TOOLS WE LIVE BY + BLACK FRIDAY DEALS!

We hope everyone had an AMAZING Thanksgiving!! We hope you spent time with the people you love most, counted your blessings, and ate till your heart’s content!

As you know it’s BLACK FRIDAY and a couple of our FAVORITE brands are having INSANE deals today that we want you to know about!! These items RARELY go on sale any other time of the year so now is the time to get them when they’re such an amazing deal!

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FIRST UP — CULTIVATE WHAT MATTERS:

We LIVE by our Powersheets and they have totally transformed the way we do life & business. They help us really shift through our priorities, dream with intention, and cultivate what truly matters in both life and business. Powersheets & a ton of other incredible products are on CRAZY sale today through Cyber Monday and we’re thinking you should snag some for yourself or people you love! We have our eyes on the brand new Celebration Binder & are excited to get it for us and some of our favorite people for Christmas this year!!

CLICK HERE TO SHOP ALL THE AMAZING CWM GOODIES!!

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NEXT UP - EMILY LEY’S SIMPLIFIED PLANNER:

You all… THESE ARE NEVER ON SALE!!!!!!!! That should be enough of a reason to get yours today! Pluuuus, once they’re gone they’re gone. These planners are a fan favorite throughout the entire Twirl team and we range from a college student to a momma of two! It’s simple, beautifully designed, and helps you keep life as organized as possible. We’re HUGE HUGE fans & know y’all will be too! There are also a ton of other fantastic goodies in the Simplified shop so grab them while they’re hot and ON SALE!!!!

CLICK HERE TO SHOP ALL THE SIMPLIFIED PRETTIES!

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FINALLY - SEED & HARVEST SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT CALENDAR:

Our besties over at Seed & Harvest just launched TODAY their INCREDIBLE social media content calendar! We know that creating content for your social media platforms can be every business owner’s pain point. Well, the ladies of S&H HEAR YOU and are here to help!! They want to help you focus on what really matters (running your amazing business out of a place of abundance) and take away the stress of creating meaningful, engaging content. Good content is how we grow but it can be so hard to create sometimes. The ladies of S&H have created this content calendar to help you clarify your heart to your audience and engage with them in ways that build connection & ultimately help your business grow. It’s a win/win across the board! We have used this calendar for months now & it has brought so much balance and peace of mind to our lives. We have watched it grow our business in amazing ways and we’re excited to watch it do the same for yours!!

The S&H gals are amazing and gave us a discount code for our amazing Twirl Family!!

DISCOUNT CODE: TWIRL25

CLICK HERE AND SNAG THIS AMAZING PRODUCT (that’s a no brainer in our minds!) TO TRANSFORM YOUR BUSINESS & ELIMINATE STRESS TODAY!! 

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So yes, welcome to the tools that help us live out of abundance (the best we can). HAPPY SHOPPING, loves!! Leave a comment & let us know if you purchase any or all of the above! We’ve love to cheer you on & celebrate you choosing abundance over chaos. XOXO!

TWIRL BRIDE BLOGGER || HOW TO BEAT THE LAST MINUTE JITTERS

TWIRL BRIDE BLOGGER || EMILY RHOADS (ALMOST EMILY HALL!!)

Hello Friends! I know its been a little while since I wrote about my wedding planning and bridal life but that’s because I was wedding planning! It is so crazy how fast our engagement has flown by and how what felt so far away is now only 7 days away. It really just hit me yesterday how soon our wedding is and man oh man am I excited! I know that our wedding day is going to go by so SO fast that I am making it a point to soak up these last few days as a fiancée. 

This whole time I’ve been wondering why everyone gets so stressed when planning their wedding, but in this last month I totally get it. Now we are getting down to the nitty gritty of finalizing everything from the guest count aka tracking down all those people who never slipped that RSVP card back in the mail to figuring out how much beer and wine to buy to scheduling those last minute appointments and finally making sure everyone is going to be where they need to be when they need to be there. It’s a lot of stuff. And because of that a lot of wine has been drank in the process, oops! But at the end of the night next Saturday we will still be married even if some people don’t show up or our grandparents are a little late for pictures or if heaven forbid it rains. Y’all seriously pray that it does not rain next Saturday.

Austin and I have tried to cut out some time for ourselves to relax and enjoy these final days as an engaged couple. We let ourselves enjoy a few quiet days at the lake for Memorial Day. We go for evening walks and try to talk about our plans for after wedding day, like what’s still on our travel bucket list or pick out our favorite houses in the neighborhood. I think we are both a little more excited about being married and building our life together than we are about the actual wedding. 

I had no idea what to expect in this last few weeks so here are some tips for all you brides for handling the craziness that is the month before your wedding!

1. Set those “RSVP by” dates a little earlier than you think you will need, because there is nothing more stressful than trying to contact those sixty people who didn’t RSVP in a few days before the numbers need to be back to all of your vendors.
2. Speaking of RSVP card, if you aren’t giving every guest a plus one, put ‘__ of 1 guest is/isn’t attending’ trust me, I didn’t do that and I wish I had.
3. Enjoy your parties and showers to their fullest. Put the phone down, stop checking your email, guest counts and details can wait a day or two and it wont be the end of the world, I promise!
4. Go to the county clerk’s office as early in the morning as you can and you’ll get in and out of there faster than it took to find a parking space. We got our marriage license yesterday, YAY!!
5. Take some time to relax and get your skin photo ready at the same time. I love put on a facemask and take a few minutes to relax and read or watch a movie while it does its thing.
6. Don’t stress if you didn’t hit your fitness goal or attain your dream wedding body. Your groom thinks you are the most beautiful woman in the world and you are going to rock that dress!
7. Drink lots and lots of water. Your skin will thank you, your body will thank you. That’s just a good life tip. 
8. Talk about anything but the wedding for an hour with your fiancé daily. Talk about dogs, food, movies, sports, or whatever it doesn’t really matter but I promise he will appreciate it! 
9. Make an itinerary for all of the really important people in the wedding such as parents, grandparents and the bridal party so everyone knows where are supposed to be and hopefully it will keep you from answering the same questions over and over again.
10. Last but not least, take a deep breath and remember you and your honey will be married no matter what happens!

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To our sweet Em,

We cannot WAIT to celebrate this much anticipated wedding day next week!! We've seen you as a "bride" so many times over the last 4/5 years but when we see you as a real bride... there won't be a dry eye to be found.

What a joy it's been to witness your relationship with Austin develop and grow over the years. There is so much to celebrate next weekend and celebrate we will!!

Can't wait until the "just married" sign marks the beginning of your new season of life next Saturday! Yay!!

Xoxo, Your Twirl Girls

TWIRL BRIDE BLOGGER || FROM TWIRL GIRL TO TWIRL BRIDE

TWIRL BRIDE BLOGGER || EMILY RHOADS - FROM TWIRL GIRL TO TWIRL BRIDE

Friends! We are so excited about this post from Emily today!! It's such a tricky situation when you have worked in the bridal world before you're a bride-to-be yourself. You either know EXACTLY what you want or you have completely no idea. Today Emily is going to take you all through the process she went through as she finally went from being a Twirl Girl to Twirl Bride!! Enjoy!

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“How on earth did you pick your dress?!”

“I bet you already knew exactly what you wanted since you see dresses all the time.”

These are two sentences I hear almost everyday while I’m chatting with brides during their appointment. Both are somewhat of true, but picking out my gown was one of the hardest and the easiest decision I have had to make. I’ve been around these dresses for years and have tried on SO many for fun and styled shoots that I have lost track. This helped me learn over time what styles looked best on my body type. I guess you could say this gave me a leg up on this wedding dress shopping thing. But the bad thing about seeing so many dresses is that I get to see SO MANY BEAUTIFUL dresses. Every dress at the store may not be exactly what I wanted for my gown but there is detail in every dress that I adore. So how did I narrow down the selection of 175 dresses down to just one?

I decided to approach picking my dress like every other bride with a real appointment surrounded by the people I love and opinions that matter most to me. I scheduled my appointment about eight months before our wedding date to insure that it would come in time for alterations (We are not lying when we tell ya that those babies take four to five months to come in!). I came with my mom, sister (a Meant To Be Bride), sister-in-law (a Twirl Bride), mema, and best friend. I knew their opinions mattered to me the most and if I had too many I would never be able to decide for myself. Ty and Liz were there of course, as well as many of the other gals from Twirl. All in all, there were a lot of eyes on me waiting for me to decide. It was a little overwhelming for this gal who doesn’t love being in the lime light. If you’re like me and don’t love being the center of attention, then I recommend taking a moment for yourself in the fitting room. Make sure you have your opinion figured out about the dress before you show your group; I know how easily I can be swayed by the opinions of the ones I love. I had Ty helping me in the fitting room and I remember telling her which ones I liked, which ones I didn’t see as my dress and the one that I loved, having her on my side when I went out to show my family made me feel more confident that if I couldn’t voice my opinion about the dress clearly to my group that I had someone else there who could.

Now how did I know when I found THE dress? Like I said earlier they are all beautiful dresses, but I knew coming in some of the details I wanted and features of mine I wanted to highlight and which ones didn’t need to be the star of the show that day. I love my shoulders and collar bones (is that weird?) so I wanted to make sure my dress highlighted that so I knew strapless, off-the-shoulder, or thin straps were the types of necklines I wanted to try on. I’m also really tall and my fiancé is really tall, so I wanted my dress to flatter my length rather than weigh me down.  I love lace and simple classic materials so I made sure my selections had at least one of those fabrics. From there I was able to gather a good selection of dresses to try on, I narrowed it down enough to make it manageable but I also left some room to be open minded and try things I wouldn’t necessarily have picked out for myself. I tried on 7, maybe 8, dresses when I put on the one I knew I wanted to get married in. It had those detail elements that I wanted but didn’t match anything perfectly on my Pinterest board. I was surprised by how much I loved it! I had “the moment” when I could see Austin waiting for me at the end of the aisle and I would be wearing that exact dress. Everyone experiences that moment differently, for some it's tears of joy, giddy laughter, screaming and clapping with excitement, or its just a sense of peace that it’s the right one for you.

My beautiful dress is now at the seamstress to be taken in here and there, to have pieces sewn on, and maybe a few buttons moved. That’s right, not even a bridal consultant’s dress fits perfectly right out of the UPS box. But that means I will have a one of a kind dress that will fit no one else but me, it will be one of its kind!

PS- I got to meet the designer of my dress a couple of years ago during a trunk show! Those are the only facts you get for now. ;)

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Y'all, having one of our very own become one of our brides is truly the sweetest!! We can't wait for you all to see Em in her GORGEOUS wedding dress! It's unlike anything she's worn before and it is so perfectly "Em". We love you, Emily!!

Thank you for sharing this fun part of your wedding planning journey with us. Xoxo!