Quite a few months ago I had an idea, a spark!! I wanted to share with other women my journey to loving myself again and where it all started.
My sister helped me create a beautiful video featuring my hands (you can read my whole story and see the video here)
Then I realized I needed to share it with some of my favorite moms and treat them to the tropical brunch paradise they deserved!! My good friend Natashia with Canary Jane is an amazing speaker and definitely an awesome motivator agreed to speak AND help with set up and decor. We were able to throw it right before Mother's Day to start off a special weekend the right way!
It was important to me to make the spread luxurious and colorful to transport those moms to a different world!
Also just as important: fruity drinks!! I'm not even sure I could spout out a recipe for these since I totally threw them together last minute but they were SO GOOD. Sparkling Strawberry Pina Colada and Coconut Lime Mojitos. (All virgin of course!). Also Natashia helped decorate the bar with the palm leaves and I'm obsessed with how it looks!!
The cake was inspired from one of my favorite bloggers Aww Sam. She gave the greatest cake hack of ALL TIME in my opinion!! You can take a picture (endless possibilities here!!) to your local grocery store bakery and they can print it on edible rice paper!!! I chose the same wallpaper print Sam shared in her post because it fit my theme perfectly! Also, I cheated and bought two 6" cakes from the same bakery and just took off the extra frosting and wrapped the rice paper around it. I love how it turned out! And in case you were wondering it has coconut chunks on the top!
Cupcakes were also store bought. Oops.. I was really trying to make things easy this time around. But they were SO good. I have a silicone pineapple mold I just poured some melted baking chocolate in and let them set up in the fridge then popped them out and gave each cupcake it's own tropical decor haha.
No one would touch the food at the table because it all looked so good but even after we dove into it, I still loved the vibe it was giving off. I created a whole Pinterest board for charcuterie boards and that is how I came up with everything that is there. Honestly almost everything I got at Costco!
Natashia brought these leaves and tied them around my new Opal House by Target cups! Didn't it turn out so cute?? I'm so in love with details!!
After I convinced everyone that it was okay to actually eat the food in front of them Natashia stood up and told us WHY we are amazing moms. Take a few minutes to watch this video and come on back for a link to her free print!
Here are my reasons I am the best bomb diggity mom!! I actually had a hard time with these! But I just really had to listen to Natashia and push out the negativity! I would love for you to comment below and tell me your reason!! At least one!
After we filled out our papers we gathered in my living room and I shared my story and watched the Hands video together. You can watch it too and read my story here!
Thank you to all the beautiful moms that came and supported me, helped me cut fruit, clean up and a special shout out to my neighbor Becky for showing up with a finished charcuterie board to hold all the food! It is beautiful and was so perfect for the event! Thank you to all of you that have supported me while I share my story and I hope I can help at least a few of you women see your beauty and appreciate what you have. BE LEAF IN YOU!
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