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look your best: favorite makeup products

The time has come – we are having our engagement photos taken next week! I chose the amazing Crystal Stokes to do my photography. I can not quit looking at her work and can not wait to see the pictures we take! For my engagement shot, I am having Erin Ashley do my make up… look at a picture these two amazing women worked on together for the Carolina Bride Magazine… I told you – I can’t wait!

Sadly these women are not with me every day, so I have to do the best I can for myself! I have a few blogs that I have follow that help with make up techniques and easy ways to do your hair!

Maskcara – this girl has amazing ideas and techniques! She also gives you reviews on products that she has tried and suggests. It is a great resource! One things she does from time to time is before and afters – check this one out!

Secondly, always look forward to a post from The Small Things Blog – she is such a real girl with practical ideas on makeup and hair. When doing my hair for weddings or special events, I always check out her hair tutorials! Maybe I will do this one for a wedding we are going to this weekend… I wonder how it will look with curly hair?

Do you guys have any favorite makeup or hair style bloggers?

i found the gown

by Mandi | personal

As some of you know, I recently got engaged to The Mister! We are getting married next May and so it was time for me to find a wedding gown! My mom had seen a show on TV – I Found the Gown…. so, we were off to Boston! Now, we were not on the show, so don’t expect to see me on TV, but… we did go to the store… Vows! It was a great experience… the entire staff was so helpful and I FOUND MY GOWN!

Boston was such an amazing city to visit this time of year! There was a slight chill in the air and barely a cloud in the sky! Below are a few pictures from our trip! We took the Boston Duck Tour, so i have to thank them for the opportunity to take the majority of these photos.

The city was full of beautiful parks and with the leaves changing they were just awesome.

I love all of the historic buildings.

And, I kind of want to live in a home with curved walls like this… they are everywhere!

You know we love quotes, so I wanted to end this with some of my favorite quotes on travel! These are all pictures I have taken over my last few trips!

Here are a few quotes that I have seen on my travels and had to take a picture… enjoy!

And my favorite audrey hepburn quote!

Did anyone else go somewhere fun to find their dress? Do you have favorite travel stories… or quotes?

baby shower for the mama with style

by Mandi | diy

It must be the season for babies!!!

You will remember that Jenn recently had her baby shower, Heather is making diaper cakes, and I recently had a birdie baby shower design…well there is one more we have been meaning to tell you about!

A beautiful friend of mine is going to have her little girl very soon! We are counting the days! She is full of love, beauty and STYLE, so in August we gave her a baby shower with scarves, sunglasses and her favorite, amazing mexican food.

For now we are calling the baby… Baby O – so it was only natural to go with a Jackie O theme! I love the Jackie O sunglasses and had to use them in the invitation (*note all addresses, names and numbers have been changed)

Baby O’s nursery will be pink and purple, so we use that in the theme as well with a chevron patter to finish off the look! Here are templates for water bottles and table cards. (You can email me if you would like the actual file.