Creative Gender Reveal

I was wracking my brain to think of a unique and creative gender reveal before we found out what we were having, when it hit me that I had to do something with paint. I love art so this felt just really true to us (or more to me actually, but Sol (my husband) was game for anything!)

I loved the idea of making art that could also be a cool keepsake, so I decided to mix two jars of paint - one with “boy” colors and the other with “girl” colors. We then gave Sol’s sister the jars and the paper with the baby’s sex results and had her cover/tape up the relevant one and give it back to us. I was going to do a canvas at first but I also have always loved painting on blank skateboard decks and thought that could be a really cool piece to put in the baby’s room, so Sol spray painted one white for us.

We then blindfolded ourselves (looks like we’re hostages in the photos 🙈) and poured!

Sol and I wanted to find out alone first, so we did the paint pour ourselves on our patio and then did a separate small reveal for our families. We wanted to include our nieces and nephews in that one since were super close to them, so we had them pop four big balloons with hidden confetti inside for everyone else to find out that we’re having a baby girl! 🥰 💗

LIVE Candle Making class with Flores Lane & The Sill

IMAGE CREDIT: FLORES LANE

I’m so excited to be doing this super fun candle making class with Flores Lane & The Sill LA! Would love for all of you guys to join us. Open a bottle of wine, grab your roomie or your partner, or enjoy some sweet alone time and let’s make some candles!

When: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 @ 8PM PST
Where: Your Living Room

What you’ll need: Intentionally linked everything essential here from Amazon , so you can order and return easily. Also note that you’ll be able to make a lot of candles with these, and can reuse leftover materials for making candles at home any time. You can also split bulk materials like wax and wicks with family or friends so you each have some to use for the class.

• Vessels - use what you have at home! old candle jars, mason jars, mugs, tea cups, etc

• Pitcher - you can use this on a hot plate or double boiler. (smaller option here, but there’s only a $2 price difference) One if these is highly recommended but if you really don’t want to invest you can use a glass pitcher that can be boiled. (It just may be tougher to get the wax out after!)

• Mixing utensils - either these skewers (great because they’re disposable) or a metal spoon works just fine.

• Wicks - ideally wicks made of all natural cotton fiber & beeswax coating with an aluminum metal base like these. To pick the best wicks for your vessels, check out this link.

• 100% Soy Wax or Beeswax. These are both excellent and non toxic options. Soy wax is less pricey than beeswax if you’re on a budget. (I got the 10lb bag because I’m hoping to make a lot of candles, but pick the size that makes sense for you!)

• Optional - glue dots and wick sticks to keep the wicks in place. I didn’t want to spend on wick sticks so I just had my husband drill holes into popsicle sticks for me. You can also just use chopsticks or pencils to keep the wicks in place. Instead of glue dots you can use a hot glue gun to anchor your wick to the bottom of the container. (If I know you personally, you’re welcome to come pick up glue dots from me, I have plenty in my craft drawer!)

• Optional - grapeseed oil and essential oils / or you can order your favorite candle scents from sites like  Candle Science, The Flaming Candle & Wholesale Supplies Plus.

Can’t wait to have a fun, creative night together & make candles with you guys! Feel free to share with any friends and family that you think would love this.

Wedding Details

There were so many details I wanted to include in my wedding but couldn’t do all of them! Below are some of the ones I was able to go through with and I was so happy I did!

I designed and printed (at home!) all our wedding dinner menus, along with making hundreds of my own wax seals that I adhered to the menus with a glue dot. I wanted our napkins also to be tied instead of folded and I went with velvet taupe and mauve colored.

I used the same monogram that I designed for the wax seals as a small embroidered detail on our kippas. I wanted the embroidery to be small and subtle, almost resembling a men’s shirt monogram.

Hand cut, grommeted + tied all my wedding seating cards! Our amazing florist (Butterfly Floral) then set them on a bed of moss which looked so romantic and beautiful!

I designed a logo that we used on matches we had left by the bar, as well as for our huge neon sign in the ballroom.

I wish we had cut the sign out (didn’t see it til day of) instead of having it over a box acrylic frame.