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Huge thank you to For Your Party for sponsoring this post and including us in your For Your Party tablescape challenge. While products were provided, all opinions are my own.

It’s such an honor to be part of a dear friend’s wedding process and to be asked to help craft memories that will be cherished forever. When Landon and I were both asked to be part of some of our best friend’s wedding party, of course, my mind went straight to planning engagement parties and showers – after I’d finished wiping the tears off my face, of course.

We wanted to find the ideal setting to celebrate Tim and Ashley’s upcoming nuptials with an elegant garden party, and naturally it needed to be customized to our future bride and her fiancé. The blue, white, and gold color palette highlighted in the tablescape and personalized For Your Party decor was the perfect complement to a backyard oasis that would make any hostess green with envy.

I have been so inspired by Chinoiserie jars lately and knew I had to incorporate them into the gathering. Something about the colors and chicness of them is so refreshing, natural and just screams summer elegance to me, so I styled the entire party off of these home decor favorites.

So we have the perfect couple, the perfect backdrop and a theme we are still swooning over, but what really makes an engagement party special for the couple is tailoring the details to them. Incorporating their future monogram, wedding logos, names, and pictures really gives this party that personal touch.

As we all know – it’s all in the details, and thanks to For Your Party, this soirée was nothing short of detailed!

For Your Party was the perfect partner to supply the delightful decor that gave our guests of honor the love and attention that their engagement deserves. For your Party is a party decor company that makes it so simple for all of us hosts and hostesses to create custom party accessories for any gathering of any formality. With their focus on the customer experience and industry-leading technology, it’s fun and hassle-free to utilize their tailored designs, or even customize your own accessory designs in real time via their graphic design systems!

From the gold foil monogrammed napkins and matching frosted cups, to the coasters, to intricacies like drink stirrers and coordinating match boxes and napkin rings, every detail helped emphasize the classic style of the bride-and-groom-to-be. And it was so easy to make it our own with FYP’s interactive website.

I knew I wanted a classic, semi-preppy look, so I started off looking for a traditional monogrammed design in their Engagement Party recommended decor. I found this vine styled monogram on a napkin and filtered through their dozens of color options until I found a gold metallic foil I loved. I’m all about consistency, so through their design portal, I had this same image replicated on coordinating drink stirrers, cups, napkins and coasters. Could this be any classier?!

I wanted to mix it up a bit more, so I designed these gold metallic match boxes for each guest’s place setting because, of course, they are the perfect match 🙂 and coordinated them with a matching napkin ring for each place setting!

Put it all together and we have a classic and sophisticated garden party tailored to our favorite couple – and a beautiful memory for the future Mr. and Mrs. and their closest friends!

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Huge thank you to Artifact Uprising for sponsoring this post! While products were provided for this post, all opinions are my own.

If you do your wedding right, you have a blast surrounded by all of your loved ones – but it also goes by in a flash and some of it is bound to feel like a blur. Landon and I are coming up on our one-YEAR anniversary and are still hearing new stories from our wedding! 

Hopefully, like us, you had a great wedding photographer (shoutout to Jackie Cooper!) to capture those moments you inevitably missed.

We have LOVED going back through our wedding photos and seeing the special day from every angle. It’s heartwarming to see the joy on our faces and those of our family and friends, and so fun to look back at the nuances of that decor we obsessed about for months.

We were looking for a way to immortalize those cherished memories to one day share with our kids and grandkids. Our answer came in a lay-flat photo album from our friends at Artifact Uprising!

Let’s talk about how easy it is to commemorate your big day. Just select your ideal size, choose one of their 40 fabulous fabric and foil combinations for the cover, and then pick the finish you want for your paper (our Lustre pages look and feel amazing!).

Then you’re on to the most fun part – sifting through all your wedding photos!

Artifact Uprising’s user-friendly design interface includes a photo bank and dozens of layout options to easily mix and match. We are still swooning over the full-page layout showing one of our favorite photos from our mountain wedding!

Seriously guys, the hardest part of assembling this album is choosing which incredible photos to use to remember the best day of your life.

These beautiful lay-flat albums make the perfect gift for the parents and in-laws on any holiday. We made one for both of our sets of parents, easily tailored to feature each respective family. We loved them so much we made one for us too. Treat yo self!

Psst! The traditional one-year anniversary gift is paper, too, so this is a perfect anniversary gift as well!

So, obviously, you’ve landed the hubby or wife of your dreams… but with a gorgeous photo album, your wedding can quite literally be the gift that keeps on giving!

 Pro tip: Gift this with a pack of Kleenex, because there’s a good chance family members will tear up re-living the joy from your big day!

Between Cinco de Mayo, the Kentucky Derby, and Mother’s Day, we are on a holiday roll right now! But in the craziness of all the holidays and graduations, don’t let your gift to your lovely mama slack!

Our mom’s should be celebrated everyday but help them feel extra special this Mother’s Day with one of favorites from our gift guide! We’ve done a round up of all our favorite goodies that mom’s really want this year. So shop away or feel free to send this to your own kiddos or husband as a nice little nudge 🙂 

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Between the Kentucky Derby and Cinco de Mayo this weekend, there are no shortages of parties or reasons to celebrate! We’ll never turn down a good margarita, but when it’s countered with a refreshing mint julep, a derby hat and a garden party, we may need to pause. 

Now that we are finally getting settled in our new home, I’m always looking for reasons to host an outdoor gathering. So with the Kentucky Derby this weekend, we’re going all out! Whether you’re looking to host a last minute gathering with your gals or wanting to host a swanky derby soiree, we’ve got you covered with our Kentucky Derby Entertaining Essentials!

Enjoy!

 

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