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Katie is carrying a watermelon! A Pineapple and Watermelon Baby Shower with a nod to Dirty Dancing

By Jessica On September 8, 2016 · 10 Comments · In baby, Party
Today we celebrate one of my closest friends in the world and her baby boy who is expected to arrive towards the end of October. This blog post has the longest title in the seven years this blog has existed. I just had to entice you to read with the Dirty Dancing mention. ;) Watch [...]
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An easy baby shower setup plus a Chex™ Party Mix Baby Shower giveaway

By Jessica On April 21, 2015 · 16 Comments · In baby, Giveaway, Party
While I sometimes go overboard on parties, I also believe that simple setups can be perfect for most events. I love the idea of hosting an intimate gender reveal baby shower for just a few close friends and this setup would work perfect for it. Today I put together this easy (literally took 20 minutes [...]
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Oh Baby! A surprise shower for Melissa including a Blood Orange Mint Mocktail bar

By Jessica On January 12, 2015 · 17 Comments · In baby, blog, DIY
Surprise! We have a special post today that I’m SO excited about. We are celebrating our friend Melissa of Melissa Creates with a surprise online baby shower before she welcomes her sweet little boy in the next few weeks! Have you been to an online baby shower before? If not, welcome to our shower and [...]
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How to plan a baby shower

By Jessica On April 3, 2014 · 2 Comments · In baby, blog, Event styling, happy hosting
I’m thrilled to have Stephanie from Spaceships and Laser Beams stopping by today to share tips for planning a baby shower. xoxo, Jessica If “life is in the details” then you surely won’t want to miss the fun planning it takes to host a welcome to the world baby shower! Where to begin? Decide on [...]
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Modern baby shower invitations with PurpleTrail

By Jessica On November 1, 2013 · 5 Comments · In Event styling
I received product from PurpleTrail for the Dragon Baby Shower I showed you on Monday. All opinions are my own.  For Angie’s Dragon themed baby shower, we sent out clean modern invitations before we had the colors and theme figured out. We went with navy stripes and added a fun baby embellishment, hoping it would [...]
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A quick look at our dragon baby shower

By Jessica On October 28, 2013 · 8 Comments · In Event styling, Party
I co-hosted a dragon themed baby shower on Saturday for a sweet friend. It was a lovely day with a sit-down lunch, great food, conversations and simple but tasty desserts. We hosted it at my friend’s home and cleared all of her furniture out as we had our minds made up that we were doing a [...]
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A pink and gold Cue the Confetti themed baby shower

By Jessica On April 29, 2013 · 4 Comments · In baby, Event styling
Today I’m sharing our Cue the Confetti themed pink and gold baby shower. You can see our preview here and download your free printables here. Read on for more details. 
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A look at our “Cue the confetti” themed baby shower

By Jessica On April 15, 2013 · 3 Comments · In baby, DIY, Event styling
As I mentioned in the post sharing free party printables, I teamed up with Cassie of ChubbyMama Cupcakes on a pink and gold baby shower for her fabulous sister Mandi recently. This shower was a lot of fun and the decor was glamorous, but also very eclectic! Most importantly, the food and drinks were amazing, [...]
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Open house to welcome baby

By Jessica On January 15, 2013 · 2 Comments · In baby, DIY, Event styling
When my friends are pregnant with their second children, I always try to offer to throw a baby shower of some sort. I believe that every baby is worth celebrating and if someone is turned off by the idea (you know, because you don’t get to have baby showers twice), they are free to decline [...]
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{happy hosting} — a bright and modern baby shower — part I

By Jessica On October 4, 2011 · 10 Comments · In baby, fancy host, happy hosting
Oh how I love to throw a good party! When my good friend Angie asked me to help with some of the details for her sister’s baby shower, I was all in! I’ve been friends with both Angie and Leah, the mama-to-be, since 4th grade! We played hockey together in elementary school, high school and [...]
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