NO! Just wanted to make that clear… I am NOT the one engaged haha. Two of our friends got engaged last weekend at the football game and so I decided it would be fun to throw an engagement celebration! Let’s define that, shall we? An engagement celebration is NOT a shower, there are no gifts, it is just a party to celebrate the fact that they are engaged. So I had roughly three days to plan this event. It was going to be at Nick’s apartment and we were decorating and having some finger food. I invited about twenty-five people, of which I only knew like 6! I, being the wonderful planner that I am, turned to pinterest for some pinspiration! It wasn’t super extravagant, and believe me, I wish I had a fabulous budget to go all out with or the fabulous time to shop for decorations and get it all together. I was pleased with what I was able to do working full time and getting it all organized though. {Last week was WAY stressful!}
This was my outfit that day (I’m terrible with lighting!)
Shirt: Ohh La La, a boutique
Pants: LA Green, a boutique
Boots: Khols
And a starbucks goes with any outfit!
The lovely couple and I (in the middle!)
We strung lights on the ceiling and I put tealights inside of apples
On the menu: avocado salsa/blue corn chips, nutella cookies, pumpkin cookies, pimento cheese finger sandwiches, chicken salad sandwiches, peanut butter and chocolate popcorn, and cocktail sausages
The pumpkins we carved for Nathan and MK! They turned out the best, everyone loved them!
We strung lights outside of the apartment, it really looks beautiful y’all, pictures do not do it justice!! Besides, I’m no where near a great photographer!
A solid look into the apartment!
The party turned out great, we had a great showing, plenty of room for people to mingle and chat and we played the Mumford and Sons Pandora Station (score!)
Now, I’ve decided after what I could whip up in 3 days, I’m going to throw a Christmas Party and I have so much more time to prepare!! Pinterest is getting hit hard right now!!
Hope you’re having a wonderful Monday, this week is proving to be already super busy for me, so I promise I’ll try to keep up with what I can on the blogs!!
P.S. Be sure to check out my NEW link-up that I started this week, you can read about it {here}
Yay for parties!
BTW, I’m hosting a lip balm swap. Feel free to check it out and join!
lip balm swap
so fun! i love throwing engagement parties… or really, any party or shower!
Log the pumpkins!! Such a cool idea!
Kristin
Rare nonsense
Super cute! You did great. And, I love your pants. Is that weird? lol