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Sweet Designs by Amy Atlas, THE book to have!(2)
If you love sweets, baking, crafting, party styling — or any combination of these things you MUST check out Sweet Designs by Amy Atlas. After pouring her heart into this book for over two years Amy’s labor of love is finally available for pre-order! I am honored to help Amy spread the word, I’ve been [...]
It’s a Sunshine Safari with Operation Shower
How’s your week going friends? Fantastical I hope (yes, that’s a real word — we’ll at least it should be). I’ve been a little quiet this week so I wanted to check in with you all and say “hello” and share what I’ve been working on. I’m super excited to be helping with an amazing baby [...]
Humbly ringing in 2012
Believe it or not, 2011 has come to an end. I hope this past year was a great one for you and I’m wishing that 2012 is full of beautiful surprises and lots of laughter. I wanted to take a moment to thank you … all of you reading this. Thank you for reading Thoughtfully [...]
Need Thanksgiving Ideas? Me too.
It’s right around the corner — Thanksgiving. Actually, it’s in less than a week. What have I done to prepare you ask? Nothing. Nope, nada. The good thing about sticking to simple entertaining and hostessing ideas is that (when needed) you can pull it all together last minute (yep, literally).
Having a party-plan B
I know a thing or two about trying to plan an outdoor birthday party during rainy season (not that we really have a “season” here in southern, CA). Both of my daughters have birthdays in December (the 22nd and 23rd to be exact — really). And given that the weather could be freezing and raining one day and 80 degrees and sunny the next, it’s really hard to plan.
My {party planner} bucket list
A recent blog post got me thinking about bucket lists. You now, the list of wildly, unattainable adventures and goals you want to accomplish before you, well… kick the bucket. Don’t get me wrong, I love the idea of creating a bucket list (really, I love any type of list) — but what I like [...]
Party like it’s a Wednesday (on Twitter)
I like any reason to celebrate or put something thoughtful together — especially if it’s for something unexpected (say like a Wenesday night). So when PF Chang’s reached out to me to help co-host their Twitter party (tonight!) I was definitlry up for it.
Party girls at the HWTM event
A couple of weeks ago, I headed to San Diego to join many other entertaining and lifestyle bloggers at the HWTM launch party {and boy did we have fun!}. The hotel rooftop was transformed into a stunning, enchanted Wonderlandia by Jenn and team and they did an amazing job! It was such a thrill to [...]
Party weekend recap
Over the years I have made so many genuine connections with fellow party gals and bloggers that I can’t help but smile when I think about all of my online friends. This past weekend I was able to meet many of my old friends (and meet a ton of new ones!) in real life and am so thankful to have made such wonderful face-to-face connections and memories.
A few blog updates {pretties}
Hey everyone! If you checked in here lately, you might have noticed a few new {pretty} changes. I wanted to take a moment to thank the ever talented (aka Graphic-Goddess) Kori Clark of PaperandPigtails.com for her uber talent. What’s magical about Kori is that she has this knack for making my vision come true — [...]