I’m so bad at keeping up with IG. I will have a week of consistent posting then I’ll be MIA for a month! I have a box full of paper goods that I’ll probably never get around to photographing haha! And this month has been quite insane-more days than not, I’ve been running on roughly 2 hours of sleep. I really don’t know how I’m alive 😂 Sigh. But, when I do get in the mood to post or update live stories it’s definitely fun sharing life with you all. The IG community is sooo very encouraging and I’ve met some amazing friends through his platform. Side note: flowers are always easy to photograph haha-so sorry this post has nothing to do with the actual image-but hope it adds some greens to your feed today! #fakeflorist #traderjoesflowers
Still need to share this suite with you guys!!! :) I will soon haha~ another sneak peak if you will. So bright, so fun! Happy Wednesday everyone! Halfway there!
Contrary to popular belief, taking notes like this helps me focus BETTER on the message :) as I’m lettering, my ears are constantly listening to every word listening for the next golden nugget to write down. Try it :) #sermonnotes
You guuuuuys, thank you so much for all your sweet encouraging comments!! Ya’ll know how to make a mama happy :) and thank you for those that entered the giveaway!! Yayyyy!! According to my google random number generator....the winners are @jenny_june7 for the one and @oktraceok for the two topper! Please DM me your addresses!! 😘😘😘
Here is the last big upload of pics-most of them with Haven actually in them haha! With Matthew and Haven’s birthdays, I only focus on two aspects of decor-a small cake table and table settings/kids table. I posted about the table setting yesterday-so that leaves cake table today! With that being said, the first pic is a bit different. Because this is set up at my small apartment, I usually set up my shots so that it’s only framing the cake table-as to not show the ugly wall around it. However, with this pic, I wanted to show the ugly walls, a “behind the scenes” shot if you will. You can see that no, I don’t have white walls, I just taped a large piece of foamcore to give me that bright white backdrop to work with lol. Do you like seeing behind the scene shots like this? Nothing is as it seems on IG :) I also did have an extra element of decor on another wall-her pics from year 2-so wanted to show that somehow too. Out of everything, that last minute idea was probably my husband’s favorite part out of all the decor haha 😝 #havenjoyistwo #shinbirthdays
Sneaking in a #fakeflorist post because it matches my feed lol!! You know what I’m talking about right!? Purple flowers totally have my heart right now~
Here’s the first set of pictures from Haven’s second birthday highlighting the table setting! Since the theme was a breakfast cafe I wanted it to feel like how it would be if they were to actually sit at a restaurant/cafe! The placemats were white ink on black paper with custom omelette fill in the box cards in the middle (I just got a white ink printer and im sooo stoked!) I also engraved some custom acrylic coasters for their namecards!! I had so much fun with this party lol, can you tell? #havenjoyistwo #shinbirthdays
GIVEAWAY!!!!!! I have a “one” and “two” cake topper that I no longer need so if you want it follow @Paperhavenink, like this photo and comment with which one you would like (“one” or “two” and what you would use it for! (I.e. your kid’s bday or your friend’s kids bday, anniversary...etc) Two winners will be chosen-tag and repost for more entries! giveaway ends Friday 11:59PM PST! Let’s have some fun!
Self adhesive wax seals are the best!!! And you can still use your custom design! Thank you @waxseals for getting these to me so fast when I was in a pinch!! I love stickers lol. And these are the best kind of stickers 😏
I love that @merelysweets is right down the street. Last minute decision to add some cupcakes to the cake table-9:30pm the night before-asked the hubs to go pick these up. Thank you~ @therealjohnshin! Perfect “black and white” cupcakes to match Haven’s birthday decor. And oh so yummy! The first bite into a cupcake is always my favorite bite. 🤤 #havenjoyistwo #shinbirthdays
Celebrated my daughters birthday yesterday!!! For her first birthday, I did a paper store theme #havenjoyisone, this year, I did a breakfast cafe theme! It was definitely a fun one to plan-since it was just for the fambam-no pressure lol-only had to make sure Haven loved it I knew she would be happy as long as there was cake 😝 -more pictures to come! #havenjoyistwo #shinbirthdays
Sneak peak at what I’ve been “cooking up” for Haven’s birthday tomorrow! So different from her first. No color lol. Theme is “Haven’s breakfast cafe” ;) it’ll be a small party-us+grandma+uncle-can’t wait to celebrate!! Check out my story to see these puzzles in action!
#fbf to when we took over my church’s lobby for Haven’s first birthday! Wish we could have painted the ceiling to match lol jk ;) I love everyone in this pic soooo much #ittakesavillage 📷@chrisshinphoto #havenjoyisone
As I’m setting up for Havens second birthday...I can’t believe it’s already been a full year since her first haha. I actually JUST put these 1 year milestone posters up in the kids room a few weeks back. 😅 I think I’m going to sell these as digital downloads....yay or nay?
A sneak peak at a very bright and fun suite I’ve been working on!! Can’t wait to share photos with you all!!
The best part of having event supplies everywhere in the house is being able to set up a mini ice cream bar just for your kids on a very hot Sunday afternoon, just because. ;) #justforfun
White on white on white, my fav! Love getting back professional photos! I also love how @blue22photography captured our menus and the dance floor decal we designed all in one shot. 👌🏻 Coordinator: @sophiakimpark Tap for vendors!
Did you catch the colorful boho inspired party I did a few weeks back in my live stories? My close friend turned 4-0 and although she was having an “official” party the week after to celebrate, some of us wanted to take her out on the day of. We told her we would just be having dinner at a restaurant but then surprised her with a picnic at the beach instead! It was such a fun party to design and I absolutely love color so needless to say, I was all giggly inside setting everything up lol. We had lots of strangers come by to ask questions and take random pictures of us as we were setting up lol-some even waited an hour+ to see her reaction when she came haha! Thank you to my partners in crime in making all this prettyness happen—@milliesluv @hennie2010 @shypuppy1025 and happy birthday again to the one and only @huongie you are indeed forty and so very fabulous! We love you!!
Am I getting better?? Lol. I look forward to these arrangements for the bossman each week. This one took me awhile because all the flowers were so wilted and droopy droopy!! So I taped some of them up shhhhhh haha! A bit moodier than the usual yellow arrangements! (I got to pick the color palette today hehe) and uh why does lavender smell soooo gooooood. Wish they were a bit more fresh-are they always so messy to work with? Bucket list: walk through a field of lavender! #fakeflorist #justforfun
Vellum on vellum on vellum 😍 printed and ready to be cut! Check out my story for quick sneak peak at the invitation suite. I’ll wait for the professional photos to post real pics of this particular suite. Coming down to the last few wedding invitations booked this year!! Eek!