Springtime Clothing Swap Party

Over the weekend I hosted a clothing swap party with a few friends. I asked each of them to bring between 5 and 10 current pieces to trade out over mimosas and apps.

We had a small group with just 4 of us, but it worked out well and I'm going to consider it practice for the next one which I hope to have more people attend.

Mimosas and a cute puppy named Ziggy.

A new dress for Morgan

A few of the items brought were brand new with tags, major scores! When everyone arrived I handed out initialed tags in accordance with how any pieces of clothing they brought. Each person than chose a number from the birdcage that was the order you went through the lot. As you found items you wanted you tagged them, if more than one person tagged the same item those numbers were drawn to see who got to take the article of clothing home with them.

Avocado Hummus

I made appetizers to munch on while the clothes were organized and everyone took their turn trying on and giving ideas on how to style things.

Mini Caprese and Pesto, Goat Chesse, Polenta, and Sundried Tomato Bites

How could a Saturday afternoon filled with mimosas, fashion, cupcakes, friends and baby smiles not be fun?!

Orange Creamsicle Cupcakes with gold sprinkles

Even though it was a small group we still all got some cute new pieces to take home and I have a big bag of "leftovers" to donate.

Serena, Milo (the only male allowed at this party-other than Ziggy), Martina, Morgan and me

I have a few new shirts and I won that pretty yellow ostrich bag! I'm already planning the next swap party and thinking about what I will trade out.

Have you went to a swap party before? I definitely recommend you consider one with some of your friends.

My Tutu Bachelorette Party

Well, since my wedding was bumped up 6 months and many plans have changed, it's now the day of my bachelorette party!

Tutus have been assembled and reservations have been made. A night in Jacksonville with my girls has me super psyched for this evening's adventures.

This is the first one I will ever attend so I'm not 100% sure what to expect other then the stereotypical craziness. 

What did you do for your bachelorette party or for a friend's? Any tips for me? ;)

surprise party

 How great is this? Days after posting all of the open beam architecture, with the help of his mother we threw a surprise birthday party for my boyfriend at an A-Frame, oceanfront cottage with load bearing beams!

View walking up, he was very surprised when his friends greeted him inside.

View from the upstairs loft. The eclectic collection of glass and other items in the house made it a nice locale for our little shindig.

Birthday boy blowing out the candles. :)

I made these awesome puff pastry, nutella, and berry cookies, what a hit! (If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram you already saw this picture.)  The boys of course all struck up a conversation about how thankful they are that Pinterest is now around.

There was a guest book there, with signatures as far back as 1951!

We got one shot together before heading to the beach to hunt for sharks teeth.

Everyone had a great time, about a dozen of his friends and their spouses were able to attend.  His actual Birthday is in early September so this was definitely a surprise.

Do you like surprise parties or would you rather throw them for someone else? I am personally a fan of throwing them for others.;)