Amazing Invite!

First of all, I have to show you what I was doing tonight:

Yeah!!!!  I found out today that on Friday, we’re hosting a party for 50 or so, and we’re apparently also in charge of food…SOOOO…I’m trying to make sure the Man Cave is all put together before then! Yikes. But, the painting is all done.  I think we’re only going to need one coat (fingers crossed). Either way, it looks GREAT!

Anyway, today I wanted to share with you my friend Jenn’s wedding invitation. She and her fiance are both pretty amazing with Adobe Illustrator and such, so they designed and put together their own invites! Talk about ambitious! And they look AMAZING!

Here are the pics. First of all…they were wrapped in brown craft paper. And when you unwrapped the craft paper, here is what you saw:

And when you opened the box…you saw this:

You can’t really see it above, but that little green tag had an embossed “J K” (the couples initials). And check out the edge of the invite there…here’s a close-up:

So cute! The actual invite part looked like this:

Simply stunning. And the other invite stuff was in a little pocket. I love how the design on each card looks like one design when they’re layered.

And one of my favorite parts was the RSVP card…you have to read it:

Great, right? And another highlight was the map they created. Such a nice touch:

I just love it all! I think they really did a great job of setting the tone for their wedding!

What will you do for YOUR next party invite?!?

A Sweet Wedding

Over at the Hostess with the Mostess blog today, they featured this FABULOUS sweet-themed wedding (Here’s Part 1 and Part 2). I just LOVE it! The bright colors, the fun textures, the little monkeys…what’s not to love?!?  Scroll down to see pictures of a few of my favorite features (that cake with the rock candy…LOVE IT!), and be sure to check out the links above for more pictures of the wedding!

Bunco!

Remember that picture from last week?

It was all stuff for a Bunco party which I hosted tonight!  (Don’t know what Bunco is?  Check out the Wikipedia page.) I found these napkins at Pier One and used these colors as my color pallet.

I found these cute little books at Michael’s and put them on each table for scorekeeping (rather than the standard piece of white paper):

I also made four drinks to color coordinate with the pallet:

I made a turquoise margarita (margaritas with blue curacao instead of triple sec), limeade, blackberry pomegranate soda, and cranberry sparklers (cranberry juice and champagne).  I loved having funky drinks rather than the standard beer and wine!

The star of the evening was the “Sugar Bar” i set up.

Here’s a shot before the gals came:

And I forgot to take a pic from above so you could see all the fun colors, so here’s a pic after it had been picked over a bit :|

I loved how turned out!  So there you have it-Bunco night with This American Wife!

Oh, and last but not least, here’s a pic in the busy moment right before everyone showed up (taken by the hubby). I love to share these shots in addition to the final product!

Things to come…

I’m excited to share some fun party ideas with you next week, and I thought I’d give you a sneak peak into what I’m working on:

What will I do with this random assortment of things?!? Stay tuned to find out!