24k gold.

about a month ago, we decided to have a cocktail party for our roommates 24th birthday. it's pretty common (or used to be) for everyone to come over, get drunk, and pass out on our couch so we wanted it to be different... classy even. so seeing as how she was turning 24, cait's mom came up with the cute theme of "24 karat gold." cue the pinteresting.

we sent out invite with this fantastic website called paperless post. after much debate, this is the one we chose.

the party finally arrived this past weekend and it was a lot of work! i know i do this for a living, but being the event designer/hostess is way different than managing from a venue side. i had to worry about decor, space issues, making the food, etc. cait's mom was a huge help - she is an event planner too so we were a great team. 

some of the food labels i made. 

buffalo chicken wonton dippers - receipe from pinterest here. i also made pizza bites and brie & pear tarts. yum!

24 banner over the food table.

thank you pinterest - i couldn't stop glittering everything and they turned out so great! super easy too - i just taped around the jar, painted on mod podge, sprinkled glitter on the jar and pulled the tape off.

mantle.

table on the front porch - my fave shot of the night.

yes, those are real carrots that are spray painted gold. mrs. hewitt is so creative!

cmh banner & the mantle.

me, katie, birthday girl, chelsea and carrie.

hope you had a great birthday, cmh!

this was after i had an outfit change due to a little spill. 

and this is me, still hungover at 9pm on super bowl sunday, and my wonderful momma.