WOW! Its been forever since I've been on and made my announcement! I think it be very possible that I've lost any followers that I may have had in the first place. But I promise to post more updates. They may not be lengthy, but they will be there! Sneak peaks of what I'm working on and then the final reveal of the events I've styled!

So my goodness! Here are some shots of the Benefit I did for one of my besties, Lori Gerst. I apologize for the pictures. It was hard to capture anything without old orange knotty pine paneling or hunting/fishing themed decor in the background from the Isaak Walton League we had the party at.

Here is the outside of the event. We strung up bras to go with the "Supporting Lori" theme we had going!


The table tops had vases with pink or multicolored daisies and a "bra". Extra bras were scattered on the tables for added color and personality.

Another bestie helped by making a "Cancer Sucks" sucker tree, to add to the bake sale table.

We had many compliments on the idea, however, not many suckers sold. Shoot. Good idea, better luck next time though, huh?

Another swag of support for Lori!

On to a birthday party and wedding! Posting pictures this next week!

God has spoken!

So let me just say that I've missed blogging soooo bad! But I've been crazy busy being creative and working my fingers to the bones doing some party decorations for my best girl Lori's Breast Cancer Benefit this coming Saturday. I've had.a.blast. creating the "Support Lori" theme. I'll share more on the theme and decorations that I've created with some great help from my friend Aubrey! I'll post pictures after the event, but I'll give ya a sneek peek with this...


Along with this, I've been asked to help with decorations and styling my cousin Katie's wedding and reception. She had some great ideas, colors and sense of style already in mind, so we reached into the corners of our sightly crazy brains and came up with the perfect combination of simple and handmade. Loving every second of this process and am so honored to be asked to help.

3rd on this list is a baby shower I have coming up in October that I simply cannot wait for! I can barely contain myself! My previous mentioned super friend Aubrey & her husband Eric are expecting their first long awaited little bundle and I'm so excited to celebrate this baby with an Enchanted Forest shower theme! I have a close full of props and decor already. hmmm with 2 months to go...I'm liable to go a bit over board! But whooooo cares? I'm loving it and can't wait to style this party!

So...if you can't tell, I'm extremely pumped about all the creating and partying I'm gonna be doing very soon! So much so, I have been contemplating the market for such a service. Not so much a party planner. I don't want to plan a whole event....you know, location, food, entertainment, etc. I don't want that....but I want to decorate and theme your party! But its all about class. Style. Thats it...I want to style your party! Make it fabulous and memorable!

But I've had my serious doubts about just how far I could go with this. How far do I WANT to go with this? I've been very prayerful about it, talked to my family about it and have left it in God's hands to bring the need to me, or show me the path.

So thats where the title of this post comes from.
Last Sunday after church, a young man came up to me. I've never seen him before, and found out later he was with a youth group from Aurora, Il. So this young man said to me that he believed he had a phrophetic word for me. Now...for those of you that may not have ever experienced this, seen it happen or maybe don't understand it...Don't be affraid of it. It is simply amazing to hear God's heart spill out in words from a another believer.

So he says to me, " I'm seeing you standing in front of a huge blank canvas...and God told me that he has put a paint brush in each of your hands. He sees you painting like crazy, but he wants you to know that he has not yet provided all the colors yet. There is more to come, but he wants you to push on with what you are doing". Insert me bawling and snotting all over myself at this point.. Simply amazing. He was right on, it filled my heart with confidence and took away any doubt I had about moving forward knowing that God sees what I'm doing and hears my prayers, and will provide for me.

So here it is...




I've created a Facebook page for MissMatched & Marvelous Party Styling, along with some of my styled event pictures!

I may post some teasers now and again, but I will never post a clients full spread until after their event. But let me tell you! I get sooo excited while creating, its hard not to share right away!

Things are happening!

Ladies and gents (if there are any of you out there that follow)...there are things happening around here! Exciting things, New things, Fantabulous things!

I will be posting an announcement soon! So sorry for way I've been neglecting blogland lately. Busy Busy Busy!

Check back soon for exciting things!

I have a new crush! Cupcakes!

I've found and fell in love with a new blog. Kimberly at Attempting Creative is a genius in everything she does. Cooking, crafting, sewing...heck even at being just plain adorable! She may not know me from the other 100+ followers she has, but I am now consider myself loyal. Kinda like a kid asking over and over "are we there yet?" I find myself checking her blog throughout the week wondering when the next post will come! Maybe i'm a bit of a blog stalker? First step is admitting it...right?

So go check her out. She's got a Cupcake Carnival with oodles and gobs of good receipes and amzing photos to get your mouth watering and sweet tooth begging for mercy! Click on the button below!

Graduation party decorations

I was asked about a month ago to help with and make decorations for a friend's daughter's High School Graduation party! I am so excited to help! So after putting together some ideas, it was decided to go with pinwheels for decorations on the tables and as cupcake toppers! School colors are red and black and Ally (the graduate) wanted to throw in some bright pink as well! At first I was worried at how the three colors would come together...however, after my first trip to Hobby Lobby to grab paper for the projects, I was S.O.L.D!




I made 30 pinwheels for the table tops, spray painted soup cans filled with play sand. I put the pinwheels on small dowels painted white and called it done! It was a lot of time spent cutting, punching, taping and painting. But all in all, it was very easy and very inexpensive! Easy enough to do infront of the tv! lol. My kind of craft!

I also crafted a penant banner spelling out Congratulations in the same paper colors and sewn directly to a ribbon. This was hanging on front of the food bar. I'm having a hard time getting a good picture of it. This was the best I got. But let me tell you! It was soooo cute!


The cupcake toppers are a mix of pinwheels and some cut outs I made. Of course the foil cupcake wrappers put a little "bling" on the plates as well!


Now...onto the next paper crafting project for a friends benefit!

GW lamp, GS shade

So after seeing sooo many good GW finds in everyone else's home in blog land, I've started to frequent the store more often. I've found some little glass dishes and candy bowls that I love, a framed canvas pictured that I bought just for the frame (I'll cover the canvas and do my own bit) but this lamp was my gem! Well, doesn't look like much to begin with, but for $4...I could risk it not working!


Here is my end table in the livingroom with the old lamp. Too spindle-y and not enough "GERTH" if ya know what I mean! Something chunky, something a little more...me!

So because the wall behind my couch is chocolate brown, I knew I would need to paint it. I have alot of white and cream accents with my big lantern, newel post, ceiling tins on the wall and my shutter with the flower boxes in them. So it was only right to continue with the cream.

I roughed it up with some sandpaper, and used my Warm Scones sample from Ace Hardware and threw two sloppy coats on this baby! It already had some pits, cracks and knicks in it, so I just made ure that the paint did not fully cover those!

Um! Super happy with it...even without a shade. Gotta find a shade! So yesterday while out snooping around garage sales, I found this pretty little thing! Vintage, retro, original...LOVE HER! I prayed the whole way home hoping it would be the right size for the lamp! But at only $2 there was no way of passing her up!


So whatch think? Is it a right fit? Look at her details! I. love. her. Yes...Its a her! Just the right amount of whimsy with the vintage, rusty, chippy accents in my livingroom...and even the more modern couch!

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Pencil Holder & Note holder!

I had this super spectacular idea to come up with a crafty and cute, yet handy caddy for pencils to help my Mom organize her desktop for Mother's Day. She is super helpful and always helping my family and my sister to cart around kids before and after school, helping me while I recovered from knee surgery and getting herself, My dad, and me to Dr's appointments the last couple of months. With all the appointments and responsibilities it became difficult to keep track of all the schedules. This homemade gift would be a perfect compliment to the Day Planner that I also got her for Mother's Day!


I started with a clean jar, cork, jute, fast drying craft glue and for something a little extra, a little picket fence!

Now...I apologize, as I am horrible at taking "in progress" pictures. But the steps are pretty easy to follow.
Measure the height of your jar you are covering. Cut the cork to that measurement and roll the cork around the jar, glueing as you go. I did two layers to give plenty of depth for pins/tacks to stick into later.

I have to admit. I wanted to just leave it with the cork only. However, I was so excited to get going that where the lip of the jar was smaller than the rest, it left a void between the cork and the lip and looked funny. So...what to do next? How can I fix this flub up?

JUTE! Wrapped it all in jute, then Hot glued the little picket fence around the container. I'm including two pictures of the finished product. Plain, and with Mom's "REMINDERS" to help her keep track of her day! Pretty enough to set on the kitchen counter, desk top or next to her chair with her pens and paper!



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