Today, I was able to share my love of party planning and entertaining by hosting a baby shower for my sweet friend, Caitlin. She is expecting her first child very, very, soon.
Caitlin is doing her nursery for baby girl Estie in black, white, and yellow. So, I took that color theme and ran with it for the shower, too! Caitlin's mom and sister helped me out so much with this shower! They are thrilled about their soon to be granddaughter and niece.
I couldn't find much inspiration online- all in one place at least- that didn't involve some other theme so I took ideas as I found them.
I kept thinking about the expression, "When life hands you lemons..." And, what's a girl to do when life hands her a bag of lemons?
Why, make a centerpiece, of course!
We filled he table with yummy goodies all following the color scheme. We had yellow corn chips with corn and black bean salsa, chocolate covered pineapples, black and white cupcakes with a Peep on top, squash and yellow peppers with ranch--
--spring time Oreos (yellow filling), deviled eggs, egg salad sandwiches, black and white cookies, lemon squares, Reese cups and to wash it all down, pineapple lemonade!
My gift to Caitlin was a pack of diapers and some soft blankies put together to look like a cake. It's only the third one I've ever made, but I sure was proud of it!
Instead of playing lots of typical baby shower games, I planned for a craft that all our guests could participate in. I saw an idea similar to this on Pinterest where you assign guests a letter to bring for the baby's nursery already decorated. I altered this a little, got all the craft supplies, and we decorated letters during the shower!
Baby Estie is one lucky little girl!
