Baby Shower for a Girl

The tent was done in a single colour. Two arched panels in deep and pale pink with an Oh Baby neon across them, balloon garlands running the full height on both sides with eucalyptus and roses tucked into the gaps, a satin bow down the middle, and a bear very nearly as tall as the backdrop sitting at the foot of it.

The favor table was built to match: rose gold stands, pink boxes under cellophane with dried flowers tied on top, and rows of tasselled cones lined up along the front edge.

Then the guests arrived, nearly all of them in pink, and the backdrop did the job it was built for. She was photographed there with her family, then on her own under the neon, then in twos, and finally with everyone crowded in at once and every hand in the frame resting on the bump.