Putting on a baby shower is so .... lovely and a good excuse to ooh and ahh over sweet baby things. I've done a couple in my time and they've all been a bit different, depending on the personality of the mama to be. I was too busy hosting to take any good photos dang it but here is a look anyway.
My sister-in-law Elise is gorgeous {think peaches and cream english rose, very feminine and chic} plus she was having a girl, so like her! So we had to have an english style morning tea.
Menu: Scones with jam and cream, cupcakes, finger sandwiches and chocolate strawberries.
We draped everything in white table clothes and put little milk jugs of roses everywhere. It helped that at the time I had recently discovered Rachel Ashwell {queen of shabby chic} who's book Sumptuous Settings and Other Lovely Things was the perfect inspiration.
Rachel Ashwell does seriously pretty furniture too!
I did snap a picture of the nappy cake when it was done though. You've probably seen a nappy cake before they're a popular shower centrepiece, just roll up some newborn nappies and secure with rubber bands, cover the rubber bands with ribbon and decorate as you will. The mama to be gets to keep all the nappies.
I remember that broach was $2 and and it fitted perfectly with the pink and chocolate theme.
For my other sister-in-law Caroline we had a night time do. Caroline is also gorgeous but completely different {think vogue, blonde Italian, fashion designer for a husband and currently residing in New York}. We wanted something really chic so we played some opera lit a ton of candles and had Italian food.
Menu: Brushetta, mozzarella risotto balls, antipasto plates and lots of yummy bread sticks and dips.
I had seen this picture over in Martha land and loved the idea.
So sweet right? A bit of craft wire and some stolen plants {weeds} later i had this.
Seriously they're weeds from the roundabout down the road! The colours we did were light yellow and turquoise as she was having a boy. Naturally we had to have the word bambino and I added some sweet baby clothes to make a little washing line. The packet of old fashioned wooden dolly pegs was $2 and I've used them a ton since. Bonus.
At each end of the table we had these terracotta pots filled with herbs. The pots were around $4 from Bunnings and I white washed them with buttermilk then left them in the sun. Next time I wouldn't bother or I'd just use paint, it took about five coats to get this mild look. I thought they needed something so I added these plant sticks I made on the computer. {If there is one place you can get away with something a bit cheesy, it's a baby shower.}
This is a recent shower I did for my lovely friend Nina who has just had her gorgeous baby boy. Very simple just baby clothes on a washing line {fishing line and clear 3m hooks}. Easy and cute idea for over the drinks buffet {which is what this was}.
This was just a few days after Christmas hence the tree decoration.
But now I want to do something different for the next one {which is another baby boy}. I've got some more inspiration from Martha and now I'm thinking something more like this.
I don't even know what those round looking things are but I want them! Love the colours I'll have to get started planning, such fun!
