welcome to the world, baby simões

Announcement: my first niece or nephew is about to come into the world! Kind of a big deal for me. To celebrate, we threw my sister a mid-summer garden party.

Not knowing whether my future little friend is a boy or a girl, I sought inspiration for his/her first fête from the Rifle Paper Co. travel prints that my sister had her eye on for the nursery. Food stations inspired by Paris, Rome, New York + Porto (Rifle Paper Co. unfortunately does not carry a Porto print, I had to improvise on that one) went along with the matching print.

I can't wait to meet Baby Simões + hope that one day he/she really does explore the world.

prints rifle paper co. | cake + 'bonjour bebe' cookies when pigs fly pastries | mini pies the pie hole | macarons bel cafe  | gold foil letter gallons balloon studio | textiles ikea | drinking jars bernardin

hola menino

When an amazing woman in your life is going to bring another life into this world, there is nothing to do but celebrate. And celebrate we did with an intimate gathering on a Saturday afternoon. Our mother-to-be has the brightest presence + is truly a light in the room. We did our best to reflect that in the soiree, but we hardly matched up to this ray of sunshine! Leticia, you are going to be an amazing mother + I can't wait to meet your little man.