A Grad Party

Graduation is such a special moment in anyones life. It gives you a moment of reflection on all of your hard work that you have out into your education, and it is that last step before you start your new life. For all of those future event planners out there, including myself you then can look forward to a graduation party! I spent months coming up with a theme and feel for my party. I decided that I really wanted it to be about my time at The University of Arizona. I used out colors, mascot, and food from the region that reminded me of my time there (no not cup-of-noodles and pb&j sammies) but food of the southwest.

Once I came up with the theme it was time to figure out the details. I wanted a dessert table that was all red and blue which is the school colors. I decided on cake pops, cupcakes, cookies, and different candy. I found these great red and blue buckets and bowls at Target and The Dollar Store to add to the theme. I then glued ribbon onto wine bottles to use as vases for white daisies. Lastly I wanted to create a fun backdrop for the table so I used red and blue Arizona balloons to enhance the look!

Here is more of the detailing of the fun dessert bar!

In the rest of the space I really wanted to convey the spirit of my time at UofA. I made these picture hanging ribbons that represented my time in college.

I also had pictures on the mantel with my graduation stoles.

What kind of decorations do you like to use at your parties? 

The Beginning

The time immediately following college graduation is an odd time in any one young girls life. For the past 17 years I am been in school, learning what other people wanted me to learn, figuring out who I am and what I want to do with my life- and all I could ever ask was what is next, and I would always have an answer. Well here I am at 22 years old asking that very same question that I have asked for the past 17 years and now I do not have an answer. Do I want to spend time traveling? Find my dream job?   Learn a new skill? Well I believe after a bit of soul searching for the last 4 months I have found my answer - a lifestyle blog! I am by no means an expert on how other people should live their lives, sometimes I'm not even an expert on my own! I love champagne, but I am on a two-buck-chuck budget. How do I work with this? I want to explore it and this wonderful world around me while being fabulously un-fabulous! Come along!