Sunday in Paris Bridal Shower

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Pretty details from a shower I put together in the fall. I love the contrast of kraft paper with more romantic elements. Isn't the crown for the bride sweet?? I love to use Cavelini map wrapping paper for accents.

Mother's Day Luncheon

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I like to have a little luncheon for my favorite mom friends the weekend before Mother's Day. I wouldn't survive with my sanity without these women in the motherhood trenches with me so it's fun to celebrate being moms together. This year our move prevented me from getting it together in the end but I always play around with ideas before hand and this was my plan. An easy hand-stamped invite with hand-made Lokta paper accents from Paper Source. Our rosemary bush goes crazy this time every year and I love giving my non-gardening friends a bit of my garden to take home with them so rosemary wrapped in kraft paper for favors.

Yummy greyhound with rosemary sugar recipe here.

All this strawberry and asparagus salad needs is a little poached chicken breast to be a lovely main course salad. Recipe here.

Crispin's 40th Birthday

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My darling husband turned 40 this past weekend and threw a little party for him with just our favorite close friends. It was a really lovely evening even though (or probably because) I didn't get to everything I had to planned to make. I had big plans for a whole array of homemade chocolate desserts to go along with the chocolate theme (and Crispin's obsession with the stuff) but just had time to make the cake. It was super yummy and nobody cared that I didn't have 4 desserts. (Note to self -  nobody cares but you!) Since his family is in England and couldn't be here to celebrate I emailed and asked everyone to send a favorite memory of Crispin. Some super funny and some very touching and he loved the surprise. I'm going to miss our friends terribly when we move but it will be great to be closer to family in England.

Love this little perforation tool! The invite had 3 pages - one with the details, one with a funny little "how well do you know the birthday boy" quiz and the other was for guests to write a funny quote or advice on life after 40.

Yummy English cheeses. Used chocolate brown wrapping paper for a table runner and silver marker to write the names of the cheeses. Everyone loved this detail! I used it on the cocktail table too.

For favors I unwrapped English chocolate bars and rewrapped them in chocolate brown paper and embossed 40 with silver embossing powder.