5 years:

OH, HELLO FRIEND :: 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY from Arthur Jung on Vimeo.
Last Friday we had our 5 year anniversary party! Arthur Jung came to document the night with his film skills, really love how it turned out - he captured all the fun stations and entertainment we had. Be sure to follow him on instagram too.
Planning for a party is some serious high-level stress. In past events I've done or helped friends with, I get super stressed and I wear my emotions easily. This event I was determined to not let the stress get to me and turn me into crazy-danni. Early on in the week I had a chat with Nick that it was going to be a stressful week and I may freak out but I didn't want to take any of that out on him. I think that really helped set the tone for the week and I can proudly and thankfully say I didn't stress out hardly at all especially on the day of, which I usually am the most stressed. Thankful because the Lord helped me through the week and I give all glory to Him because I wouldn't have been able to get through it on my own. I was so grateful and humbled to have so many wonderful friends helping out the day of (thank you Rebecca+Michael, Sunny, Ashley, Katie, and my Aunt Irene who baked 150+ tea cakes & cookies for the party!) 
Nick said it felt like setting up for a wedding ;) We had a ton of people come out, I'd say around 250 or so. We gave out 200 swag-bags and the lines were long but I think everyone had an all around good time. We raised $800 for Zoe International, will do a post on that later. 
If you're local - these vendors are wonderful ideas for entertainment for parties & events: we had cotton candy stand, a silhouette artist, a calligraphy artist, some amazing live music by me & mr cassidy, a photo booth, and we used found rentals for all our beautiful furniture & props (like the heart like in the video) Rialto Cafe in Fullerton does some great catering too, we use them for all our events.
Anyway, if you're like me and get stressed out for things like this, I recommend just prepping your mind for the week. Set realistic expectations and map out everything that needs to be done. I am a big procrastinator too which does not help with the whole stress-thing ;) I just made a lot of lists and had a lot of great support. 

Happy Friday:

Happy Friday! Wow, this month is flying by. I think it's actually pretty crazy that next month will actually mark a year since we signed our lease for our retail shop! It does not seem like we've had the shop for a year... it seems like a couple months. Time flies! Well, we technically opened in February so I guess it hasn't been a full year. It took us a while to get going from when we signed to actually opening!
Anyway. Speaking of time flying - tonight is our 5th year anniversary party for oh, hello friend! I started OHF 5 years ago and it's been such a fun journey. It has definitely been a labor of love... a ton of hard work. learning a lot of new things. good times and arguments too with Nick. I'm really excited to see where the next 5 years go with oh, hello friend.
Thanks for all your support over the years you guys! I haven't forgotten about our online friends - we'll be having some fun online celebrations to follow. May not be until early next year because the holidays are coming up and those are crazy for us. But we have some plans to celebrate online! Have a great weekend!!
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If you are coming to the party tonight, please click below to read all the details!

The party is from 6:00-9:30pm. Please bring your eventbrite ticket and check in at 122 N Harbor Blvd, Suite 110. Fullerton, 92832. Our shop is Suite 103. The party is being held at Suite 110! It is free to attend but we are accepting donations and 100% of proceeds will go to Zoe International. 
Swag-Bag's for all! There's been some talk about the swag-bags and people lining up to make sure to get a bag. We want to try to avoid lines so you can all enjoy and we've actually been able to put together about 200 bags! We have just about 200 rsvp's so there should be enough bags for everyone! 
In effort to keep the line down and so everyone can enjoy the festivities, when you check in, you'll receive a swag-bag ticket that will guarantee you a swag-bag so you can hang out at your leisure and not have to worry about the swag-bag madness. Your swag-bag will be safe and sound! The bags will be at the shop so you'll have to head there to claim your bag but be sure to check in first with us at Suite 110 to get your swag-bag ticket!
Come later for some amazing music! We're also having our amazing friends, Me & Mr Cassidy come and play. But they aren't getting there until around 7:00-7:30 though so you should definitely come around then to hear some amazing live music! OHF at wholesale prices! We are having a table set up at the party with OHF items, and we're making our prices down to wholesale! So be sure to take advantage & get your favorite OHF goods!
Free fun! We have a lot of fun festivities planned: Calligraphy station, where you can get a custom 8x10 print to take home with whatever you want it to say (10 word limit) so think about what you might want to get said! We're having a Cotton Candy stand and a silhouette artist that will cut out your silhouette (like at Disneyland!) Photo booth and tattoo station. All these are free for our attendees, but feel free to consider leaving a tip for all these wonderful vendors that are providing their talents for us! Thanks!