You guys are seriously so interesting!!!! I LOVED reading all the comments for the giveaway two posts back-I literally laughed out loud for some of them haha! So so funny!! Ya’ll should go scroll through them if you’re bored hehe. Anyhoo! Thanks for your patience. I totally lagged on picking a winner, so sorry! But the winner is..picked using google random number generator.... *drumroll* @sarahoh210 yay! please DM me your address!! Thank you to everyone who entered! 😘❤️
My beautiful mama turned 60!!! I asked her if I could throw her a big birthday bash and she said no 😂 (60 is a big deal for us Koreans) she said “you already don’t sleep-I’m not going to have you lose MORE sleep over me-REST!” But....I still wanted to do something nice for her 60th so I set up this cake table/backdrop for her. Just for fun-just for us-just to remember this milestone :) posted a sappy dedication to her on my personal Ig account-so this one I’ll be sharing more hacks and tips on some of the stuff you see here! (Visit my live stories!)
GIVEAWAY!! I think I’ve had my laser cutter for about a year now. It’s been one very fun year playing around with it! SO, with that said-giving away this gold mirrored acrylic “one” topper. All you have to do is: 1. Follow @paperhavenink 2. Like this post 3. Comment with an interesting fact about yourself! 4. For extra entries post this giveaway in your live stories and tag me so I know. Giveaway ends Friday night 11:59pm~
Another #fakeflorist post ya’ll~! Got to make a very special arrangement this weekend for a belated birthday gift. These are not Trader Joe’s florals lol. It’s definitely SO different using florals from the flower market 😂 I posted most of these pics up in my live stories so that you can grab them as wallpapers for your phone!! Happy belated @susanjeehee our whole family loves you so much!! ❤️
The hubs turned one year wiser today! I always just stick with what he loves-photos. I’ve seen photos hanging like this off a branch so instead of a branch I made a lasercut of his name instead haha. I also wanted the kids to be a part of this so asked them to draw behind all the pictures! Check out my live stories to see their hard work! Or Matthews’s hard work I should say....Haven isn’t too into coloring sigh. Gotta change that. Happy birthday @therealjohnshin! We love you so very much!
Is everyone out Black Friday shopping?? Here are some snaps of yesterday~ I say this every year but thanksgiving is my favorite holiday to host. My husband and I have been hosting since we got married (8 years ago) and I seriously have so much fun every year. It’s always small-family and church college students that can’t go back home for the holidays. I usually don’t post pictures of the people.....but this year since I wanted to get away from the stigma that you have to have a big house to host-wanted to show/share that no space is too small to host a gathering with loved ones! And yes-I always put up my Christmas tree before thanksgiving :) I consider thanksgiving+Christmas one seasonal holiday 🎄#yayforsmallapartments
Happy thanksgiving everyone!!!!! The IG community is amazing!! ya’ll are superstars! ❤️❤️ side note: I liked the mahagony first (thanks to all who participated in the poll)....but then thought it might be too dark for pics so I ended up hanging the maple one up 😝 which one do you like better? :)
Went for a mismatch look this year for thanksgiving with a “blue theme”? I don’t know, I just like experimenting when I host-try to do things for funsies! :) I took this pic wee early in the morning and Haven woke up, bed hair and all, wanted to be like mommy and take pictures too. She cracks me up. Swipe to see her try haha. A little behind the scenes for ya. #mommyandme #thanksgiving
That dusty blue 😍 nothing but love for my dear friend @allyoohoo who is having a baby boy! Thank you for letting me be a part of your sweet shower...designed and styled by the talented @janeevents! Theme was the @target line #hearthandhand by @magnolia. I tried to recreate the original logo to really bring the theme to life-did it work? 😝 The original logo is of course way better-but it was fun to try :)
Last post about Matthew’s 5th Party. And a parting novel to boot. Lol “It is OK to host parties in your tiny apartment.” I had to tell myself this many times over the years. It is OK that all your pictures will have a TV in the background. It is OK. 😂 Because hey, I’m just a mom throwing a party for my kid! This isn’t some magazine photoshoot haha! As a creative though, you always want to give and show your best work but sometimes you just have to work with what you have and that has to be enough-for yourself. It also doesn’t help that creatives have a very high standard of what “looks good” ha. It doesn’t phase me now, but there was a time when I was just waiting to own that nice large house. My husband and I would say—man, when we get a house we are going to throw the coolest parties! As the years rolled by....reality struck--that might not happen! So why wait!? Just host parties in your dinky apartment! So we did. And you know what? It WORKS. And it’s FREE haha. Venues are expensive! The only downside is that the guest list always has to be small. For his 5th, I had to keep it at three of his closest friends (plus siblings/parents). But what I will say is that the benefits to hosting parties in your home (big or small) definitely outweigh the one negative-for me at least. I love being able to set up the night before-or even slowly throughout the week. I love that guests can feel at home-because it’s a home! I love it when guests stay and we can hangout long after the party is over. I love being able to transform a space your kids see everyday into something different and magical. And I LOVE the look on their face as they jump out of bed and run into the living room to see everything—almost like Christmas morning! There’s a lot more to this list but this is getting way too long-and a bit all over the place but you get what I’m saying right? (But side note-we pray everyday God gives us a house-lol!)
Here are some snaps of the cake/dessert table for my sweet boy’s fifth birthday back in September! But when I say dessert-really just animal crackers and lollipops haha! The hero was the cake here! @sweetleemade is seriously the best! Thank you again!! As for the backdrop-it was pretty much the invitation design but blown up super big-everything was lasercut from black acrylic. Also shout out to @pillowfortbytarget for the most perfect shelf. Saw it I think a few days before his party and got two without hesitation. I love and hate that my brain works best right before the event date. #idontprocrastinate #itsjusthowmybrainiswired #😝😜
Ah. Program fans. Labor of love. Non-rectangular program fans. Double the love haha. Check out my stories for a time lapse of these being put together! A little behind the scenes if you will :) these will make their appearance in hawaiiiiiiiiiii~ sigh.
My husband is a huuuuuge photo lover. Soooo I try to add some sort of photo element at every party I throw for the kids. I don’t think he really cares for the other aspects of decor but if I put up some sort of photo display he’ll stare at it for a long time and tell me how awesome it is lol. (My love language: words of affirmation-to a T) anyhoo, I’m a people pleaser at heart so I did this “5” photo collage this year.....but I did it the week AFTER his party—FAIL. LOL! I ran out of time 😭 sigh but I still did it—and that’s what matters.....right? Sorry I know I said I would post pics earlier haha-more to come!
Finally sorting through Matthews fifth birthday photos haha. I’ll be posting some of my favorite highlights from his party this week—I hope🤞🏻But here are some snaps of the invites!! Animal prints have been growing on me lately. Also-is it me or did everyone throw a “safari” themed birthday in September!? I feel like even on the same weekend I saw multiple safari parties! I soooo love that every single one was very different though :)
Gender reveal! For my dear friend’s baby. A much awaited little one-truly a gift from God. It’s going to be a girl ya’ll ;) You really can’t go wrong with white+green+black :) especially if you want a gender neutral look. Quite literally pulled this together the night before (pretty much how I do everything if you’ve noticed)-and with Trader Joe’s not having any flowers the night I went-had to redesign what I originally intended to do lol! Also, Albertsons messed up on the cake-go figure-but it all worked out and no one would know all that happened! Isn’t it crazy how much happens behind the scenes? But when it’s all said and done, and everyone is happy and laughing-no one cares about how pretty the decor was-it’s all about good company. #surroundedbylove
My first time writing on agate slices!! #bucketlist for sure! Honestly....it’s actually one of the easier surfaces I’ve written on :) I was pleasantly surprised! Definitely doing more of these in the future....for my own parties. 😜 Agate slices from @etsy @thehollowgeode
Remember the hot pink wedding Invitation suite? I’ll be sharing two more posts from the same wedding-pictures I actually had time to take before sending everything off. Sadly I don’t have any of the letterpress of the day of because they were shipped directly to the clients from the printers (due to time) 😭 but here are some snaps of the programs! 260 count-8 page program...stapled and hand tied all by hand...labor of love lol.
Side note: I REALLY love white crates. So much prettier than delivering in brown boxes. Special delivery today to someone at work! #coworkersbday also love my @hm boots...even though they’re super loud on the wood floors at work and people can hear me coming a mile away 😅😂 #randompost #fakeflorist #specialdelivery
A pretty twist on fall colors? Lol. I’ve already expressed my dislike for traditional fall colors (orange, brown, red) so trying something more feminine but still keeping the orange.....? Looks more spring though haha! :) #fakeflorist #happybirthday
Gold foiling done at home is so hard 😩 so inconsistent. At least I was able to get these to come on pretty decent. 😅 also-I’m reallllly liking dark blue and gold these days....