Hello, hello! Thanks to all of you for your love on my first video post. I was a little nervous to put that out there, but I'm glad I did. I have a lot to learn when it comes to things like audio, lighting and all that jazz, but I had to start somewhere! Today, I'm back with a fun little do-it-yourself project that I did for my friend Melissa's bohemian southern inspired baby shower that I helped host a few weeks ago in Austin, Texas. We knew we wanted the guest of honor in her own beautiful floral crown, but things got a little pricey as we thought about putting all of the guests in flower crowns. So we came up with an alternative for the other guests at the shower so that everyone felt special and pretty, but we weren't spending too much on floral crowns: a faux floral wristlet corsage! I went old school and thought about a true southern baby shower and a flower corsage was the first thing that came to mind.  It totally reminds me of something my grandmother and her sisters would have done for a shower. In the end, I was able to make twelve adorable little wristlets that matched our color theme and the momma-to-be's floral crown for just under $15. Love that! And the best part is that this easy project is great not only for baby showers but also bridal showers, bridal luncheons, weddings, prom, homecoming... the possibilities are endless!

Tools/Supplies:

-thick, good quality ribbon (I used 1.5" thick satin ribbon)

-faux floral stems of varying kinds

-hot glue gun

-ribbon scissors

-regular scissors 

Step-by-step:

1. Cut the ribbon (with ribbon scissors! it helps to prevent fraying!) in equal lengths. Each of my ribbons was about twelve inches long as I wanted enough ribbon to make a big, loopy, romantic bow. If want a smaller bow in the back when you tie the wristlet, I'd cut each length shorter. You can also hot glue the ends of the ribbons to prevent further fraying (my ribbons did fray some by the end of the shower).

2. Cut off the buds of the flowers from the faux floral stems with the regular scissors. Try to get as close as possible to the flower so that you don't have any plastic greenery sticking out of the back.

3. Hot glue the floral buds in the center of each ribbon. Practice your arrangement (I went with one big white flower and two small pink flowers to the side) before you break out the glue! Also, use a bunch of hot glue to make sure those guys stay on there.

4. Tie your pretty wristlet corsage on! You may need a friend to help- below is a photo of my beautiful friends tying their wristlets on during Melissa's shower.

I think that's a pretty good project for $15, don't you?!

I might have gone a little picture heavy in this post, but, well, #sorrynotsorry. I'm so happy to share the beautiful baby shower that my girlfriends and I threw a few weekends ago for our friend, Melissa. Let me start by saying that all of us girls pictured in the second to last photo met at College of Charleston our freshman year. Fourteen years later... we are all still best friends! This group has the most inspiring, ambitious, caring, loving, diverse and amazing women in it. We're now spread across the U.S. (Denver! New York! Boulder! Atlanta! Lexington!), but decided to surprise our girl, Melissa, in Austin, Texas, where she lives, for a baby-ette weekend. It's like a bachelorette party but for a baby! Somehow or another we managed to keep it a surprise for months that all five of us girls (and Melissa's sister!) were flying in to surprise our momma-to-be. Needless to say, we pulled it off- it was an amazing weekend and part of that fun was this baby shower we threw for Meliss and a few of her Austin friends.

We held the baby shower during brunch time at a cute spot in Austin- Jacoby's Mercantile. We decided on a bohemian southern style theme for the shower- mom and pops, otherwise known as Melissa and Matt, met in Charleston, South Carolina and now live out their great adventures (including their best adventure today, their baby girl on the way!) based in Austin. So we had to pull in those bohemian and southern roots for the shower theme, of course. There was lots of pretty pink, peach, mint green and gold. The guest of honor got a pretty flower crown and the rest of the guests got matching flower wristlets (I made them! tutorial soon!). My friend Courtney whipped up the organic greenery displays on the tables just by browsing the floral section of Whole Foods! Court also took all of these photos, so thanks for sharing, friend. A detailed source list is below, let me know if I'm missing anything you have questions about!

venue- Jacoby's Mercantile

flower crown

flower wristlets- DIY, tutorial soon!

printable boho baby wishes and matching invitation

greenery and florals, Whole Foods

gold BABY balloons

"find your adventure" art

peach, pink, mint and gold tassel garland

 Hey friends! I feel like I've been a little bit off the radar lately, so I wanted to stop in and update you guys on the status of Little Lady June, my pregnancy and what's going on with my little family these days.

I'm officially 38 weeks pregnant with this sweet girl. I went into labor with HDawg at 38 weeks, 3 days which is Wednesday of this week. Of course, that's no indication I'll go into labor at the same time this go around, but it is kind of crazy to think about! Last week, I thought we were having this baby. Coupled with the fact that my body is already progressing (I won't throw out the centimeters and all that stuff to avoid a TMI moment), I was having some major contractions (I went about 48 hours having 5-6 contractions every hour) during the major ice storm that hit Atlanta last week. Although my in-laws came and stayed with us to watch H just in case David and I needed to brave the insane weather (we were all iced in, otherwise), it was very stressful knowing that her arrival felt imminent and that we may not be able to get to the hospital! Then the snow and ice melted on Friday and I woke up Saturday morning feeling totally normal. I've only had a handful of contractions since! Crazy, right? Has that happened to any of you? It's crazy to go from "it's go time!" to nada. Talk about a roller-coaster ride. Oh, the joys of pregnancy!

Speaking of pregnancy... look! It's a beached whale!

You laugh, but that's a big ol' belly!

Anyways, things are quiet so far this week, but I'm happy to let little lady stay in and grow big and strong as long as she needs to. Until then, I'm hanging out with my two boys, finishing some things around the house, eating way too many donuts and other pastries, resting and possibly tackling some of my DIY baby burp cloths! I haven't sewed at all for this little gal, so maybe it's time to get on that.

Once the ice melted last week, my in-laws treated David and I and watched HDawg so we could have a date night! I seriously love my man so much... he can talk me down off the super pregnant hormonal ledge every time, it amazes me. We don't do Valentine's Day, but unofficially, it was really nice to grab a nice dinner with him... and some fro-yo, of course... and just enjoy each other's company kid-less! I'm so glad I get to create a family and do life with this man. He's my boo.

But what I'm really excited to share with y'all today are some photos from my baby showers for Little Lady June! When we were under the impression that another boy was on the way, we hadn't really planned any showers. Obviously, we had all of the cute little boy stuff we needed from HDawg. But once we found out the news that he was a she, our friends and family came together and planned some amazing little parties to celebrate and shower LLJ with gifts! Seriously, David and I feel so blessed that everyone came together so quickly for us to make sure our sweet girl had everything she needs.

I can't even believe it, but I completely forgot to take photos at the shower my friends threw for us. My sweet friend Beth held the party at her beautiful house and all of my girlfriends cooked amazing food, planned some adorable decorations and really just created the perfect party. I love these girls!

My mom's family also threw me a shower, including my mom, sisters, aunt Christy and grandmother. They also planned out so many girly details- it was beautiful!

My sister's friend made that gorgeous cake- it's beautiful, right?! She also made the baseball jersey cake from my sister's engagement party. She is super talented!

[my mom, my aunt, my sister- Tori, me, my sister- Callie, my grandmother]

Needless to say, Little Lady June (and David and H and I!) is super blessed to have so much love around us. I cannot believe she'll be here so soon... I'll keep you guys posted along the way!

Psst! Shoot me your Tuesday at Ten June feature projects for tomorrow if you haven't done so already!