{Hometown} Laurel, MS but Jackson for 9 years.
{Event Site} Home of Anna Chappell, Bridgewater, Ridgeland, MS
{Tell us about the occasion for the event?}
This was a baby shower to celebrate what will likely be the July arrival of my baby girl!
{What inspired your event location and theme?}
The credit for that goes to Anna! She and the other 11 hostesses know that I love dresses and dressing up so they decided on a “pretty” Saturday morning brunch.
{What inspired your color scheme/flowers?}
I love the color green and my nursery is blush, coral and white. They used that as inspiration.
{What’s your favorite event detail? Is there a story behind it?}
The invitations. You can see a sketch of the picture used on it in one photo. A friend of Anna’s (who designs invitations professionally) actually looked at pictures of me, and things I like to come up with it. I’ll never look that great pushing a stroller around town…but I can dream.
{What was your favorite part of the event planning process?}
To be honest I didn’t have to do a thing. The incredible hostesses handled it all!
{What was your favorite moment of the event day?}
Seeing so many of my favorite people in one room. Like so many women I feel like I have so many great and wonderful friends who’ve never actually met each other. This day gave me a chance to introduce many of them.
{Your favorite picture from the event day?}
The pictures of my mom sitting next to me as I open gifts. My husband and I waited for years to have a child—enduring infertility and finally IVF. Having a baby- much less a baby shower- was not something I *knew* I’d ever get to do. But my mom always did. It was very special to sit next to her…carrying the next girl in our lineJ
Photographer: Candace Tann