My life in reverse-week 2

I loved every single second of last week, and I'm finally starting to feel comfortable picking up my camera and taking pictures.  Last week was filled with yummy food (some of which was even healthy!), lots of camera time, and even a little design time dedicated to our new bedroom.  The biggest news of the week, I finally got rid of my "carry" couch aka my sex and the city couch.  A few years ago when I was entering adult hood...ok more than a few years ago but please humor me, it was my first piece of furniture.  My girlfriends and I would pile on the "carry" couch watching endless episodes of sex and the city, eating pizza, and drinking lots and lots of red wine. It was the best time of my life, but that couch started to see better days and as we got older my "carry" couch seemed more like my ill-fitting college jeans than the beloved couch I used to know.  I no longer blogged on it yelling out carry quotes like "if women were ready, then what are we waiting for"? It was time, and for $50 bucks out it went!


Now let's talk bedroom design!  Now that we are "moving on up" and getting a king sized bed that means an overhaul of new bedding. I absolutely have color commitment, and I need to be able to change things up every couple of months to keep things fresh.  I went with a black & white color palette and a few romantic pieces like mercury glass vases, black frames, gray throw pillows, and even a mirrored jewelry chest.  Here's how I'll put it all together, I'll start with sheets (likely a bright color, perhaps even a purple), euro pillows, standard pillows, a light quilt, a comforter which has been covered by one of these beautiful duvets, and finish with throw pillows.  It's going to be beautiful!

Ok lovelies enjoy a few of my favorite pics/moments from the week!

Let there be cake: Sweet Tales Cake Boutique

Oh hello Friday! It's been an amazing busy week and I was super lucky to start it with the sweet Elizabeth from Sweet Tales Cake Boutique . Elizabeth owns, operates, and is the lead cake designer for an upscale cake boutique and upon entering the boutique you're hit with the warm sugary smell of amazingness! Did I mention that the boutique is gorgeous?! Oh and if you're wondering where these super pretty pics came from, they're from yours truly. It was really my first time picking up my camera and taking a few pictures that could be blog worthy, little did I know Elizabeth had a camera too and like me is just beginning to learn how to use it. Our meeting was only an hour but by the end of the meeting we were both all smiles, whipping out our cameras to take pics, and doing a bit of business brainstorming.

I just had to take a picture of these sugar flowers!! 

With each bite she described her process for making each treat and how she could infuse different flavors, but honestly all I could hear was the sweet sound each bite of coconut-rasberry-strawberry made in my mouth. Absolutely delicious!

Let there be cake! 

What a fun way to begin my week and end my day. Super huge hug for all the yummy cake Elizabeth, I can't wait to order a cake from you really soon!

My life in reverse: week 1

Last week was busy, bananas! Monday and Tuesday I spent the day around so many great minds in Rhode Island and the rest of the week was so busy I could hardly keep my head on straight. Even with the busy/crazy life I had last week it really was a blast, I have the greatest of friends who make sure that we're living life through experiences and not just reading about them.  I've come to the realization that I'm probably never going to be an every day blogger, but I am going to be an every day doer-believer-dreamer. Living a part of my life away from pins, tweets, likes, and updates doesn't mean that I'm not doing anything awesome, it just means that I'm too busy living in an amazing moment!

So here it is friends, my first post in a new series that you'll see every Monday, my life in reverse. Some of my favorite moments last week, a lot of fabulous outfits, yummy cocktails, and even a painting project I did Saturday afternoon (yay stress reliever!).

MY 5 step recipe to success

A few days ago I was thumbing through an old magazine and stumbled upon a sentence that really hit home for me. Work it-Own it-Love it, simple right? Now that I've had a few years to reflect on Making Me and the growth that I've seen my little baby take on it's great for me to go back to the beginning from time to time and remember that I didn't always follow my now wiser advice. You are your business, find what you love and work the shit out of it. I mean seriously the wedding industry is difficult to break into but finding your own identity is key. I decided a long time ago not to do things the way anyone else was because I was "supposed to" but because it made sense for me and my business. If you've recently started your own business (lean in close I have advice for you) or if you're re-evaluating the direction of your business here's my advice.

1.) Be fearless, start something fail at it and get the hell over it. Trust me in business you are going to fail at something, I can't tell you how many times I said to myself damn...I'm totally failing at twitter! Once you've hit the bottom you'll know exactly what you did to get there and you'll never do it again.

2.) Be yourself! You don't want to look at your business one day thinking who am I and how did I make a business off of copying others? There is nothing more disheartening as a business owner to look  around and feel like you've had your business high jacked by someone who didn't have the gumption to work their way to the top.

3.) Enjoy being the new kid on the block. Seriously best feeling ever!

4.) Ok you've made it, stay grounded. I own and operate Making Me and it's been pretty successful but you'll never catch me acting like a diva.

5.) Reward yourself! Running a business is hard work every now and then stop and smell the roses, eat a cupcake (off a pretty plate if you can-wink), take a trip, and celebrate the hell out of the success you've been able to accomplish you deserve it!

Here's to a very happy and successful business!