Vintage Picnic Baby Shower Part II

I wanted to share a couple more details from the baby shower last weekend. Starting with...

The He Says, She Says game I adapted from the one Jen made for Kristen's bridal shower I was so impressed with. Jen was kind enough to send me the file which made customizing it for the baby shower a breeze. 

I asked both Joey and Lulu the same 14 questions. Then I included either one of their answers to each question on the game sheet next to a pair of girl and boy silhouettes. Guests had to answer who they thought said each statement. Everyone loved hearing about the baby and the new parents' childhoods. 

 

I also wanted to show you a closer look at one of the other vintage greeting cards I framed for the party's decor. Since the cards were smaller than the frames I wanted to use, I just added a doily to the sides, which even added to the vintage effect.

And while we're on the topic of J + L's baby shower, I can't resist sharing another invitation my brother helped create for the modern pink tutu themed shower Lulu's side of the family hosted the weekend before. It is the sweetest thing ever!

They hand-cut the "body" for each invitation after printing the text onto a lovely iridescent card stock. Then they superglued the string of scrapbooking pearls around the neck and hand-sewn "tutu" to the bottom.

My brother has some serious crafting potential! It must run in the family... ;)

Sadly I had a previous engagement and wasn't able to attend the party, but I know they had a blast without me.

Vintage Picnic Baby Shower Part I

We celebrated the upcoming birth of my first niece yesterday and I was thrilled to help host the shower along with my mom (and lots of help from the aunts and my sister).

I basically spent the whole day Friday baking cookies to use for the favors. I've never made so many cookies at one time in my life. I used the sugar cookie recipe from Mrs. Fields -- it's no fail.

Then I decorated each one by hand. And it took a ridiculous amount of time.

Once they dried, they were placed in these cute little bags my mom found at a local knick-knack shop.

In addition to the cookies, guests could also take home a cake pop as a favor. I found a bunch of cute vintage greeting card designs that I framed and placed throughout.

I absolutely loved the cupcakes and so did my brother and sister-in-law.

They actually found and sent me the image to use, which made my job super easy. All I did was print sheets of the adorable little vintage baby (with bunny slippers and ruffled bootie) onto white linen card stock. Then I punched out the image using a 1 11/16" hole punch and the scalloped hole punch in pink linen card stock. The cupcakes themselves are red velvet (from a box, I'm not superwoman or anything) with cream cheese frosting. We topped them with the same pink pearl sprinkles we used for the cookies and wrapped them with the edges of... paper doilies using this tutorial. (I love when I actually carry out the tutorials I pin!)


Some of the clothes strung on the clothesline were actually worn by the mom-to-be as a baby.

More details coming later once I track down another photographer's photos as I was so busy putting together the shower's finishing touches that my photo coverage is seriously lacking.

Vintage Backyard Picnic Baby Shower Invitations

My mom and I are hosting a family-style baby shower for my brother and his wife (also Ava's godparents) who are expecting their first -- a little girl who will undoubtedly become Ava's favorite playmate. I have lots more to say about my brother's sweet little family and my sis-in-law's adorable baby/mama style. But without further ado, I am excited to share my latest project in anticipation of their vintage backyard picnic shower... 

 

I wasn't given much notice to design these invitations (seems to be a trend lately) but was really happy with the finished product. My sweet little brother had started working on them himself (he didn't want to bother me as I was deep in the interview process for a new position I just accepted today!) and Lulu had a specific design in mind, so he provided the image of the vintage buggy. They're printed on 65 lb. Kraft paper and wrapped with a doily and pink ribbon to give it a feminine touch.