Birthday Party...Rio style!

By now, especially if you have children, you're familiar with the movie, "Rio". Well, a special little 8 year old had a "Rio" themed bday party. I did her gift bags with pretty bows with the colors I saw from the movie. The best part was that on the back of her bag, she had a special adornment, hand-crafted by Lizzie Bella that she could wear on her special day. It's keepsake for her. You should have seen the way she lit up when I brought it to her...priceless! I love making people smile. She got so many compliments on her special bday pin. Yay Lizzie Bella!

Baby Girl on the way!

It's been a little over a year now, but I did two fabulous baby showers for my sis. The first one was a mid-day brunch, complete with fresh flowers, music, hilarious games (not your typical shower games), delicious food, and the perfect little party favors. The second shower was planned by some of our sorors, but I added my little touch with the favors and ribbon/close pin clips for one of the games. The custom-designed bag was filled with "All Things Pink" to include a pink nail care set and something else...can't remember. Oops! And, I know it's hard to see but the ribbon was pink and brown, with white polka dots. All of the clips were pink! Can you tell that we love pink around my house??? Of course, the undisputed Queen of Cakes, Tayari created two fabulous cakes for both events! Lizzie Bella is obviously an event planner too...sometimes! :)

Graduation Fever

Originally, I had actually hired a GA to design my grad announcement for me. I was really busy at the beginning of the month and not to mention, trying to graduate. Well, that guy kinda flopped on me so I had to do it myself...Lizzie Bella to the rescue! Here's a pic of the front cover of the tri-fold invitation. It had a couple more pics inside, the graduation info and a letter to my friends and family. The amazing thing is that I've gotten soooo much business from the announcement...and that's a good thing! I guess God had His own funny way to get me to add announcement/invitation design to Lizzie Bella's emporium. I've done a few invitations in the past, and hopefully, through all the clutter, I'll find some more samples to take pics of for ya!

Playing catch up...

I'm just now getting a second to repost the pics I had posted before my last blog site was destroyed! LOL The first pic is from Mother's Day 2011. I failed to take pics of all the gifts I did but I did manage to capture one of them. The other two are pics from an 87th Bday Celebration for my Big Mama in Stark-Vegas! If you know anything about my grandma or Stark-Vegas, you'll understand our "Southern Goodness" theme. Our guests enjoyed a catered menu of baked chicken, turkey, green beans, mac -n- cheese, and more...to top it all off, we had TEA CAKES!!! And they were mighty good! For decorations and favors, I did homemade jelly for each guest in a glass jar (just like Big Mama used to make it) with pink and green ribbon and a personalized tag to thank our gracious guests. The party was simply lovely!

About Lizzie Bella...

Welcome to the fabulous world of Lizzie Bella! Birthdays, Weddings, Dinners, Engagements, Anniversaries, Initiations, Accomplishments, Apologies, Friendships, and Just Because...all wonderful reasons to spoil, pamper, and dandle with a "happy"! Lizzie Bella is not your average gift shop. Our goal is to make your world sparkle just a little bit more! Lizzie Bella...perfecting the art of giving, making your world a happier place!

What the heck just happened?!

So I'm not sure why my blog was destroyed but we're back on target. When I checked my account, the site showed something about them having technical problems and getting rid of all the blogs that had been created after a certain date. They assured that the problem would be fixed but I guess not. So, I just recreated the blog. In other news...I just met with the realtor to see the hopefully future home of Lizzie Bella. If it doesn't work out, I have another plan in an equally fabulous location. For now, I'll still accept online inquiries about gift wrapping and such. Later on today, I'll repost the original pics. Toodles!