This weekend I had the honor of hosting Jennifer's baby shower. She is 30 weeks pregnant with twins and its been quite the journey for her. I am thrilled that she is finally about to start the family she has prayed about for so long. She's having a boy and a girl so I knew the theme would need to be gender neutral and there isn't a color combination that I love more than red and blue right now. Here are the details: Instead of a traditional sign-in book, we used a Cat in the Hat book. I also framed the invitation. We had a few fun things set up for the guests. A fun little idea where guests were encouraged to write messages to Matt. Perhaps, he'll get a laugh when he's … [Read more...]
Susannah’s Lingerie Shower
Last Saturday night I helped host a lingerie shower for one of my best friends, Susannah. The wedding is fast approaching and we were all so excited to get together and celebrate her big day. Besides, what's more fun than a lingerie shower? To start with Paige and I made this wreath for the door. And then there was the food. I saw this idea on Pinterest several months back. A different take on a vegetable tray, if you will. I just reused all of the glass jars I had for Braylen's candy bar. Love the way it turned out! Here's another view... I used the same concept for the fruit... Of course, a party isn't complete without sweets!! The cake is from Edgar's of course and … [Read more...]
Lauren & Joseph’s Couples Shower
Saturday evening I helped host a couples shower for Lauren and Jospeh. We had the shower at Meg's house, she and her mother put together the prettiest flower arrangement for the shower... Food for the shower. We had barbecue sandwiches, redneck caviar, pasta salad, coleslaw, chocolate chip cookies and banana pudding. It was all so good! The bride-to-be and I, please excuse my messy hair. It was a little rainy that evening, but that didn't stop the party :) Lauren with the hostess' Here we are again, Lauren and I met while in college. We got through many tough classes, tests, quizzes, projects together and managed to do it with an impeccable GPA. I don't mean to brag, but a … [Read more...]