From My iphone....

... 10/10/15.

1. Last Sunday my youth kiddos from church met before 6 a.m. on a very wet and chilly morning to drive to a soup kitchen and serve breakfast to 

our hungry and homeless neighbors. 

Ugh, kids these days!

2. One of the young ladies who graduated last year went off to 

College of Charleston on a scholarship. 

She sent me this beautiful picture on my birthday that she took of downtown 

with her phone.

This was just a few days before Joaquin rolled into town.

3. A little birthday collage from Instagram to celebrate Mollie's birthday.

She turned 24!!! Whaaaat?

4. The Birthday Girl requested oysters popped on the grill. SLURP!! YUM!

Fun fact: we bring the delicious hot sauce in the pic above allllll the way from Honduras!!

5. Fact: I live in the metro Atlanta area. 

That means you spend half your life sitting still in traffic - no matter where you are.

 At some point - you sit. 

Not so bad when this is the view. 

It's for sale. It's huge. 

That would be a lifetime of One Room Challenges!!

6. Met my girl for Mexican and Margs yesterday and found this cute little bamboo shelf for practically nothin'. 

You'll be seeing it again.

#motherdaughterorc

7. Check this IG post to find out why there are chairs on my porch dining table.

But isn't that evening light magical??

8. I have been invited to serve on a team of designers for a 

Junior League Holiday House. 

Yikes!! I'm not an interior designer - they dress nicely. I wear paint clothes. Out in public.

 A lot.

More important though- this is the hallway in "our" model home.

 I am standing just inside the front door looking down the hall to the kitchen.

It's pure awesomeness!!

9. Do you remember this fun shower and the bride-to-be? 

Last weekend was the beautiful wedding and fun, fun reception. 

 Father- Daughter dance.

Mollie and the Bride (our beautiful cousin) had already ditched the heels by now.

10. And I'm not usually one for selfies or mirror shots but this is what has been piled on top of my head or pulled back for the last 2 years.

 And it will be gone in a couple of weeks.

 I have reached my goal and 

I am donating to Children With Hair Loss.

Their minimum is 8 inches but they love to get longer hair. 

I would try for another inch or two but my hair seems to have reached it's limit.

So I'm looking for a great hairdresser with a knack for cute short hair haircuts. 

I haven't needed one in years now ( sounds crazy, huh?)  

I prefer to get my haircut in Virginia ( my mom's hairdresser is the bomb) but the haircut and a visit to VA are not coinciding.

#shorthairdontcare

Business in the front...

... party in the back!!!

That's the story around here. 

We had a Low Country Boil a couple of weeks ago when College Girl graduated.
It was all about the school colors - red and blue! Go West!!

 

( Excuse me while I post one more Proud Parent photo!!)

If you follow along on Instagram - my fave!, 

then you know we have been in Bridal Shower prep mode since then.

The Bride-to-be's colors are coral-y blush and pinks, gold and white. 

That's all I needed to know. 

I went to town spray painting frames, papier mache letters and signs in those colors!

That's a serious spread right there!!

Someone said they felt like they were in a Southern Living photo shoot - so cute!

(On a side note the sign above is not quite finished... I still have to paint flowers in those fab pinks and corals at the top before the wedding!! But we used it at the shower anyway!)

There is a blush and gold polka dot runner down the middle of the table under all that yummy food.
It's hidden but I did my old gift wrap runner trick!
And I made the tassels from plastic tablecloths late one night using directions from a Youtube video. It's addicting. I couldn't stop making them!

I had a lot of help with the food. 
The MOB made these adorable little carnation looking, bite-sized cupcakes for dessert. 
They're small so having 6 is like 1 serving of a regular sized cupcake, right? Right?

The bride loved the idea of a Mimosa Bar and who wouldn't??

A family friend offered to take care of that!! 

But who has 35 champagne flutes...

The Mother-of-the-Bride cleverly started picking them up at Goodwill and thrift stores
and they were lovely - some were quite nice and old.
 We each took a couple afterwards to use and remember the special day when we sip champagne!

( I used a gold Sharpie to create all of the signs!! That's right - Sharpie!!)

 All the little gold frames sprinkled around have Bridal Etiquette Tips 
from Emily Post's 1922 articles.
The times they are a changin'!!

The Bride-To-Be is a cutie!!

We filled the swinging bed with gifts.

And then we oohed and aahed and laughed while the BTB opened and opened her gifts.

( And there is a reason we have a huge pink crustacean hanging on the wall of our porch behind everyone - don't you? #itsagoodstory)

And by the time we ate all the delicious brunch treats, sipped mimosas, and admired all the gifts we were tuckered out...

It's not a party until someone falls asleep :)


And then we cleaned up all of our Bridal Brunch paraphernalia 
and set up for a party at 7 p.m. ... 
Another day, Another post - 2 big parties in one day!!