A little birdy told us there is a tweet baby boy on the way;Sara Culley is anxiously awaiting the special day.
You are invited to be our guest, so flock on over and help feather her nest!
Last weekend I hosted a Baby Shower for my friend Sara who is due with her first baby, a boy, in September. I really like hosting parties. I like everything that comes with them...other than cleaning the house before...and cleaning up the house afterwards... Anyways, I love making menus and decorations...all the fun stuff! When I decided to have this shower, I googled "baby boy shower" to peruse the images people have put out there. There were tons of pictures of "feather her nest" themed showers. I loved it and decided that was going to be our theme along with the color scheme of chocolate brown, baby blue, turquoise, and lime green. We used polka dots and brocade patterns as well in things. So with the help of another great creative mind (Stephanie Hessel) we created a darling looking shower. I designed the invitations on the computer which had tree limbs with a blue mod bird and nest with an egg. We purchased unfinished wooden birdhouses from craft stores and decorated them with craft paint in our color scheme, scrapbooking paper, and mod podge...oh and a little glitter...yes, I know this was for a baby boy but I love glitter! They turned out pretty stinkin' cute. Another night, Stephanie taught me how to make tissue paper pom poms. Have you seen these things? They are so festive and SO EASY and cheap to make! We hung small and medium ones over the fireplace and over the buffet. I also hung a banner that I made out of scrapbooking paper with my cricut. It said "Tweet Baby Boy". Stephanie made the wreath pictured above out of a swim noodle taped together and two feather boas...so cute! I got a great idea from another friend, Erin Keeven, to use small galvanized buckets for the silver ware, napkins, and other small things. I double~stick taped on several strands of ribbon around the buckets to make them match. On to the the most important part...the brunch! The main course was Mini Egg Frittatas, Spinach, tomato and Parmesan and Bacon and Cheddar (a recipe of Giada de Laurentiis). They were very tasty and very easy to make...and anything mini is cute too! We also had roasted breakfast potatoes, Creme Brulee French Toast Casserole...oh my...so super duper good, French Cinnamon Breakfast Puffs..also really good (a recipe of Pioneer Women), Cranberry Orange Scones (recipe of Alton Brown), Strawberry and Gouda Spinach Salad...very colorful and tasty, and a beautiful Fruit Salad. The food was fabulous!
The "tweet baby boy" banner, pom poms, and two pedestal birdhouses.
Two birdhouses on a square of fake grass...Stephanie's idea...again...so cute.
Another birdhouse centerpiece.
Flowers on the coffee table. They were with notecards and ink pens. The notecards said "a little birdy told me to tell you...". The guests were asked to write a note, some advice, or a story to Mommy~to~be Sara.
The buffet! We used 2 yards of polka dot fabric on top of the white cloths. The birdcage had faux eggs and a nest at the bottom and little glittery lime green birds perched on it.
Another centerpiece, a cloche with eggs. The mason jar glasses...another idea of Stephanies...she tied a small turquoise tag with twine around each one to put each guests name on...again...so cute! 
The drink buffet. We had Sparkling Pineapple~Orange Juice, Iced Sweet Tea, and Coffee.
DESSERT!!! Red Velvet and Double Chocolate Cake Ball Pops perched in a nest...they tasted SO GOOD!
The favors: Blue bird Sugar Cookies. They tasted super good as well. They were purchased from Iced Up Confections by Molly. She did a great job of matching the theme!A Big THANK YOU to Stephanie Hessel, Erin Keeven, Erin Stone, Courtnie Norman, and Molly Igleheart for helping with everything...couldn't have pulled it off without all of them!
