Goodies

Just a few things I picked up in Portland over the weekend. 

My fave macarons from Nuvrei.

A new necklace from Forever 21 at a great price. 

The graduation party

It was a delicious celebration. My favorite parts were the pink champange, the Macaron prosecco, the sun, all the sweets, and the gorgeous peonies from my parents garden.

Look at that beautiful silver jewelry box, a gift from Jaime

My faves; vanilla cupcake & salted caramel macaron

So cute!! PS. It was The Sartorialist's book, how perfect right??

My sister made these sweet mad-libs for guests to fill out for us and they were so fun to read! 

Such a great idea for any sort of party!

Nuvrei; a New Favorite

Yesterday Justine and I took a trip to Nuvrei for a mid-day treat.

 We sat there for a while and it went in waves of being full and this was a rare moment when it wasn't too busy. It's always packed on the weekends, but you can almost always get a seat. 

Nuvrei is one of my favorite new cafes in Portland. Located in The Pearl District, it has great breakfast and lunch options. I had a chocolate croissant, an espresso macaron, and a mocha. I've tried almost all their macaron flavors and my favorites are the espresso and salted caramel. 

My croissant was so light and flaky, it was delicious. Nuvrei has a great atmosphere that makes you feel like you're in Paris with it's cute yellow chairs and cozy space. I am looking forward to being able to sit outside in the sun as soon as it warms up a little bit. 

Next time I'll try a sandwich or even a bagel sandwich, they make their own bagels too!

Nuvrei is on Facebook and Twitter. 

::full disclosure:: 

this is not a sponsored or requested review, I chose to review Nuvrei because I truly enjoy their brand and products. 

Spring Portland Blogger Cocktail party

Prepare for a lot of photos! 

Jenni of AWell Crafted Party & Leave the Laundry for Later took the lead for this blogger event and she made it something really special! I was happy to help in anyway possible, and she deemed me a sponsor for donating my time, some decor items, and event stylist skills and ideas. 

She did amazing things like create a logo, create brochures, design decor, get a majority of the sponsors, coordinate everything, and create signature cocktails for the evening and be the bartender!

Not to mention she has two blogs, is starting a blog dedicated to Portland Bloggers, oh and is married and they have an 8 month old son. 

I loved helping and I was able to create a banner, bring decor, work with one major sponsor {Nuvrei}, help set up, and enjoy everything!

It was so nice to see bloggers from previous events and meet new ones.

I love feeling a part of this great community of Portland Bloggers.

garland from The Flair Exchange

Nuvrei was a wonderful sponsor!

Like them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nuvrei

Follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/Nuvrei

Blue Strawberry Scents donated some fantastic soaps, and bath products!

Like them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlueStrawberryScents

Radiant Cosmetics donated gorgeous lipsticks and I can't wait to share about my new color!

Like them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/radiantcosmetics

Follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/radiantcosmetic

meme & saysay donated some super cute decorations and garlands

Check them out on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/memeandsaysay

 fiftyflowers.com donated all the gorgeous carnations

 Adi of The Garden of Edlen provided the chic venue

Ablemade donated some great aprons for the prize drawing

Check out the etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/AbleMade

 Cash4books.net donated two giveaway bags

Like them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cash4Books.net

Follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/Cash4Books

 Another one of my banners

More about my outfit later

 Signature cocktails by Jenni, complete with edible flowers

delicious cupcakes Olga from Vintage Pretty brought from Saint Cupcake

 Miranda of One Stylish Day at a Time and Sarah of The Confessions of a Product Junkie

 From the left: grace & stella, the paper mama, Charmed in PDX, Justine of a teenie tiny blog, and please let me know who else is in the photo and I will link to them!

 Jenni of A Well Crafted Party & Leave The Laundry for Later

 Me and Miranda, how much do you love her outfit? 

Me and Justine, I feel so tall!

All the gifts from the sponsors previously mentioned! I am so excited to wear that dark red 'Moscow' from Radiant Cosmetics, can't wait to go to Nuvrei with Justine on Wednesday, try out all those good smelling products from Blue Strawberry Scents, and the cute goodies from meme & saysay and A Well Crafted Party!

Full disclosure: The Portland Bloggers, and myself, were gifted products from the above companies at the Portland Blogger's Meet Up. We were not asked to review the products or even posts about them. I was just excited to share all the goodies with you!

Thanks to everyone who attended and to Jenni for putting on an amazing event and letting me help!

All photos by me, so if you're using any in your posts, please credit me.

Once people start posting about the event, I will link up your posts here too, so let me know when they go up. 

And please let me know if I need to link anything different for anyone!

See Olga's post here

See Justine's post here

See Miranda's post here

See Justine's post here