Apple Crisp Sangria

It's Fall, people! Well, it's technically fall but in Florida it's still feeling like summer. I don't care either way because October means fall and I'm not paying attention to the heat.. Bring on the cider, sweaters and everything pumpkin!

We had people over last weekend to watch football so naturally, I wanted to make football finger food! I'll post something separate on the foods because this one is allllll about the booze:

Here is the link with the full recipe and it'll take you step by step :) but basically you just put the liquids together and then put the fruit/ginger/cinnamon sticks in and refrigerate overnight.

What you'll need:

1/4 cup Agave or Honey

2 Cups Peach Schnapps

2 Oranges

1 lemon

1 lime

2 apples

2 cinnamon sticks

2 slices of fresh ginger

1 bottle Club Soda

Cinnamon

Ice

Sugar

Bottle of Chardonnay

It calls for two cups of peach schnapps. I would start with just one cup and taste it and see if you needed more. Mine was very peachy so keep that in mind when you're making it. 

Fresh ginger.. YUM

I let the fruit steep over night and then drained the fruit out in the morning. I added an extra apple and orange the day I was serving it.. that way, the fruit is fresh and yummy to eat. 

Wet the rim with some fruit, put some cinnamon sugar on the rim and put a cinnamon stick in it and, voila! :)

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Birthday Fun!

Monday is usually a pretty lame day but this Monday was my birthday! I decided that my main goal for my birthday was for it to not feel like a Monday. And... I was successful! It was such a great day and I really felt the love from my friends and family!

My friend Leslie is in town with her family and it's been so great to see her! We met up for dinner on Sunday and it was fab! It's pretty great living in a vacation spot... people are always coming down!

I had such a fun and relaxing Monday! I worked in the morning and then had lunch with a friend, laid out, read some of my book, and then some more friends came over and brought me cake! 

Also, some very special people sent me flowers! Amber & Gregg sent me these and I just love them!! Everyone needs flowers on their birthday :)

I bought myself a little something for my birthday and I'm obsessed! I bought it last week but I finally put one of our engagement pictures in there and put it on the wall. Love it!

I'm so grateful for my supportive friends and family. I have so many people that are there just to listen and be a friend and it's something that I truly cherish. I hope I'm as good of a friend/future wife/sister/daughter/etc as my friends and fam are to me. I feel like such a lucky broad!!

Old Fashioned Bachelorette Invitations!

Hola party people! There's something about the bachelorette party that gets people going... since we've been out of college for some time now, it's a way to go back to our partying roots for a weekend with our ladies. Sure, it takes a week to prepare [vitamins, water, etc] and it definitely takes that long to recuperate [am I the only one who has no tolerance anymore?] However, it is so worth it!

I made a bachelorette invitation for my friend Lisa and I have to say... this thing is CUTE! It's got an old fashioned feel with some new spunkiness to it! I was inspired by a bunch of different invitations I saw on pinterest and I love how everything came together!

Wish you could see the borders better... but you get the picture :) thoughts?!

Fun Designs!

Hello!! I made another invitation and I wanted to share! I saw something like this on pinterest and had to experiment! Let me know what you think :)

Also, here's a print that I love that's hanging in my room. It's a good reminder to always dream big!

Comment if you want a copy of dream big for your wall!

Bridal Party Invitations

Hello friends! I've been all over the place [literalleigh] and now I'm back at home and I'm ready to make lots of designs! I have a goal to eventually open an Etsy store so stay tuned for that!

Here are a few bridal party invitations I made tonight. I love the chrysanthemums and colors! I actually really need to venture out with the colors :) I definitely have a common theme that I stick to.

Here's one in yellow & gray

I wish these had borders so you could see the edges but you get the picture!

Dallas & Bloody's

This weekend, I went on a surprise girls trip to help a friend celebrate her rapidly approaching nuptials! Last year, we surprised a friend in San Francisco...

                  and this year we went to Dallas! [In San Francisco, we said we should do a surprise trip for each broad that becomes a bride]

I've heard Lisa mention multiple times that she loves a good bloody mary with brunch and the spicier, the better :)

Our gracious and fabulous host bought all the fixins' and I made a sign to add that personal touch. I think it turned out so cute... whatdya think?

I just printed this and then cut it in a circle... a fun touch to spice up the spread!

The flowers were beautiful, the spread was amazing and I think the bride was happy with her surprise!