As some of you know, I love to give baby and bridal showers. I especially love to give them when they are for children of lifelong friends and family. It’s my action-based BlessBack®, my thanks to those who have played a significant role in my life. I wanted to do something special for my friend, Ann. By the way, BlessBack®: Thank Those Who Shaped Your Life is still on sale for 99 cents today through this evening when the price goes up to $1.99. Get your e-book copy on Amazon here. My friend’s daughter became engaged to Krister – just a great, genuine,…
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I love being a girl. And I love giving showers. Though I don’t experience playing in the dirt like gardeners do, with giving showers, I experience euphoria as senses converge to create “festivity.” On May 19, 2014, I along with Kathryn Paradise, owner of Salon Spatoria in Victoria, co-hostessed a bridal shower tea for our friend, Mary’s daughter, Alison Harms. Kathryn and I found it especially a joy to give this shower as Alison is getting married on Flag Day, June 14, which is a birthday Kathryn and I both share. Each of us considered having the shower at our…
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2013. For me, it’s the year of engagements, bridal showers and weddings. This summer I was given the privilege of co-hosting a bridal shower for my new niece-in-law Rachel (Vogt) Lee. Each of us had contributed our own talents to put this lovely day together. We also had the privilege of the design and decorating team of two sisters, Becky Hammill Berg and Lynn Hammill Rhinevault who turned boring space into a magical, time-set-apart space for the bridal shower. These women came with plastic bins and boxes bursting with greens, tulle, tea lights, branches, chalkboard-painted cardboard and repurposed things. They…
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