Rainy Day 2.0

Spent the day packing for our weekend trip to go visit my older brother and his girlfriend for their baby shower tomorrow. Although I will happily accept the sunshine back, I love simple snugly days at home with my BootyBear.

Rainy Day Rewind: Jude's Beatles Birthday Party

Aside makeup, nail polish, fashion, Hello Kitty, home decor, thrift store shopping and anything with bows, I have a newly found passion for cute parties. This came about when it was time to start planning our son, Jude's 1st Birthday party. I think I drove my husband nuts talking about it for approximately 3 months. After about 45 days of listening to me ramble, he started joining in the fun too and actually helped me come up with some great ideas for the party. I was pleasantly surprised when Jude's party was featured on OhdeedOh, one of my favorite blogs!

"My husband Michael & I had a hard time thinking of a theme for Jude's 1st birthday. We knew we wanted to do something a little different, but something that still represented Jude well. Since music and dancing is Jude's favorite pastime, we thought, why not! I mean, people often start singing The Beatles to us the instant they hear Jude's name. Michael is the head chef at an amazing Irish pub in Roseville, Ca called The Boxing Donkey and we were lucky enough to use the restaurant side to host Jude's big bash. It made for a fun atmosphere, the vibe of the party fit well with the location. The turntable cake was by Melyssa Tucey from The Boxing Donkey. Almost everything you see pictured I made by hand myself. It was very cost effective this way and much more personal to me than going on Etsy and paying someone else to do it for me. Since Jude's party was in October, I wanted to choose colors that would be easily accessible which made the tableware and decorations a lot more affordable. I made The Beatles cover album party hats by buying a pack of cheap party hats, taking one apart and tracing it to make a template, printed the album covers from our home printer and assembled from there. The "Jude" banner on our food table was made from actual "Hey Jude" sheet music. All the photos from the party were done by Jason Pryor. They can be viewed here."

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View Jude's Party Feature at OhdeedOh

Happy {belated} Valentine's Day!

It's A Girl!!!

Visit {The Reeses} blog for full details (if interested). Hope your weekend was full of fun and love!

Happy New Year!

 

Skin: Perricone MD Advanced Face Firming Treatment, Perricone MD Face Finishing Moisturizer.

Foundation: Tarina Tarantino Pearl Glow Primer, M.A.C Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 & Guerlain's Meteorites Powder for Face.

Eyes: Benefit's Stay Don't Stray Primer, Urban Decay Smoke Out kit in Yerba, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On eyeliner in Zero , Tarte Cosmetics Toolbox for Brows in Medium and Maybelline's The Falsies Volume Express mascara in Blackest Black.

Cheeks: M.A.C Mineralize Skinfinish Natural bronzing powder in Dark.

Lips:  Stila Convertible Color in Sakura.

Locks & (lots and lots of) Love-

So, where to being. Well, if you know me, you know that I have been growing my hair out for about...5ish years. I haven't cut/trimmed my hair in at least 3 years. Kinda gross actually. So, I have been planning to go in to a salon and have some of it cut off because quite frankly, I was one prairie dress away from a guest spot on Big Love. 

I have always admired people who donate their hair to Locks of Love and last night I went on the website to see what the requirements were for a donation. The minimum donation is 10 inches so I figured, since my hair was practically to my ass crack- my hair would still be long. Sometimes I tend to be...compulsive. I asked Michael to measure the appropriate amount, mark it with a pony tail holder (as instructed on their website) and asked him to go ahead and just cut it. I mean, how hard is it to cut a straight line, right? 

Wrong. Now, god love my husband but for some reason he started cutting it and started laughing hysterically. Instead of pausing to continue laughing, he kept cutting. 

He hands me the pony tail of hair- now half the top of the ponytail is cut right above the hair tie (as it was supposed to be) and the other half- well it was cut about FOURish inches shorter. I booked it to the bathroom mirror in horror. As I suspected, half on my hair was about 4 inches shorter than the other. 

 I know you may be thinking- what is the big effing deal. But when you have been growing your hair out for half a decade- you get a little attached. Should I have paid/waited for a professional to do it? Yes. Should I have asked my poor husband to cut my hair? No. But I couldn't think about any of that- all I could do was literally curl up in the fetal position and sob for a good half an hour. I completely threw a fit and Michael felt SO BAD. I was so mad at him for not taking it seriously and not taking his time, but I know in his heart or hearts he never intended to purposely mess up my hair.

Well I walk into the bathroom to blow my nose about 10 minutes later and my poor husband is CHOPPING OFF ALL OF HIS HAIR! (Oh, btw he has been growing his hair out for the past 1.5 years).

I screamed, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING???!!!!" and he said "I wanted you to know how bad I felt". Insert feeling like the worlds biggest douchebag here. How could I be mad after that? I couldn't & shouldn't. 

Well, thankfully I was able to get an appointment today at The Studio (half tattoo parlor, half hair salon- very cute) in Roseville, CA. My hair is "fixed" and even though I have NO intention of keeping my hair this short, at least it is one length. My head feels so light. Some little girl & boy with cancer are going to get some amazing weaves thanks to mine & my husband's crazy asses.

I can't find a picture with my "full" length of my hair since about 6+ months ago, but picture my hair about 4-5 inches longer than it is here:

Not sure why I look drunk. Maybe that is the look of pretending to be happy, who knows.

Michael's before:

Now:

Moral of the story:

1. Sometimes impulses are meant to be ignored.

2. My husband is pretty much the most amazing person evaaar!!!

And so it is. In the end I am still really happy because I know some special kid out there is going to benefit from this and I hope this might encourage others to donate to Locks of Love as well!

Sunday Best.

Ain't nothin' better than hanging out with these two goofballs.

Happy Father's Day.

To my best friend, love of my life, partner in crime & World's greatest Daddy:

Happy Father's Day!!! from Tiffany Reese on Vimeo.

Weddings: Chris & Sara

When I was asked to do Sara's makeup on her wedding day I was instantly excited. Why? 1. She is really freaking awesome. 2. She is sooo laid back so I knew it was going to be fun. 3. I LOVE CHRIS & SARA. Sara wanted to keep things very simple, so we made a plan to use copper, bronze & gold tones on her eyes. As expected, she was stress free and laid back upon my arrival.  I especially loved the vibe to the entire day- care free yet elegant. Chris & Sara got married in one of their neighbors backyards, which as you can tell from the photos below...not too shabby.Another cool twist to being a part of this wedding- my husband (Michael, aka pretty much the funniest and most lovable human being ever to walk this earth) was the cater. Let my fat ass be an indication to what kind of chef he is. Words really cannot describe his talent and passion. I am a very lucky woman. Unfortunately, Chris & Sara's wedding photographer was/is the worlds biggest douche and DID NOT SHOW UP. So pretty much 5 minutes before Sara walked down the aisle Chris looks at me and goes, "Alright, I guess you are our photographer" and that was that :) Which was pretty cool because I got to use my new camera all day! 

Here are some highlights of the day:

The beautiful Bride.

The happy couple.

Celebrate!

Enjoying Michael's delicious cuisine.

Probably the BEST wedding cake I have ever tasted. For serious. Almost every guest had 3 pieces.

This is my adorable husband, Michael. 

Thank you so much to Chris & Sara for letting us be a part of your lives and your special day!

I am NOT dead. Swearsies.

Hai. This is me right now. Things have been INSANE busy for my family. We are finally in our new place and the painting, arranging & fun has commenced! I feel like I have a million things to share and no time! How lame is it to blog about not having time to blog? As lame as I am thinking? Probably.

Now that my internet is on in our new pad, I will have all sorts of 'lil gems to share with ya'll over the next month, maybe even some free shiz for you guys for being so patient!

In the mean time, want to see a photo from my FIRST Mother's Day as a Mama?? No? Too bad. Here I am with our whole family on my side :) Gotta love Waffle Barn.