Party Girls

Well, I'm not a party girl, but I did (with the help of some great friends) host a lingerie party for one of my friends from college, Kaitlin Lee!

One of my favorite parts of wedding related events is that you get to see and meet people that have meant something to the bride/groom at different stages/chapters of their lives all together in the same place. This shower definitely had a mixture of friends and family that love Kaitlin so much and it was great to see everyone having fun together.

We did a lot of the traditional shower games, opened gifts, and just spent time together...good memories!

As you know, I'm about the details, so here are a few detail photos of the shower...

We made a bunch of the tissue paper flower balls that are so popular right now for pretty much all of our decorations... I loved the ones we used in my milk glass vases that I've been collecting!

I love bridal shower food....finger food is THE best.

Here are some more flower balls covering the ceiling fan in the living room. Love the polka dots! We (when I say "we", I mean me and my friend Jessica Studer) made these using the tutorial that I found here.

Cupcakes with strawberry icing. I'd never iced anything like this, but it was easy and so pretty!

We put out a few jars and note cards for the girls to write notes of advice/encouragement/memories for Kaitlin. The jars were full by the end of the night!

We also played the clothespin game where you can't say certain words or you get your pin taken. I added little paper rosettes using a tutorial that I found here (hers are much cuter than mine!).

Cute!

Here are more flower balls that we hung around the dining room chandelier. I wish I'd gotten a better shot of this, it looked so cute but I was in a rush taking pictures so a lot of them aren't the best :(.

We got hors d'oeuvres from a local catering company and there were SO good! Everything was gone at the end of the night!

Mini strawberry shortcakes...a last minute idea, but they looked cute!

Here's some of the food, we had more displayed on the coffee table, but I'm sorry to say that I didn't get a good picture of any of it!

The house was full of pretty girls and lots of fun!

Here are most of the LCU girls that were there. Kaitin is in the middle. I am so happy for you, Kaitlin!!!

Good times. I'm all for hosting another shower at my house haha! Have a great Monday!

I'm an Alum

The events of this past week really made me realize how much things have changed in the last year. I have graduated from college, moved into a house, gotten a dog, and gotten a job. It was a very... weird process to go from being an involved college student to someone who is now trying to separate herself from that "world" (which is really hard, since I work on campus and still know a lot of the students). BUT, it's a change that had to happen, and is honestly a change that I was VERY ready for last May.

Even so, I was really excited to go to my first Alumni Night during Kappa's Pledgeweek as an actual alum. It was GREAT to see all of my old friends, and really great to get to talk about all of the memories that made us friends in the first place!

I also felt horrible for the poor, exhausted little pledges. There was even a girl who's ear drum had BURST and was bleeding because they were singing too loud.

This picture is totally creepy, because I only know like 2 girls in it, but...oh well!

Here they are at the wedding this year. Yes, Kappa always duct tapes the bride's mouth shut. (She can't be kissed!)

Everytime I go to the Pledgeweek wedding, I always think of my wedding during Pledgeweek....

Oh my gosh, I look like death. A group of us are reading a poem in this picture. P.S. We weren't allowed to wear makeup or smile, so that's why we look really bored and on the verge of illness.

Anyway, that was really random, but I just felt the need to take a trip down memory lane. I know a bunch of old Kappa girls read this, so I'm sure you all understand!

Another fun alum thing I was able to do this week was go to the first Lubbock Alumni Lunch...which I actually planned. :) Of course, I ran out of the house this morning and forgot to grab my camera, but you're not missing much--besides, we're having them monthly, so I can just take pictures at the next one! We had it in the new Welcome Center Rotunda--which is really neat looking and a great place for events like this. There were a little over 50 people who attended, and I hope it grows more in the months to come! Everything went really well though, and I think a lot of alums are happy that LCU is starting to be more involved with their (our) alumni.

In other news, Lubbock High officially has a new Head Football Coach. His name is Jason Strunk and I PRAY that he lets Bryan keep his job! Prayers please!!!!! We should know more details in a few weeks but until then, we need all the help we can get from you know Who!

Also in other news, I stayed up till almost 2am last night finishing a good book called My Name Is Memory. I was actually a little disappointed with the ending (cliffhanger) until I googled it a realized that it's the first of 3 books! I can't wait until the 2nd one is published!

I may start reading this one again.... (I'm really bad about re-reading books that I like).

This book is a little....I don't know, "Twilight-ish", so if you don't like those lovey-dovey, sometimes corny books, then don't read it. BUT is was a very easy read (took me 3 days), and was really entertaining. It's about this guy who can remember his past lives and follows the love of his life throughout her lives even though she can't remember him. Interesting storyline, no?

That was a pretty random post, but it's all I have for now!

Save the Dates!

As I've mentioned before, my friend (and bridesmaid) Megan Cox is getting married this summer! She will be having a big, gorgeous wedding and I'm so happy to be in it! I'm also getting to make all of the wedding stationery, so today I worked on her Save the Dates. Her and Westin are using the VERY talented photographer Alissa Joy to photograph their wedding, and their engagement pictures are STUNNING. I was able to use some of the pictures in the proofs I made her...check it out!

You may have noticed that a lot of these look the same...well, they are, I just changed little things about them! I wonder which one she'll pick!