Wow I had the time of my life last night!!! With all the stress and work that is involved I LOVE PLANNING PARTIES!! AHHHHHH!!!!! For years I was doing birthdays, Sweet 16's, weddings, favors, decor, invites... whatever - just as long as I was creating something... anything. The joy of looking for the right paper, the perfect font, the ribbon, colors, favors, chocolate and the list can go on and on... then all of a sudden the business started slowing down... people started to figure out that they could do this on their own.
So little by little I put all my supplies away and just saved it for "that day"...
Well the "Day" has come!!!! Woooo Hooooo..... I'm taking my BIG BOX out of storage and dusting it off cause my my beautiful spiritual daughter is getting married!!! The funny part is how I shared with her and her sister Elizabeth a couple of years ago - how I was saving these things for when they got married - how one day I was going to plan their whole wedding. She can actually pass for my own daughter when it comes to collecting and saving and crafting stuff down to the little details - which is pretty scary lol. But that is what makes helping her so much more special and beautiful. My assistant is now the bride!!!
It was such a blessing to see this wedding coming together after so many many years of praying, daydreaming, talking about it...
Last night I went over to help her mom and sister with some Bridal Shower preparation and then when she got home it turned out into Wedding decor and before we knew it - it was 11pm and we were on a roll laughing and screaming with delight at all the ideas.
My dearest Alina... its hard to believe that the little girl I once knew, who would sit next to me at church and we would write out the Pastor's sermon or follow me around as my "assistant" for anything and everything, who had countless ideas and suggestions is no longer a little girl, but a beautiful young woman who is getting ready to begin a new stage of her life. I am already so proud and excited of the wonderful wife she is going to be... What an awesome praise this is!!!
