Sunday, June 2, 2013

So Many Favorites!!!

Recap Part 1-

We had a super fabulous time last night at our 2nd Annual Favorite Things Party!  Thank you so much to Melissa for hosting us once again at her beautiful home/ outdoor area.

Thanks again to Canvas & Cabernet  for donating one of our wonderful door prizes and Amy at Chocolate Sundae Designs for our invite.


The take home bags and door prize section were set up and waiting for our guests to arrive.  Each bag had scratch paper, pen, favorites quiz, and a  Ladies First feedback form.  The ladies used these bags to take their new favorites home in!

In addition to the painting class, other prizes were:  a 4 piece bake set, a wine cork trivet, and chalkboard blocks or wine glasses to decorate.
Everyone brought a yummy dessert or side to share and several recipes were requested.  These will be posted soon!  Melissa had hot drinks out for us as well this year in case anyone wanted coco etc.  This was such a change from last year when it was 100 degrees! 




THE FAVORITES TABLE!!!  So many great goodies!   There is a jar in the middle to draw a little strip of paper out of.  Each strip was folded into fourths.  After writing your name on all four sections you cut them apart and dropped three in for favorite things and one for the door prize. 



We spent some time chatting and eating some yummy food before getting started.


Melissa's husband stopped by to add some baby coy fish he had just purchased.

We also played a little "Guess Who Favorites Game".  I looked for a game that was different that what we played last year, but wasn't having much luck.   So, I just kind of made up one for this year.  Each bag for the ladies had a sheet with five favorites - Favorite car they have owned, favorite job they have held, favorite vacation spot they have traveled to, favorite room in their house, and favorite thing to do with an hour of free time. 

I collected all the sheets and read them off one at a time as people tried to guess which one went with who.  Laura was the winner with 8 correct answers!  She won her choice off of the door prize table! 

The game was more fun than I thought.  It made us laugh several times and we learned a bit about each other.  It was fun to hear some of the favorite cars or jobs we have had and trying to figure out who was who!   (bartender in a fried chicken place, beer cart girl on a golf course, department store sales, clerk in a music store, vet tech???)

Then the highlight of the night began!  Each lady stood up to tell us about her products, why she picked them as her favorites, where you can get it , and how much it costs if you had multiple items getting you to your $10. 

(more product descriptions coming on a later post)

Allison started us off with Hillbilly Pedicures!


Andrea sharing her uses for coconut oil and her love of Pinterest projects.

Melissa having a laugh as she was telling us about her lip balm and nail polish favorites.

It was so fun to see everyone getting so excited as names were drawn from the box for each product!  There was crafty stuff, cooking stuff, and fitness stuff.....sometimes you were hoping it wasn't you that was called because then you would have to craft, cook, or exercise  :)  

Laura was excited to pick out one of Melissa's favorites.


Tisha sharing about her favorite coffee.


Marcy brought silicone lids for your dishes.

Amber and her chalk markers and chalkboard spray paint. 

Julie sharing about the hair shampoo she loves.

One of Becca's favorite places is Orange Leaf and she added in a box of speciality chocolates.

Dara shares about her laces, Cliff Bar,and Gu energy.

Laura brought Burt's Bees lip balm and Godiva chocolates.

Krystal telling us about her favorite from The Body Shop as well as Burt's Bees lip balm.

Since Julie had to leave early, Laura told about the Black Raspberry Vanilla body spray that she had brought.

Then evening ended with smore's around the firepit.  Such a great ending to a great night!
Stay tuned for more product info and recipes! 

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