15 May
Hi – I’m Jennifer from Double the Fun Parties and I’m excited to be here today on The Sparkle Spot to share some ideas for turning household containers into favor containers! (You can see the full tutorial for each item on my blog.)
1. Takeout Container
I saved four of these containers after a trip to the American Girl Bistro. (A really fun afternoon with your daughter if you have a store locally.) Just wash out your container, and make a coffee filter flower and tag for the top.
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14 May
Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend. Today, I’m excited to announce that I have achieved the prestigious designation of Professional Bridal ConsultantTM from the Association of Bridal Consultants, the oldest and largest group of wedding professionals in the world. I am so very proud of this designation because it is a true reflection of all of the hard work and time that I put into SED and every single client. I truly believe in that every professional should always want to continue to learn new and grow and I’m looking forward pursuing the next level of accreditation.
Member of the Association of Bridal Consultations agree to uphold the ABC Code of Ethics:
- Represent each client fairly and honestly, providing all agreed to services in a timely and cost efficient manner
- Establish reasonable and proper fees for services and provide written estimates to each client
- Use honest, factual advertising
- Deal with employees and clients fairly, in an unbiased manner
- Disclose to clients any payments received from suppliers
- Operate an establishment that is a credit to the community
With our wedding season beginning in just two shorts week, I’m so excited to be working with so many lovely and diverse couples. I hope that they can rest assured and trust that their wedding is in good hands with Sparkling Events & Designs.
9 May
Today, I’m back to share one of our latest project for Bird’s Party magazine. If you haven’t checked out this magazine you are missing out some truly lovely party and celebration inspiration. I’m so honored to be a small part of this magazine. This project was designed from a set of “spode” inspired plates that I received off of Freecycle. *Side note, if you are not a part of Freecycle.org you should be. This group believes in recycling rather than throwing away. It is the true essence of ‘one man’s trash…’ Well, a freecycler gave me these plates back in the winter and I was just waiting on the perfect opportunity to use them. They were totally different than my typical style so I was excited to plan a party around them. I decided to design a Mother’s Day Brunch pairing the navy and white with bright yellow and pink! My favorite part is the “Make Your Own Mimosa” bar.
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7 May
It’s been two months and I’m still high off of my trip to New York for Martha Stewart’s Dreamers Into Doers event on March 6th & 7th. It was such a wonderful and inspirational trip. I’m super super late posting about this but as I learned “life happens”. First I will say that I was absolutely elated when I was notified that they had reserved a seat for me! I had been pretty quiet about it for a while because I was just letting it set in but in reality….I was very excited! I never win anything and I felt like I had won the lottery when I was selected and invited to attend the event located at the Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia headquarters in New York City! Martha Stewart is an amazing business woman and to be receiving advice from her and her team was nothing short of phenomenal.
On Monday evening, a fellow “Dreamer” coordinated a Meet and Greet to welcome us to New York! What most people don’t know about me is that most of the time I’m a wall flower. I’m not in the mix or middle of the party, so I was very nervous and excited about meeting some super talented women. However, it was such fun and everyone was warm and lovely.
Here are a few photos from the event:
4 May
I couldn’t be more happier with this round of challengers! Again, I want to thank them all for their hard work and helping me to spread the mission to others that you can have a fabulous party on a modest budget. I have been so inspired by all of the creativity that this challenge has sparked from the beginning in September 2011. Every challenge just gets better and better! I truly believe that the Designer’s Challenge has had a wonderful impact on the party world. I know that I have been inspired and I know that many many others have been as well. So much so that there are also other “budget friendly challenges” that have begun and I’m so excited to be a part of this movement. Now, on to the WINNERS!
Without further adeiu….
Thank you to all of the participants, each and every entry was phenomenal and I’m so grateful for your contribution!
23 April
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