There is no one better to throw a party with than my sister-in-law, Nicole! We have fun coming up with the theme, decorating, planning the menu and finding props for the photo booth - even better we work great as a team.
For Laura's shower we incorporated baby Ashlyn's owl theme from her room (see Ashlyn's room design) with wood cookie centerpieces, chocolate owl cupcakes, painted birdhouse crafts and much more, see below.
{ Invitation }
Invitation design - inspired by Ashlyn's bedding
{ Food }
The inspiration for food were lite appetizers that related back to the theme. We made cherry chip chocolate cupcakes with huge owl eyes, a creation that came from Nicole Hills blog. Owl eggs, snails (wiener wraps), swirly owl trees (asparagus wrapped with pastry dough), rainbow fruit salad, poppy flower bites (tomato, basil, mozz on a stick...Yum such an easy app), moss & grass dip (artichoke & spinach dip) and wood stump sandwiches (mini BLTA bites).
{ Memorable Crafts }
After snacking and mingling we painted small wooden birdhouses that I picked up at JoAnn's for a $1 each. I choose a bright color palette that coordinated with Ashlyn's room decor. Once each house was personalized and artistically painted we stacked them on shelves in Ashlyn's room. Guests really enjoyed this craft project and wrote short wishes to the new baby girl on the bottom of each house.
{ Games }
We finished the day with gifts, traditional baby shower games - scrabble, nursery rhyme questions and guessing the circumference of Laura. Last but not least we ended it with a photo booth session for everyone to take part in and show off there bird house creation.
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