B'Liss Is In the Details: baby shower

Hi there, sharing yet another party I did a few months back. I saw this invitation and loved the idea of a momma bird nesting... This inspired me to use feathers as part of the decor since the shower was to help momma to be "Feather her Nest". Most of the decor was made or crafted by me, even the flowers believe it or not, I arranged those too!

The cutest "A little birdie told me" invite.

Outdoor baby shower sign, hand painted.

Entry door linen banner hand painted by me.

I'm a TOTAL fan of DYI'ing! I personalized these signs by carrying over the design from the invitation and included wording to fit with the theme. I had seen another party (which I don't recall where at this time) that used the Tweet, Tweet phrases and I just loved it! It was so fitting with this theme. You'll see that I used it in a lot my signage. I created both signs in Powerpoint and used a projector to trace the images onto the poster board and linen. I added streamers to each side of the poster board to call attention to the sign since it would be placed outdoors.

The door banner took the longest because I started off using Sharpie markers, only to find out the color would run on the fabric. I didn't make time to go find fabric markers, so I ended up using acrylic paint and a brush on the whole thing. It was pretty time consuming but sooo worth it. It was the first thing people saw as they walked into the shower.

Square table set up

Ribbon wrapped vases for centerpieces

White flowers with feathers

Feather Pom centerpiece

Birdie baby banner

Pennant banner made with the one and only Cricut! Birdies at each end held up the banner. I was so excited when I found the Nest theme through the Cricut cartridges. So adorable!

Feather Boa wreath

Clothespin game sign and mini clothespins laying on feathers

Game sign

Wish note table - set in entry way

Tweet a Wish entry sign

Birdie notes to hang in the birdcage lay on feathers

Dessert Buffet set up

Poms Chandelier

Dessert Buffet/Favor table sign

Toasted Marshmallow Jelly-Belly filled favor nests (cupcakes later sat on tiered tray)

Jordan Almond filled favor nests (cake pops later filled empty container)

Close up of Nest favor

Gifts banner with white feather poms - another DIY - styrofoam balls wrapped with feather boas

Baby blue cake, chocolate nest filled with 4 eggs to signify the new addition to the nest

Does this birdie cage look familiar?!? I was super excited to use this again!

Wish notes filled the cage

I hope you enjoyed! This particular party consumed so much of time... I created almost all elements of the shower decor. It was so nice to see it all come together and the most rewarding was to see that momma to be was really happy with what I pulled together!!

My first big task after discovering how much I enjoyed planning and DIY'ing was my little sister's baby shower. I just could not wait to put this together!

I asked her what theme and color scheme she wanted and she loved an idea she saw of an angel wing baby shower invite, so we came up with the "Heaven Sent" shower idea. We found an invitation she liked and I then ran with it and started planning the rest. She had no idea what I was putting together.

This took place in April 2010, one month before baby Giovanni arrived. Here are few pics of the details.