Las Vegas Photography | Surprise Bridal Shower | Kristin Bachman

Hey Everyone! One of my best friends here in Las Vegas is getting married on May 7th!  Some of our friends and me decided to throw Kristin a surprise Bridal Shower a couple of weeks ago and asked her to come to our friends house for a "BBQ" to "catch up".  Kristin had no idea and was definitely surprised!!

Now... Kristin works out a lot and is always wearing sweats.  Since this was somewhat of an important event for a bride, the host told her to dress up for the "BBQ".  Kristin thought it would be hilarious to show up in a prom dress and a fur so that's why she's in this get-up!  She called me that morning to tell me her little plan and I, of course, encouraged her!  hahaha!

Remnants from a game we played:

There was a luau theme complete with crepe paper parrots!

Near the end, Kristin opened gifts (which she's already put to good use)

The surprise shower was a great success!  I can't wait for the wedding in a couple of weeks:)

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My Mom's Glass Artwork:)

I come from a family of really smart and successful women, and we all seem to have an artistic outlet of some sort.  I'm the only one who decided to actually make my living doing my artwork.  My sister is a Biomedical Engineer who makes absolutely beautiful jewelry and has a knack for interior design (I'll blog on her creations in the future).  My Mom has been in Human Resources and Business Management for over 20 years and used to make her own Christmas Ornaments, is an amazing Landscape Designer and has now created these beautiful Glass Landscape Ornaments! She scours 2nd hand stores and garage sales for anything that might catch the light and uses them to create ornaments to sit in your landscape including some that are actual functioning bird baths.  These are not your typical garden gnome or lawn jockey people!  When I was in Wisconsin a few weeks ago, I took some photos of her artwork and here are a few of them:

She even creates some for holidays, here is a 4th of July one she made

All of these photos are unedited!  This is what they look like in person.  I didn't want to take away from the beauty.

I just think that it's awesome that my mom is making these beautiful pieces of art and I'm so proud of her for using her creativity in such a unique way!   I think everyone should have a creative outlet to express themselves be it, glass art, painting, PHOTOGRAPHY, jewelry making, design, etc...  In my opinion, it helps you express who you really are and can be an escape from a stressful life :)

She does sell these so let me know if you are interested in buying one for your garden! ($50-$150)

Thanks for Reading,

NBC Heads UP 2010

This blog post is long overdue!   A couple of weeks ago, Eric played in the NBC Heads up Championship at Caesars Palace.  He had an automatic bid into the tournament from winning Cardplayer Magazine Player of the Year.

The event started out with a party at Pure Nightclub the night before the tourney to pick who would play each other in the bracket.  Eric was matched up with the winner of the Heads up Tournament at the World Series of Poker in 2009... so needless to say, his opponent knew heads up play pretty well.

Eric had to walk a red carpet for the party which was pretty funny to watch a "jeans & t-shirt" Wisconsin boy in front of video cameras and photographers!  (unfortunately I didn't bring my camera to document this)  I did however bring my camera to the actual tournament the next day!

This is Cardplayer Magazine's camera man getting some footage of NBC's promotional banner

This is Eric playing against the WSOP Heads Up champion!  Unfortunately, Eric had two bad beats in a row and was eliminated in the 1st round...

Just a close-up of Eric checking out his cards.

This tournament was really fun to experience and I'm so proud of my boyfriend for everything he has accomplished in the last few years!  If you'd like to see him playing in this tournament, tune into NBC on Sundays April 18th through May 23rd at noon ET/11Central (9am Pacific)  You can find a schedule here.

Thanks for reading!

M