That one time I threw a baby shower for one of my frands...

I have this love/hate relationship with my camera. Love to take pictures but hate to upload because it's a pain. 


Well for the past 2 months I have been promising pictures from my friend Amber's baby shower that I hosted with some of our other friends. Well, here they are. Better late than never, right? 


ps. Her baby, Bryson, was born Friday {if you follow me on twitter you know this}. He was 8lbs and 21.5 inches and is purely beautiful. I am in love with him! He loves his Aunt Lulu, too.

Instead of doing favors we opted for a candy bar. It was a hit :) and so cute!

The cake {this was one of my duties so I am super proud} had polka dots that matched the invitations! Remember I posted about them here.

We had tons of delicious foods {as you can tell} Big thanks to my fellow hostesses and Amber's Mom-in-Law and her friends. The dips were amazing, thanks to Ashlea and I have stashed the yummy recipes in the back of my head {or I will just text her when I need them}.

The precious table decor. Games, place mats, confetti and napkins all colorful and the baby cakes that were just too cute {these were the center pieces of all of the tables}.

The Mama and her Hostesses {Shannon, Amber, Ashlea and Myself}

Me and the baby mama who looked gorg.

And again! She is like almost 7 months preggo here and still smaller than me. What the heck! I envy this long legged skinny gal.

The shower was such a success and I had an amazing time planning and hosting it for a wonderful friend and a beautiful baby. 

Jewelry Loving

Let me introduce y'all to one of my absolute favorite jewelry designers, Kara Strope! Kara makes some of the most gorgeous and classic yet unique and trendy pieces of jewelry. 


The funny thing is that the other day I was at a friends birthday gathering. A friend of a friend and I started talking, she started telling me that she lived in Fairhope {where I used to live} for awhile. A few moments later she put her hands in her coat pocket and pulled out an earring. She said, "OMG! I was wondering where this earring went.... too bad I lost the other one" -- or something along those lines. She started telling me about how she bought it when she lived in Fairhope and she showed it to me. Right away I knew the designer of the earring... Kara Strope! And BAM... that is how I made a new friend Jamie and also helped guide her to buying a replacement pair of earrings for her beloved pair. 


Let's start with the basics. 

A different twist on the classic pearl stud. 

My favorite {and the earring Jamie lost!}

Another twist on a classic! 

These pearl earrings can be worn with anything! They are so versatile and could be worn casual OR dressy. I think these would make the perf bridesmaid gift. A girl would have to be crazy to not appreciate this gift that can truly be worn time and time again with pretty much everything. Any of those pearl earrings could be staples in someones jewelry collection. There are so many more fabulous pearl options on the Kara Strope website.

These are so pretty. I love the clear stones. Like all the others, very versatile.

And these beauts... GORG. I am a black and gold kind of girl. 

I would wear these every where, every day. No, seriously.

But earrings aren't the only gorgeous things Kara Strope designs. Her necklaces are absolutely works of art. They are colorful, trendy and unique.... to say the least. 

You need to see for yourself:

This turquoise necklaces is just full of life. It has a vintage and eclectic feel to it but I would definitely pair it with some classic staples and it would really make a statement.

This necklace is the ultimate statement piece. Funky and modern come to mind but also classic with the chain like detail. 

As you can tell, I would probably buy every single piece of Kara Strope's jewelry if I could. However, I think I would have to invest in a larger jewelry chest. Her jewelry is just breathtaking. I am seeing big things for her future. What do you think?

Pinteresting Wednesday: Nail Polish edition

Linking up as I do every other Wednesday with The Vintage Apple for the most fabulous link of all time...

 Oh, How Pinteresting Wednesday! 

Today I will present you with my favorite nail polish's I have found. Cause a girl can never have too many nail polish's! I love all of these fabulous colors. Tell me I am not the ONLY one who has found awesome nail polish via pinterest. 

As always, if you wish to follow me on Pinterest you can do so here. Happy Pinning!

*somehow in the mix of things this post got royally screwed up. I am blaming embedding the pictures from Pinterest. I hate doing that but it's easier. It always screws my post up somehow though. So sorry for no subtitles. If you want to know the name of a polish just leave a comment and I will let you know. thanks!

Happy Halloween from the camp ground!

In the spirit of Halloween I have some very spooky pictures for you. I live right by Tannehill State Park and tons of people camp there with their campers, 5th wheels, motor homes and even real tents {shudder, I know}. At Halloween time everyone camping at the park {it's a lot of people that are camping there this time of year} decorate around their camper to get into the Halloween spirit. Last night we went riding around the camp ground & looking.

Let me tell you, these people are no amateur decorators! They have fancy schmancy set ups in front of their homes on wheels. Some are cutesy Halloween and some are, dare I say, straight up scary! They have contest and different awards for different themes. One had their award from last year displayed, they won "Best Use of Inflatables." Some had some inflatables I had never seen before, and I have seen a lot because let's face it.... I live in Alabama and those are high class {sarcasm}. 

It was really fun to ride around on a cool-er {remember, I live in Alabama} night with the windows down, looking at the decorations and smelling the sweet smell of a campfire {my favorite fall smell}. I love holiday decor! I want to decorate our yard for Halloween all crazy next year. We normally have decent amount of tasteful Christmas decor out {wreath, big bows, garland, white lights}. Remind me at Christmas time to tell y'all a REALLY funny story about Christmas decorations.

I took a lot of pics and here are some of my favorite decorations...

So what do you think? Isn't it awesome?

That's pretty swell

I thank the blogosphere everyday for introducing me to new things. My wallet doesn't.


Well move over Brady Bunch because when I think of the the word "swell" you no longer come to mind. Beautiful baubles do! I have come across Swell Caroline, thanks to some fellow bloggers and can't help but ADORE pretty much everything on their site. Their tagline is "Addictive costume jewelry" and YES, it's addictive. It also doesn't help that I am addicted to jewelry in the first place and live with a self proclaimed "jewelry whore." Here is what's on my wish list...


I especially love their earrings. OMG. They are all perfectly precious and preppy.

Loooove and need both of these pairs :)

They have tons of enamel bracelets. I especially love this one! I love animal jewelry and this one reminds me of Kenneth Jay Lane bracelets! I love my KJL elephant bracelets and I think this zebra is cute.

and this horse bit neckalace is TO DIE FOR.

All of these lovelies PLUS SOME are going on my christmas list!

I realized something about some of my favorite movies last night...

Hocus Pocus was on ABC Family *cue productivity to go out the window* and it is one of my favorite movies so of course I watched. Not only can I not resist the precious talking boy turned black cat Binx but a little bitty Thora Birch and Sarah Jessica playing a slutty witch also added to the mix makes it irresistable! My aunt referred to the movie in such way: "Oh, is that the movie where the make SJP look wretched? She looked awful in that movie... really awful!" {We are huge SJP fans}.

Moving forward... whilst watching I thought to myself "This is one of my top 10 favorite movies" then I started thinking about my OTHER faves that fall into my top ten category and realized that 3 of 10 are about witches.

Hocus Pocus

The Craft

Practical Magic

Is that weird? I began to psychoanalyze myself as I have every other time that I thought about this exact subject (many times over the years). Do I secretly want to become a witch? After seeing The Craft and Practical Magic in middle school, I think I might have thought about dabbling with witch craft {totally kidding} but I did think it was cool.

So Hocus Pocus is pretty mild.  It's a Disney movie. So yeah, it's not very scary but thoroughly entertaining. But there are a few adult humor things I picked up on watching it as an adult that kids would not get. I think I like it a lot because it tells a story and deals with a "legend" and rather historical.

Practical Magic is also pretty mild. It's a story about a family of witches with a curse on them that causes every man they love to die. Sandra Bullock is one of my favorite actresses and this movie is fantastic and like my other top 10'ers I have seen it many many times and never get tired of it.

Now The Craft is a different story. It freaked me out hardcore the first time I saw it. In return I loved it. I won't spoil it but it's about teenage witches, so see it for yourself!

Now that I have creeped each of you out with my witch fascination let me try to save myself with some normalcy. Other movies making my top ten:

Blow {It's so moving... serious, I cry everytime}

Almost Famous {Ahhh The Enemy will forever be my crush}

Cruel Intentions {Scandals are my thing}

The Little Mermaid {my friends know this all too well}

Gremlins {I had a Gizmo furby}

Harry Potter 1-7 {I count these as 1 movie}

Now and Then {Thora Birch makes another appearance}

Okay, so what are some of y'alls favorite movies? Do we have any in common?