after two months of planning,
hunting for teapots at garage sales, thrift stores and anywhere we could think of,
borrowing enough tea cups and dessert plates to serve around 70 people,
making 80 "empanadas" and baking another 80 almond crisps,
spending two days setting up...
I can officially say I am exhausted and very, very slowly trying to get my house back to normality. But it was totally and absolutely worth it! I enjoyed every minute of it, from the preparation to the actual delivery. I didn´t take very good pictures because I was caught up hosting the event, so my pics don´t do it much justice. Enjoy them, anyway!
The teapots were our centerpieces and we used mismatched china in every table.
The place were we had it was once a small theater, so we used the stage and the backdrops for the opening of presents. These pics were taken before the guests arrived, but you have to believe me, there was hardly any room for the bride on this stage once all the gifts came in!
This water jug was also a loan, so I perpetuated it in my memory with this picture... I totally love it!
This water jug was also a loan, so I perpetuated it in my memory with this picture... I totally love it!
This was the view as you came in the door (before I finished dressing all the tables with the centerpieces)
The happy bride and me (oh yeah, and my Adriana squeezed in between)
This is also the unfinished food table, all the food is still missing...
by the end it was lovely full with great baked goods that so many people brought!
I had so much help, I can´t even begin to tell you. I would have never pulled it off without so many people "chasing after my grandiose illusion". Thanks to all that helped!
This is also the unfinished food table, all the food is still missing...by the end it was lovely full with great baked goods that so many people brought!
I had so much help, I can´t even begin to tell you. I would have never pulled it off without so many people "chasing after my grandiose illusion". Thanks to all that helped!
4 comments:
Wow it looks very beautiful......I'm sorry I couldn't be there.......Blessings, Jenn
Wow, Keila! It looks like you really gave it 110% - I know your friend was blessed by your love & hard work. :)
What a wonderful friend and what a beautiful setting for a shower! Hooray for you and all your helpers!
I also just read your previous post. I hear not only doctors saying such things about nursing but other well meaning mothers as well, sometimes in frustration regarding their own child. "I feel like a pacifier!" "I'm feeling like a cow these days - all I do is nurse!" But as you said, what is so bad about providing comfort? How long can it possibly go on? Is there really concern that she will never stop - that she will be seven years old and not wanting to play with friends because she still wants to nurse? NO WAY!! Or maybe she won't head off to college because she is still attached - now who would believe that?!!
So, stay close, hold her when she likes, be her comfort. You will find a bridge into her heart more readily in days to come if you begin building today.
Love you!
You are the queen of memory making. Your love for others and the importance you place in bonding and doing with and for others are truly an inspiration to me. I am a huge fan :)
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