Weekend Review

Welcome to Monday, girls.  I hope you had a fantastic weekend.  I told you on Friday my weekend would be busy.....it was......and it was great.  So many hard things go on in life.  It is just part of it, right? So when there are things to celebrate I am 100% in.  And this weekend we had two really fun events to celebrate and the best part is - I got to be part of the hosting.  So let me show you how it all came together.

On Saturday we celebrated my nephew's college graduation with a little reception.  We invited family and friends to come by and spend some time gathering to celebrate.  The house was LOUD....people were laughing and talking and eating and encouraging and celebrating a young man who has worked hard and deserved it........it was just like I like it.


Here is the graduation decor.  First up, we inflated close to 200 balloons.  We had red, white, clear and clear with confetti.

We did half of the balloon arch over the fireplace and had enough to hang from the upstairs balcony too

I picked up a couple of banners from Party City and we hung those

and, of course, we did the letterboard in honor of the big day

We had an absolutely wonderful time.

We took a quick nap and then started preparation for event number two the next day.  On Sunday we were celebrating the upcoming arrival of a new little baby girl.  So you know what we did?  We pulled out all the red balloons and replaced them with pink.  Here is the same balloon arch - now with pink.

And the upstairs balloons now with pink

We replaced the graduation banner with a baby one

and did a more appropriate letterboard

A sweet friend of the mom to be made a beautiful sign which we added to the decor......thanks, Sarah.  So fun meeting you and hanging out with you.

Now let me share a little of the details behind all of this and the links in case you are interested.

I ordered this 

Balloon Strip

Basically it is a strong plastic strip that has holes perfectly spaced.  You simply inflate your balloons and poke the tied portion through the little holes.  It was super duper easy.  Here are some of the balloons I used

Confetti Balloons

Clear balloons

White balloons

Red Balloons

Pink Balloons

Now we didn't use helium, but we did invest in this little gem to assist in inflating

Balloon inflator

If you even THINK you might need to inflate several balloons.....get yourself one of these.  We inflated all the balloons in no time.........where has this been my whole life??????

Such a fun weekend catching up with family and friends of old, meeting new friends and showering love on some special people.  

I hope you have a wonderful week.  I will talk to you on Wednesday!!!!