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After my June bridal shower, the fun continued into the wee hours of the night when nine wonderful ladies celebrated my upcoming marriage in style ... with a bachelorette party that had no style. The idea came from my Maid of Honor, Katie. We've both been obsessed with the 80s since forever (thank Girls Just Want to Have Fun for that). But we didn't want anything so simple as an 80s theme. Because it's just too easy to slack off and put on some leggings and a cut-up shirt and call it 80s. That's just not us. Katie and I go all out whenever we do something, and this was my bachelorette party. It was time to pull out all the stops. In makeup, getting ready for the night. So Katie came up with the idea that we should look like we're attending an ugly wedding in the 80s. Like authentically ugly. I would wear an ugly wedding dress and the rest of the girls would find ugly party dresses to be the guests and bridesmaids. And I am happy to say nearly all of my friends loved the idea and really embraced it. Everyone headed out to Goodwill and Salvation Army and purchased the incredibly gawdy and amazing dresses you'll see below. I found my dress at Salvation Army. It was actually pretty expensive, but I went on a day when all clothes were half off, so that helped. There was another wedding dress there that fit me that was around $20, but it was very plain and ugly. And as the bachelorette, I needed insane bridezilla and ugly. So with my husband-to-be's blessing, I made the splurge for the showstopping satiny white dress with pouffy sleeves and a huge train and it was TOTALLY WORTH IT! The dress made the evening. Everyone looked so amazing and we did our hair and makeup all crazy so as a group we were incredible. But that dress made it so easy for other people to figure out what was going on and get really excited for us. All night we had people running up to take our picture and offer congratulations and let us know they would be stealing the idea for their own bachelorette party. haha Katie should be a party planner. I really think the key to it being such a success was that everyone really embraced the theme and just had fun with it. We all looked equally ridiculous (except my mom, who sort of half-assed it) and so no one really looked out of place. We were a team and just loved getting to be together and celebrate. Although, it is worth mentioning that the guys at the bars totally loved my mom. They all wanted to talk to her. haha In the end, there wasn't a single detail I would have changed. This was by far the best night I could have imagined to celebrate with my girls. I'm so grateful to have such wonderful women in my life!  My lovely bridesmaids also kicked off the evening with a little game that was so fun and a great way to pre-party before going to the bars. Each guest had purchased a pair of underwear (in my size) and they put them all together in a little gift bag. Then they gave it to me and had me pull out one pair at a time and try to guess who bought me that pair of underwear. If I guessed wrong, I had to take a drink of this very strong drink they had concocted for me. It was really fun, especially because each girl sort of picked out a pair of underwear that she would probably wear herself, so it was funny to try to match them up. And, after the party, every time I wore any of the panties they gave me, it made me smile and remember this fabulous night. Kind of like the gift that kept on giving. So I highly recommend that little game. With my 'maids. As you can see in the pictures, several of the girls had buttons on. Some of them were from Michaels, designating the bride, maid of honor, and bridesmaids. And then we also had some smaller ones with funny phrases and labels like "Queen Bitch" and "I'll Have Another". I'm not sure where those buttons came from, but I'm sure you could find something similar at a party store or online. You could even make a little game out of passing out the buttons if you wanted to extend the pre-party. The infamous dress. My bridesmaids got a chance to practice bustling before leaving the parking garage. At Good Time Charley's. Several of the waitresses and a couple other people came over to take our pictures as well. Haha We were basically celebrities. Andrea, Sue and Emily rockin it out The whole crew The dress with the bustle Standing on the Block M in the diag at University of Michigan Getting silly at the end of the night Update: I was recently asked if I still had the crazy wedding dress and if I would be willing to pass it on to a fellow 80s-loving bride. Unfortunately, the dress is no longer in my possession, or else I would love to help someone else have an awesome bachelorette party with such a funky dress. My mother ended up donating it back to Goodwill for me shortly after the shower. If you live in Jackson, MI, hit up Goodwill and you just might find it. Otherwise, I'd just suggest making the thrift store rounds to find the perfect ugly dress for you. There are always wedding dresses at my local Salvation Army in Syracuse, NY. But I definitely recommend going on a day when clothes are discounted, since these dresses can be pretty pricey. I believe I paid $75 for my dress, and it was on a day when all clothes were half off. Definitely extravagant for a joke dress, but it was absolutely worth it. To all you brides-to-be out there looking for an ugly dress for your bachelorette party, I wish you the best of luck! And remember, puffy sleeves are a must!

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Why thrift when your friends can bring their unwanted items to your party to exchange with your guests. This cute Clothing Swap Party Invitation is the perfect way to set the tone for a fun and creative party. This is a digital download template that you can edit in Canva. Free design elements have been used in this invitation, so that you do not need a Canva Pro account to use this template. Invitation size is 8.5 x 11 and can be saved and sent to your guests electronically or printed. Can also be used as a flyer or a social media post. Your invitation comes with easy instructions with your download link along with free quick and easy tips for editing. Speaking of editing, you can customize this template and change the fonts, text, graphics and colors to suit your needs. Have fun, save money and use your creativity with digital downloads. If you need any additional support, Cornell Studios is a quick email away.

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Why thrift when your friends can bring their unwanted items to your party to exchange with your guests. This cute Clothing Swap Party Invitation is the perfect way to set the tone for a fun and creative party. This is a digital download template that you can edit in Canva Pro. PLEASE NOTE: THIS INVITATION USES PREMIUM CONTENT IN CANVA AND YOU WILL HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR A FREE PRO CANVA TRIAL TO DOWNLOAD THIS INVITATION. You can cancel the Pro Canva account before the 30 days so that you will not be charged. If you prefer a Clothing Swap Invitation using Canva's free design elements please look through our store for additional Clothing Swap Invitations. Invitation size is 8.5 x 11 and can be saved and sent to your guests electronically or printed. Can also be used as a flyer or a social media post. Your invitation comes with easy instructions with your download link along with free quick and easy tips for editing. Speaking of editing, you can customize this template and change the fonts, text, graphics and colors to suit your needs. Have fun, save money and use your creativity with digital downloads. If you need any additional support, Cornell Studios is a quick email away.

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We had a blast with our Thrift Store Scavenger Hunt activity this week. We had 6 girls from our oldest class show up and we split them into 2 teams. I would not do groups any larger than 3. I wanted to split them into pairs but one girl showed up late. The third team was myself and the YW president. A few tips to make it fun, competitive and fair.TIPSWe showed up 45 minutes before the store closed and the game was over when they made the overhead announcement that the store was closing. Be prep

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We like parties at our house. And birthdays are a BIG DEAL. My daughters like to talk about themes for their birthday parties all year long. My oldest daughter, McDaniel, came up with a thrift store theme for her birthday some time ago. WAY before that stupid song came out. She has been forced to like thrift stores by me. After finding some pretty cool stuff, she genuinely likes to thrift now. She decided to enlighten some of her friends on the thrift store experience this past weekend. She handed out price tag shaped invitations that I made. (Can't find an extra one to photograph.) Since we were taking 13 14-year-olds shopping, we decided that bright t-shirts would make them easy to spot. We found a 2 for $5 deal at Joann Fabrics. My husband Monte picked those up and had to negotiate HARD for them to honor the online deal in the store. They did. Because that is how it is with Monte. But they rang each of the 15 shirts separately. Typing in 100 numbers each time. Monte felt the hate of everyone standing in line behind him. The color of the shirts is Safety Green. As in "I could see you safely from 2 miles away." I made my own stencil to paint on the t-shirts. I printed this out in Word and using an Exacto Knife, cut out the words. I decided to go with the spray fabric paint again. So fast and easy! I used a paintbrush to spread around the paint in thin spots. We decided to have the girls do a scavenger hunt in the thrift store to give the shopping experience some structure. McDaniel divided the girls up into 4 teams that we posted at the house. Monte found an article on the web about a guy who had found a signed Picasso at a thrift store in our area. He posted it for the girls to read. He bought the print for $14 and sold it for $7,000. It pays to thrift! Once we got to the thrift store, I handed out clipboards with 12 items for each group to find. Each group's list was different. There were things like: •Find something with a squirrel on it •Find something with fur. •Find something creepy. (black cat with green eyes. shiver shudder!) •Find a leather jacket. Each group had a photographer who took a photo of each item with their phone. Searching. Hamming it up. When they were done, they found either Monte or I and we checked off each item as we saw the picture. Monte found this huge desk that he made his "office". We saw the desk being loaded into someone's truck before we left the store. The girls blew through the lists faster than I thought! (And our lunch reservations weren't for another hour.) On the fly, I had each team regroup and I gave them themes to dress and accessorize for. Like: •Prom •The 80s •Country & Western Not sure what the red hat has to do with this theme. •A wedding Groom. She even put silk flowers in her pocket! Bride. They couldn't find a wedding dress so they used a bed sheet, belt and a lacy table cloth for a veil. LOVE their creativity! Flower girl. They even had a preacher. I made trophies for the teams who finished the scavenger hunt first. I bought these plastic trophies at the Dollar Spot at Target last year. I decided to paint one gold. I decided to embellish the trophies with little hangers using this fun wire. I just twisted the wire into a hanger shape. Aren't they cute? I twisted a piece of wire to each hanger so I could hot glue it to the inside of each trophy. So fun. After a great lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant, we came back to our house for cupcakes. I had them made by Chocolate Cafe and they did a great job! They turned out so cute! Jeans. The cupcake to the right has pennies on it. A blazer. A quarter is on the cupcake to the right. These hangers are adorable. Scavenger hunt winners of the Gold Cup. Silver Cup winners for creativity for the wedding theme. It was a good day. Did McDaniel successfully make thrift shoppers out of any of the girls? Maybe. I saw some girls buy a camouflage snuggie (they gave it to McDaniel). A Barbie DVD (they gave it to McDaniel). And a Cinderella 3 DVD (she kept that for herself). This party worked so well that I just might try to do it for adults. My girlfriend's birthday is this week and I do have a few t-shirts left over…

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We like parties at our house. And birthdays are a BIG DEAL. My daughters like to talk about themes for their birthday parties all year long. My oldest daughter, McDaniel, came up with a thrift store theme for her birthday some time ago. WAY before that stupid song came out. She has been forced to like thrift stores by me. After finding some pretty cool stuff, she genuinely likes to thrift now. She decided to enlighten some of her friends on the thrift store experience this past weekend. She handed out price tag shaped invitations that I made. (Can't find an extra one to photograph.) Since we were taking 13 14-year-olds shopping, we decided that bright t-shirts would make them easy to spot. We found a 2 for $5 deal at Joann Fabrics. My husband Monte picked those up and had to negotiate HARD for them to honor the online deal in the store. They did. Because that is how it is with Monte. But they rang each of the 15 shirts separately. Typing in 100 numbers each time. Monte felt the hate of everyone standing in line behind him. The color of the shirts is Safety Green. As in "I could see you safely from 2 miles away." I made my own stencil to paint on the t-shirts. I printed this out in Word and using an Exacto Knife, cut out the words. I decided to go with the spray fabric paint again. So fast and easy! I used a paintbrush to spread around the paint in thin spots. We decided to have the girls do a scavenger hunt in the thrift store to give the shopping experience some structure. McDaniel divided the girls up into 4 teams that we posted at the house. Monte found an article on the web about a guy who had found a signed Picasso at a thrift store in our area. He posted it for the girls to read. He bought the print for $14 and sold it for $7,000. It pays to thrift! Once we got to the thrift store, I handed out clipboards with 12 items for each group to find. Each group's list was different. There were things like: •Find something with a squirrel on it •Find something with fur. •Find something creepy. (black cat with green eyes. shiver shudder!) •Find a leather jacket. Each group had a photographer who took a photo of each item with their phone. Searching. Hamming it up. When they were done, they found either Monte or I and we checked off each item as we saw the picture. Monte found this huge desk that he made his "office". We saw the desk being loaded into someone's truck before we left the store. The girls blew through the lists faster than I thought! (And our lunch reservations weren't for another hour.) On the fly, I had each team regroup and I gave them themes to dress and accessorize for. Like: •Prom •The 80s •Country & Western Not sure what the red hat has to do with this theme. •A wedding Groom. She even put silk flowers in her pocket! Bride. They couldn't find a wedding dress so they used a bed sheet, belt and a lacy table cloth for a veil. LOVE their creativity! Flower girl. They even had a preacher. I made trophies for the teams who finished the scavenger hunt first. I bought these plastic trophies at the Dollar Spot at Target last year. I decided to paint one gold. I decided to embellish the trophies with little hangers using this fun wire. I just twisted the wire into a hanger shape. Aren't they cute? I twisted a piece of wire to each hanger so I could hot glue it to the inside of each trophy. So fun. After a great lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant, we came back to our house for cupcakes. I had them made by Chocolate Cafe and they did a great job! They turned out so cute! Jeans. The cupcake to the right has pennies on it. A blazer. A quarter is on the cupcake to the right. These hangers are adorable. Scavenger hunt winners of the Gold Cup. Silver Cup winners for creativity for the wedding theme. It was a good day. Did McDaniel successfully make thrift shoppers out of any of the girls? Maybe. I saw some girls buy a camouflage snuggie (they gave it to McDaniel). A Barbie DVD (they gave it to McDaniel). And a Cinderella 3 DVD (she kept that for herself). This party worked so well that I just might try to do it for adults. My girlfriend's birthday is this week and I do have a few t-shirts left over…

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