GET YOUR BANNER OUT IT'S TIME TO PARTY

            Well it's Friday isn't it......end of the work week and let the weekend festivities begin!!!!!


Here is a little something Im working on for an upcoming fun double girls birthday!   Working on a few of these bright banners with fabric from the fabulous Walmart...yep gotta love my Walmart fabric stash.

This striped fabric is awesome, it has light pink, hot pink, yellow and lime green and red too!   I need to go grab some more because that color palette has given me tons of ideas already.

Happy Friday and Have a Great Weekend!

-MJ

SIMPLE DETAILS.

The beauty of a weddings sometimes lies within the small details that make the overall Big Day special.

Re-purposed pieces add great history to an event too. Vintage luggage, old sheet music, wood hangers,moss

(Lucky 7 Design)

Fabric from a dress and feathers add a romantic touch  to a boutonniere

 (Femme Fatale Florals for Lucky 7 Design)

Re-purposed ornate gold frames get moss covering along with some twine and clothespins (these were created by Catherine Scerbo Events with Lucky 7 Design moss frames)

Themed cookies are a great take home favor or an even better addition to Sweets Table.

(Oky's Cookies for Lucky 7 Design)

This centerpiece/tablemarker is easily created with flowers from garden, ball jar and 8x10 chalkboard.  (Lucky 7 Design)

This vignette is great for a fall wedding, preserved leaves, painted ball jar, citronella candle in terra cotta pot 

(Lucky 7 Design)

Another sweet centerpiece/table marker easily created with fresh garden cuts, painted ball jar, vintage lace handmade wood table number block, all sitting on a mirror frame.   (Lucky 7 Design)

Details don't have to be elaborate and expensive, they need to be well thought out and represent the whole feeling of the couple and the wedding itself.

-MJ

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Wishing a Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there.   

 Sharing a flower cupcake cake my daughter made for her sweet company Skulls N Sweets.

-MJ

NATIONAL DAY OF RECOGNITION....

MAY 10TH ....is now officially Military Spouse Appreciation Day. 



  As a military wife myself who has been through a deployment alone with 4 children IN 2009. I don't think people understand what you go through.

Yes there are single parents out there, and yes I was one of them before I met my Marine too.  It isn't the same, your other half is somewhere else in the world fighting for hi/her life and their country's freedom.  

Sometimes they are stateside and you do get to see them, but living life on a military base isn't the same either.  You are away from family, you have to create a new set of friends, it's like going to a new high school.   Sometimes you have to be relocated to another state or even a country.

So I want to take this time to give a BIG SHOUTOUT...to all the military spouses out there holding it down.   This goes for the husband's too, because this is the U.S.A and we have brave women in the military too who are wives and mothers as well.

Thank you to our President Barack Obama and our fabulous First Lady Michelle Obama for showing amazing support to our military families.

SEMPER FIDELIS

-MJ

WHAT'S BEHIND THIS NEXT DOOR.........

It has truly been a crazy past 2 months for Lucky 7 Design.     After the shop closing, I took some time with the family.  

Then I got down deep and really decided that my focus should be in the wedding/event props.  So the new website is still under construction (im picky..lol)   Photoshoots are happening and hopefully a new warehouse showroom soon.    Etsy shop will be the only retail shop at the moment.

 I have been working with a fabulous event planner here in NJ, who is very talented and she and I share a lot of the same visions for design and events.  We are planning some great things for this year.

Im also working with a local venue and doing some freelance work as well.  It's crazy but I can't complain....the best part is standing back and watching people enjoy something you have created.

So today, just stopping in before my crazy weekend to say hi and wondering what is behind the next door I open.......

-MJ

LET'S GO VISIT.................

So I told you all how I wanted to start sharing awesome shops that I love and the owners who are the creative mind behind them too.

This week I want to introduce you to Zardenia.............their Etsy Shop is filled with great handmade jewelry as well as a ton of supplies for those of you who want to give it a shot yourselves.

GIVEAWAY ALERT !!!!!!!!

This sweet pair of Chevron Earrings are part of a fabulous Facebook giveaway on Zardenia's page.  You can go over and enter HERE

Please go on over and give their page a LIKE and be entered to this fabulous giveaway!    

You can also check out their sister company's page Hazal's Bazaar for all your crafting supplies such as washi tape, paper tags, wooden spools, bakery twine and more....   

I hope you all enjoy these shops as much as I do!!!!

-MJ

BIG NEWS.............

I woke up today to wonderful news, I received an email from RUSTIC WEDDING CHIC and they have added Lucky 7 Design Vintage Prop Rentals to their approved vendor list.      

We are on the RUSTIC WEDDING GUIDE under Rentals listings for New Jersey!    This site is such a great resource and I am so happy to be apart of it.  We have a large selection of props, but I must say that rustic style is definitely one of my favorites.


You can also check out Rustic Wedding Chic's Facebook page HERE.


Great things are happening for Lucky 7 Design Vintage Prop Rentals this Spring, hope you will all join me on this wonderful journey.

-MJ

SOMETHING BLUE..................

With so many events on the horizon, I can't help spend sometime daydreaming.  In this case I thought partially of the saying....Something Borrowed...Something Blue.       Or as I like to picture it in my head....TURQUOISE!      My 2nd favorite color to green...well I love them equally but that for another post.

Here are some fabulous ways to do Something Blue (Shhh Turquoise) on your wedding day.

 

Anyone who knows me well, knows that I would totally do the turquoise rain boots!!!!

ALL IMAGES WERE FOUND VIA GOOGLE IMAGES

- MJ

AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH.

For those of you who don't already know, April is Autism Awareness month and yesterday was the Official Light it Up BLUE day for Autism.

Here is a photo of our porch light, which is now BLUE and will shine all month for our daughter Samayah.

 Here is a little collage my oldest made to post up in support of her little sis.  

We are walking on April 28th, in Sewaren, NJ.   For more information on donating on behalf of our team 'Samayah's Autism Soldiers' you can visit POAC (Parents Of Autistic Children) which is a wonderful New Jersey organizational that provides services and training to families living with Autism.

- MJ

SATURDAY SKETCHING

With the Spring/Summer Wedding season upon us, I have been sketching out some ideas for table displays and sets for events.

Website is still in the works, lots of photographs to up load for inventory page.    Photoshoots are scheduled for next month, must say 'Im very excited to bring these sketches to life.

I'll give you a little sneak peek at some of the sketches that you will see in real life soon.

- MJ