I am so excited for this weekend as I get to participate in a tea party before my best bud's
wedding. But this tea party is unlike many you might have heard about. In addition to tea, we are having wine,
lots and lots of delicious wine. Plus, we get to get dressed up in party dresses (see post below) and pretend like we are southern belles. The event will be held at a gorgeous plantation - like location called Graceland. The gal who planned it is a superb party planner, and I helped pick out the amazing wine from a great vineyard in
Hermann, Mo. My favorite wine of theirs is the
Vignoles (pictured here in that darling blue bottle), but I also love the Seyval, the Adam's Choice and the Blush. Missouri has some great wineries! My sister and I often rent a bed & breakfast and have some amazing wine all day long. It is perfect!
In two days, I will have my hair professionally styled for only the second time in my life. When I was 11, my sweet mom took me with my bouncy red curls and my sister with her straight brown hair to the hair shop, and we got beautified. On Saturday, the bride will be paying for the entire bridal party to get their hair done. It's going to be fun! I never had a stylist do my hair for prom or for being a bridesmaid because I like hair, and I have always been completely content with my own hair designs. If I were the egotistic type, I might even call my styles amazing, but I'm not so I won't. For this professional styling, I have one rule: my hair will not be plastered to my head with enough hair spray to make me faint. That, hair stylists out there, does not look good. It looks like a poor girl has a stiff mop on top of her beautiful face. I am not having it, but here are some options. I am leaning toward a half-up look...
