N Is For Noel

     We celebrated my Noel on Friday afternoon!

All her girlfriends from her entire life and her favorite cousin gathered in the late afternoon at a small cafe called Zinc for some wine & appetizers.

Later the girls celebrated her last night out as a single little lady...

               Before she marries the man that she loves~            

Her sister & I filled white crepe paper nut cups with champagne bubble gumdrops, white dutch mints, a white rose clip for their hair & a dress up silver engagement ring for all the girls to wear!

 Everyone took home their own mason jar with a fresh white rose!

It was fun to wrap for my beautiful bride to be...

with silky blush & white satin ribbons!

   I have to share her Amazing smile with you... 

Look how happy she is when she opened a gift from one of my sweetest friends Amydoll! 

A vintage Hotel Del Coronado porcelain water pitcher! 

Gold & White!

She is getting married on the sand at the Hotel Del~

Amy also sent her an old candle votive from a church in France with a vintage candle inside with the French writing on it.  Here she was explaining to everyone what exactly was making her beam & glow so...
 shhhhhhhhh...
{even more than the very pretty lacy lingerie her girlfriends picked out so carefully} 

That's my girl...
I thought to myself proudly as her friends listened and looked on with so much intrigue but still were wondering her secret to make her smile So Big!

What is it about a special vintage piece that touches one like nothing else?

Or
 do you think it is because someone sees You, loves You & really gets You and does something
Just To See You Smile This Big?
Or
Was it because all of us who love her, who could be here, gathered around to celebrate her?
I think it was all of the above~

I give you all my love this week my darling friends!

What vintage present would make you smile this BIG?

XO

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