{Local Businesses That I Love}

A few of the local businesses that I have come to just love around the East Valley Arizona area. Enjoy!

Jaxn Blvd

I first found Jaxn Blvd through a friend who shared their page on Instagram in efforts to try to win a free sign. Upon seeing the signs in the picture that was posted, I just HAD to follow the company profile and look at more signs that she made. After a few weeks, I decided on one sign finally that I wanted to put in my house. (Believe me, I loved all of them, but I am trying really hard to cut back my spending) I chose a gorgeous black and white striped sign with a gold glitter heart. A couple months later, she posted a picture of a sign that reads, "This home runs on Love, Laughter, and lots of Diet Coke" and I just HAD to get it for my mother in law. I will definitely be ordering more signs for my home in days to come. You can find this cute little shop on Instagram and Etsy.

Shelley Bee Originals

Yet again, I found another adorable shop owned by an adorable lady. If I could marry skirts (sorry Mike), I would marry hers. They are the cutest modest skirts around. She has so many different styles and patterns to offer. The possibilities are endless! I love looking at all of the adorable pictures she posts that her customers send to her. It's nice to see the clothing on actually people instead of models. After carefully deciding, I chose one skirt that I absolutely loved-a floral pencil skirt. It fit me so nicely and it's just so fun to wear. I can't wait to get another skirt soon. Possibly a twirly or mismatched on this time. You can find these adorable skirts on Etsy and Instagram. 

{By the way, this picture totally wasn't posed. Props to my hubby for taking this while fluffling my hair thinking I was about to take a picture}

My Event Film

My Event Film is run by David Nuttall, who just happened to be my old high school's video production teacher, so I already knew his work was fantastic. Soon after getting engaged and starting to plan our wedding, I was thinking about if I wanted to get a wedding film done. Ha. OF COURSE I wanted to get a wedding film done! So, I started looking around at different companies. In Novemeber, I attended a wedding of a close family friend and noticed David Nuttall filming around the wedding and reception. After talking around, I found out he was their wedding film videographer. I'm pretty sure my parents even talked to him that night. I soon emailed him and found out that he had my wedding weekend free and we booked his services soon after. He was very easy to work with and our wedding film turned out absolutely AMAZING! I still watch it all the time. You can visit his website at myeventfilm.com  and click here to view our wedding video.

DownEast Basics

Where do I even start with this place? This store is my clothing shopping dream place and home decor dream place all wrapped up in one! I have shopped at DownEast Basics for years and was SO excited when they finally built one in the San Tan Village Shopping Center. I go into this store all the time. This has to be one of my favorite stores to get skirts and dresses; I just love them all! Now that I have my own little home, I love looking through all of the home decor items as well. What I especially love about this store is that I can shop online and in store, and I always seem to be able to find something adorable on sale. They have several locations all over the East Valley. DownEast is just so chic and modern, and I can't wait to go on another shopping spree!

Swirl It

It's seems like self-serve froyo is all the rage these days. And I totally understand why! I love being able to go into a shop, fill up my cup with whatever flavors sound good, and load it up with tons of topping! However, there are just so many froyo shops that have opened up within the past couple of years that sometimes it's hard to choose which shop to go to. My favorite definitely has to be Swirl It. It's located next to my gym about 15 minutes away on Val Vista and Williams Field. Why I like Swirl It better than any other self serve froyo shop is because I always end up loving all of the choices that they have there. They always seem to have a few of my favorite flavors of frozen yogurt, tons of yummy toppings (including Magic Shell, which i love!), you can throw in a whole candy bar, and it's just an adorable place to go. They even do a digital punch card and offer discounts on their free App. My husband and I have even developed a little habit of going there after the gym sometimes, but hey, to us it's worth it. 

{Post work out Swirl It run}

{More businesses to come soon. Please comment below if you have a local business that you love and would like for me to check out!}