Let the Planning Begin!

Months ago, I sat in Sweet Frog, enjoying frozen yogurt (cake batter, please) brainstorming internship ideas with my friends Marcia and Don. My graduate program gives students the opportunity to complete a 100-hour internship instead of taking a full-semester course just before graduation. I can remember thinking to myself that if an internship was indeed a possibility, it HAD to incorporate my three passions: event planning, New York City and Appalachian State in one grand experience. Most students that complete internships are full-time students, and have the whole summer to move somewhere else or work in an office on campus. While working full-time, I don't have that luxury, but made it my personal mission to make it work.

The next day, I had it figured out.

I could plan an alumni event at the Appalachian Loft in New York City. I love New York, and the AppLoft is the perfect place to bring together former fellow Mountaineers for one magical evening. The only other thing I needed was someone else to believe in my dream just as much as I did. A week later, I met with our Chancellor, and casually mentioned this idea that I'd dreamt up one evening over frozen yogurt. She loved it! She was on board, and the wheels started turning.

A lot has happened since then. I've filled out tons of paperwork, registered for the internship and paid for the credit hours that I hope to earn when all this is complete. This was all done without knowing the actual date of this of the event...until yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, I got the information that I'd been waiting to hear for so long.

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Believe me, this isn't an April Fool's joke! It's the real thing. My first shot at planning an event in New York City!

If anyone has been waiting for a sign like I have, I'd say this is it!



Let the planning begin!


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I'm No Longer An Intern!

I am happy to announce that I have completed my time as an event planning intern!

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved, I mean loved my internship, but I'm so excited to be an official Assistant Wedding Coordinator! Since my interning days are over, and I won't be working in the office during the week, I'm going to miss our beautiful downtown office so much!

Here's the front door view!

From the inside!

My desk for the summer!

Since it was my last day, I wanted to make sure it was a special one! For me, it's not a celebration without presents and dessert! So that's exactly what we had!

My sweet Mama whipped up one of her famous chocolate eclair cakes for us to enjoy. It was delicious and perfect for the occasion!

Thanks Mama!

I also brought a few gifts with me!

One for Leigh, for being such a wonderful boss during my internship, and for giving me this amazing opportunity! While shopping last week, I saw an adorable personalized (with a monogram of course) business card holder. For someone with beautiful business cards like Leigh, this was the perfect gift!

How cute is this for her desk?!

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Yesterday also happened to be Olivia's birthday (one of the other interns)! Olivia works for a photographer in our office, and it just as sweet as can be! Did I mention she loves Hello Kitty as much as I do? That made picking out the perfect present a breeze! I went straight to Target and picked up a Hello Kitty scented notebook (not quite sure how that works!) and the cutest birthday pin!

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I had a great last day working on updating our vendor list for Leigh Pearce Weddings! We love our vendors, and there are a ton of them! Leigh and I also visited our favorite restaurant next door for a great lunch at M'Coul's!

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The Kickin' Chicken Wrap? Yes, please!

Around 4:15, we were ready to call it a day, and I made my way out of the office for the last time as an intern! So bittersweet! 

Then it was time for the real fun...my post-internship celebratory trip to Lilly Pulitzer! Luckily, it's just a few miles away!

Though I didn't buy anything during my visit, it was still fun to shop and look around!

I am so thankful for an amazing internship, an amazing experience and an amazing summer of wedding planning, design ideas, and wonderful brides! I can't wait to see what the fall season has to offer!

Have you finished your summer internship? Did you fall head over heels in love like I did?

Ready-for-Work Clothes!

I know that most of your are saying TGIF this morning, as you prepare to enjoy the weekend, but I'm feeling excitement of a different kind! Today is the first day of my summer internship and I'm beyond excited! It's also the first event that I'll be attending, and I can't wait to soak up every minute of it! Everything starts at 4pm, so keep your fingers crossed!

In honor of my first day at work, I wanted to share with you some pictures of work clothes that I've been seeing on Pinterest and using as my inspiration!

I always find myself trying to imitate the pieces that someone has put together on Pinterest! Most of the time, it doesn't look as good as the original, but hey, a girl can try! There are some things that I would never think about putting together, until I see them complete with shoes and accessories. 

I'm loving these pleated skirts in different lengths! They're fun, flowy and easy to move in!

Aren't these bright pencil skirts cute? The brighten up the whole outfit and give it a pop of color!

My favorite new look is a women's blazer with a cute crop pant or pencil skirt! I haven't found my own yet, but it's definitely on my to-buy list! I'd love to find one with cute detail lining the inside, so I can turn the sleeves up at the cuff!

All pictures courtesy of Pinterest

Where do you find your clothes for work? What's your fashion inspiration?

A Lucky Weekend So Far!

Hi everyone!

I hope you all have a had a great weekend so far! Mine has already been busy, but so so good!

I'm a little behind, so I'll have to update you on a couple of things that I've been doing. On Thursday, after I got done with class, I headed home from Boone to work on a project that I have. It's about a two-hour drive to my house, so not too bad. That night, I got the sweetest little surprise from Emily at In the Life of Emily. She chose a winner for her Swell Caroline "Starboard Bangle" giveaway and I won! This bracelet was already on my Christmas list for this year, so it must have been fate! 

This is the color that I chose:

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I'm so excited to get it!

Thanks for the wonderful giveaway, Emily!

The project I came home to work on is about what it takes to be a performer. I had to pick a radio or TV personality and interview them in person. I chose Brent Campbell, a reporter that I worked with this summer at my internship. The interview was yesterday (Friday) morning at 8:30AM at the office of the Winston-Salem Journal.

Here I am at my internship!

(This past summer)

Once my interview was finished, I was free to do whatever I wanted. After hearing about Ashley at Everyday AEM going to visit Edward McKay's used book store and finding so many things, I just had to see what this place was all about! My mom and I both ended up finding things we liked. I found 3 of the 4 books for Ashley & Crystal's Cover2Cover Book Club and got them for $15.50 TOTAL! I thought that was awesome! There were so many other things I wanted to take with me, but I left with these:

$3.00

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$5.00

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$7.50

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Hop on over to one of their blogs to join in on all the fun!

I'm still on the lookout for the first book of the club "How to be a Hepburn in a Hilton World" because after talking to someone at Barnes and Noble, I found out that they didn't have it either. While waiting for my mom to finish shopping, I grabbed these and sat for a while...

This time I tried the Gingerbread Latte!

We ran a couple more places including one of my favorite restaurants, Village Tavern (I couldn't pass up the crab dip when I was so close by) and Sam's Club. Then it was back to Boone for me. Jake had planned to go home last night for a day, but decided to leave early this morning instead, so I got to spend some extra time with him:) We decided to watch a movie and chose "The Change-up" with Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds, which I liked okay, but I thought it was a little bit on the raunchy side (my personal opinion).

Have you seen it yet? What did you think?

& I saved the best for last! 

My blog friend Dayna Leigh at A Bama Belle and A Bucket List and I have decided to do a button swap, after we both created these cute new buttons for our blogs! Make sure to grab her button and check out her super cute blog!

Have a great rest of the weekend!