Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice: Baby shower

Happy Monday!

If you got your Monday off to a bad start, here's a little something that will surly make you smile.  
We had the joy of throwing a baby shower for a girl that struggled for years with infertility.  It's truly amazing to be involved in such a touching event.    

So here's the scoop:

Theme: Sugar and Spice & Everything Nice 

  

Guests were welcomed with a drink bar stocked with iced tea, lemonade and a peach punch

  and guests drank from mason jars with hard plastic straws from Party City.

 The jars were decorated with jute twine and tags made by yours truly.  

The wording on the tags: "Baby, you're the milk to my cookies."

An "OH BABY" burlap banner hung above the drink bar.

We made the banner out of burlap and paint that we already had from previous projects. 

Gotta' love free!

Up next, we had an appetizer bar chalked full of fruit, cheese and a chocolate fountain.

We love signs to add that special touch.  

The wording:  "Enjoy the food for a treat...Take it to the fountain to make it sweet)

Then we had more food, most of which was catered.  

 

The centerpiece is an antique baby doll carriage that we picked up on one of our antique shopping sprees. 

 

(You've probably noticed the faux flowers.  While we love freshly picked flowers from our garden, we had to go with silk flowers for this party.  Mom-to-be is allergic to flowers, so we had to be "faux sure" we didn't have a flower induced asthma attack during our celebration)

We wrapped the silverware in napkins and dressed it up with ribbon and another handmade tag.

The wording:  "Grab a fork... eatin' for two."

Plates, napkins and silverware were displayed in a bike shaped planter that we snammed for 1/2 off at Michael's five years ago.  
This bike has been worth the money! We use it for every party we throw!

One of the few dishes not catered was the chocolate covered popcorn.

We drizzled pink and brown chocolate on microwaved popcorn and served it up in handmade paper cones and a vintage milk crate.

Once the guests made the loop around the table they looked to their left where where we set-up a cookie and milk bar.

All the cookies were homemade...

and we went old school with vintage-inspired glass milk jugs from Wal-mart, filled with regular, strawberry and chocolate milk. 

I couldn't believe it when I laid eyes on  the vintage jugs...

And for less than $5 bucks each (at Walmart). 

We carried the "Baby, you're the milk to my cookies" theme to the Cookie Bar sign.

 The fun didn't stop with the cookies!

You didn't think we forgot the cake, did you?  
We had raspberry filled cupcakes displayed on our vintage whisky barrel.

We made a "BABY" sign with white wooden letters from Michael's, a hot glue gun and pink and white polka-dot ribbon.

And we added another sign that we whipped up in word.

The wording:  "Oh Baby!  Mama's got a little cookie baking in the oven!")

And while we aren't huge fans of the shower games, we did play one game;  "Guess the Spices" to go along with our theme.

As things wrapped up, guests were sent off with a cookie kit.

We assembled the ingredients in 1 quart mason jars and attached a tag with cooking instructions along with a cookie cutter.

Hope you had as much fun checking out my party as we did throwing the party!

Thanks for stopping by.