baby brunch

I promised today's post would be about the baby brunch we hosted for Dana, so here you have it.  Yesterday seemed to come to fast...how was is Monday already. It was one of those days. Hard to get up, hard to get through. Looking back at these photos makes smile so it's a perfect day to share them.

 It was the perfect mini get together. We drank mimosas with fresh squeezed oj, coffee and lemon water. We ate yogurt with berries & granola, muffins, bagels & cream cheese and fruit bowls. We smothered the mama in cute little girly things. (Dana said she didn't want presents but how can you resist the teeny tiny things for a baby girl...you can't!) Most importantly of all we got to spend the morning together.

[Tawni, Mama Dana, Me]

I knew as soon as we decided to host this little get together that I wanted to keep the table setting simple and colorful. The table covering is simple kraft paper, the place holders are paper doilies, the vases are plain clear cylinders with zig zag cut fabric tied around them and filled with all types of mums.

[the table setting]
[Emily, Amanda, Ivy]

[a variety of mums, a clear cylinder vase, fabric tie to adorn, a paper doily]

I have wanted to use the gorgeous goodies from Shop Sweet Lulu for quite some time and this was the perfect time to do it. Their product is adorable, they are affordable and they shipped SO fast!

[striped straws from Shop Sweet Lulu and hand stamped place holder doilies]

[favors; cookies in yellow chevron bags and glassine bags (from Shop Sweet Lulu), fabric strap ties, dried mums and millinery leaves]
[striped pink paper straws also from Shop Sweet Lulu]

[Meagan, Me, Mama Dana]

[Vanessa of a fashion gal & a fireman, Ivy, Meagan]

[Mama Dana with the cutest baby girl outfit ever (vest embellished by Vanessa) & Jess]

[my bucket o' goodies for the baby girl]
[cutest trapper hat ever, cutest book ever, striped hoodie towel & more]

[Vanessa, Meagan, Me, Tawni, Jess, Dana, Emily, Amanda, & Ivy]

DIY: wine + chocolate

Remember this post about wedding shower invites for my dear friend? Well, here are the results from the wine & chocolate night that we planned for her shower. I made tags for the goodies to match the invites and tied them on with sparkly ribbon. Each of the goodies had a little saying underneath like, CHOCOLATE DIPPED OREOS... "Health food might be good for the conscious but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better!" -Robert Redford. Or, CHOCOLATE DIPPED RICE CRISPIE TREATS...Snap. Crackle. Pop. Quieted only by coco. It was really fun to come up with the tag lines! The favorites were the chocolate covered pretzels and the best surprise was the salty potato chips to dip in the chocolate fountain. Red wine, Prosecco, Pellegrino, and, of course, milk to wash down all the chocolaty goodness! 

[milk...cause it does a body good] 

[two salty, one sweet]

[gotta get your fruit servings in...even if they're drenched in chocolate]

[DIY S'mores]

[mmmm]

[chocolate fountain in action]