Office Holiday Party!!!

So, Alex's (my boyfriend) work Christmas party is this weekend! I am putting in my weave, aka hair clip ins, and going to my hair stylist to curl it before the party! I'm nervous, I haven't met many of his coworkers yet!

So, it may not look like a huge difference but I am considering cutting my bangs to look like this picture! Whatcha think?

It's a black tie dress code, so this is my dress too. I couldn't pass it up on the rack, especially since I wasn't intentionally looking for one yet. You know what I mean when I say its frustrating when you are trying to find an outfit at the mall you never can!! I have cute hose I'm wearing, and pretty gold dangly earrings!!!! The dress is super soft and has a little sparkle to it.. You can't tell much from the dressing room photo 😳

Perfect holiday nails to complete the outfit! :)

I Have the Piercing Bug Again!

 

Hi all!  I hope everybody had a great holiday with friends and family!  I will probably update again about my trip with Alex and his family!  But for now, I just wanted to share my latest success!  I took all of my piercings out before I started my job about a year and a half ago....last night I saw some jewlery online that made me want some of them back!  I successfully re-pierced my conch, I was super surprised how much it was still there after so long.  I have only ever had a hoop all the way around, but I think for awhile I'll keep a stud in it.  The ball is always hard for me to conquer on hoops. 

 

 

These are some of the earrings I bought last night, I am excited to get them in the mail!

xoxo, Haley

 

 

 

Hair Confessions

Next Saturday the fabulous hair stylist, Michelle, will be doing my hair at her new salon, Flair Hair Design in Carmel. I have four hair color ideas for her and I can't decide which one I like best. My mom thinks they are all pretty similar but I can see the differences! Which hair color would you vote for?

Option One

Option Two

Option Three

Option Four

Okay so they may be pretty similar! My worry with option three is I wear my hair straight a lot. I have to get up so early for work I wouldn't have time to curl it so I'm worried the ombré look isn't for me. But isn't it pretty? Which color should I get friends?

Lots Of Love, Emily

Cooking Confessions

This Thanksgiving, my mom asked me to make a dish for our families Thanksgiving meal. I decided to try to make a healthier dish so I turned to my favorite website, ToneItUp.com this site is amazing! It has great workouts and recipes! My favorite workout is the Bootyful booty workout. Even for my itty bitty booty, this workout leaves me sore and gives my butt a lift! It's full of great 30 minute toning workouts. You have to try it!

Anyways, back to the recipe. I decided to make the Tone It Up gluten free stuffing. Here's the recipe!

I ended up changing the recipe a bit. No one in my family has a gluten allergy, so I didn't buy all the gluten free ingredients. I bought wheat bread and organic chicken broth. I also didn't add onions because my mom isn't an onion fan. It was super easy to make! However, the recipe didn't tell me what degree to cook it in! 😁 So I just decided to go with 350' and it turned out wonderful! It was so yummy and smelled heavenly! It also was a big hit with the family! My boyfriend didn't love it, but he's such a plain eater. He only likes chicken and pizza. My aunt however, asked if she could take the leftovers home! I would totally make this again for any family gathering! Here's a picture of what my dish looked like! 

I hope everyone had a excellent and delicious Thanksgiving! 

Lots of Love, Emily

It's beginning to look (a little) like Christmas

The decorations are slowly but surely getting put up (bought). Had to hit up Home Goods (THE Adult Candy Store) before it was picked over! More to come, folks :)

--Haley

I may have saw something similar to this on Pinterest.. but it had ornaments inside.  I couldn't pass it up when I saw it on SALE..sitting right next to a bag of pretty snow brushed pine cones!!

This table has just been deemed the seasonal table.. it's the only thing I can think of to decorate when a new holiday approaches.  I want to change the candle thing out, but haven't found something I have fallen in love with yet.  Ooooh, I could do a table runner though!.. What do you think?

Bear baby is watching his poppa start a fire!  We had a delicious roast he cooked, last night, and had my mom and her boyfriend over.  He obviously was trying to set the mood :)

These are the decorations I have for the mantel so far.  I can't decide if I want to get something longer for the center, like letters that spell out "Joy" or "Noel" or something. Those silver things on each side of the tv, made it RAIN glitter in my car and all over my house too.  Whoopsies

Finally a second to introduce myself :)

Hello, hello, hello! I have finally found sometime to sit down and write on our blog... not to mention Haley & Emily will be ecstatic when they see this post. :)

As you have seen, I am the 'Elite Event Planner.' So much of my time is spent planning and working special events. Weddings mostly, but also corporate and social events. I'll take this opportunity to showcase my career - since it is what I'm doing the most, and frankly, besides my cat - my life.

(oh, that pretty little thing... thats Ava. I'll save her for another post.) 

I work at a local event venue facility: Mavris Arts & Event Center. I love love LOVE it. I love the facility itself, the people I get the chance to meet, as well as the staff. I work loooong hours that turn into even longer weeks, but I sincerely enjoy what I do. I get to watch people get married. Every weekend. It's the best. :)

I'm the girl that gets to work an hour before the bride and leaves once everything is finished. My job is to make sure everything is perfect. I see the room at the very beginning, a clean slate. 

I then help transform the space into exactly what that bride envisions. 

Every event is completely different. Here are a few pictures of the same space, just transformed into someone else's dream wedding:

I can't wait to keep you updated on the latest wedding trends (to help my soon-to-be-married friend, Ariana! Yay!!) but as well as fun things going on in mine and Ava's life. :)

Until next time friends,

XOXO - Gossip Girl



Totally kidding. I had to do it. :) -- Love, Brittany

Love Confessions

Today I was reading this months Cosmo magazine and fell in love with this quote from Taylor Swifts article.

"Marry your conscience. Marry the one who makes you want to be a better person." Just found this to be wonderful relationship advice!  Love tips from Jay Leno, who would of thought? 

:) Emily