Liz’s Baby Shower

You may have wondered where I’ve disappeared to these last couple weeks. The answer to that is baby shower world!  Together with my mom and two other hostesses, we threw a baby shower for my sister on February 13th. I was in charge of the decorations and, yes, I love designing events and also my sister, so I went hog wild.

The one request that my sister made for the baby shower was that I whip out my old “Words from the Wise”. It’s a series of questions that guests answer to give funny/sweet/useful advice. I did a version of them for my sister’s bridal shower and we loved the variety of answers that flooded in. Along with that, we had the guests fill out the front of an envelope to help Liz with her Thank You cards. Pens (matching the shower colors/nursery colors) were in the middle of each table. I believe that if you’re going to spend money on an event, you should be able to take home the bulk of the items from the event for future use. In that spirit, each table had a different stuffed animal (Jelly Cat brand), blocks (from the Land of Nod), Pottery Barn bud vases (to match my sister’s house later), and cheap but gorgeous spider mums from the Fresh Market.

The favors came in the form of a cookie buffet. Each jar had a favorite recipe from our grandmas and also our aunt Teri (who lives in Kansas City and couldn’t make it). Both of our grandmas passed away and I know one of the hardest parts of Liz’s pregnancy is that she can’t share the excitement with them. This turned out to be Liz’s favorite element of the shower. It also turned out to be a guest favorite too, especially Grandma White’s nut cookies – yum!

Happy Sunday, folks!