This past Saturday I hosted a Garden Party featuring friends, flowers, fancy champagne and all things dainty!  

 The initial idea was built on wanting to intentionally share some fancy champagne I’d received as a Christmas gift in 2022 with my close group of girlfriends.

I had this idea for over a year before stumbling across the infamous cat picture that inspired a more formalized vision back in January. 

As the planning unfolded, I began to incorporate a theme of gratitude into the party after being inspired by the following quote from Melanie Ann Layer:

“Celebration is a party thrown in the name of gratitude”.

Everything unfolded better than I could have anticipated, which, we know from last week’s message, required some internal processing on my part after I wondered if my friends were on board with my “party homework” for showing up with the intention to share something they were each grateful for when I …

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