I suggest taking a look at the color palate for the summer.  There are a few pages of FB that are dedicated to fashion and post picture of different outfits during the day.  Check them out: Fashion, Fashion STyle, and Tidestore.  Fashion has links to other sites, and Tidestore has it own web site where you can actually purchase the styles you like.

Photo from Fashion STyle via Facebook

The Road to Graduation

The month of April was of course when everything was due; internship paper/poster, final entrepreneurship presentations (2 in 3 days), and poster presentations.  To add to my stress level I had to make an emergency trip home to check on my daddy….FAMILY FIRST.  Got my poster finished and sent to the printers, then noticed that I had some MAJOR typos…4 revisions and $96 later I finally got it right.  English is not my strongest subject, so I wanted someone else to look over my final paper, but it was done in time and I ended up proof reading it myself.  Five revisions later and it was ready to turn in.  A week before entrepreneurship presentations, and we are still putting the finishing touches on our company…two days before and we are still working in it #icantdeal.  The day of presentations for the class and…..we do an awesome job…time to #turnup…just a little bit…lol.  Now we have less than 48 hours to fix and trim the presentation for some of our business professors/judges…#turndown.  Presentation day 2 and we do another awesome job. Poster presentations for internship projects and the only thing many of us could think about is the beach trip we’re taking in a few days.  After 3 hours of saying the same thing over and over again, presentations were done and for the most part so was our grad school careers.  BEACH TRIP….OUTTER BANKS…..BEACH HOUSE…POOL….HOT TUB….BEACH…..MINI GOLF…..ALCOHOL….5 DAYS….TOO MUCH FUN!!!! #turndownforwhat

The day before graduations and my parents are on the way….I’m curling my hair, add I get a phone call from them only to find that they got off in the wrong exit.  So we all have to get dress at my house and rush off to the awards dinner….and we’re late (though I heard we missed the boring part).  We got there just in time for my shinning moment.  We really impressed the judges during the second presentations because we won the award for the best science based project for that round of presentations.  I set my alarm for 5am to beat the traffic and ended up at 3am #excited.  Dressed, face on, cap, gown, tassels, and metal in hand and out the door.  No traffic, but I spent 15 minutes auguring with the lady at the gate that “I’m a graduate and I don’t have to pay for parking…yall already have enough of my money”.   Eventually she lets me in and I take my track in the heat to line up.  45 mins in that room….another 15 standing in line outside waiting to walk to the lawn to listen to somebody talk about something that I don’t remember.  Then we transitioned over to a second area for our degree presentation….and that degree is huge….can’t photocopy that and send it out…plus its in Latin….good thing it came with a translation…lol….and the rest of  my day looked like this….EAT…SLEEP….TURNUP….SLEEP

Now the job search begins!!!! Still selling Mary Kay….FB me to book your party!!!!!

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