*featurette: alex caratachea & amy baxter watson of the napa valley
for my sister's baby shower, her two friends co-hosted a baby blessing and shower in amy's back yard. |
| midwife friend brooke casey led a blessing for the baby in which we formed a circle with a ribbon draped around each person's wrist. we went around the circle and stated who we were, who our parents were, what qualities in the baby's parents would promote a happy baby and what we were willing to give to the baby (i.e. baby sitting, music lessons, shopping spree's, etc... at the end we each tied a piece of the ribbon around our wrist and vowed to wear it or keep it in a safe place until the baby was born. |
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| baby clothes hanging on a clothes line... alex stuffed wheat grass into birch bark 'vases' & made paper baby clothes which by printing templates he found online |
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| center pieces are wheat grass stuffed into small silver vases |
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| home-made invites using gold dust/stamp set from papyrus. |
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| ice cream served in 'tea light' candle holders and topped with fresh figs & edible flowers |
