Book Shower

I threw a book shower for a friend this past weekend.  We ended up having it two weeks earlier than expected because the little man decided to come a little sooner.  Two weeks sooner.   All the guests brought him a book to start his library and it was so much fun looking through them all.  I decided to not go with a theme since time was limited.  I ended up ordering from Garnish and then found everything else locally and used what I already had.  The food was pretty simple.  Wrap sandwiches and chicken salad sandwiches, raw veggies, ranch and hummus, bagged kettle chips, clementines, Pellegrino, cream puffs and I bought two cakes from Whole Foods.  The dessert forks were bamboo and had verses from Where the Wild Things Are and Goodnight Moon stamped on them (I ordered those on Etsy).  I think it turned out great!  SO much fun!

Graduation Party Part 2

So here are a few more pics from the party...

The kids totally fit the part!  They kept saying "we look soooo vintage".  

My beautiful friend Steph and her family...

My handsome man...

Wise guy huh?

My other beautiful Friend Lacy...

My friend Terri came a Carol Brady...too cute! 

Terri's daughter Jayden also picked the 70's.

Teenagers these days...never thought I would say that!  I'm not exactly sure what some of them were supposed to be.

FYI...this kids is a genious.  period.  Google is actually having him test things for them.  Hence the google chrome knuckle things.  He's 15 people!

There were so many people that I missed...so many.  I was too busy making sure everything was done!  Anyways, it was a blast and turned out perfect.  I think I'll take a break from the party planning for awhile though!

Em's Graduation Party Part 1

The past few months I have been helping a friend plan a graduation party for her daughter and the invitation list included 100 plus people.  I've known Emily since she was Bella's age so it was so strange to be planning her graduation party. Fortunately, the food was handled, but I planned the decor and other stuff.  This family is like family to me and I love them dearly so it was so much fun to be such a big part of it.  Thanks to my super talented sis in law for helping me implement it and for helping me pull it all together.  Emily's parents bid on the Harweldon Mansion at a school auction so they got a huuuuuge deal on the space.  Emily wanted vintage decor so that's what she got.  Handmade decorations, old quilts, wild flowers and kraft paper were a hit with the youngsters. It was so much fun!