by Mandi | diy, personal
I am sure some of you can relate to me. You go to grade school and high school in the same town and create these wonderful friendships that will last a life time. Then… you go to college and there you meet the most amazing people. They do not have your background, they know nothing about your family or childhood – but somehow these people become friends – amazing friends that fill a new special place in your heart.
The 4 short years are over and you all go your separate ways. These people you just recently met have become your best friends, your everyday companions and now you’re off – back home or to a new place for a job and you say good bye. You see each other at mutual friends weddings and the occasional homecoming football game but the rest is up to you. Will you stay in touch and if so… how?
This particular post is about one of those special friends to me. We have seen each other a few times throughout the 12 (ugh…12) years we have been out of college, but mostly we text. And if I am being honest, we do not text much more than song lyrics back and forth. It may sound strange, but for us… it works. It is a guessing game of sorts – I send a text and see if he can guess the song. I usually send a lyric that makes me think of him and to my surprise, he normally is right. This can happen once every few months or once a day, either way – I know he is there, on the other side of the text still being my amazing friend.
So… this post goes out to him.
I fill my home with things I love and often times have quotes printed out in frames. My next one to frame is below from “our song” – Come on Eileen. Feel free to download it and use it in your home by clicking on the image to get full size – it is sized for an 8 x 10 .
Other printable quotes are below – yep – from past texts with my friend. These are also free for download at 8×10
by jenn_davis | diy, personal, sunny slide up
This past weekend we were beyond excited to celebrate Stephanie’s pending arrival! Two of my good friends and I, Christine and Muffin, worked together to throw Baby Egan a little welcome party. Since Steph does not know if she is having a boy or a girl I came up with the “Lady or Gentleman” theme and designed the invitations and signs to match!
We made Lady or Gentleman name tags so everyone could wear the gender they are predicting!
Christine put together the adorable favors! Mini champagne bottles with personalized labels!
We also had these menu cards and cupcake tags!
Muffin had this beautiful tree that was perfect for Christine’s idea that we each write an inspirational quote for Baby Egan as a keepsake.
We also each brought a onesie, reflecting our personalities, for Steph to guess whose it was!
Some of my favorite people…..Muffin, Stephanie, me and Christine!
And of course…..my Sunny Slide Up girls!!!
Steph, we are so excited for you and Ritch to welcome your new little Love into the world! There is no doubt you will be amazing parents! I love you beyond.
by steph_egan | personal
I don’t know where you are at the moment and what the weather is currently doing outside your window, but here in Charlotte it’s been rain rain rain for what feels like days on end. I realize that’s nothing to complain about as my friends in the North awake to snow-covered cars, slippery walkways and the general brown mush it all turns to after a few days. Either way, it’s Winter everywhere, and with that comes a lot of gloomy days. Days when January seems to DRAG and the holidays are nothing but a distant memory.
On my way home this evening, just as I was letting the gray skies get to me, Three Little Birds appeared.
Not physically… but through the speakers of my car, and through the voice of Bob Marley. And I was instantly transported back in time:
May 27, 2012.
In Jamaica to shoot a wedding, it was Sunday, and my work was done… sitting on the beach with two girlfriends, drinks in hand and aqua water in front of us, two old men appeared – locals. In trousers and button down lightweight cotton shirts, carrying a suitcase and some other makeshift musical contraption, they sat down before us. And there, on a beach in Negril, in Paradise… they serenaded us with the most perfect version of Three Little Birds. Using the suitcase as a seat, and also as a drum. In that moment, the words of that song could not have been more true: there was really nothing to worry about, and if there was… every little thing gonna be alright.
How fortunate we were to be sitting on a sun soaked beach without a care in the world. And with today’s rain, and a random song selection at the perfect time… I’m back there again.
