We never got around to actually doing it, until Tara and Grace started scheming making the party actually happen. They came up with a hot air balloon theme and a pink & gold color scheme, and ran with it! Grace, baker extraordinaire, made adorable hot air balloon cookies, raspberry macarons, and the beautiful gold-painted cake. They created little hot air balloons out of gold paper lanterns with small pink paper boxes hung from them - SO cute! We spent an exhausting evening draping our entire front room in tulle and gold streamers. Some of our lovely single girlfriends came to the party and each brought a fun gift like you might give at a shower, and we had a gift swap. Delicious food and delightful conversation topped off quite the smashing event! :-)
Alas, I was too busy participating to snap any photos during the actual event, but enjoy the photos of everything untouched!
Cake, cookies, and macarons: Simply Grace
Tulle: Tablecloths Factory
Gold streamers: Shindigz
Gold paper straws: Amazon
Gold paper lanterns: Oriental Trading Co.
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And why, exactly, did we take all these decorations down???
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Whatever reason we had was, obviously, illogical.
DeleteThe room looked so... good! :) Good memories.... :)
ReplyDeleteYep. I'm lovin' this whole "Blog Schedule" thing. ;-) Love seeing all these pretty Kathryn pictures on a weekly basis!!!
ReplyDeleteYou have yourself to thank for it, my dear! Your dedication is inspiring!
DeleteOh so much fun! And what delicious, beautiful food! I'm sure you all had a lovely time.
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the Middle Sister and Singer
OH my gosh--HOW gorgeous! <3 I really really REALLY wanna throw a singles shower and soon!
ReplyDeleteAwww - that's such an awesome idea! Can I come next time? (Although, hopefully by the time "next time" rolls around, I won't be single anymore). ;)
ReplyDeleteI think the blog schedule is great - I love seeing more of your gorgeous photos, and you're inspiring me to be a better blogger as well!
That is such a neat idea...I want to throw a "singles" shower now!;) I love the decorations too! So creative!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a wonderful idea and I'm in awe at the yummy food and glorious decorations/theme!!!:)
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful decor! Love it!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! ……and how come you pretty single girls don't gain thousands of pounds on that delicious food?
ReplyDeletehmmmmm…how about a "we've been married a looooooong time" shower? I could use a few new frying pans :-) :-) :-) love you, Oma
Hehe! Well, we didn't eat all of it that day. :-) Hey, why not? Who says a shower is only for a bride? Love you too!
Deletehow LOVELY! Just thought I should mention though, that (for me anyway) your link for Grace goes to Frip - and online gaming site. I doubt that's what you intended!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for catching that! I didn't even realize I had the wrong link. I fixed it. :-)
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