Lovely

this is a beautiful shower. i hope there were a lot of people there cause that's an awful lot of dessert! i'm loving this new dessert table trend, but i feel like it's a bit excessive. am i alone on this?

@lyndsea - I feel the same way regarding the excessiveness of dessert tables at children's parties. I know it's just one day, but still every time I see a blog featuring a dessert buffet for a kiddie party I can only imagine a group of little ones bouncing off the walls on a sugar high. Now for adult parties, I'm all for it! lol

Wow... I'm shocked at the table cloth! They couldn't iron it beforehand? Looks so tacky!! :(

I don't get why everyone is so negative. It's a gorgeous shower. Pretty sure this was an adult dessert buffet table too. It's amazing what beautiful details are overlooked and how easily negativity is embraced. I could only imagine the work it took to host this event.

i actually pointed out how beautiful this shower was, and it's obvious that a lot of time and effort was spent on this. i in no way overlooked that aspect. i simply feel that lately the dessert buffet table trend is a bit excessive. it's nice to have options, but with the amount of sweets, i wonder how much of this is wasted at the end of the shower. hopefully they offered goody bags to take things home? i wasn't trying to be super negative, just trying to state my opinion.

Love love love everything about this beautiful shower! The decor is bright, tasteful and perfect. Just gorgeous.

Thank you for all the comments on the shower! It was a joy to put together all the details and to host! Just wanted to clarify a few of the comments above:

- The Dessert Buffet was to feed guests (adults) as well as serve as the "favor" as I had cello bags and pink twist ties set up on the table for goody bags.

- I definitely think that a dessert or candy bar at child's event could be excessive in regards to sugar consumption, however, there are always creative ways to bake with agave nectar and gluten free flours, include fruit and veggies in fun ways, etc. I think the whole concept of the dessert bar is a fun focal point for any event and can be whatever you want it to be! From savory to sweet and everything in between!

- Unfortunately, one of the down-sides of hosting at a restaurant is the fact that I didn't have control over things like the linens not being ironed (provided by the restaurant, who's staff was...not the most competent unfortunately). But the upside to having it at a restaurant versus somebody's home is you don't really have to clean before/after and you and your guests are served! So I felt like a guest and could enjoy my friends shower just as much as everyone else.

Thanks again for sharing your thoughts! If you'd like to see more images from the event, check out the photographers blog: http://www.elliegrover.com/blog

Happy Friday!