{featured} by Hostess with the Mostess

if you haven't seen it yet, yesterday BBE was featured for our design contributions to the ever so fabulous Kacee Geoffroy's baby shower for sa deuxième fille {her second little girl}... just a little of my high school french skills for you! =)

anyhow, i was so thrilled to see that the shower was featured yesterday over at one of our FAVORITE event hosting blogs - Hostess with the Mostess... thanks Jenn!

kudos go out to all the other wonderful vendors who worked on Kacee's shower, the vision really was pulled together beautifully and seamlessly by everyone, and of course Alice Hu Photography's images made the event look picture perfect!

feeling so blessed to have been apart of Kacee's special party!

{vendor team}
:: photography ::                  Alice Hu Photography
:: catering & cake ::             Jay's catering
:: floral designs ::                 Floral Elements
:: fragrance station ::            Kamilyin
:: design & paper goods::    BBE & our sister co. {Joie de Vie Paperie}

{the wedding pantry} valentines windows

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentines, I know I really enjoyed ours especially after how crazy the past few weeks have been!  this post was originally posted on my JDV blog, i had featured it before Valentines over there... so just in case you missed it or don't follow my other blog, here's how the displays turned out!

this month i had the opportunity to style the windows of a local bridal shop: the wedding panty... and it just so happened that i was able to incorporate my sister business' recent valentines diy printable files into the designs {with a little customized tweaking}. if you're in need of some quick, easy and cute shower  decor, check out these printables, they can easily be customized for a bridal or baby shower... and without further ado,  i think the images pretty much speak for themselves, enjoy the colorful eye candy!

{printable cupcake toppers} find them in my shop here

 They can be customized too... like this cake topper that says la-la-love!

Isn't this cake from Jay's cute?!

Again, the flags are customized as dessert tags letting guests know in a cohesive way what the item is

More custom dessert tags...

I crafted two interlocking paper heart chains to swag behind the hutch that houses the dessert display, and thanks to my fab intern Chelsea for helping me hang it!

{a close up of one}

 In love with the perfectly matching aqua colored french macarons

{thanks Jay's}

In the other window I created a "love note" station with three types of little love notes, 

which are a fun alternative to a guest book

Here's a close up of the coordinated bridal sash to match the style and colors of the widow displays, 

i/my sister biz {JDV} can customize materials to ensure your vision is tied throughout your look too!

The ball jars tied in perfectly color-wise... 

I also crafted these coffee filter puffs and adorned some with aqua gliter, so worth it!

Close up of the glitered clothespins holding the custom "love notes" banner

which you can find in my shop as the "be mine" printable banner.... looove glitter!

Love notes window

...recongnize that little white desk? =)

dessert display window and a view of the desserts

custom vinyls from Wonderfully Wordy added a special touch!

"All you need is love..."

"... Love is all you need"

I'll have more diy printables coming soon to my etsy paperie shop! and please let me know if you'd like some created custom for a special event!

{photo credit} marcella treybig photography - thanks friend =)

{sweets} mary lallande at jay's catering, they're the best!

{sneak peek} window display at the Wedding Pantry

Hi everyone... and happy February!  Valentines is quickly approaching and I thought I'd give you a sneak peek at one of the big projects I was working on last week...

 {love my little vinyls with the Beatles lyrics, purchased from Wonderfully Wordy}
click the image to make them larger

I did a February window display for Eva at her bridal shop, The Wedding Pantry!  Since Valentine's and love is in the air this month, I thought I'd give you a quick glimpse of the windows.  Eva showed {part 1} of the windows today on her blog, so go check it out! and she'll be posting part 2 tomorrow... such a fun project.  I can't wait to share more of the details and the sweets from Jay's Catering with you!

photos courtesy of my fabulous friend - Marcella Treybig Photography!

{personal} 101 goals in 1001 days... here we go!

I found this idea on one of the blogs I follow and thought "this is the kind of goal setting I can do!"


The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria: Tasks must be specific with a result that is either measurable, or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of stretching on your part.)

Starting Date: February 9, 2011
Completion Date: November 15, 2013

I can do that! So.. here's my list:
{I will add a link to all the posts about the completed goals}

1. Refinish my cute tiered flea market table.
2. Read the Proverbs 31 woman 6 months out of the year {each year}.
3. Scan and burn to a CD our College party pix.
4. Get back to my goal weight of 140.
5. Do some form of exercise 3 days a week for 2 months straight.
6. Have a baby by 30.
7. Keep a pregnancy journal when that time comes.
8. Organize a business photoshoot. 
9. Create 4 Business Christmas card designs in July 2011.
10. Post Christmas Designs in September 2011 in my paperie Etsy shop.
11. Organize all my iPhoto images. {florals, attire, cakes, wedding decor, home dec, etc}
12. Collect 10 friends or family recipes and try each of them.
13. Create a "important docs" binder w/ my mom
14. Visit Temecula. {post coming soon}
15. Visit Napa
16. Vend in the Local Irvine Farmer's Market.
17. Make Lasagna.
18. Make dinner 5 nights in one week.
19. Finish living room curtains 
20. Start "top secret project" with my SIL Lisa. 
21. Buy a deep freezer for meets and frozen meals.
22. Take my mom on a girls date and actually pick up the tab for once!
23. Go to a daddy and me breakfast with my pops... like old times. 
24. Go to Hawaii with the hubby.
25. Build the neat-o shelf/display pieces for our dining area.
26. Babysit for my girlfriend so she and her hubby can go on a date.
27. Babysit for my brother and SIL, so they can go on a date.
28. Visit Nashville, TN. {part 1 post here}
29. Sit in the audience of the Grand Ol Opry. {post coming soon}
30. Grow my dahlias again and get them to bloom.
31. Have the hubby's best man and wife over for dinner to our place. 
32. Fit into my lucky jeans again... huge stretch!
33. Get our carpeting cleaned.
34. Visit the Nixon and Regan libraries with the hubby.
35. Finally make a date to go to lunch with the 3 college girlfriends I haven't seen in over a year!
36. Clean out, update, and organize the hubby's filing cabinet.
37. Clean out, update, and organize my filing cabinet.
38. Visit Vegas in the Summertime again.
39. Take a Weekend Tip to Santa Barbara.
40. Host a seasonal party at our place. 
41. Go for a walk on the beach with my hubby 3 times summer 2011.
42. Buy a new mattress.
43. Buy a gas grill for me to cook on.
44. Blog 10 times in one month {on one of either blogs}
45. Get my jewelry into 3 boutiques.
46. Get the hubby's life insurance taken care of {sounds so morbid}.
47. Purchase an iPad2 {for business}. {post here}
48. Go to the Stagecoach festival.
49. Burn all our pictures by year onto CD. 
50. Go through college junk that's in my parent's storage, sort, and purge.
51. Become homeowners.
52. Frame my USC diploma w/ my stole.
53. Read the 4 hour work week.
54. Plan my 10 year High School Reunion. {in the works}
55. Attend my 10 year High School Reunion.
56. Attend my hubby's 10 year High School Reunion. 
57. Drive the speed limit for one day.
58. Finish decorating our place.
59. Give my BBE blog a make-over.
60. Overhaul the furniture and layout of our study/my studio.
61. Re-paint the studio.
62. Attend a USC Weekender in 2011 or 2012.
63. Finalize and have our wedding photography book completed {yes we were married in "08}.
64. Get all of my bank accounts, gym membership, insurance info changed to my married name.
65. Do a 500 piece puzzle by myself.
66. Buy a sectional sofa... no more his and her's sofas.
67. Majorly clean out the refrigerator.
68. Finish organizing my business storage unit.
69. Get pro photos taken of all of my event props, and put together a website for my rental pieces.
70. Do a MAJOR clean up/back up of my laptop.
71. Take my laptop in to have the casing fixed & recover my iTunes password, all prior to my apple care running out.
72. Do it again like a year later. I'm sure it will need it again.
73. Go to a pumpkin patch. 
74. Go to a Drive-in movie.
75. Put up our Christmas Tree by December 1st, 2011
76. Do a major cleaning overhaul in our place.
77. Do it again a year later, again I'm positive it'll need it.
78. Have fondue with the family for dad's birthday. 
79. Get 30 sales in one month in either of my etsy shops {not counting outside/referral orders}.
80. Have a professional bra fitting.
81. Write to our adopted World Vision child.
82. Serve a meal in a shelter or soup kitchen {once a year}. 
83. Read 10 new books.
84. Get a new dinning room table.
85. Learn to drive a stick-shift.
86. Drive/show my hubby Silverado canyon.
87. Get a flipCam {for business}
88. Learn how to make tiramisu.
89. Find and bake a great red velvet cupcake.
90. Pay for someone behind me in a drive-thru. 
91. Get our taxes done on time.
92. Buy a "big kid camera" and SLR to shoot biz stuff and personal Buy my hubby his voice recorder. {5.22.11 scratch this one since it's now obsolete, he got an iphone}
93. Collect all close relatives, friends and families birthdays and anniversaries, and addresses to keep on file.
94. Find a new home church.
95. Go hiking when in Jackson or visiting in Utah.
96. Wash my hubby's car for him.
97. Stop drinking diet soda.
98. Spend a day with my mom watching Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea series again.
99. Save $10 for each item completed.
100. Make a new list of 101 Things to Do before I complete this one.
101. Give thanks to God for the willpower and determination to complete these tasks on time!

If any of you want to join in.. feel free. =)