Recently, I planned a spa day for my BFF Sandi to celebrate the upcoming arrival of her 2nd baby boy, Charlie.
Last year, I was constantly planning or attending surprise birthday parties, bridal showers, baby showers, bachelorette parties, etc, and while at the time, I complained about having so much to organize/plan I really enjoyed doing it. This year the party planning is slim and I was aching to plan something.
When Sandi was pregnant with her first baby, she had a prenatal massage that she said she loved. So I thought it would be fun to have a girls day at the spa to get massages, mani/pedi's, etc and relax before Charlie arrived.
Once we nailed down a date, I emailed all the ladies with the details and everyone decided on spa treatments. Since most of the details were laid out in the initial email, I decided not to mail invitations. But I still wanted to create something that was personalized for the occasion. I used Paperless Post to create a simple "announcement" to use in a follow-up email once all the appointments and reservations were finalized.
Sandi is 110% girly girl and one of her favorite "colors" is glitter/gold. I chose a gold painted polka dot Kate Spade design and dark blue font to compliment the new baby boy.
Even though it wasn't a "shower", I still wanted to make the day special for all the girls that came...including the guest of honor. Gift giving is my favorite thing. So my favorite part of the whole planning process was putting together little favor bags for everyone. I was lucky to find some gold and dark blue tissue paper to match the online invite. Looking back...i'm kind of sad I didn't make myself one.
To go along with the "spa" theme, I included bath/body related items in each of the bags.
Nail File
Nail Polish
Loofah
Burt's Bees Lip Balm
Travel Size Jergens Lotion
side note: i'm obsessed with the Que Bella Peel Off Masks. I don't think they help my skin, but I have a weird obsession with the whole peeling process. There are several different masks in the line. Perfect for bachelorette favors, birthday packages, etc.
It would have been good to add mini champagne bottles with cute straws for the ladies to enjoy at the spa. But since our spa offered wine and champagne, I didn't include those in our little bags. We had two pregnant ladies in our group, so I did bring some La Croix sparkling water that I thought they might enjoy an adult beverage substitute. However, NOTE TO SELF La Croix is actually disgusting and I'm glad that the girls declined the offer. Next time, I'll just ask everyone what drinks they prefer.
The first thing I knew I wanted to do when I started planning this day was I wanted to add cookies as part of the favors. A fun treat we could enjoy after brunch or while we mingled at the spa. There were several different ones from gold polka dot onesies to bow ties to ones like these with his monogram. All still matching the gold/dark blue color scheme.
After brunch, we were able to walk around downtown and do some window shopping/browsing. Then we headed a few blocks down to the spa to end our day.
Everyone at the spa was friendly and accommodating. They were a huge help for me with coordinating everything. And answered all of my questions and made any changes I had up until the day.
and can we please talk about how amazing my two pregnant BFF's look? If I'm ever pregnant, I hope that I look as great as these two.
their first official "meeting"
Hadley Day Woodward (left) due August 28th
Hadley Day Woodward (left) due August 28th
Jack Charles "Charlie" McClain (right) due July 8th
It was a fun and perfect day and I would totally plan a day like this all over again.
1 comment:
Love this! And you! One of the best days ever!
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