custom labels :: M is for Moses

Here are a few images of the custom labels I made for a client. I made the napkin rings, as well as the party favor stickers. I love the color scheme that she went with. So perfect for a cute, modern, baby boy shower.

custom baby shower :: pretty in pink

Brittany already has two boys, and was due with her first little girl. So for this baby shower, it was all things pink!

baby shower :: pink . love . valentine's

I helped throw a baby shower for my sister in law who is pregnant with her first baby girl. The shower was a week before valentine's day, so we couldn't resist doing a heart themed shower for baby Harper. I wish I had a better picture of the table cloth my mother in law made. It had a scalloped edge with red ric-rac...seriously darling.

my mother in law made this darling bouquets out of cupcake liners, using these initial mugs to spell out harper. how cute are the heart straws found here on etsy, placed in little milk bottles (which are actually frappuccino bottles with the labels taken off and cleaned out)

we did a breakfast shower with stratta, cinammon rolls, bagels & cream cheese, juice, fruit, and an array of milk (chocolate, strawberry, regular)

I made these little garlands which are great because I can re-use them every year to decorate for valentine's day. I ordered the felt balls from a great shop on etsy that has every color you could ever want. The heart garland I made by hand cutting felt into heart shapes, and then stitching them together with embroidery thread. It was a little time consuming, by very simple.

of course i also made corresponding water bottle labels and we had a cute party favor for all the guests as they left

little heart shaped cookie cutters in a clear box, wrapped in bakers twine with a little "i love harper" tag

baby shower :: gender neutral

I co-hosted a shower for one of my dear friends. It is the first time that I have ever had to do a gender neutral baby shower, since the baby mama did not find out the sex of her baby. We wanted it to be very personal to the mom.

She LOVES to read, especially loves Walt Whitman, loves burlap and succulents, and craved pie during her pregnancy. So we decided to make a circle garland out of pages from old books to hang above the table along with some natural colored lanterns from World Market

For the party favor, each guest took home a little succulent with a Walt Whitman quote stuck in it. We found these succulents at {Home Depot} for about $1 a piece which makes for a pretty inexpensive favor. We then placed them in kraft paper sacks, cut them with pinking shears, and wrapped with twine {which was also purchased at Home Depot}

For the food, we dined on delicious homemade pie, salads, and bread. The burlap on the tables was from a wedding that the baby mama did the floral arrangements. They were actually old burlap bags that we cut open and placed on the table

The baby mama is also a talented floral designer who often uses mason jars in her work, so we wanted to use them as mugs for the guests. We bought the jars for a great price at Smart & Final. The sparkling Raspberry Lemonade was a hit and so simple to make.

We decided to forgo any games, but did a little advice table where the guests wrote words of wisdom on little baby onesies and clipped them on a clothes line. We cute the onesies out of white cardstock, and kraft paper and hung on the twine with baby clothespins that we bought at Michael's

I made the banner and the little felt circle garland is a leftover Anthropologie Christmas gift wrap from a few years ago

The party was a success, and the lighting was really dark so these pictures do not do it justice.