October 18, 2010

baby, baby, baby ohhh.

This last weekend my friend, Stephanie, and I threw our friend Jaimey a baby shower. I seriously love throwing parties. If only I could do this every day, all day and get paid for it. It would be heaven . . . but I'd miss my baby(e) if I was partying all day, every day so I guess that wouldn't work in my perfect Martha world. 
the invitation I designed.
We decided to do Saturday morning brunch because my food ideas were all breakfast-y. We served breakfast pizza, an egg and potato bake, bacon, sliced apples and pears with pumpkin dip, oatmeal blueberry buttermilk muffins, mini cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting and sparkling limeade. The food was even better than I had hoped! Thankfully I had two friends that made everything but the muffins and the cinnamon rolls. What a relief!
the most amazing breakfast pizza from local bakery, Bread & Cie.

mini cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting. my recipe here.

egg, potato and broccoli bake.

oatmeal blueberry buttermilk muffins with spiced sugar topping.

apples and pears with spiced pumpkin dip.
For the decorations I made this mobile using two embroidery hoops (that I painted), twine, and colorful cardstock. Super simple and I like the way it turned out. 

I feel very strongly about using real linens, cultery, glassware and plates. It just feels more elegant and special to me. Luckily, because of my hoarding problem, I had everything already in my closets and cupboards except for a couple of Stephanie's serving pieces (don't you love her rack for the cinnamon rolls?).
the table.
I made each guest a CD with some favorite children's songs (my most recent fav is this one). I searched high and low for a CD case that I could do something with. Finally, I pulled out my favorite Amy Butler paper and cut a little square envelope and taped a small pocket inside for the CD to go into. It was very simple and I liked it so much better than if I had purchased something.

Jaimey received some darling things, including the most beautiful blankie from her twin sister. Seriously beautiful.

9 comments:

  1. I'm so sad I wasn't able to make it. That food looks delicious. Can you throw my next baby shower? :)

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  2. so cute! So so cute. Love the party favors.

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  3. LOVE IT!! Love it all!! You did a fabulous job! I love to throw parties to. It would be the best job ever...I totally agree! I wish I would have made it to the party, the food looks to die for! I agree with Kara, will you throw me a shower when I have my next baby?? You are offically dubbed the queen of throwing baby showers :)

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  4. So absolutely adorable - love everything!

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  5. Everything is beautiful, and it's fun to see Jaimey on your blog.

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  6. you SHOULD be throwing parties every day. is there anything you DON'T do?!

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  7. I LOVE the mobile!!! I'm totally stealing that idea for my baby boy's room! :) Thanks for posting all your creative ideas and also how you did them!

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  8. Elizabeth, your pictures turned out beautifully--as beautiful as the party was in real life. I cannot tell you enough how absolutely lovely and delicious everything was. Thank you SO much! I definitely agree with the others': You are a party planning master! I love how you used the circle theme throughout, and the colors and flowers, favors and food were all divine. Perfect, perfect, perfect. :)

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