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It’s my birthday and I’ll blog if I want to

By Heather Rizzo on March 21, 2013 / Blog, My Friends / Comments Off

Yep, that’s right… It’s my birthday! Let me start with my confession. I have celebrated my 29th birthday for the past three years now. This year is going to be different. I will not be 29, again! I’m ready to face reality. So I’ll say it… Today I am the big Three-Two. YES… 32. WOO HOO for THIRTY TWO!! I think it’s gonna be a “woo hoo” worthy year ! I don’t know why I’ve been hiding from them. Thirtys aren’t so bad. In fact, they’ve been pretty awesome. And I’m excited to see what 32 has in store! Okay, since it IS my birthday, I’m not going to spend too much time writing. But what I really wanted to share with you was, not so much that it’s my birthday, or that I’ve been riding the hell outta 29… but how my day started. It doesn’t get much sweeter. My darling

Crab boil bridal shower

By Tiffany on October 11, 2012 / Blog, Cooking Photography, Event Photography, My Friends, Party Planning / Comments Off

This past weekend we threw a crab boil bridal shower for our dear friends Rob & Keely who are getting married in November. We had a co-ed bridal shower which was the first I had ever been too and it was blast. My big fat Ireland wedding kind of got in the way of Keely’s official bridal shower so we wanted to do something to celebrate. Keely is from Connecticut and has such fabulous New England style. Seriously no one can wear navy, salmon and pearls like her, I love her style so we thought a crab boil would be most appropriate. We held the shower at Craig & Tom’s amazing home and it was the perfect backdrop for our gathering. Craig was truly the hostess with the mostess and everything was just perfect. I think my favorite part of the day and I’m sure Craig would agree was setting

Lissa in Loverland Part 2

By Tiffany on June 28, 2012 / Appletini Designs, Blog, DIY Projects, My Family, My Friends, My Life, Party Planning / 4 Comments

Oh hello, happy thursday! Welcome back to part two of our Alice in Wonderland bridal shower, let’s get started with this lovely picture of our bride and groom. I love this shot! And, just to set the record straight this was a traditional bridal shower…just for the ladies but we did (as you can see below) have 3 amazing men with us…the groom, Papa Herm and our Man of Honor. We had the groom bring our bride and stay to play The Newlywed Game…and eat. We gave Melissa and Tom each a Mad Hatter picture if the answer was Tom and a Queen of Hearts if the answer was Melissa. Heather then asked a bunch of funny question like “Who does the dishes?” and “Who does your cat {Sonnnn} love more?” It was a lot of fun. We also made game boards for the guest to play along and predict the answers, of course

a sneak peek at the ranch

By Tiffany on March 28, 2012 / Blog, Custom Cards, Event Photography, My Friends, My Life, Party Planning, Sneak Peek / 6 Comments

Our cowgirl bachelorette this past weekend was OFF THE HOOK! Just an amazing weekend with the people I love the most. Here is a tiny sneak peek of what the weekend held More to come soon! In case you missed the cowgirl themed bachelorette invitation…

Barbie Beach Bachelorette Bash

By Tiffany on October 6, 2011 / Blog, Event Photography, My Friends, My Life / 7 Comments

WARNING – if you’re not interested in plastic penis this fine Thursday morning, you should skip this post. You can’t really have a proper bachelorette party without it. Before you get into the PARTY….check out the Barbie invitation For Tini’s bachelorette party a flock of dolls hit Ocean City Maryland and as expected it was a blast. We rented a condo and turned it into the ultimate bachelorette pad. Our theme was inspired by Tini’s Barbie collection…{she has Barbie’s still in the box from the 80′s} I love weekends with my girlfriends that I’ll never forget, I am truly blessed with the most amazballz ladies that keep me laughing until my sides hurt. I love each and every one of you Do you Pinterest? Check out all of my Barbie Beach Bachelorette Bash board. This post has hella pictures so let’s get right to it! SUPRISE….NAKED KEN ALL WEEKEND!!! What’s a Barbie pad

Calling all Dolls…

By Tiffany on September 16, 2011 / Blog, Custom Cards, Marketing Photography, My Friends / 1 Comment

This past weekend me and the dolls hit Ocean City Maryland for Tini’s Barbie Beach Bachelorette Bash. It was amazballz! We really had the best time and here is the invitation that set the tone. After Tini’s bridal shower invitation the bar was raised and Barbie came to play! I’ll be back next week with all the juicy details. Who doesn’t love paper dolls? Hosted by Skipper and the Gals

Picture Perfect Bridal Shower

By Tiffany on August 30, 2011 / Blog, My Friends, Party Planning, Photobooth, Special Events / 4 Comments

Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE TO THROW KICK ASS parties! My Girls and I create some serious party magic each one gets a little bigger and more clever. Tini’s (aka Christine) wedding shower was no exception. Since Tini loves to take pictures and has more pictures than anyone I know we decided to throw her a “Picture Perfect Wedding Shower”. We gathered 100s of pictures from our own collections along with some great paper and fabric decorations to pull together this vintage inspired theme. Incase you missed The Perfect Bridal Invitation.

Bridal Shower Invitation

By Tiffany on July 29, 2011 / Blog, Custom Cards, DIY Projects, Event Photography, My Friends / Comments Off

This past weekend me and the gals throw another amazing bridal shower for our girl Tini. It all started with these invitations! I had a few people tell me at the shower that they never attend showers but after getting this invitation they couldn’t miss it, that is exactly what I was going for and the best compliment a girl could get! Our theme was “A Picture Perfect Bridal Shower” and I am a firm believer that the invitation sets off any party so below is what I created. I found some ideas online and created the “film” in Photoshop, printed and stuffed it into the film canisters. It was pretty awesome. The film canisters were purchased empty, we added a custom label and filled them up. They were a lot of fun to pull out of their canisters. Don’t worry I’ll be back all of details and projects that