Monthly Archive: September 2018

Alice’s Table

It's Party Time!
September 25, 2018
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Last Thursday I got to attend an event that basically screams Alissa! I mean, the company is named Alice’s Table, the initials are AT. Which just so happen to be the same as mine. The funny part about this is that while at the event I was sharing pics and videos to my instagram stories and I hadn’t even noticed that we “share” the same initials! I had numerous messages from friends asking questions! No wonder I had such a great time!

What is Alice’s Table?

Alice’s Table is a company that was on Shark Tank back in March, but has been around for 3 years. In fact the night of this particular event, September 20th, happened to be their 3 year Anniversary! Cheers! Alice’s Table has consultants that host floral making events anywhere and everywhere! This is where Melissa comes in(Melissa is the consultant that hosted the event I attended), Melissa was a stay at home mom for 18 years! She now works part time as a CPA and needs a creative outlet. Her creative outlet is hosting parties for Alice’s Table.

Where was the event I was at?

The event I attended was at an awesome Jewelry store in Downtown Geneva, IL, called Falmouth Road. Falmouth Road is super unique, you should take a second to check out their website here and learn about who they are! If you are local you MUST stop in there!

What did we do?!?!?

This is where all the fun pictures come into play! I am such a visual person and these flowers don’t need a ton of explanation. All of the images you see in this post were taken by Just Ducky Photography.

Melissa had everything set up for us on the tables. The vase, all the equipment, our cute little aprons, and our flowers were all displayed like a little market! Ellen from Falmouth Road had LOTS of wine and yummy apps!

Melissa then walked us through set by step what to do in order to make our flower arrangement. They seriously look like they came from a luxury florist! It was so fun to see how everyones turned out!!!

You can see the progression of the arrangements!

And TA-DA!!! Everyone’s bouquets!

I am sure you are all wondering, how do I have a fun party like this?!?!?!

All you have to do is find an event by clicking here

If you are local, Melissa’s next event is going to be extra cool as she is partnering with a vintage clothing company called Barley Wheat Vintage. Click here to join! Or email Melissa if you would like to host your own event! melissalynn.alicestable@gmail.com

You can always follow along on Melissa’s Floral Journey through instagram or facebook too!

A couple things to note:

Melissa picks up fresh flowers from the flower market! No wonder they are so gorgeous, right??!?!

A fun event idea would be to do this for a Bridal shower, or even with your bridesmaids the night before your shower!!!

Have a good week Y’all!!!

XOXO,

Lissa

***This event was sponsored but all opinions are my own***

Blogger Event

Inspired / It's Party Time!
September 17, 2018
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My friend Julia and I threw the cutest little party in the cutest little town at the cutest little restaurant this past Saturday!!! And now I’m here to tell YOU all about it!

What was the event?!! In a nutshell, as bloggers you can sometimes feel like you are out on an island alone, learning things on your own, and really wishing you had “your” people to help you through it. So we decided to start a Tri Cities Blogger Group(The area that we live in) and thought what better way to meet our soon to be new friends than to through an awesome party with awesome swag! Amiiright?!?!

Who came to the event?!? I’m going to Link everyone’s instagrams below because you should definitely give them a follow! Everyone that came has something completely different to offer which made it that much more fun!

Julia: @theblissfulmomma

Renata: @renewingmom

Becky & Kat: @sweatequity101

Laura: @lauraswansieckman

Krystle: @darlingdwelling

Who Sponsored our event?!? Truly the best of the best!!! Also linking their insta!

Restaurant: The Walrus Room

Workshop: Renewing Mom

Flower Crowns: Willrette Flower

Silk Bandanas: Jori & June

Leather Earrings: Hide & Heart

Photography: Wild Indigo Photography

What did we do?!? Naturally, we wined, dined, chatted, and even did some goal setting with our girl Renata! Did you know that your To Do List is most likely full of goals? Which means we set wayyyy too many for ourselves!

Photo Gallery in no particular order:

Hope you enjoyed this as much as we did! Follow the hashtag #tricitiesbloggerbabes to follow all the upcoming fun!

XOXO,

Lissa

Shop my full look HERE!

Create & Cultivate: The Conference

Fashion / Inspired / It's Party Time!
September 4, 2018
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Let me just start off by saying this will probably be the most instagram-able blog post you will ever read, no really! This conference was GORGEOUS!!! While I was at Create & Cultivate I had a lot of people ask me what it was and or how you can go. It’s basically a conference for all women entrepreneurs and influencers. A few years ago I remember Lauren Conrad being a keynote speaker at one of the Create & Cultivate conferences so naturally it sparked my interest and ever since I have wanted to go! It is a very intimate amount of people, I would say around 500(definitely the smallest I’ve ever been too). This is what made it extra special, not to mention there were no lines! The conference was located in Chicago at The House of Vans. Super cool venue that made the event that much better.

The above picture is the outside of the House of Vans, below is what we walked into!!!

Some of the cutest stages that I ever did see!!!!

Any event that has a balloon drop is definitely where I want to be!!!

So many photo opportunities and vendors giving us ALL the swag!!! Seriously came home with so much of it. Shop my entire look from Conference day HERE!

If I am being honest, it was overwhelming at first!! I didn’t know where to walk to first and or what I wanted to see/do. Once I realized I had the whole entire day, I was good to go. haha.

They had a braid bar, see how my hair is up now?!?!?! And Mary Kay had a brow bar where Luis Casco from Project Runway was doing brows!!! So MUCH fun!

When you match the RX Bar wall, you obvs take a pic!

If you had a VIP ticket, you got to drink all day at this Ca-UTE bar!

See what I’m saying?!?!?! Every single time you turned around there was something else prettier than what you just saw!

The Speakers were off the hook, and they really only spoke for 30-45 minutes which was fabulous for keeping you interested!

Some of my favorites of the day are shown below and obviously Whitney Port and Ashley Tisdale!

I also got to meet some of my favorite local influencers which was great!!!

This right here was truly the message of the whole conference: Collaboration OVER Competition. We will go farther if we all work together!

It really was A WORK PARTY!!! You should definitely join in next time!!! Any other questions, send them my way! Would love to hear from you!

XOXO,

Lissa

One last thing, there was a happy hour the night before sponsored by WeWerk. That is truly where we made all the friends and met all the people!!! Here are a bunch of fun pics from the night!!!! You can shop my entire look HERE!!!