"bee" is for book baby shower!

My next winning party feature goes to this darling BEE IS FOR BOOK BABY SHOWER submitted by Life With Fingerprints! Just look at that cake! This shower is soooo cute. I love that Kara {adore her name...hehe} mixed bumblebee's with damask! The damask backdrop is a waverly home decor fabric hung with a black sheet behind it. The banner was made with basic scrapbooking paper {cut into triangles} with printed letters on yellow paper and strung along 6 inche tulle. The beehinve cake was created with a specialty pan from Williams Sonoma. Cookies were designed to look like bees with a basic circle shape cookie cutter. The bee graphic used through the party was hand drawn in illustrator and printed. Canning jars tied with black tulle were used for yellow candy, and also used as the drink ware for the party.

Everyone at this shower either brought a book for the new mama or money for the "honey" pot. Such a good idea.

Thanks for your submission, Kara! Congratulations on being today's winning party feature!

little peanut baby shower

Today’s winning party feature goes to this adorable LITTLE PEANUT BABY SHOWER submitted by Lulu’s! Oh, what fun! I love elephant baby showers {obviously…as many of you know, I just threw one of my own}. Lyndsey used the same elephant graphic that I used at the shower I hosted {see my shower here}. So cute. All of the printables and party elements {wreath, banner, etc} can be purchased from etsy shop, Lulu's!

I adore the orange and aqua color scheme. The vintage modern touches everywhere are just gorgeous! The fabric banner and wreath are probably my favorite elements. Everything goes together so nicely. The photo's are stunning. Thanks for your submission, Lyndsey! Congratulations on being today's winning feature!

ABC Storybook Baby Shower

It’s about time I feature another baby shower…it’s been awhile! Today’s winning party goes to this ABC BABY SHOWER submitted by Pink Pistachio. One word- Adorable. The party theme was centered around jumbo alphabet flash cards found at a local toy shop. Love them! Everything is just so sweet.


"Celebrating the soon-to-be birth of a baby is so very special. And welcoming Motherhood with your 1st child only happens once. I was so honored to throw this baby shower for my friend Autumn & her lil’ bun in the oven, Cooper.”- Missy {Pink Pistachio}

Recipes {please link back to pink pistachio if you share}

Strawberry Shortcake RecipeLemon Blueberry Cupcake Recipe
Chocolate Mint Brownie Recipe
Summer Salad Recipe
Cheese Sticks
Cucumber Tea Sandwiches
Caprese Kabobs {cherry tomatoes, marinated mozzarella balls, & basil}

• Vendors:
• ABC Cards – Children’s Mercantile {Ft Collins, CO}
• Fabric Buntings – Custom Collaboration with Jaimemancilla
• Invitation, Mad Lib, Straw Flags, Oh Baby Bunting, Math Facts – Custom Collaboration with Pretty Little Study
• Blue Mason Jars – Down Vintage Lane
• ABC 123 Cookies – Trader Joe’s
• Candied Apples – c/o Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
• Primary Stripe Plates – Michael’s Craft Store
• Mini Chalkboards – Amazon
• Chalkboard Stands – Scrabble Trays with Chalk
• Dishtowels {bread basket, under drink jars} – Anthropologie
• Grapefruit cups & spoons – Pier 1 Imports
• Mini Wood Blocks – Melissa & Doug

teddy bear party

as i said in my previous post, i'm featuring two parties from happy happenings eventos today.

the next winning feature goes to this sweet teddy bear party!

i love that they incorporated teddy bears with hot air balloons. and the dessert table on a cart idea is so clever! wonderful, wonderful job juliana!

enjoy this darling party!...

dr. seuss baby shower

i hosted a dr seuss baby shower for my friend this past weekend! it was so fun to put together and plan! i just love dr. seuss.

i saw a dr. seuss shower thrown by amy @ stem parties a few months back and immediately wanted to throw one of my own!

here's my green eggs and green cupcakes for the green eggs and ham display...
here's the back of the invite i made in photoshop {the front was the 'oh the place's you'll go' book cover with wording changed to, "oh the places she'll go"}...I NOW SELL THIS INVITE AND A BOY VERSION ON EBAY. GO HERE TO ORDER!

i got the idea for the thing 1 & thing 2 cupcakes from kitchen doughdough!! thanks lyndsey for the inspiration! aren't they adorable?! the cupcakes were angel food cake, and the topping..cotton candy!...

the horton hears a who table....

i used pink pom poms for clovers! if you haven't seen the movie or read the book then you wont understand the piles of "clovers" all over, hehe. i thought it turned out pretty cute though....
the horton diaper cake i made...

i made the fluffy clovers with styrofoam balls, pink frilly yarn, and wooden dowels {i painted them stripey with green and white spray paint}...

the little buttons are horton pins! and the little book says, 'oh the places you'll go'. i also found a little picture frame that had Horton's famous line, "a person's a person, no matter how small" on it! i immediately thought of an ultrasound picture when i bought it...i had whitney bring one of hers to put behind it. it was PERFECT!
my front door...

inside the front door was mr. cat in the hat himself to welcome everyone...

a close up of the frame and book i was talking about...

and here's a closer look at the horton cupcakes that were on the horton themed table. they were raspberry lemonade cupcakes with lemonade frosting and pink cotton candy for fluff! i made the horton toppers out of magnets!...
and here's a close up of the cat in the hat cupcakes i made. they were root beer cupcakes. **note to self: always try your cupcakes before serving them** i found the recipe for these babies online & thought it sounded pretty good, i even tried a spoonful of the batter after i made them & it was really yummy. but the actual cupcakes, blah! and the bad part was, i didn't even try one until the day AFTER the shower! how embarrassing..hehe! hey, at least they looked cute, right? they're suppose to be cat in the hat 'hats' if you can't tell. i made them out of gummy savers, mint savers, and homemade white chocolate cookies...

the beverages were jones pure cane soda's. the red and blue looked really good with all the decor. and the flavors were very dr. seussy...blue bubblegum and fufu berry!
a close up of the key lime cupcakes {again, for recipe's go to my cupcake blog} i made for the sam i am section of the table. the toppers...yup, magnets again.
i hung these cute little hats from the ceiling...
the adorable guest oh honor, whitney. isn't she the cutest pregnant girl?!...
i made cat in the hat parfaits :)...
a tin lunch pail i had out...

i made a jumbo clover to go by horton. i also made a mini one for his trunk.

you can also see the miniature horton hears a who books. they were so cute, i love how tiny they were!...

some of the 'seussy' candy i served & some cat in the hat pencils...

i came up with the idea of hanging punching balls from the ceiling. they looked great in my opinion :)...

here's the fish in his fish bowl {i got the idea from natalie at little shindigs!}.

i found some really cute shiney blue material that i used for water. and you can also see the fun red and blue gumballs i found on orientaltrading.com! they were perfect!...
here's a sneech and his stars along with more red and blue candy that was also found on ot {thanks for finding the sneech, mom!}...
one fish, two fish!!

as i said in an earlier post, these fish straws couldn't have been more perfect! everyone used the straws for their jones soda's. so fun...

oh, and i also had one fish, two fish pins in a one fish, two fish bowl :)...
i glued this plaque onto the top of a white feather tree...
here's the prizes for the dr. seuss trivia game we played.

there were dr. seuss paper pads, memo boards, markers, socks, magnets, stickers, pins, & more...
i found all the adorable dr. seuss bowls at target {along with a bunch of other dr. seuss stuff}!...

little critter {whitney's nephew} in his dr. seuss hat. so cute!!...

here's the party favors. i got the, 'here's a little some THING to say thanks for coming' from amy at stem parties as well!

i filled plastic gift bags with dr seuss items {a mini dr. seuss book or stickers, a dr. seuss character pin, and a dr. seuss pencil with a cute pencil topper} and tied them with the cute tags.

i bought the, oh the places you'll go game to play. we didn't end up playing it but it was still cute :)...

congratulations again, whitney! i hope you enjoyed your shower! i loved planning it for ya!