Mean PARTY, not GIRLS!

We’re approaching 20 days since the launch of our fabulous new name - MEAN PARTY. Since the name change I’ve come across many fans, but one person threw me for a loop when she tried to make sense of the title. Her words were, “Oh Mean Party? That’s cute! Like Mean Girls!” WRONG.

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Although we share one word with the popular teen movie, we are far from similar. Let’s explore the differences.

In Roger Ebert’s review he describes the “mean girls” as “The three most popular girls in the junior class are the Plastics, so-called because they bear an uncanny resemblance to Barbie.” Barbie is a great description of the characters in the movie, but if used to describe the women of Mean Party it is nothing but an antonym. Need proof? Check their personal blogs.

Take Jenny who is slightly addicted with thrift store shopping – which is one place you’ll never find a plastic, expensive name brand obsessing Barbie. Her Wednesday blog reveals a typical outfit she sports to the grocery store. Sure, she’s rocking sunglasses with the high end name of Michael Kors but instead of completing the outfit with Kors’s competitors she looks better than a Barbie in a TJ Maxx top, thrift bottoms and jewelry. Allow me to steal a quote from the movie because I think Jenny’s non-Barbie style is “SO FETCH!”

Then there’s Ava who may have the beautiful blonde hair to rival Barbie but in all other aspects is the opposite.  Her blog shows her outfit from an “epic Saturday”. Thrift clutch (thanks Jenny!) + Target dress (a store Ava openly admits an obsession) + Off Broadway shoes (just about every item is a steal!). What does that equal? Looking fabulous without being a Barbie.

If their personal blogs aren’t enough to show we’re the opposite of the snobby teens, consider Urban Dictionary.  Look-up “mean” and it gives different definitions for the word.

1.  “To be cruel, spiteful, and malicious. To be ill tempered disagreeable, difficult and troublesome.” - Perfect definition for Mean Girls.

2. “To describe something as exceptionally good or “cool”." - Well hello definition for the “mean” in Mean Party!

We’re not mean girls. Don’t get me wrong. I like the movie, actually just watched it last weekend with my girls so it is fresh in my mind. What I took away from the movie is - Mean Girls obsess over making sure their wearing at least $300 on them at all times. Mean Party obsesses over thrift stores and Target. The mean girl’s daily meeting at the lunch table is consumed with gossip. Gossip at a Mean Party meeting? HA! I would love for someone to find time for that in our agenda.

The list could go on and on but I’ll spare you. Just remember. We’re Mean PARTY, not girls.

Will YOU Like Our Big News?

Well another week has gone by interning for Ava and Jenny. Another week of confused looks when I’m working from my computer, laughing out loud while G-chatting those two crazy gals. Another week of coming home on Wednesday nights from meetings with them to discuss business but pleased as if I just got home from a decent party. Just as a college students summer should be, life’s like a party lately.

It’s so much fun I usually can’t turn my mind off of our big plans once my hours are done for the day. Specifically I’ve started an obsessive habit of meeting or seeing someone and thinking, “Yeah they could benefit from our big news coming up.” If you’ve forgotten, we are announcing our BIG news in less than a week. 

The mom of four that I babysit for who juggles keeping up with the house, kid’s lives and a job. The single businessman who came to speak to my summer class about the transition into a working a full-time job after college and the struggle to learn how to get things done outside of work. Even my own single mother who works non-stop, refuses to hire a maid to keep up with her nice house and has a daughter’s wedding to plan in November.

Any of these people I’ve come across this past week sound like you? Stay tuned. Big news and help is coming. Take it from me, with what we have coming your life could be like a party too.

BIG THINGS

Get ready... We’re starting something BIG.

I am BLESSED with the opportunity to fulfill an internship requirement for my degree with Borrowed and Blue Events this summer.  Why am I blessed?  Because while some of my fellow public relations majors will spend their summers sitting behind a desk doing boring work they have no interest in, I get to do what I’ve grown to LOVE and be my silly, slightly sassy self while doing it. 

My first official week of interning has been glamorous, I mean two of my working days involved a photo shoot and a business meeting over the best sushi roll I’ve ever had.  Unfortunately, I’m dealing with one major challenge….

I can’t brag about the awesome work I’m doing until June 24 when all of us at BBE reveal our “new & exciting changes” Ava and Jenny have promised.  Instead I must be vague and the best word I’ve come up with to describe our upcoming news is … it is BIG.   

Busy? In too deep? Got a lot to do?  Don’t fret, just get excited.  On June 24 we will announce to Charlotte our plans to do what we love.  Aren’t we doing that already?  Yes.  We love weddings, more specifically, we love to assist couples in making their wedding day amazing, stress-free, and the most memorable party of their lives, and we never want the party to end….

Sorry!

SOOOOO Sorry we haven't posted in awhile. But don't lose faith. We are working hard on some new  & exciting changes coming soon to the BBE family. We will be back soon... promise!!!

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Meet KIRBY!

Last but not least meet another girl likely found crackin' jokes while getting busy on event day!  Shes beautiful, fantastic and even though she's a Duke fan, someone we absolutely love!  Hope you like her bio!

Kirby...

ADORES life! Duke Men's Basketball.  Family. Margaritas :) Britney ... (Spears that is) & Wayne (lil) Carter.

DESPISES Debby Downers! UNC Chapel Hill! Humidity. Messy rooms.  Chaotic situations. Ignorance.

DREAMS to grow up and be Cinderella :)

ASPIRES to pick something new every day to improve on to reach the goal of being the best person I am capable of being.

Meet ERIN!

Now introducing yet another sass-tastic event assistant!  This chick is always full of ideas and ready to work!  We know you'll love her as much as we do - enjoy her bio!

Erin...

ASPIRES to make a difference in the world wherever it may take me….

DREAMS of living in the mall, permanently, it would cut down the gas I spend driving there, and I will be buried in my nude heels

Hopes to one day TRANSFORM into a domestic diva, as for now, loves being a Bad Bitch

Is OBSESSED with the circus and secretly feels like a trapeze artist

Has life planned out up until college graduation; After that, plans to LIVE in the present and make it beautiful

Meet LIZ!

Have we mentioned how much we love our assistants?! These girls are the most hard-working, sassy, BEAUTIFUL, dependable girls on the PLANET!  We literally could not live without them in our lives!  Often on event days these girls are seen running around or on a ladder, so we want to make sure you get a chance to know them on a more personal level!

Liz....

LOVES the fall season, football quarterbacks, being outside and international food - especially combining a sushi dinner with a tall glass of sangria

DETESTS rainy weather and the afro affects it has on beautifully straightened hair, ignorance and pessimistic drama queens (carpe diem ladies!)

WISHES every restaurant served vegetarian options (No I don't want to spend $20 on the chicken pasta I ordered without chicken!)

STRIVES to never turn down something new, laugh at insults and treat every day as the start of something beautiful

Borrowed & Blue Events Gallery

Welcome to the Borrowed & Blue Events Gallery!  Here you will see photos from our events as well as the inspiration that keeps BB amazing!  Our gallery will constantly be updated so keep checking back to see what us gals are up to =)

What makes this blog different from other wedding inspiration blogs?  Well, Jenny and I are two tell it like it is kind of girls.  If we go to a venue, see a dress, or experience a vendor that we LOVE we will be sure to tell you ALL about it.  If we go, see or experience something we're not a fan of - we're going to tell you about that, too!  We won't sugar-coat anything for you, because we wouldn't want anything sugar-coated for us!  We want our clients to be 100% in the know!

Feel free to shoot us an email with any questions or if there is something you'd like to see show up on our blog!  We love working on a personal level with our clients both face-to-face and through the blog!  Enjoy!! =)