I created place cards by writing our names on cute ombre gift tags I found at Target.

A vase of two shades of Gerber daisies was our centerpiece.

Ashley made a breakfast pizza, Linda made breakfast potatoes, MJ brought cromuffins from La Patisserie and I made a frittata, blue and pink vanilla cake and a pink crepe. We also enjoyed pomegranate cranberry juice with prosecco.

You may or may not be able to tell but the cakes are three different shades of blue cake and three different shades of pink vanilla buttercream icing. Ombre!

I used Pioneer Woman’s Sunday frittata recipe for inspiration and the order of cooking the ingredients but I pretty much winged this frittata recipe! The dish included half an onion, one potato, one red bell pepper, two handfuls of mushrooms, and two handfuls of spinach, all seasoned with salt, pepper, chili flakes, and oregano. I layered the bottom of the pan with potato slices and evened out the mix on top of it before pouring a mixture of five eggs and shredded cheese over it. About 17 minutes later, ta-da frittata!

Jack the Boston Terrier, fur baby of MJ, came to our brunch too. Here he is helping me show you my ombre necklace.As always, it was a lovely afternoon enjoying very interesting conversation with some of my favorite ladies. While we all have busy schedules, hence the two-month hiatus, I like that we’ve been able to make time for each other to catch up and practice our brunch-making skills. I’m looking forward to next month!

I’ve been loving collecting brunch recipes. What’s your favorite brunch recipe?
Want more ombre? Here’s my ombre inspiration board.
Want more brunch? Here’s our brunch board of recipes we’ve made or want to try.

One of my goals this year is to throw 12 celebrations. This is #5 of 12. These are big and small parties for any occasion with the goal of planning and executing something fun. See all the celebrations here.

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This past weekend was absolutely magical. I got to see one of my best friends get married. And I’m still floating on the high.

This was the first wedding of one of my best friends where I really knew the groom, too, so it was extra special. I heard the story about their meeting right after it happened, met him a few months after they started dating (and watched them construct an interesting-looking gingerbread house), got to know him throughout the years and saw their journey together from the start. It’s extra special because I know for sure that their love for each other is deep, sincere and something we all want!

Gingerbread House!

Rochelle and I actually didn’t like each other at first. I didn’t know who she was when we both went into high school, but I sure did know that she was dating my ex-boyfriend. They eventually broke up and we ended up with a lot of classes together one semester. We discovered we were both awesome and better off without that mutual boy and we became really good friends. I was there for her through the relationships that didn’t go right, and it’s interesting to realize that past all that heartache, she’s exactly where she is supposed to end up. She gets to spend the rest of her life with her best friend.

Rochelle and I at our high school prom.

And they are not only best friends but soulmates. They complement each other so well, and honestly, they are two of the best people I know. Rochelle sticks up for the people she loves and she loves them deeply. She has always been the one with the right words to say, especially when life isn’t going right. Rasy always has a smile or friendly smirk on his face. He is always willing to jump in and help. And most of all, he takes care of and cherishes Rochelle like no other.

Throughout the weekend, I kept thinking about the happy moments that made me smile. Here are a few.

Happiness is:

• believing that no matter what things they’ve done wrong in their relationship, they choose to love each other for the many more things that they’ve done right
• hearing the other bridesmaids shout out expressions of excitement and love throughout the day as we got ready
• seeing how Rochelle treated her precious flower girl, which made me sure she is going to be an awesome mom one day
• watching her walk down the aisle to meet her love and both of them have happy tears
• standing next to her as she makes the most important promise of her life thus far
• hearing them recite the prayer they wrote, which was filled with the most sincere and personal hope, ambition and promise to create a beautiful marriage
• eating, dancing and partying for hours with people you love and respect so incredibly much
• knowing that no matter what her future holds, she has someone to endure and adventure with forever

I love you both! Thank you for being great friends to me and even better lovers to each other. Big, happy congrats to your future together! <3

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Basically, everyone at BiSC is incredibly awesome. But more on that later.

When I signed up for BiSC, I was so excited and so scared. (http://youtu.be/bflYjF90t7c) I was excited about really experiencing Vegas for the first time and getting to meet and hang out with some really cool people, BUT I was going to meet some really cool people who I had never met before, so it was a little nerve-racking. Meeting a group of BiSC people who came to Austin to run a half-marathon and hanging out with Austinites Ashley and Linda before helped a lot.

First, the event itself is stellar. Nicole is a lady with superpowers. Her event planning expertise/coordination is phenomenal and all the events were so much fun. From the starting mixer to the private dessert tasting at Serendipity to lounging in our private roped off area at the Flamingo pool to getting hot and heavy at Zumanity to all the food at the buffets to the Mad Men themed party where we danced the night away at Chateau and everything in-between, the weekend was full of a variety of fun events, which made it even more fun to mix and mingle with the people of BiSC.

And about those lovely people…yes, those people are awesome. They are incredibly fun, talented, ambitious, fierce, gutsy, kind-hearted, and down-to-earth. It may have been a little nerve-racking, but I realized that these 59 other people are kind of really like me. They have life stories. They have goals. They have fears and insecurities. And they might even be nervous too, but they opened their hearts and arms to each other and it was kind of pretty awesome to experience. I didn’t have any friend soulmate experiences, but when I said my goodbyes at the farewell brunch, it was sad realizing that every weekend isn’t like this and no, we couldn’t really just stay in Vegas together forever.

My life didn’t change dramatically at BiSC, but it gave me a pretty big knock on the head. Being at BiSC confirmed my thoughts on things I had been thinking about for a while. It confirmed what I thought was lacking in my life and inspired me to dream bigger. That was inevitable since I was constantly around this fearless group of people who were striving to live incredible lives and chasing after their dreams. BiSC sparked my fire for ambition, self-love, new friends, and love all over again.

So thank you, beautiful BiSC-uits, for being incredibly awesome in-person and online and for being you.

Photo by the awesome Hello, Gorgeous. Photography

P.S. The BiSC gift bag rocked my world. Check out the BiSC blog for all the sweet deets!

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