a baby shower: part three

I have finally made it to the last blog outlining the baby shower I threw. You can read part one discussing miscellaneous details (you would think I would know how to spell miscellaneous without spell check by now!) and/or part two exploring the shower decorations. I know you are all excited to get onto more pictures of Selah, I will have some soon I am sure!

But for now, lets talk about something that everyone can relate to, food. The most important part of any get together.

The spread

We went with a dessert buffet as the shower was held on a Friday evening. It was nice to be able to provide snacks so guests didn’t have to worry about bringing anything and could enjoy some yummy treats while visiting.

I stole this idea and bought ice cream then scooped it into little mason jars and stuck them in the deep freeze for a couple of days pre party. They were nice and frozen and when put on ice stayed hard for the duration of the event. I finished the colour coordinated ice cream jars off by tying some twine around the jars. It was great to have individual servings of ice cream and not have to scoop ice cream the day of. The only thing I might change next time is I might label the kinds of ice cream in some way or have a more ‘decorative’ bucket to put the ice in.

Probably the most popular food item at the party was the easiest to prepare. I made Pink Marshmallow pops and it took no time at all. I took tips from here & here. I used the Wilton candy from Michaels and got the sticks from there too. The chocolate is so easy to melt and work with and seemed to taste pretty good. The pops are an aesthetically pleasing, fun, light, and individual dessert that can be enjoyed by both adults & children. AND seriously, easiest thing in the world to make.

My wonderful friend made some amazing cupcakes to adorn the ends of the tables. While cakes are nice, cupcakes are so practical, easy, and still taste great! They worked out perfect for this occasion and looked cute too. Click here to see how simple the cupcake toppers were.

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We also cute up some fruit (which was also good on the ice cream!) and had some squares to snack on. Fruit is always good to have at a party for those who can’t have other sweets for whatever reason.

To top it all off we had coffee, tea, juice, water, & Arizona Iced tea (to try and match the colour scheme). Lots of options for the diverse crowd.

And that was that. We made sure to have plates, napkins, forks, spoons, straws, cups, cream, sugar, and all those little details!

It was such a fun time and I am thankful for the great community of people who could come to support new parents and a beautiful baby girl. Blair, Selah, & I are blessed to be involved in such a caring church so full of new life. Selah is thankful too:

baby shower: part two

Welcome to part two of my Bicycle Baby Shower run down. My first blog covered some miscellaneous details about the shower. This one is going to be focused on one thing. Decorations. Probably the thing I spent the most time visualizing, preparing and putting up!

The dessert table consisted of food signs printed in the same font as the invites, confetti balloons, hanging streamers, and bicycle circles onto of the cupcakes. I would be so boring without Pinterest.

I got clear balloons from the dollar store, used my three hole punch to punch up a couple sheets of cardstock, put the confetti in the balloons and blew them up the day of. I simply taped the balloons to the wall in a line and we were good to go.

My husband took the graphics from the invitations and put them in circles. I then cut them out, put a toothpick in the middle, and hot glued another on top. They looked great with the cupcakes my friend made.

For the shower we just ripped off strips of streamer and taped it directly to the wall. We started at the middle and alternated so it would be centred. Next time I would consider taping strips of streamers to a long streamer and taping that to the wall so you can adjust ‘centeredness’ if necessary.

I had some extra twine from the bunting and ice cream so I tied it around Mason jars for utensils and other random items.

I used this tutorial to make giant pom poms to hang from the ceiling. I left the pink ones without cutting anything off the end while I cut triangles into the white one. They are super easy & cheap to make and really fill out the room.

It is a dark picture but… you get the idea.

I secured the middle with scotch tape and used black thread to hang from the ceiling.

 We took the bunting idea from the invites and ran with it. I took the ‘simple’ bunting method and it made for a fun and rewarding project. I gathered scrapbook papers to fit the colour scheme, cut out triangles (using one to trace the rest), punched two holes with my three hole punch, weaved the twine through and voila. Easy peasy.

I got the sparkly letters from Micheals for $0.75 each with the holes already in them! They only had one hole so they turned but they still looked super cute.

Selah patiently entertaining herself while I set up

AND that concludes the decorations.

But now I am out of coffee and I hear my daughter starting to wake up from her nap so I will post the final baby shower post (on FOOD) soon!