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Baby shower fun!

A few weeks ago I had to privilege of throwing a baby shower for a good friend of mine.  I love hosting/throwing parties and love all the planning.  I don’t know if I have ever thrown a party without a theme (some more subtle than others).  I love a good theme 🙂  So, for this shower I decided to go with the “ABC” theme after finding these ABC printable cards on Pinterest (which by the way is so addictive & helpful in the same moment!).  I printed off the ABC cards and then mounted them on bright colored cardstock.  Each person wrote on the back on the card something special for the mom.  I am planning on making them into a little flip book for her to read to her baby girl and herself 🙂  Before the party got going I took a few images of the decor.  So, take a peak and let me know what you think 🙂

The baby’s nursery colors are full of bright colors so all of the decor centered around that.  Two of the main colors are teal & purple, so I tried my hand at a wreath I found on Pinterest to tie in the colors.

I originally saw a button bouquet on Emily Jones Design blog and knew that I had to make one at some point.  They are so adorable!!  I still have this one on my coffee table 🙂

On the day of the shower it was cold and rainy so we had a hot tea bar….

Many of the guests attend my church (DC Metro Church) and we were all in the middle of a 21 Day Fast where we gave up something to focus more time on our walk with God.  A lot of us gave up sugar, carbs, or something of the like.  That being said I had to be creative with what snacks to have 🙂

 

 

I love having a full house 🙂

Looking forward to meeting baby girl and getting to take her newborn images 🙂

 

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Ahhh….

Vacation is good for the soul and for renewing creativity.  I was able to spend 5 days in the Tennessee side of the Smokey Mountains with just my hubby and our puppy.  It was such a wonderful time of just resting.  Since a wedding photographer’s job is seasonal, our busy season tends to kick our tush 🙂  After a particularly crazy summer, both professionally & personally, I knew that a little downtime was just what I needed to be able to finish out the season and give all my clients the best of me.  I am so thankful that we were able to get away 🙂  We did some driving around in the national park, a little hiking, a country craft fair (picked up a new collar for Bella from SweetPeas Posh Pets), and watched a lot of the TV show West Wing.  I didn’t take too many pictures on the trip, but grabbed a few to share with you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After a hike and proof I was there 🙂 (it is a little out of focus but hey you take what you can get when a random person takes your photo)

They don’t call it the Smokey Mountains for nothing 🙂

Lots of furry creatures!

 

 

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