New Year's Cards with Shutterfly!

I love snail mail, and the only thing I love more than receiving it, is sending cute little surprises to my friends and family. That's why, when I didn't have time to send Christmas cards this year, it broke my heart! 

Last year, Paisley and I had the cutest Christmas cards, and it ended up being one of my favorite pictures of us to date!

This Christmas, I was so busy with Commencement, work and exams of my own, we didn't have time to take a picture at all. I had completely ruled them out as a possibility, until my friend Marcia suggested I send out New Year's cards! I absolutely love New Year's, and thought this was the perfect idea for us! With a card for literally everything these days, I knew I'd have no problem finding one that I could use. 

On the Saturday after Christmas, Paisley and I got all dressed up for my Mom to take our New Year's card picture. NYE is one of my favorite holidays because it revolves around champagne, confetti and dresses. What better time to send a card?! I wore my New Year's dress that I bought in New York with Lilly Pulitzer gold Resort Chic Wedges, while Pais modeled her pink and green Christmas sweater and gold bead necklace! There's no such thing as being plain around our house!

After the photo was done, it was time to choose a card! You'd think Shutterfly made the gold glitter New Year's card that I ended up picking just for me! It was perfect! Once I chose my favorite photo and card, my Mom went to town on fixing up everything else.

Our 2014 New Year's Card!

 Of course, I had to do the back as well!

I think they have Melody written all over them! Though I didn't get to send out my usual Christmas cards, I'm so glad that 50 of my closest friends and family got this fun little card to brighten up their 2014! My Mom was also able to find the cutest matching gold glitter return address labels! Thanks Mama for all your help!

Did you send Christmas/New Year's cards this year?

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A Birthday Filled with Glitter!

After have a huge test at school last night, it felt so good to walk out of that classroom, with the test under my belt, knowing that now I can completely focus on my birthday festivities!

I'm going to Charleston tomorrow with four of my best friends! Why wouldn't I be freaking out?!

As soon as I got home, the ideas started flowing! I mentioned in this post that I put a pink champagne glass in each of my birthday invites, but with a good amount left over, I knew I could have a little more fun with them! Gold glitter initials did just the trick!

Are they not fabulous?!

Interested in doing this for your birthday or themed party? Here's how! 

Supplies:
Paint Brush
Clear Elmer's Glue
Glitter in the color of your choice
Champagne/wine/martini glasses
4-6 Q-Tips

First, line the hard surface that you're using with some type of cover. I used notebook paper,but newspaper works just as well! This will cut down on your clean up time at the end.


Take the champagne glasses one by one, and use a paint brush to paint on the clear glue. You don't need a lot, just enough to cover the surface.

After painting a layer of glue onto the base of the glass, shake the gold glitter onto the base. Don't worry if you miss a spot, you can always apply a little more glue and shake again!

Make sure that the entire base of the glass is covered with glitter, so that no plastic is showing. After about a minute, shake off the excess glitter, so that you can put the extra back in your shaker.

To add a little more personalization, I used a Q-tip to draw letters onto the larger part of the glass. Simply stick the Q-tip into the clear glue and then shake on the glitter to add whatever type of design you would like.

I used the first letter of the girl's names that will be celebrating with me this weekend, then on mine, I put a 23!

They turned out fabulously, and were such an easy craft! I can't wait for everyone to use them!

I also used the exact same supplies to make some glitter birthday candles!

These white candles were just over $1.00 at Target.

You can paint these with the same clear Elmer's glue used above, then just add glitter. Once one side is covered, wait a few minutes to give them time to dry, and then rotate the candles in order to get all sides.

The glitter birthday candles and champagne glasses were both a big success! I've also made my own glitter wine glasses, you can see those here!

We have had the best time partying in my office today, and I can't wait to have dinner with my family tonight!

 

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Let's Catch Up: I've Been Crafting!

Ever since I found out that I would be moving to a new place, I've been crafting like crazy...and a little before then too! Getting to decorate a whole apartment gives me a lot of room for the Pinterest projects that I've been eyeing!

Since all of these crafts were fairly simple, I thought I'd group them into one post!

1. Princess Canvases

When I heard that I was getting FOUR new GG-littles, I knew that I wanted to make them something special. My sorority family is super close, and I wanted these new girls to know exactly who I was. That's when I came up with this cute idea!

 My supplies:

The finished product!

I personalized each canvas with a crown, glitter princess cut out and the girl's name!

2. Glitter-Stemmed Wine Glasses

I also made these for my new GG's, but I haven't finished them just yet! I'm still planning on adding something on the main part of the glass.

I used a foam brush, Mod Podge and pink glitter, then sprayed them with the acrylic sealer!

3. DIY Confetti Art

This was an idea that I found on Pinterest, and instantly loved! And it was super easy! 

Here's the Mint Love Social Club original: 

via

I picked up my supplies at A.C. Moore and the closest scrapbook store!

The craft took about an hour total! I punched out my 1" circles, placed them on the canvas and glued down each one!

Quick, easy & perfect for my pink and gold room!

4. North Carolina Canvas

This craft took the most time because it involved three of my family members! 

My Dad is a huge North Carolina lover, so I knew that he would be perfect to draw the state. It took him all of five minutes! I was so impressed!

Since I can't write in cursive very well, my mom wrote on the canvas for me! After they were done, I painted the whole thing. I painted multiple coats on the actual state, so it wouldn't look streaky. 

I can't wait to hang this up somewhere in my new apartment!

The hearts are placed on my current home and Boone, where I'll be moving:)

These crafts have been super fun, and kept me busy! I can't wait to cross a few more off my list!

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A Fabulous New Look for Sweet Like a Song!

My new blog design is finally complete! 

I started dreaming of a new design from Munchkin Land Designs months ago, when Neely gave one away on her blog! I can remember sitting in the wedding office with Leigh, brainstorming what colors I should use, the patterns we liked and finding inspiration from Pinterest to hold onto until the time came.

Why Munchkin Land?

Because I fell more in love with each one of Jenn's amazing designs! You can check them out here! I loved that though every design was completely different, they all had a common element, an extremely talented designer behind their details and creativity.

At the end of July, I read that Jenn was having a special discount where you could get 20% off any design. She was celebrating her third anniversary of the design company, and I saw this as my opportunity to get in on the action! That day, I put in my order for an Elite Design Package, and waited for the magic to begin.

Jenn understood my personality to a T! 

I answered her requests by choosing color palettes, cartoons, and fonts that I liked. I sent her inspiration photos, blogs that I loved, and a little about my tastes, but the amazing product that came from it was 100% her. I am so happy with my fabulous new design. I think it describes me perfectly! 

The glitter, the mint, the pink, the chevron... I seriously can't stop looking at it!

I hope you all love it as much as I do! Sweet Like a Song wouldn't be what it is without my lovely readers! If you've been thinking about giving your blog a facelift, I highly recommend Munchkin Land Designs! 

As always, Have a Sweet Day!