New idea...

First of all, I would like to thank EVERYONE for ALLLLLL of your positivism and encouragement from my post about party planning!  To say that I am touched AND flattered is the understatement of the century!!!  Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!  I feel so inspired and ready to get this ball rolling!  You never know where life may lead you and well, I feel that life is leading me towards this endeavor.  I already have one party scheduled in the books and a possible other one for December.  While I am MORE THAN pumped about those, I ALSO want everyone to know that I am available for MORE than just party planning.  I can paint, create, AND design.  Matter of fact, you can give me an idea of something you'd like and I can take it from there.  My promise to you is that my work is not finished until you are 100% satisfied.  I absolutely LOVE creating and painting and can design many things for your home or personal usage. Ideas are ALWAYS fluttering about, I assure you that!  

It's no secret to anyone that I am obsessed with all things vintage.  Last night, I dove into the world of embellishing vintage sunglasses or regular sunglasses in general to give them a funky, vintage inspired feel.  Color me crazy to change an already good thing, but I had an idea of adding a little pizzazz to already great accessories.  Accessories are all about expressing yourself, so I felt that sunglasses are a perfect way to represent yourself in a colorful way

1) I started with a simple pair of sunglasses...

2) Then, I went to my favorite vintage store and purchases some antique clip-on earrings and brooches 

  3) Next, I used some fun fabric and covered the sides with it.

 

 4)  Finally, I added my antique brooch to the side for an additional accent

Now, some plain ol' sunglasses are funky and fun and ready for your preference! I have fabrics of all shapes, designs, and colors, and brooches to coincide.  I'd love to design some for you today...true originals!

Here are some other examples from my prototype collection...

please excuse my glue fingers... These are my favorite

I love the brooch on this one!

Now how do they look on, you may ask?  PRECIOUS!  Here is my niecey niece, Priss, modeling them at the pool today.

Email (abbybthomas@gmail.com) me (or personal FB message me) today about designing a custom pair for you!  

Just gonna throw this out there...

Okay, so I've been thinking about this for awhile.  Well, a looonnnng while.  I've had this idea that I've been mulling over and pondering and just not sure where to start or how even to begin and well, you people...yes you...are to blame.  Welllllll...kinda sorta.  Really, it's myself to blame.  You see, I've been thinking of diving into the world of party planning.  I absolutely LOVE it and have been told by a few or four + that I have a knack for it...

However, many questions arise...

Where do I go?  How do I begin?  Is this even a good idea?  How do I get it going?  You see, this idea was brought to my attention after planning B's 30th birthday and Jack's 1st birthday parties.  Would people actually pay me to plan their parties? Kind of like a wedding planning, but for parties?  In all seriousness, I would absolutely LOVE to...I just have NO clue as to how to get started with this or get my name out there so people know that I am available for their services.

Not only can I plan the festivities, I have creative abilities that allow for ideas and visions to run a muck into a grand scheme of your envisioning and beyond.  Well, at least that's what I've been told.

What I'm doing here is looking for input from my blog readers.  What are your suggestions, advice, and honest opinions?  I have tough skin and if you do not think this is in the cards for me, then say so!  If you are thinking you'd like me to plan or create projects for an upcoming party for you, please let me know as I'm be more than happy to indulge your vision or help you create a unique experience that you can be proud of :)  Please contact me at: abbybthomas@gmail.com today!

B's 30th Birthday party (vintage baseball themed)

Since my lovey is quite the baseball enthusiast/ player extraordinaire, I made his party theme vintage baseball.  Everything was about baseball and foods/ treats at an old time baseball stadium.  We even had an old fashioned popcorn machine that made quite delicious batches of the snack!  It was fun shopping for all things baseball!  I was at Big Lots, Party City, and GFS so much that week, I'm embarrassed to admit the actual number of times of visits.  Side note, their hotdogs are AMAZE-BALLS.  Real talk.

I had so much fun planning the event and was glad that everyone enjoyed themselves!

We had:

**popcorn

**soft pretzels

**cotton candy
**peanuts in shells

**sunflower seeds

**nachos

**hotdogs

**Cracker Jacks

**Big League Chew

**old-fashioned fruit slices candy

**watermelon

**gumballs

**lollipops

**peppermint sticks

**chocolate covered marshmallows (I dipped them in white chocolate since B doesn't much care for regular and then used red cookie icing to make them look like baseballs)

**suckers with B's picture on them

     

      

  

Jack's 1st Birthday party (Very Hungry Caterpillar themed)

Cake by Rebecca Maupin

"I am one" caterpillar made by me; canvases in background with pictures made by me; Caterpillar cake and caterpillar smash cake by Rebecca Maupin (see and "like" her page on Desserts by Rebecca on FB)

party favor station - champagne and wine wrapped in burlap by me; cookies custom ordered with personalized labels designed and added by me

Other creations I've made or designed for varying reasons/ occasions:

wedding chair hang or for holding for Thank you Cards/ pictures

graduation hat for Priss

Birth announcement sign

Name sign for room

front door hang

paisley sign and monograms

door hang for nurse

custom painted owl pumpkin for fall

 

painted fan blades to match room

whale painting for baby's nursery

door hang for baby nursery

from top to bottom, I designed Jack's nursery :)

made this for our breakfast area

created and painted to go with a sign for a groom's cake at the table

sanded, painted, and refinished Jack's dresser/ changer by hand

applied same vintage refinish to windows and letters and hung these above Jack's crib

painted for Jack's nursery

Christmas decorating for me and others...