:: Ballerina Baby Shower ::

How awesome are baby showers? I love them. I mean, I love all sorts of parties, but there's something special about baby showers.

Two weeks ago we hosted a baby shower for my little sister. She is having a little girl, and since she has been doing ballet ever since she was little, we figured it would be perfect to have a pretty pink baby shower with ballet undertones - tulle ruffles and little ballet food labels.

We had a pretty pink lolly table filled with all sorts of delicious lollies. Strawberries and cream, raspberries, milk bottles, musks, red heart lolly pops ... yum yum! My sister also made adorable floral hair pins as thank you gifts for her guests. Cute, right?

We ate yummy food like pink rocky road (bark, I think some of you call it?), mini sausage rolls, mini quiches, mini pies, yummy cheese and dip platters, a Dreamy Donut cake, and cute cupcakes! All in all it was a fantastic day!

I'll do another post soon about the fun games we played!

(Gorgeous rosette made by Alyssa of Red Bow Designs)

:: Mimco ::

I love pretty hair clips and one of my favourite brands is Mimco. My sister is obsessed with Mimco hair clips, she owns SO many pretty ones! To be safe we buy her vouchers for her birthday and Christmas, because we have no idea what she owns anymore. A little while ago our sister-in-law told us about a Mimco competition - to take a photo of yourself wearing your favourite Mimco. Naturally, we jumped at the chance. The hard part was choosing her favourite clip to wear!

We decided to take the photos at the Brisbane Powerhouse, which is where Mr LG and I had our professional wedding photos taken. I wanted to create an effortless contrast between the urban background and the femininity of my sister and her hair clip.

In the end we chose the picture below and I had my younger sister's boyfriend edit it to fit recent Mimco photographic trends. We're not expecting to win, but it was a fun experience and now I want to expand my photographic abilities by taking more shots like these.

I borrowed this hair clip to wear to a friend's wedding this weekend just gone. I will share photos of that soon! I was MC and had so much fun!