{Upcoming Parties} Sip n' See

Tomorrow I am hosting, along with my mom and best friend, a Sip n' See for one of my closest friends. For those who are unfamiliar with this type of shower, it is a party typically given for a second or third time mom and her new baby a month or so after the baby is born. It is a wonderful way to celebrate the new baby and mommy without any pressure for gifts. It's just a lovely excuse for friends and family to get together!

Kelly Lyden of WH Hostess and The Party Dress designed a beautiful invitation for me! The party colors are cornflower blue, white and touches of burlap. I just love the cornflower blue...a fun twist on the typical baby blue. I am also looking forward to working with several new vendors across the web...Nicole of Dough a Deer and Andrea of Cakewalk Desserts!

I look forward to sharing the party details and pictures with you soon!

{Real Parties} A Darling Vintage Inspired Baby Shower

My friend, Lili, of Swanky Chic Fete, recently helped style the most darling vintage baby shower for a friend. Lili and Nina, the party hostess, did not leave one detail out. The pictures show that they shower was heartfelt and that the ladies spent a lot of time to make the party special for their friend. Sit back and enjoy the beautiful photos of the event...

The party hosts used many items from Nina's house for the decor. Nina's home has a French Country feel which lent beautifully to the theme. I am smitten with the drink station!

The adorable paper mache flowers were found at Hobby Lobby and used throughout the space; several were hung on the front door and a few more were hung above the kitchen island.

The wire baby carriage was a Home Goods find a few years back!

I absolutely love the use of this weathered piece of furniture that served as a holder for the Argentinian sandwiches.

The favors were soaps hung on branches that anchored the food display. I love how they picked an unusual spot to display the favors instead of by the door when for people to grab as they left!

The menu sounded delicious and they were definitely not short on sweets! Mini eclairs, creme puffs, cupcakes, cookies, french macarons, cake pops and chocolate fondue with strawberries, marshmallows and rice crispy treats on sticks.

This was SUCH an elegant and perfectly executed baby shower by Lili and her friend, Nina!

SOURCES

Styling + Photography - Lili of Swanky Chic Fete

Invitation - Tiny Prints

Cookies - Michael's Cookie Jar

Cake Pops + Macarons - The Sweet Boutique

Mini Cupcakes - Celebrity Cupcakes

Eclairs + Creme Puffs - Costco

Soap Favors + Paper Mache Flowers + Galvanized Tiered Holder - Hobby Lobby

Topiary Cardholders - Michael's

Modern Floral Baby Rattle Wreath

I think it is important to set the tone of your party at the front door. It gives guests a glimpse of what is waiting for them inside and helps set the mood of the party. Wreaths are always a beautiful addition, but this floral rattle wreath really stood out for its creativity! this modern wreath interpretation is found on the new site, On to Baby and was designed by Shannon Leahy.

{Real Parties} Elegant Pink Baby Shower

I get slightly giddy when events like this land in my in box. Darya of Organic Album did an amazing job photographing one of the loveliest baby showers I have ever seen! Enjoy the gorgeous photographs of this white, cream and baby pink shower with vendor details listed at the bottom....

Vendors:

Photography - Organic Album

Decor - Luxury Events

Flowers - Oksana's Flowers

Desserts - New Seasons Market

Cake - Jecalvas

{Real Parties} POP Baby Shower

Here is another creative baby shower by one of the ladies from Lullaby Lubbock! {Do you remember the adorable princess party I showed last week?!} Allison and the hostesses went with a "Pop" theme and the shower turned out amazing!

Allison is lucky to be friends with Jordan of Kojo Designs who happened to be a hostess as well! Jordan whipped up a whimsical invitation and other coordinating paper goods such as the signs, labels and banners. She even taught the girls how to make pom pom balls which they hung throughout the party space.

The POPcorn bar was amazing! Allison ordered numerous flavors from Candy Corns in Dallas. They have every flavor and color of popcorn that you can imagine! They served Jalepeno Ranch, Apple, Butter, Coconut and Parmesan!

The hostesses made cones out of cardstock to hold the popcorn. This was such a fun detail!

All of the food consisted of things that POP...mini pop tarts, cake pops, pop rocks, blow pops, jalepeno poppers, rice krispy treats and so on. Absolutely love this idea!

I think it's always tricky to come up with an original sign in idea. I love what the girls came up with! Each card had something different written on them and the guests were asked to fill in the blank. "I hope you love...", "I hope you are not afraid of...", "I hope you laugh...".

As always, Allison and her creative group of friends put together an amazing party with thought out details and so many creative touches! I love reading Lullaby Lubbock and hearing about their creative endeavors and I know you will too!