A few months ago I had the pleasure of helping to host a baby shower for one of my dearest friends.  The theme of the fete was “feather-her-nest” and planning the event was so much fun!  Being that the mother-to-be has such discerning taste, the pressure was definitely on us to basically “Bring It!”  With the help of some of the mother- to- be friend’s we pulled off some really nice details.  Super cute boxed invitations were designed by Petite-Fete to drum up excitement for the enchanted event.  Each box housed an invitation, an eggling, excelsior and feathers of course. What is an eggling you ask?  Well naturally it is a an egg that sprouts flowers when cracked, seeded, and watered. The idea was that the guests would also be expecting a little surprise well after the baby shower was over.

The actual event was held at the Redwood Restaurant in Besthesda, Maryland and created a perfect backdrop for our theme.  Details included – Menus printed on fabric linen napkins by Petite-Fete, delicious cupcakes by Georgetown Cupcakes but beautifully assembled in tiered fashion by the fabulous Mika of A Cupcake Heaven, a Manzanita tree where guests pinned on suggestions of possible baby names,  lovely hydrangeas sprouting baby blue feathers, and little glass cloches protecting baby nests dotted the tables.  Guests took home mini ballotines of chocolate chips cookies baked fresh by One Girl Cookies in Brooklyn, New York especially for this event.  We all had a super good time and it was so much fun to mingle with all of the mother- to- be friends and family.  All is all in was a super chic event!

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To quote the ever creative Hadiya over at Sight Undefined, (yes, I am calling you out!:)  two weeks of not posting is like 2 months in blog time … but what better way to make a great come back but to bring you a sweet peek of how the New York Magazine Wedding Event 2010 went down.   In a word is was A-W-E-S-O-M-E.  We had so much fun and met so many great brides and made new friends.  Our booth was perfectly nestled between the ever talented and fabulous Betsy from Nine Cakes and the extraordinaire wedding style maker Colin Cowie!  There were so many super creative beings in one room it was truly nirvana.  We met Sierra from Poppies and Posies, the girls over at The Village Invites, Ceci and of course we had to have a picture with Colin.  Stay tuned – tomorrow will showcase some of the other fabulous vendor tables.

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Special thanks to all the special brides we met at Roslyn Bridal Expo.  We had a blast and enjoyed networking with all the other lovely vendors.  What is that Rosey and I are holding?  Well that is a local Long Island magazine called Pulse – they are doing a feature on the show and on Petite-Fete – more updates on that to come!!

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Think of this as the e-announcement before the official paper announcement.   Everyone wants to see the  pictures of your new baby as soon as the baby is born.  What a cute way to introduce the first few days of your little ones life to your family and friends.   First Announcement is the brain child of baby style maker Wendy Bellissimo.  Simply create an account, select a theme, add your recipeints email addresses (it can also automatically load your contacts from your e-mail), upload your photos and your done.  I took the site for a little spin and it actually took me less than five minutes to create.  This will save you the time of having to text and mass email baby pics on the fly.  Wendy has also launched a new online destination for all you new Mamas called Nesting, where you can chat it up with other moms and find out about the latest baby trends.  Love it!

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