Baby Baker's Shower

One of my best friends is having a baby boy. She is one of the sweetest people I know, and one of the most deserving. She is also one of my most creative friends.


This makes it not only very exciting to be able to give back and throw a baby shower for her...but also very nerve racking. The stress of giving her a party she will enjoy and love was almost too much at times! I wanted everything to be perfect! :)
Another good friend offered to help throw the shower. So, together we set out to give our most creative friend a very fun, creative, warm baby shower that she would always remember. I think we were successful.
On December 8th, with the help of Blueprint Magazine (rest it's sole) as our faithful guide, we threw a couples baby shower for 40 people.
The invitations were the brain child of the mom-to-be so we didn't have to stress too much about those. They were too cute for words. Raya (the mom-to-be) found these adorable invitations from
Tori Higa. Raya sent a photo of her and Forest to Tori. Tori then took the photo of Raya and Forest and turned it into a modern and fresh drawing...perfect for a modern, fun couple.








We took major inspiration from Blueprint and focused on creating a clean, simple decorating theme that would be good for men and women. We created mobiles for the kitchen area and the dining room, and took beautiful colored paper and placed them around the house. We served finger food that had very similar colors as the decor, and for the main dish we served up some good salad with lots of goodies - chicken, sunflower seeds, feta, oranges. The food was a hit.







For the 'game' we instead had an activity. What man loves to "Guess what's in the diaper"? No thank you.
We instead had everyone paint onesies for Raya. They were not only good decorations, but a great project for our all creative friends. We actually had quite a few turn out to be really cute. Who knew.

















And lastly, for our party favor we burned Jason Falkoner's Bed Time with the Beatles CD for all the guests. I took grey felt and sewed little CD pockets and created CD labels to match the decor. It was a fun project, and I'm sure everyone will love the favor.












Overall, it was a very fun afternoon with our close friends....all celebrating the upcoming birth of Baker Carlisle. We can't wait to meet you, Baker!

The Bug Loves Baby Baker and Raya.