Franki + Max: Sneak Peek

Just wanted to post a quick sneak peek for Franki + Max that drove in from out of town to have me take their engagement photos. We went to some sweet locations and got some awesome shots! Check back soon for the rest!

Sports Christmas Party

As many of you know, Clint and I are youth leaders at our church. For our Christmas youth party the theme was "sports." Everyone came dressed up in their sports attire. I think Clint had one of the most creative outfits though! He dressed up as an NFL Sports Agent and wore the outfit, sunglasses, badge and even some fake earring to look authentic. Not only did he look the part, but he played the part very well by going around to all the "athletes" and trying to recruit them. It was so funny!

Callie though I think topped everyone off. Check out her creative costume! Priceless!









Here are the table centerpieces. Clint and I handcut eight astroturf circles. They were perfect!



The newlyweds, Bryan and Kensey looked super cute:




Todd also had a very creative outfit...Tony Romo with the famous broken pinky posed with Jessica Simpson, aka Nikki.




Here is Clint's badge that I designed for him and everyone thought it was super cool and authentic and they were all asking him where he got it.



I dressed up as my favorite athlete, #1 Crusaders: Clint Barker! Love him!

Our First Christmas Tree

It was so fun putting up Clint and I's very first Christmas tree! I had been collecting red and silver ornaments for quite awhile and it was so neat to put them all together on one tree this year.







The ornament below is the one I painted at at Kim's Bachelorette Party.




Here's the the whole tree! We decided to not buy a bigger one this year, so we just used this little tree that I've had for over eight years. It was perfect for our space.

Custom Wedding Guest Book

Hey! I just wanted to share with you one of the products I offer, custom wedding guest books. This is the one that I did for Kim's wedding and I have done several of these for many brides. You can use photos from your engagement shoot or your dating history. On the other side I design the sign-in pages that match the rest of your wedding collateral. These can have lines, boxes or just be blank for people to write long notes. Contact me if you'd be interested in a custom guest book.

Kensey's Lingerie Shower

My November was full of lingerie! I hosted two lingerie showers in one week and they were both so fun and so different. Deanna, Nikki and I threw a lingerie shower for our friend, Kensey two weeks before she got married. Our theme for this shower was eco-chic with brown, orange and green. Deanna found the perfect green and orange napkins with leaves on them that became the inspiration for the invitations and other decor. We incorporated polka dots and other green items.



Even our food items matched with chocolate and orange cupcakes with toppers, guacamole and bacon croissants, melon, orange and kiwi fruit skewers, parsley and cheddar cheese balls, chex mix with green and orange M&Ms and coordinating candy. It all came together so well!





Kensey, the beautiful bride:





We played several games including the marshmallow stuffing game. Kensey had to guess Bryan's answers to questions and for each one she got wrong, she had to stuff her mouth with a marshmallow.





We put together two clotheslines to hang up and display all her cute items!











The hostesses, Nikki, Deanna and me:



This was such a fun shower and we all really enjoyed putting it all together.

Me at Kim & Matt's Wedding

After months of planning, late nights, lots of designing and dozens of emails back and forth, Kim and Matt were married on Saturday, November 15, 2008! It's crazy to think that Kim and I were married in the same year! I was so blessed to be a huge part of Kim's wedding day. She was my maid-of-honor a year ago and I was blessed to be her matron-of-honor on her special day.

My jobs for Kim's wedding consisted of:

• dress picking outing
• researching and finding photos
• researching photographers
  
• engagement photography
• wedding invitation design
• rehearsal dinner invitation design
• bridal lunch invitation design
• hostess for bacherlorette party
• hostess for lingerie shower
• coordinating bridesmaids
• bridal photography
• program designer
• guest book designer
• favor designer
• hair dresser
• make-up artist
• veil putter oner
• dress lacer and adjuster
• OVERALL WEDDING PLANNER

I am just kidding! But that is what everyone was calling me by the end. It was so much fun. It was basically like getting married but without the amazing honeymoon at the end.

Here is a little glimpse of me from the wedding day doing all my duties! These photos were taken by Kim's wedding photographer, the talented, Shan Renee.



My hair was done by the amazing, Ty Lindgren at the Barry Morris Salon. She has been doing my up-dos for years and does an AMAZING job!! Kim's hair was done by me!










Congratulations, Kim and Matt!! If you'd like to see more photos from the wedding, click below to watch their slideshow!

Kim & Matt's Wedding Slideshow

Kim's Bridal Luncheon

For Kim's bridal luncheon, Kim took as to this really neat Cafe inside of a nursery. It was so pretty and luscious.







Kim got us earrings to go with our dresses as well as an ornament that matched our personality. Mine is the red one. It went perfect with my Christmas tree!






The food was so good too! I love quiche!




All of the bridesmaids minus Clair again:

One Year Ago

One year ago, I married the love of my life, Clint! I can't believe a year has already flown by! I have loved every minute of being married and I know that the years are going to continue to get better! I thank God every day for giving me an amazing husband. I love you, Clint! Happy anniversary!

Kim's Lingerie Shower

Two days before Kim's wedding on November 13, myself and three of Kim's other bridesmaids hosted her lingerie shower. I had been planning the theme for several months and I love how it all came together. I used pink, black, zebra stripes along with lots of feathers and rhinestone "bling."

The photo above is of the pink margarita glasses with cherry Sprite and cherries which everyone enjoyed as well as water bottles with pink cheetah labels.

One of the bridesmaid's friends makes fabulous cupcakes and she put together this amazing cupcake tower as our centerpiece. If you need some yummy cupcakes for an event, let me know and I'll give you her name! The bridesmaids also helped me prepare some really yummy food including chocolate covered strawberries, artichoke dip, cream cheese and chipotle sauce, gourmet chocolates and pigs in a blanket!





I bought these adorable paper lanterns that really helped pull the theme together. It took three of us to get these hung up just right.



Check out all these gifts! This girl got spoiled with lingerie!



We put together some really fun games that got everyone laughing. Thank you to Cari for helping me take some of these photos!






One of the funniest games came from Jayme. I read a poem that described Kim's "panty life." By the end, these were the granny panties she was wearing! These were a gag gift at my lingerie shower and I was happy to be able to use them again.





And here was Kim's gag gift from her aunt!





We also played the game that is popular at baby showers where you have to steal the most clothespins. Intead, we gave everyone a blinking ring pop and if someone said "honeymoon" or "wedding," they could steal your ring pop. There was some crazy stealing going on!








All but one of the bridesmaids: me, Wendy, Callie, Kim, Cari and Jayme






It was so much fun and we had a blast spoiling Kim like crazy!