Saturday I had the opportunity to host a Woolite Washed In-Home Boutique...which is really a fancy word for (clothing) swap party. I've heard of swap parties before and always thought they sounded cool but I was always too lazy to figure out how to organize one. At least until Crowdtap & Woolite prompted me to. When working with Woolite on Crowdtap you are called a Wooliteer and I think it's a super adorable name. Silly but true fact.
Anyway, all I had to do was invite people to bring a few gently loved articles of clothing and/or accessories they were willing to swap for new to them items. In the process have fun and pass out samples of Woolite. Didn't sound too hard when they put it that way. Of course, life is always different in reality than in theory.
After a few bumps with scheduling and my party pack not arriving on time I was able to have my party. The turn out of attendees wasn't what I had hoped for but we had a great time and we all got a couple of "new" items so it was a success. Plus, we all got more than one sample of Woolite to use. Bonus in my book.
The set up (back end)...
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| Refreshments Highlights: BLT Salad Chocolate Pie (I MADE) Fruits & Veggies Chips & Salsa |
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| All the ingredients came in a box but I had to hand make the crust and that's about as homemade as you get with me! I totally screwed up my measuring when doing the whipped cream topping so I had to improvise by getting real whipping cream and hand making whipped cream. It's not as easy as the 6'5" Irish hottie made it look. It didn't whip like the internet said it would but it was the right(ish) consistency & tasted fine so whatever. Whipped cream mastery: Not achieved. |
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| I even made cucumber water. WHAT?! I know. Who am I?! |
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| Seriously. I even printed FREE printables and labeled stuff... |
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| Pinterest use at it's finest! I would like to point out... it's all fun and games until someone goes and actually does a Pinterest inspired pin. It stops being fun when you actively have to do it. Don't squint at me... you know it's true. |
The Setup (boutique end)...
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| Jewelry |
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| Shoes & whatnot |
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| Shoes continued... I tried to convince everyone that the cat (Remington) was part of the swap but nobody wanted to swap for a velociraptor/cat. |
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| The clothes & scarves |
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| Jewelry/Photo prop table |
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| Mirror |
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| Woolite table & "shopping" bags |
Some of the items we chose...
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| Nicole & her new shirt. Possibly to use for her family's pictures (colors are black & white). Score! |
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| Karie in her new skirt (I swear it never looked that good on me!) and Debi with her new scarf. |
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| Me & my new "muumuu" dress. Nicole brought it & described it as muu muuish, she wasn't wrong. I added a belt I had to it. Fixed! Neither the dress nor I photo'd well here but I think I'd be remiss if I didn't show one of my items... I mean, it was my party. |
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| We were a small swap gang but we were a fun & successful swap gang |
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| Woolite samples |
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| THANK YOU, WOOLITE & CROWDTAP! |
Photo boothing...
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| Me & Karie Not gonna lie... we were super excited to bust out our "Laughlin" hats for the occasion. |
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| Karie |
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| Debi & Rylee |
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| Me, Nicole & Rylee |
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| The Gang |
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| Karie, Debi, Nicole & me. |
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| 2 things: 1) Prop placement is hard. 2) I made these. Printed, cut & taped them to straws. Pinterest achievement level: Leveled Up |
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| Me & Nicole Her necklace is also an item she grabbed. |
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| Debi & I |
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| Miss Rylee... Our group photographer for the evening Besides asking for photo participation she received a bracelet & tiara as payment |
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