Williams’ 80 guests — including sister Lauren and herRHOAcostarsKenya MooreandCynthia Bailey— wore white for the elegant event, entering the transformed space that featured ice sculptures, white flowers fromAkeem Clayton, delicate linen napkins and more among a white-and-rose-gold color palette. The initials “PJ,” a nod to her daughter on the way, adorned the backs of the chairs while the floor read, “Celebrating PJ.”
Porsha Williams and Dennis McKinley.@stanlophotography
“I’ve waited a really really long time for this moment,” adds Williams, 37 (the starannounced her pregnancy in September, six years after suffering a miscarriage). “I am cherishing each minute and enjoy every day being pregnant. It’s a blessing for us.”
For the buffet station, Williams and McKinley’s family and friends could choose among organic kale salad, lemon rosemary chicken breast with caper sauce, pan-seared salmon with red-onion marmalade, roasted potatoes, orecchiette pasta with chardonnay cream sauce and pesto, green beans and grilled ciabbata.
House-made banana puddingand Georgia peach cobbler made upthe sweet portion of the buffet, while guests sipped on sparkling mango beverages and lemon, strawberry and mint water between bites.
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GB Design Houseprovided the napkins for the event, hot-chocolate supplies, popcorn boxes, chocolate truffles for guests to take home, stir sticks and advice coasters, which guests filled out to give their best parenting tips to the mom- and dad-to-be.
Lauren (outfitted in a dress from Williams’ new line,Porsha Williams) andDish Nationco-hostGary Hayeshosted a hair game. As Williams, owner ofGo Naked Hair, explains to PEOPLE, “They had a contest among women [of] who could style the hair on plastic heads the best. The ladies were extremely competitive and it was so much fun!”
“We created a dress that I continue to stretch out every way and I can’t wait for others to have it!” she jokes. “It’s also fun seeing family and friends sending me their pics in it after bringing it home in their goody bags. The entrepreneur in me never stopsand with this pregnancy, it’s beenhard to turn off and shut down. I’m always thinking now about what do moms need? I absolutely love creating, and the magic that happens [when] turning an idea into a reality.”
For more details aboutPorsha Williams’ stunning shower for her daughter on the way, pick up the latest issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
