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Wedding Websites and Handy Apps

March 11, 2015

As technology continues to make our lives easier and more millennials begin to get married, the more we’ll see wedding websites. Once a spot for basic information, wedding websites have now become a place to not only find that important info, but to see photos, video and even RSVP. We wanted our wedding website to be a go-to resource our friends and family could access at anytime in the event they…

March 11, 2015 By Brian

DIY/ Side Dishes/ Wedding

Best Woman

February 25, 2015

While thinking about who Fatima and I wanted to stand up for us, a few people came to mind. Ultimately, I decided on my sister, Colleen. I’m from a large, close family, and picking Coll was a no-brainer. But how? How do you ask your sister to be your best woman? Well, like most of my family, she’s a sentimental sap when it comes to a good, heartfelt gift. Christmas…

February 25, 2015 By Brian

Celebrations/ DIY/ Side Dishes/ Wedding

DIY Photo Booth: A Year in Review

February 5, 2015

It’s been a fantastic year. I think we can all safely say 2014 was the year of the photo booth, partially driven by the #selfie movement. My craze with the photo booth started about a year ago at Christmas. I brought my Canon to my Aunt’s party on Christmas Eve and setup a simple Kraft paper background with a “Merry Christmas” sign. We made photo booth props from designs online…

February 5, 2015 By Brian

Celebrations/ DIY/ Gift Guides/ Side Dishes/ Sponsored/ Valentine's Day

His and Hers Valentine’s Day Gift Guide: UncommonGoods

February 3, 2015

This post brought to you by UncommonGoods. How is it February already?! Bye January! Now that we’re stuffed from the Super Bowl, we can start thinking about Valentine’s Day. As a kid, Valentine’s day felt like a mini Christmas. My family would get together for a nice dinner, exchanged gifts, and reminisced on fun, family adventures. Since Fatima and I started dating, we never celebrated Valentine’s Day because our anniversary…

February 3, 2015 By Brian

Celebrations/ Christmas/ DIY/ Side Dishes

DIY Minion Ornaments

December 16, 2014

DIY Minion Ornaments. ‘Nuff said. These are pretty easy to make. I used glass ornaments and paint from Michaels, adhesive vinyl from Amazon, and ribbon to hang on the tree. The glass ornaments came in a pack of 6. They had plastic ones, but I like the look of the glass as they don’t have seams. When you put the paint in the ornament, you want to have a container…

December 16, 2014 By Brian

Celebrations/ Christmas/ DIY/ Gift Guides/ Side Dishes/ Sponsored

Brian’s Picks: UncommonGoods

December 13, 2014

This post brought to you by UncommonGoods. As Christmas gets closer, panic sets in as we try to figure out gifts for the hard-to-buy people in our lives. Our friends at UncommonGoods broke out their best gifts ‘for him’, ‘for her’, and for stocking stuffers to make it easy for us to find the best and most unusual gifts for the people in our lives. Why do we love UncommonGoods?…

December 13, 2014 By Brian

Celebrations/ Christmas/ DIY/ Gift Guides/ Side Dishes/ Sponsored

Fatima’s Picks: UncommonGoods

December 13, 2014

December 13, 2014 By Fatima

Celebrations/ Christmas/ DIY/ Side Dishes

DIY Marquee: Merry

December 2, 2014

This season, we’re going to have a very merry Marquis Christmas. When we were looking for DIY projects for the wedding (I promise more to come), we saw a lot of other outdoor weddings had DIY marquee signs of the bride and groom’s last names. We recently took a trip up to Target, where I stumbled upon multi colored globe christmas lights! Most of the marquee signs used the outdoor globe/market…

December 2, 2014 By Brian

Celebrations/ Christmas/ DIY/ Side Dishes

DIY Magnet Ornaments

December 1, 2014

Who says your fridge can’t be decorated in the holiday spirit? DIY Magnet Ornaments will spruce up your fridge for the holiday season. This project is really easy to do and the magnets are strong. However, they are not strong enough to withstand Fatima’s test. She slapped one right off the fridge to prove you can remove them. #Rude. Since I knew how many magnets I had ahead of time, I picked…

December 1, 2014 By Brian

All Recipes/ Celebrations/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert/ DIY/ Halloween/ Side Dishes

Cookie Monster Pumpkin

October 31, 2014

Happy Halloween! Last weekend, my pumpkin entered into my family’s annual Halloween Party was this Cookie Monster Pumpkin! BONUS POINTS because it was interactive. While I didn’t win, I had so much fun making it. I used a small craft pumpkin from Target, ping pong balls and a sharpie for the eyes, and blue paint for the skin. At the party, I displayed him on a platter with Entenmann’s Cookies and…

October 31, 2014 By Brian

Autumn/ Celebrations/ DIY/ Halloween/ Side Dishes

Halloween Photo Booth

October 27, 2014

Of course we had a photo booth. It’s been the one activity that our guests love participating in. They may not agree on the games, dancing or other entertainment, but everyone flocks to the photo booth. Fall-i-fy your picture-taking space with cornstalks, haystacks, and bats. We had some leftover Polaroid film from the wedding, so we made good use of it. Colleen took apart an old frame, painted it black,…

October 27, 2014 By Brian

Celebrations/ DIY/ Halloween/ Side Dishes

Cousin Itt and Samara

October 27, 2014

In addition the plethora of food you’ll be making and the jack-o-lanterns you’ll be carving for the front of your house, you’ll have decisions to make about what to do on the inside. To fill up space, we made some frightful characters to place around the house. COUSIN ITT: I saw Starshine Chic used a grass umbrella and topped with a top hat. Shopping around the dollar store, I came across…

October 27, 2014 By Brian

Celebrations/ DIY/ Halloween/ Side Dishes

Halloween Around the House

October 27, 2014

Details, details, details. One thing that guests love to talk about are the details. From the little witch hats on the cupcakes, to the broom stick stirrer in their drinks, guests notice the details. These decorations for setting up Halloween around the house, will fill up space + they are easy DIY projects. HEAD IN JAR: Yes, that is my wife. We took panoramic shot of her, put it in Photoshop for some…

October 27, 2014 By Brian

Celebrations/ DIY/ Halloween/ Side Dishes

Outside Spooks

October 27, 2014

If you’re going to host a Halloween party, the exterior of your house will set the tone. Add some outdoor spooks to get your guests in the Halloween spirit before they step inside. EYES IN TREES: I saw these on Pinterest, but I didn’t see how they were rigged nor how they were made. Colleen suggested we use giant beach balls and paint them white. I took black paint and made giant…

October 27, 2014 By Brian

Celebrations/ DIY/ Halloween/ Side Dishes

Frightful Food

October 27, 2014

When you’re tapped out of time (or your wallet), these easy frightful food decorations will come to the rescue. BROOM PARKING ONLY: We’ve made these for the last few years. We knew we were going to have a lot more people at this year’s party, we planned to make a ton. Just take a pretzel stick and push it right into a Reese’s miniature cup. SPIDER EGGS: Go out and…

October 27, 2014 By Brian

Celebrations/ DIY/ Halloween/ Side Dishes

Halloween Costumes

October 27, 2014

Halloween is right around the corner! This past weekend, we hosted our annual Marquis Halloween Party, and there were some amazing Halloween costumes. It’s weird to think that only a year ago, at last year’s Halloween Party, we announced our engagement. And now, about a month later, we celebrated as newly weds! More on that at some point, I PROMISE! Every year, we strongly encourage our guests to come in…

October 27, 2014 By Brian

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