Amber Veatch Designs

So a few months back I went to the Cultivate Workshop in Jacksonville, Florida 

with Layla @ Simply Savannah Events. 

You can read about it here! 

Anyway, I met a ton of awesome ladies working in wedding & event planning, 

one of whom just started an Etsy shop! 

The second day of the workshop we were all paired up to talk about our goals 

& her goal was to open up a shop so I am so excited she did it!! 

She really is inspiring though because I too someday hope to have an Etsy shop of my own... :) 

Here are just a few things you can purchase in her shop! But be sure & check it out!

Amber Veatch Designs

Sources

{Bachelorette Party Banner} $30

{Moss Letters} $55

{Love Is Sweet Banner} $38

She has more in her shop but these are my favorites!

Check out what else she has here!! :)

The cool thing is that anything in her shop is customizable!

It's pretty awesome! I can't wait to see what she comes up with next!

Congrats Amber & your accomplishments! :)

  

Jamie's Baby Shower & Celebration at Home Link Party

I love link-ups & was so excited when I saw this link-up on Celebrations at Home! I found it in perfect timing to post pictures from my cousin's baby shower I hosted yesterday! I was happy with the way everything turned out! I wish the pictures were better quality but unfortunately I had to take them with my iPhone!! 

Jamie's Baby Shower

I'd say the shower was a success...

I mean just look at how many gifts are on that gift table! 

They filled up a whole truckload of gifts hahaha...

The food was positively delicious!

Thanks to Momma Amanda (whose pregnant with twins)

She made cucumber pimento treats with cherry tomatoes on top

& fruit salad in waffle cones

& little hot dogs

& mini caprese salad

& neon pink deviled eggs!

And aren't those favors cute?!?!

Stacy made the Cowgirl Cookies in a jar & everyone loved them!

I designed the Wishes for Baby & put up all the decor! 

I love love loveeeed how the Wishes for Baby turned out!

They definitely turned out better than my whoopie pies...

Oh & I learned some good things while planning this so I wanted to share:

1. Don't underestimate the cost of printables.

I had no idea how much it was going to cost me to print the cupcake toppers & invitations. I spent over $150 on all of that. I wished I would have spent that money on more party decorations instead.

2. MAKE A BUDGET!!!!!!!!!

I think I thought that since this was a party for only 25 people it wouldn't be a big deal, 

but I spent way too much on little details (spray painted mason jars, printables, whoopie pie tray, etc.) 

& way too little on party decorations.

3. Don't overestimate how much food you need.

We had way too much food leftover... Bags & bags & bags of it...

Live & learn though right?!?! 

Thursday DIY #1: Jamie's Baby Shower

So Thursdays is going to be anything having to do with DIY.

Whether it's for an event, wedding, home decor, anything.

So, I am planning my cousin's baby shower!
The theme is Gold Giraffes & Champagne!

[Not literal champagne, but the color champagne.. tehehe]

I have so many fun ideas & I need to get started on making everything!

A lot of the stuff I wanna use is going to be DIY so I figured it was the perfect first post to my...

Thursday DIY series!

Thursday DIY #1: Jamie's Baby Shower

To-Do List:

1. Spray paint mason jars gold 

[Lovely Little Details blog has a tutorial on this... 

there isn't much to it, but I just wanted to mention her since 

she is a really awesome blogger & was really helpful when 

I asked her a formatting question about my blogger banner!]

2. Make poms with fabric or tissue paper 

[Jessica Demaio at A Simple Kind of Love has a 

great tutorial on how to make fabric poms.]

3. Follow up with Kelly 

[Kelly is doing all the desserts for the shower. 

Kelly is absolutely amazing to work with so far!

I e-mailed her & said can you do all the desserts on my Pinterest?

She said yes, I said you're hired!!!!]

4. Print out the Printable Invitations, Food Labels, & Cupcake Toppers 

[Lauren at Details Beyond Design has been amazing with this! 

I saw a Giraffe baby shower invite by her & she customized the colors for me!

She even put up with my lack-of-ability-in-using-Pay-Pal 

& I'm so excited to feature her amazing printables!!]

Photos: gold mason jars, cake pops, whoopie pies, poms, bunting, heart, invitations, pink lemonade, drink stand, straws, macaroons, cake, silverware

Cultivate Workshop

This weekend I went to the Cultivate Workshop! Being here has been such an inspiring experience to see all these young women who are so successful doing what they love & what they want to be doing. It gives me inspiration that I can do this too. So many brainstorming ideas... !

The speakers here have been amazing & I am so so glad I came! 

I wanted to feature something from each of their sites of something I really like!

1. Cassandra Cherneski from Flaire Weddings
She was the leader of the conference & she did an amazing job! She talked about starting & building your company w/a strong foundation & her husband talked about the legal side of business. I also got to meet her amazing assistant, Amber! Along w/event planning she has a rentals company with these awesome chairs! I'm loving the preppy feel of the navy & hot pink in this photo! 

2. Amber Housley

I've seen her site before & though... Can I be this person & do her job? I was so excited when I realized she was there!! She talked about branding, marketing & finding the right client. She specializes in gorgeous event design! I definitely recommend checking out her site & blog!! & how amazing is that dessert table?!

3. Lauren from Every Last Detail
She is a full-time blogger. Talk about an amazing job! Anyway, she talked about blogging (obviously), social media & editorial coverage! She has an amazing wedding blog & this adorable picture is from a great post she wrote on Wedding Expectations that she breaks down by Wedding Day, Wedding Planning & Wedding Vendor Expectations. I'd highly recommend brides-to-be follow her!! 

 I just cannot describe what a great experience it was!

It is all so exciting & I am so anxious to start working at all the weddings Layla has booked!

Countdown: 4 weeks till Wedding Madness! 

Oh & randomly I decided to change my signature.

The old one was too meh, playful & childish so I wanted something more...

elegant?

I'm not sure I accomplished it but I like it better for the time being!

Photos: Flaire Weddings, Amber Housley, Every Last Detail

Southern Girls Bridal Expo

Yesterday Layla & I worked at the Southern Girls Bridal Expo!

She is the owner of Simply Savannah Events & I am her assistant!

It was a lot of fun meeting brides & seeing other companies in the industry!

Of course one of the most fun parts was setting up our booth! 

I love the way it all turned out! 

I made the chevron table cloths (surprise surprise!) & used some of 

my chevron fabric & the same color floral fabric scraps to wrap it around the cigar box & vase.

It was a really fun rustic/DIY/vintage/chic setup & I am just loving it all!

One of Layla's visions for her company is being green & environmentally friendly,

& I would have to say our booth really fit within her business,

I think the only thing that she bought for the whole booth was the flowers,

But everything else was all things that she & I already had.

I am really loving the cigar boxes & scrabble pieces!