showered with love

my sister rebecca and her husband mark are expecting a baby girl on october 30th, 

so i threw baby anderson a shower. 

{girls only}

just like i'd hoped, it was an absolutely beautiful afternoon, so we set up in the backyard!

outside means sidewalk chalk. 

(i heart sidewalk chalk)

setting up a few hours before. 

i found this fabric on etsy that i fell in love with, 

and i commissioned my mom to sew the amazing bunting that we hung all over the backyard.

 i am sort of obsessed with how gorgeous they turned out. 

i love love love them.

{great job, mom!}

i'm sure you'll be spotting these cuties at multiple festivities in future blog posts...

sweet raspberry lemonade

easy to make (although the straining of seeds=not so much fun) & oh-so-delicious

we made rebecca a book full of wisdom, encouragement and advice for her journey as a mama

hard at work writing bits of wisdom

i wanted to have photos from both rebecca & mark's 

infancy and childhood strung as another bunting. 

mark's mom uploaded photos from when mark was a little boy, 

and i got some slides of rebecca turned into prints. 

so cute!

perfect backdrop to our yummy eats.

our menu was eclectic, but i picked things i knew rebecca loved to eat

mmm. onion tarts.

(recipe to follow in another post)

now insert assorted shower games; after all, my sister loves games!

i gocco-ed little prizes for everyone, which i'll save for another post.

for dessert we had mini brownies, 

these adorable button cookies that i spotted on sweetamb's shop on etsy 

(so yummy and so cute- as soon as i saw them i had to have them for the shower! 

plus they are handmade in chicago, mark's home city. perfect!)

and....

lemon curd ice cream cake.

delicious, my friends!

you can find the recipe on my friend hannah's blog.

(you can thank me for passing it along and hannah for concocting it)

culinary genius, 

and the best way to end the shower besides our beauty bar!

favors galore at the beauty bar: 

chocolate mints, tissues, candy necklaces, lip gloss and nail polish! 

i can't help it- 

this was my favorite part.

at the end, little m came out to visit the ladies

and her aunt rebecca

my sister, mama to be, & me

i think fun was had by all,

but by the end, 

little m was ready for the party to be over