Jenny said this about planning the party- “I was so excited and honored to plan and host a baby shower for my sister, Nicole, who is having her first baby. Nicole came up with the theme of the party, Shake, Rattle and Roll and I created the images to fit each of the words in the theme- a bottle, rattle and carriage. I tried to use the shake, rattle and roll idea in all parts of the party. We settled on an icy blue, silver and white color scheme. Since Nicole is the writer of a fashion blog, I wanted the shower to be feminine, sophisticated and modern just like her fashion tastes.
DECORATIONS
Lots of 36 inch white balloons tied with silver and blue tassels, which I made out of ribbons and a metallic fringe door curtain found at Party City, framed the yard. Under the welcome sign was a bench with shake, rattle and roll pillows made by our mom. This is where the guest posed for pictures with the Nicole. The shower was set to be outside but real showers made lots of last minute adjustments necessary.
DRINKS
We used Nicole’s changing table to create the “Bottles” station where guests could pick from a variety of sparkling waters, Ready to Pop Soda, champagne and lemonade. Wine glasses had mini charms tied on with bakers twine. Rock candy sticks with mini pacifiers that had been spray-painted silver complimented the champagne glasses and all water bottles and soda bottle were personalized. A Bottle Bucket was also filled with additional drinks.
LUNCH
The “cravings” table was filled with all of Nicole’s favorite things. Guest dined on baby sandwiches, brussel sprout, roasted beet, couscous and dried berries or cornucopia salads, fresh fruit and a veggie frittata.
SWEET TREATS
For the dessert table, I enlarged the images from the invitation and mounted them in silver frames. The centerpiece was a banana cake, the mommy-to-be’s favorite, decorated in a chevron pattern to match the printables. Of course, we had shakes, rattles (cake pops) and rolls (cupcakes which were gluten free for some guests). For the shake bottles, I used my Cameo Silhouette machine to cut vinyl decals. Other sweet treats included shake, rattle and roll sugar cookies custom made by Lizy B. Bakes, white chocolate mousse in mini baby food jars and boy oh boy chocolate bars.
We also had a candy station with blue and white gumballs layered in a chevron pattern (inspired by Paiges of Style), sixlets, taffy, yogurt pretzels, blue and white star marshmallows, and sour patch kids (the mommy to be’s favorite) in mini bitty bags sealed with mini clothespins. Guests were given midnight feeding boxes to fill with treats.
ACTIVITIES
As the guests arrived, they were asked to sign a baby book for the baby. They also added a suggestion for the parents to be to the name wreath. At each place setting was a card asking the guest to “rattle of some advice for the mommy and baby to be.”
FAVORS
Friends took home boxes of mini chocolate kisses with shake, rattle and roll stickers on the bottom and tags thanking them for rolling by.
The printables were all created in the soft icy blue, white and silver color scheme with chevron and mini dots patterns. All party printables including invitation, banner, food labels, activity signs, water bottles and more are available in my store.”
Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop: Balloons Baker’s Twine Rock Candy Swizzle sticks Striped Paper Straws Ribbon Clear Favor Boxes Pearl Gumballs Apothecary Jars Polka Dot Paper Bags Chevron Wooden Spoons White Favor Boxes
This beautiful RUSTIC FALL THEMED BABY SHOWER was submitted by Miranda Konieczny of Whimsical Printables! I just love it! The details are amazing! The whole set up couldn’t be more perfect. What a fun theme for a baby shower. This party also showcases a lot of thanksgiving party / decorating ideas!
Vendors and Credits:
Printables, Styling & Event Design- {Whimsical Printables}
Photography- {Sandra Bludau Photography}
Baby Clothing- {Lacy Mae Designs}
Necklace- {K Chic Designs Necklaces}
Fondant Leaves, Bibs, Pumpkins, Acorns, Onesies- {Lynlee’s Petite Cakes}
Pumpkin Cake Pops- {The Sweet Tooth Bar}
Pumpkin & Acorn Cake Pops- {‘kCreative’ Cake Pops}
Brigadeiro- {Simply Brigadeiro}
Fall Cookies- {Dandy Delights}
Fondant Topped Chocolate Covered Oreos-{Love & Sugar Kisses}
Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop: Burlap Lollipop Sticks Decorative Paper Shred Jute Twine Daisy Cut Mason Jar LidsMiranda said this about planning the party- “I was very excited when asked by Baby Lifestyles to create a Fall Baby Shower! I instantly had ideas of burlap and lace mixed with apples and pumpkins and then tea lights, rustic aspects everywhere and lots of sweets! I wanted something that could not only be used for a baby shower but also for a fall dessert table and possibly a simple fall bridal table. I love burlap and love using it in my parties so this was a perfect opportunity to use it!
My friend Sandra from Sandra Bludau Photography was instantly on board and even found us a spot to shoot!
I wanted to keep the printables simple so that if someone wanted it changed to say Thanksgiving then there was no problem doing so. I also wanted to create something more elegant and more adult like. I don’t know how many times I see the rubber duck and think of how I wish I could take over! I wanted shape to the printables as well instead of just your basic squares and rectangles and I believe I accomplished all of that.
I decided on a double invitation. Many times I run across clients wanting to more information on an invitation than can fit. This way there is plenty of room. All of the extra information can go onto the RSVP card!
I used my placement cards to label all food but not only for that, I thought it would be nice to put the vendors name below each treat. This is a great way for hostesses to also place names of the guest on for their place at a table or even as each guest enters they can find their card and make a “wish” for the baby to be. The mother can place this in a scrapbook or keep for future reading!
I created the bunting with strips of burlap and lace with each piece tied with twine onto a long string of twine.
I used the smaller mason jars and placed a tea light in each one and topped with a daisy mason lid. The holes in the lid were perfect so that I could hang them with twin from the tree and they brought an extra touch to it all. I even strung lights on the top and bottom of the table.
Decorations consisted mainly of what I already use for décor in my own home. I have a very rustic feel to my house so it was pretty easy to pick and choose. I also love baskets and that was very simple since I wanted to incorporate baskets around the table. Pumpkins and apples were also placed throughout and since it’s not quite Fall here I found some realistic looking Fall Leaves to spread throughout.
Burlap was placed as a table runner and as well as the cover for the baskets and draped over the chair. I love lace as well and contacted my friend Mandy from Lacy Mae Designs and she happily sent me some baby clothes that were very frilly and lacy. I especially love the dress hanging from the chair and the ruffle butts I placed in the set up as well! These are items I use lots with my daughter and she loves dressing up in them! I always create a basket of gifts for the mother to be so decided to bring that into the shoot as well. Old family photos placed in a shadow box for the baby’s room, a shabby chic doll, ruffle onesie, and even a beautiful necklace!
I didn’t want to do a huge cake so opted out for a bunting cake that I could decorate with fondant leaves by Lynlee’s Petite Cakes who also created the baby onesies and bibs that were placed around the bell jar. I was so very excited to have a use for my bell jar! I was very fortunate to have some pretty awesome ladies ready to create the sweets that would coordinate with this theme. I even was fortunate enough to taste Brigadeiro for the first time and I don’t think an event would be complete without this tasty treat! I didn’t realize till afterwards though that I had made a mistake in the labeling of the cake pops. I accidentally switched the place cards of the ladies who created them and can not believe the mix up happened!!”
Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop: Burlap Lollipop Sticks Decorative Paper Shred Jute Twine Daisy Cut Mason Jar Lids
How adorable is this READY TO POP BLUE & GREEN BABY SHOWER submitted by Lindi Haws of Love the Day! The ready to pop theme is just toooo cute! I love the big belly pops!
Lindi said- “I had the opportunity to throw a baby shower for one of my friends. It was such a perfect opportunity to throw my own Ready To Pop themed shower. My new Ready To Pop Collection served as the main source of decorations, but more importantly, I had fabulous POP-themed sweets provided by some lovely vendors, bakeries and stores.
The Ready To Pop cake was made by my one and only sister Kristi of City Sweet Shop. She has worked for the last year perfecting her vanilla cake recipe and I’d say it is there! It was amazing.
The bright and colorful cupcakes were provided by the local and fabulous ladies of The Sugar Shack.
The darling (and super tasty) belly cake POPS and Oreo POPS were sent by the sweet ladies of Frost The Cake and the darling washcloth POPS were sent to me by Baby Binkz.
And a huge thank you to Tara Shreeve of Forever Bliss Photography for helping me photograph the party.”
How adorable is this AHOY BABY 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY {NAUTICAL THEMED PARTY} submitted by Julie Hinton of Middle Aisle! I just adore the saying “If you ever want to know how much we love you, count the waves”. Everything is so precious. I hope you get some fun ideas from this sweet party!
Julie said- “In December, our little man took his first trip to the beach in Florida and loved it. So when he was about to turn one, it seemed fitting to bring the beach feel back to him in Southern Utah where we live. Each guest was sent an boarding pass with arrival times, dates, and meal pass. They all had a tare off stub so they could “board” the party.
His first birthday was our boy’s first time to have cake. So a sweets table was a necessary. Oreo cupcakes, cake and sugar cookies are the families favorites. Also an ombre cake with shades of blue to celebrate being a little boy.
A photo booth was set up on the sofa with props so we could take pictures of all the family and friends who where at the party.
For the kids, there were boat races in a kiddie pool, sea creature decorating on sugar cookies and playing in the grass with bubbles.”
Credits-
Styling and decor: Middle Aisle
Photography: One Memory at a Time
Party Goods:
Paper StrawsBakers TwineSwirl Lollipops
This darling AQUA & YELLOW ICE CREAM PARTY was submitted by Malgenio Workshop. The party was created for a first communion and 1st birthday, but could easily be a baby shower. So many ideas! I adore the ice cream cart! All the rosette flowers and gold / yellow stars couldn’t be cuter, too.
Malgenio Worshop said- “Andrea was going to celebrate her first communion at Jose Carlos Garcia restaurant at Muelle 1. When his mother called us to decorate the party, we jumped of joy in the studio, we love this restaurant!
After talking with her and knowing all the details about the restaurant we knew that we would do something really beautiful, they had great taste, the place was perfect and the chairs were the most beautiful chairs in the world…
Aquamarine, that would be the guide for the decoration, a little bit of yellow details and lots of white to highlight the vertical garden, but the main color was going to be aquamarine, such a beautiful color, isn’t it?
We get to work! We adorned the candy cart in the chosen color, a star print was made, inspired in the communion’s reminder which was done way before. Then we carried on with the decoration: banners, decorative items with tissue paper and balloons, many, many floating balloons.
The mother insisted us that she wanted the kid’s dancefloor roof filled with balloons tied with ribbons hanging from them, this was the first time we’ve done something like this, but when we saw the final result it really surprised us, the effect was … magical.”
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