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14 Jun | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

7 Tips For Creating A Simple DIY Photobooth

One of my favorite tips about planning a successful party is to give your guests something to do when they walk in the door (it helps with the social anxiety until they’re warmed up). And my personal favorite of those activities is a DIY photo booth. I mean, I’ll also take a professional photo booth, …

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14 Jun | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

Girly Meets Sophisticated in this 1930’s Houston Home

With today’s world of social media bombarding us with (what we deem) “perfectly” designed homes, it can feel a bit overwhelming on where to begin when making your own house a home. With the amount of time I’m on the scroll, I can absolutely attest. But I’ve learned that finding your own style is easiest …

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13 Jun | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

This Is What It Was Actually Like Registering As A Radical Queer Couple

 When we first started planning our wedding as a queer couple, we had about a minute to celebrate the googly eyed joy of being engaged before we started sweating a few things. First, we both had to tell our grandmothers we were officially marrying a woman. They gave us so many blessings we felt …

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13 Jun | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

Magnificent Austria Wedding Inspired by The Sound of Music

From the Bride… LUCK, What is it? Where do we find it? Does it Find Us? Or Is it always present and we just help nurture it along into something magical, transformative and unforgettable? In essence were we creating LUCK ourselves? For Us it will forever be all of the ABOVE, and Our Wedding was …

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13 Jun | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

8 Ways My Infertility Was More Isolating Than My Cancer

When it came to cancer, I was lucky. I had a thyroid nodule under observation for many years; when I was twenty-six, it was thought to be cancerous. I had two surgeries to remove my thyroid. My roommate cleared out so I could take radioactive iodine to kill any remaining cells. I missed about four days …

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13 Jun | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

8 Ways My Infertility Was More Isolating Than My Cancer

When it came to cancer, I was lucky. I had a thyroid nodule under observation for many years; when I was twenty-six, it was thought to be cancerous. I had two surgeries to remove my thyroid. My roommate cleared out so I could take radioactive iodine to kill any remaining cells. I missed about four days …

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13 Jun | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

An Eclectic Home in Coastal Connecticut

I first spotted Erin Kestenbaum’s home while binging on instagram and double fisting a big ole glass of red wine. I am constantly amazed at the rabbit hole of incredible bloggers that one can go down and how long I can actually make said binge last (not so much on the vino), finding one beautiful …

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13 Jun | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

When Whimsy and Bright Colors Sit Pretty in a Perfect Ballroom

I remember a few of my friends being shocked to hear that another friend was going to wear a ballgown to her beach wedding. I, of course, loved the idea. Because I don’t believe that you HAVE to do anything. While I do believe in using your venue as inspiraton, that doesn’t mean that ballrooms …

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12 Jun | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

Help! My Family Can’t Put Their Shit Aside to Celebrate (Two Weddings)

Q: Growing up, I lived in close vicinity to a lot of cousins, and we spent a ton of time together. Every holiday, birthday, and backyard BBQ we celebrated together, and it was wonderful. Even after we eventually all moved away, we’ve done our best to keep in touch and love each other very much. …

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12 Jun | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

Our Huge $110K Wedding In An Antique Warehouse Was Full of Love

Aja, Teacher & Steve, Grad Student Sum-up of the wedding vibe: Eclectic and mismatched vibes to accompany a sweaty love fest on the dance floor. Planned budget: $75,000 Actual budget: $110,000 Number of guests: 210 LOCATION: Los Angeles, California Where we allocated the most funds: Our intentions for our wedding and budget started out much smaller. Then …

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