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It's Shower Time!

I have three showers I'm helping with in the next three months.  I feel like I'm back to planning my wedding all over again!  The first shower is a wedding shower for one of my sorority sisters.  The colors that the other hostesses and I are using are brown and pink.  And here are a few ideas we have in mind.

Floral filled apothecaries, white platters, pink personalized cocktail, and perhaps a little Bells of Ireland.
I love a drink with a garnish.  Don't you?  Oh, and yes, we will be rocking the striped straws at this shower too :)

I'm almost done with the invites for Baby Cohen's shower.  All I have left to do is finish the adding the inserts requesting that guests bring a book instead of a card.  I'm not sure if you guys are familiar with this concept, but I first discovered it about a year ago, and I know it's really been catching on.  The idea is to slip in a little note (or write on the invite itself) asking that instead of bringing a card (which will get thrown away after one read), guests bring a book for the baby.  I think it's a fantastic idea -- especially with the price of cards these days! 

I've seen people word the request many different ways, but this is the one I chose.


In lieu of a card, please bring a book signed by you, just in time for Baby Smith's big debut!
So there's a little sneak peak into what I've been working on this week.  More details to come!

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