Katie's 30th

I have been neglecting my blog because I have been working so much! But one thing I've been meaning to blog about is Katie's birthday! You know birthdays are very important to me but zero birthdays are even more special so when I stumbled upon this little project I knew it would be perfect for Katie's birthday (please forgive me blog world because I can't remember where I saw the original post being that I look at about 1000 websites everyday!) So my (not really mine but I think we have established that) project went something like this:
1. get a funny/cute/mildly embarrassing photo of a loved one
2. have it blown up (we did it at Kinko's and it was about $60)
3. have all of the following supplies: spray mount, poster board, lots of pretty stamps, address labels, vellum envelopes, an exato knife and husband to use as free labor.
4. mount the photo on to the poster board
5. measure and make a grid (we wanted the photo to be in 30 pieces since it was Katie's 30th birthday)
6. cut the poster into 30 post card puzzle pieces
7. type out address labels
8. hunt down 30 friends and family members and have them write messages to the birthday girl
9. make sure everyone gets them in the mail in a timely manner
10. enjoy know your friend who loves getting cards will recieve 30 surprise letters during her birthday week and gets to put together a "postcard puzzle"
I also had the picture put on a birthday cake so that everyone that wrote a card could see what the post card puzzle looked like. So fun was had by all. Happy birthday Katie!

Happy Birthday ShaLyse!

Happy Birthday to the sweetest girl I know! I love love love having you as a friend! You are beautiful, talented and kind! I adore you and hope you have a delightful day! If you don't read her blog you should! She is funny and her posts are adorable (although few and far between lately)
PS: I stole your picture off of your blog!

Monica's Flirty 30 Tiffany blue party part 1

Yesterday was the lovely Monica Choi's Birthday and we had a tiffany themed birthday for her. My hubby took care of finding some recipes for blue drinks and he manned the bar! Max took to the loud speaker (we held the party at the park cafe) he was singing to passers by! I took care of the cake, cookies, flowers, and candy. Her cute nieces Randi and Jazmyn did the decorations and got a hummer limo (It was dippy but actually super fun- Max was so impressed) We went from the Park Cafe to the Kings of Leon concert. Happy birthday Mon!

Mr. Fei's Birthday extravaganza

I feel like I have fallen off the earth- the new Nordstrom opened this past weekend and I have basically been an indentured servant! I'm kidding, it has actually been fun but a lot of work- so anyway here are some pic's of Henry's 30th we went to an amazing dinner on Thursday and I gave him his watch (it was the Tag Heuer Monaco), then on Friday we had his party. It was a Heineken themed party. We had Henry's face on the posters and so cupcake made us a "Henryken" cake. Thanks to everyone who came- it was so fun- definately a night to remember!

New Years Eve... AKA my R rated dress night...

Here are a few from New Years. I went to dinner with friends while Henry slaved away at work. I can't remember the name of the restaurant maybe because we did the wine pairing and they were VERY generous with the wine but the portions of the food were tiny! So I'm not really great at math but tiny food+ lots of wine= Amanda being extra fun! I also put one up of the boys there was not a single picture of Henry and I together but we did meet up at Jevan's house for a party and we had a pretty great kiss at midnight (maybe it was the R rated dress?!) This blog goes back to PG tomarrow

Erins House

I went to see my cute friend Erin at her parents beautiful house the other night. Erin moved to Arizona a while ago and miss her so much! It was such a fun night full of great wine and great conversation surrounded by beautiful art work (Erin's parents own a Russian art gallery in Park City) I also got to meet her wonderful boyfriend Brady! I feel really lucky to have people like Erin and her family in my life!

Congratulations Katie & Steven!

You know when your around a couple and you just know they are just meant for each other? Katie and Steven are just that kind of couple. I'm so happy that found each other and totally elated that they are getting married! Henry and I love you both! Congratulations!