jen's shower!

mandee and i had the privilege of throwing a 'little man' baby shower for one of our best friends, jen! 

we really had so much fun doing it and LOVED how it turned out! 

i just wanted to share some pictures of the highlights of Jen's day! 

 all the party guest signed this and we supplied a frame for Jen to hang in his nursery!

 [most] all the guest helped to paint letters to be hung in Tucker's nursery.

 favor bags [made my mandee] containing some candy, a cookie and mustache chocolate pop!

 bow tie, neck tie and mustache onsie made by me for decor and use once Tucker is here!

 pendants by mandee and 'tucker james' banner by me! 

cradle handmade by Jen's grandfather! [how neat, huh!]

 dessert table!

 the cake. NOM.

lemon raspberry with butter cream icing. DROOL.

 guests of honor - rick & jen [& little man tucker in utero!]

 cake cutting :]

the glowing mom-to-be! :) 

a favorite things party

i had seen this idea on pinterest a few dozen times but it really didn't sink in until i saw ashley's post about the one she went too. 

it seemed like such a FUN party - and let's face it, it was a great excuse for me to throw a party!

the girls came, we ate, drew names and exchanged our some of our favorite things!

i made most all of my favorite party foods such as:

rice krispie treats

basil, mozzarella & tomato skewers

5 flavor pound cake

southwest egg rolls

banana pudding cupcakes

bread with tuscany dipping oil

taco dip

-- we also had some tastefully simple dips and beer bread from heather and chocolate chip dip from kathy!--

some of our favorite things exchanged:

starbucks gift card

pedicure essentials - scrubs, polish and clippers

bubble bath and eye mask

mascara

lip glosses

mason jar, coffee, nail polish, hair product and room spray

dry shampoo with hair spray

crackle nail polish with candy

cupcakes and kitchen utensils

handmade earrings

TACOS!

journal with a pen

nail polishes

wine

[as well as plenty more goodies that i am sure i am forgetting] 

can't wait to do it again! 

a shower

my best friend is having her first baby in just a short eight [or less] weeks! i was given the privilege to throw a shower for her and her baby boy, ronin. 
as always - i got most of my ideas from pinterest - and you can see them here

the shower was originally supposed to be at mandee's MIL's house but southern maryland was hit with a HUGE storm the night before and so many people lost power. that loss of power continued into the day of mandee's shower including at mandee's MIL's house. About 3hrs before the shower was supposed to happen - we decided to have it at my house and managed to get it all together and perfect in the short amount of time we had! her MIL brought all the food to my house and cooked it up! despite all the unforeseen issues, it was perfect!
here are a few pictures that i managed to take. unfortunately, i didn't take any of myself and the guest of honor - or her baby dadddddddy!