This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my privacy policy for more info. I truly believe there’s no way to actually prevent stretch marks because they are based on your genetics, however, I do believe you can help lessen the severity if you take care of your skin and stay hydrated! I started getting stretch marks in my first trimester before I even gained any weight! I actually didn’t gain any weight the entire first trimester, so I was shocked when I saw some “stretchies” (thanks for that word, Chrissy Teigen). I guess even though I wasn’t gaining weight, my body was still changing, which was obvious when certain clothes were…

Whenever possible, I’ve always preferred to make things myself; it is funner than just buying it, and it makes the item more personal and has some of my own “blood, sweat and tears” in it. Though I rarely bleed or cry while making something. A few weeks ago I made these personalized etched glitter wine glasses for my friend’s bachelorette party. Each wine glass had the guest’s first name initial and had a gold glitter stem. These were fun to make, and were a great addition to the bachelorette gift bag. Here’s how I did made these DIY personalized glitter wine glasses: Supplies: Wine glass (I got mine at Ikea…

This Wedding Wednesday is more of a DIY/how-to for bachelorette parties, bridal showers, or a lingerie shower. A few weeks ago I made a lingerie cake (for the first time) for my friend’s bachelorette party (you can see pics from the weekend here). It was a lot of fun to make and not as difficult as I thought it might be, but it did take a couple hours the night before the party! Here’s how I did it: This cake used a total of 5 boxes of cake and 6 tubs of icing. (Because I was making so much cake, I actually bought the bulk package of eggs at Publix…

Ever since becoming a homeowner, I’ve been itching to get crafty and re-do some pieces. Though I’ve totally messed up some projects, this project has had the best turnout so far! Our dining room table doesn’t have a matching buffet, and I’ve had a really hard time finding a wooden buffet that matched the dark brown wood of the table. So, we decided that we would do a white buffet, we just needed to find the right one and for a reasonable price. After about two weeks of searching Craigslist and local thrift stores, we found the perfect buffet on a Craigslist post by a local estate sale store. It…