I love how she used the top of the Tower to display the inspiration behind the party, the book itself.

For creative details and a complete tutorial on this incredibly charming party please visit the original post here.  If you’re not convinced just yet…there’s also a fabulous giveaway involved! GO!

So in honor of my very pregnant, incredibly busy, super-mom of a sister I decided a ‘Spa Night’ was in order. And so we begin with the invitation, my little play on the word ‘pamper’. I loved making these with some scrapbooking paper I already had at home using this template I found online:

My Mom just so happens to be an amazing massage therapist so I asked her to set up her chair for 10 minute massages.  As you can see…Grace was anxious to be her first client of the evening:

How lucky was I that ‘Hello Gorgeous’ (mobile mani and pedicure service) was ready to take on their first client right as I was planning this party.  They did such a fantastic job I would hire them back in a second!  Once again, first in line for services were Grace and Delaney:

Decorations were spa inspired and meant to help create a relaxing environment.  There were flowers and candles scattered throughout the house and lights were low whenever possible.

 I took the same shot glasses we used for the milkshake shots in my sister Jackie’s shower and found this recipe online for ‘Tiny Tomato Soup Shots with Grilled Cheese Croutons’ – I love these shot glasses!  You can bet you’ll see them again in future posts! 

Also on the menu were these super cute Fruit Roll Sushi (beware, although delicious these are not as easy to make as one would think…spread the ‘rice crispy’ mix ASAP before it starts to harden!).  YUM!

Of course there were cutie oranges…does anyone else crave these like mad when they are pregnant or is it just us???

I decided to dress up The Cupcake Tower with some pretty scrapbooking paper for a change.  Love the versatility…!

After we were sufficiently pampered and fed it was time to open presents.  What could be better for pampering Mom than a Cupcake Bath Bomb?

Check out this homemade hat from Aunt Melanie…AH!  So cute I can’t stand it.

Here’s Mom and Big Sister Delaney, pretty girls!

How cute is she????

Does that picture look familiar?  If you read the posting on my baby shower here’s why:

AWWW!  I love you sister.  You are such an inspiration to me.  You are a fantastic Mom and I’m so grateful to be Auntie to your beautiful kiddos.  I am so grateful that we are raising our babies together.  On that note…a big HUGE welcome to Eleanor Sue, born December 30th, 2010.  LOVE HER (photos by Briony Hope Photography):

And here’s the spread:

So just about every ‘workday’ at Joy’s house during the first part of this pregnancy I made myself a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich so for the shower they made grilled cheese and tomato on triscuits – SO CUTE!   Then there were the deep fried pickle chips…I mean really, need I say more?  My sister Patti’s homemade mac and cheese, some bread with Tuscan Dipping oil, are you grasping the amount of ‘salt’ that  I have ingested over the past 9 months?  LUCKILY for my ever swelling ankles, I have also craved fruit, particularly cutie oranges of which I can blindly eat three in 5 minutes and barely blink an eye.  CAN’T GET ENOUGH of the cutie oranges…

And of course, the ever present, ever fabulous Cupcake Tower.  Cupcakes were provided by ‘Lovely Confections Bakery’ and we indulged in ‘Bees Knees’ (Lavender Cake with Honey Lemon Buttercream), Vanilla with Chocolate frosting, Chocolate with Chocolate frosting and my favorite of the day the Carrot with Cream Cheese Frosting.  Most of her ingredients are organic and locally sourced so both yummy and good karma!

Here’s some more fun pics of the party:

Myself and Grace with her Grandma’s

My little cupcake:

Check out this gorgeous blanket made by my cousin-in-law Rose, she is SO talented.  She just so happens to have an Etsy Store ’RosesBloom‘ where she sells recycled yarn.  How cool is that?

and finally, Grace got to open a couple of gifts too and one of her favorites was a pack of ‘Big Girl’ panties…she couldn’t stop checking herself out!