lisa's having a baby!

my beautiful friend lisa is having a baby! she is due june 14 and i was lucky enough to be able to throw her a baby shower yesterday with our friend dannielle. lisa is from america and she is an identical twin - to the lovely michelle, who was here for two weeks doing a final prac for her college degree, so we took advantage of it for the party. i mean - what's a party without the twin?!

we had so much fun planning and preparing - and decorating... i could not have done it alone though, dannii was an absolute gem, baking a whole pile of gorgeous stuff, including baby cookie shapes (onesies, bibs and bottles), organising some of the games and just generally being a huge help!

it was such a lovely day - and i am grateful for lovely friends and the opportunity to do something like this. i really felt at home again organising it all - i mean in all honesty, that's what being a funeral director is after all - a party planner on a huge scale. i loved every minute of it and i can't imagine anything i'd love more either! maybe that is what i should do with my life one day... event styling! now there's a thought... it would be incredible and could be so so much fun!

i went to a baby shower just a few weeks ago for a girl i work with and she had this incredible fountain filled with juice that i just fell in love with - i was all set to go and rent one, and then found out it was a reasonable priced one from a local store - and that my friends mum actually owns one and was quite happy to loan it to me, so we had a fountain of pink lemonade on the table, which was so cute, i loved watching it.

plus... what's a party without goodie bags! little cookies stamped with a thanku logo, dannii's iced cookies, a pink and white wafer stick and pink swirl marshmallows.

i am so blessed with wonderful friends (and a fabulous husband - who watched miss maddie for the entire day so we could do everything without entertaining a baby as well...) and i can't think of a better way to have spent a saturday. i love you girls!

x♥x