Tea Party Baby Shower

So, when my step-daughter found out she was having a little girl I was ecstatic!!!  I have never hosted a baby shower for a little girl before.  I chose the tea party theme because it is unique! 

When the guests arrived, they were asked to sign-in by autographing a onesie for baby Arabella.  The mother-to-be and I did not want to do any cheesy baby shower games so we brainstormed for something special.  I thought this idea was creative and special!  Our intentions with this idea was to frame the onesie in a shadow box with the shower invitation and some other memorabilia. 

Onesie sign-in.  I ironed a cute little applique to the front.

I have been looking for a reason to make a tutu diaper cake and was so excited to make this one.  Thank the Lord my stepdaughter already had the diaper cake setup because I was running out of time and would have been devastated if I couldn't have made this.  I simply made the tutu with some spare tulle I had lying around the house.

Next, the guests were asked to take a favor box filled with chocolate-covered pretzels.  I used my Princess Party cricut cartridge to cut out these cute little boxes.  These boxes took me FOREVER to make but they turned out so cute!

For the table setting, I used scrapbook paper as placemats.  The centerpieces were made from soup cans and tissue paper.  I hand made each flower for this shower using tissue paper and floral tape.  I spent a few months searching local thrift stores for the teacups.  It is amazing what you can find in a thrift store!!

Now, onto more important things ---- the food!   Thankfully, my friends and family members helped with the food.  We had a bunch of yummy treats, many of which were vegetarian-friendly.  The menu was comprised of: buffalo chicken dip (not-so-vegetarian-friendly), spinach quiches, chicken salad (again, not-so-vegetarian-friendly), vegetables, pasta salad, mini-berry cheesecakes, cookies, and chocolate-covered cherries.  I do not have a picture of the cake pops because they were an EPIC fail!!  Next time, I will suck it up and have them professionally done. 

I used pieces of scrapbook paper as a table runner and made the dessert stands with random dishes purchased from local thrift stores.  I used my cricut to cut out the food tags (I guess that is what you could call them.)  It was really fun making everything! 

For the gift table, I ordered vintage baby clothes from etsy.com to pin around the front of the table.  The mother-to-be got alot of good stuff and was very excited!!

I had a good time planning this event and look forward to the next one!