First of all thank you SO much for your sweet comments about my little niece Kimberly.  I appreciate your kind words more than you know.  Praise the Lord Kimberly is recovering from an almost deadly bout with pneumonia!  Right at this moment I am sitting in the hospital wishing she was able to be discharged already and in time for Christmas, but I guess we don’t always get what we want.  This Christmas season has probably been one of the most trying times for me…between Kimberly’s hospital stay and trying to keep up with a growing business it has been quite a lot to process.  I am so thankful for both, but sometimes life can be really hard…at least I have amazing friends, family, and staff to help me through everything.  I am still giving a little hope that Kimmy gets out Christmas morning (they are doing a final test to see if they can discharge her), but either way I am very blessed and will try to focus on that.

On another note, this past season I was able to collaborate with the lovely ladies of Posh Paperie and Carter & Cook.  I personally knew these ladies before we all went into the wedding biz and it is so fun now to be able to work with them and see them grow into such amazingly talented women.  This particular party was to showcase our holiday designs and was thrown in San Diego at WineStyles.  We had an absolute wonderful time and I think they photos show how talented these ladies really are!

I loved the backdrop Heather & Ashlyn created for my dessert table!!

I was so happy that my girlfriend, Kate, came along for the festivities as well…we always have way too much fun together!

Karrie & Elizabeth from Posh Paperie created the most adorable Christmas cards and gift tags…definitely book them earlier for next year!

Heather & Ashlyn from Carter & Cook put together such a dreamy tablescape.  I loved all the details they incorporated and all of the textures!

Well, I hope all of you have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

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