Wedding Shower for Charlotte and Jon

 We celebrated with family and friends at a wedding shower for my son Jon and his lovely wife to be Charlotte.  Charlotte loves Owls so I ran with that as the theme.  In our family we make a towel cake as a centerpiece and gift for the happy couple.  Since the wedding will be all burlap I bought ecru towels and decorated with handmade flowers, upholstery webbing, and a couple of cute resin owls.

 The simple flowers were purchased, the roses I made.

 I also made this coursage for the bride, with a purchased owl.

 The shower was held in Chicago, in a trendy little restaurant called Fennel and Iris.

 There were a Parliament of Owls watching over the festivities.

 The favors were small glassine bags of peanut butter cups, Charlotte's favorite, or pumpkin spice tea.

 Here she is our lovely Charlotte.  What a wonderful addition to our family.

Here with the Moms, the happy couple. I love these guys so much.

 OWLS everywhere.  I made these from a Paper Source kit.

I have plenty more photos, but there is more to the story I want to share.

When the shower was nearing it's end, after a very happy time, I started to gather some of my things to take out to the truck.  One of the ladies kindly opened the door for me, my arms full,  I stepped out, completely missing a step and ended up sprawled on the sidewalk.  Humiliated, and taking an inventory of my pain, I got up and immediately noticed that I had dislocated my ring finger on my right hand.  I scared everyone with a loud hard fall, but I FREAKED everyone out with the finger going in a weird direction.

What a way to end Charlotte's shower, heading off to the Immediate Care Clinic I noticed on the way over.  To make a very long story short...It took me till yesterday to get my finger set by a orthopedic surgeon...I hurt my hand and finger on my right hand, banged my right elbow and right knee and pulled an arm muscle on my left side.  I feel so stupid.  There is so much to do for the wedding, just 6 weeks away.  I will be in a splint for 2 weeks then may need some therapy.  I've had my pity party, but I am so grateful I didn't knock my head, break a bone...  I am sore, I will be for a little while, but I am walking, using my good fingers to type, I missed a step, but at my age it could have been so much worst.  God watches over Knuckleheads like me!

Thanks so much for stopping by, I so appreciate your kindness and your friendship. 

 Enjoy this beautiful day

Penny