Tea Party Baby Shower
Oh Girl!! My family is getting realllllly excited about my brother and sister-in-law's baby, due in February. My friend Kristen and I were honored to host a shower, a tea party shower, for Elizabeth the week following Christmas. We held the shower in our newly carpeted basement (yay!) and decorated with tables set with china (tea cups and pots of course) and little touches of ribbon with nursery rhyme-themed toile.
The menu was such fun to plan--I've always wanted to throw a tea party! Chicken salad sandwiches and cucumber sandwiches,
chocolate chip scones (dangerously yummy, thanks Kristen!),
fruit skewers, 
a GORGEOUS AND DELICIOUS raspberry cream cheese torte made and brought by Elizabeth's mom, which I somehow forgot to take a picture of (how is that possible?), and there were also some cute little strawberry meringues (shown lower right in the above photo).
In an effort to use supplies I had I got in touch with my crafty side and made votive holders out of jars, tissue paper and Mod Podge (love that stuff), painted and framed a few photos of Joel and Elizabeth, and constructed a sweet girly banner to hang on the mantle!
the sweet mother-to-be, Elizabeth
my grandmother and brother Joel, who popped downstairs at the end of the shower to mingle
Four generations! :)
Oh Girl!! My family is getting realllllly excited about my brother and sister-in-law's baby, due in February. My friend Kristen and I were honored to host a shower, a tea party shower, for Elizabeth the week following Christmas. We held the shower in our newly carpeted basement (yay!) and decorated with tables set with china (tea cups and pots of course) and little touches of ribbon with nursery rhyme-themed toile.
The menu was such fun to plan--I've always wanted to throw a tea party! Chicken salad sandwiches and cucumber sandwiches,
chocolate chip scones (dangerously yummy, thanks Kristen!),
fruit skewers, 
a GORGEOUS AND DELICIOUS raspberry cream cheese torte made and brought by Elizabeth's mom, which I somehow forgot to take a picture of (how is that possible?), and there were also some cute little strawberry meringues (shown lower right in the above photo).
In an effort to use supplies I had I got in touch with my crafty side and made votive holders out of jars, tissue paper and Mod Podge (love that stuff), painted and framed a few photos of Joel and Elizabeth, and constructed a sweet girly banner to hang on the mantle!
the sweet mother-to-be, Elizabeth
Four generations! :)
5 comments:
You left out the best part! That Joel babysat the whole time!!! Go Joel!
I wish I'd gone down to see the re-done basement!
It was so good to see you...wish I could pop over more often...
Wow--I don't even recognize your basement--you guys have been busy! What a fun shower you planned!
Adorable. You are the queen of throwing wonderful showers Em!!!
Amy
Great pictures Em, and a beautiful shower! You are the hostess with the mostest! (I love your header pictures too!) Love, Mom
That's one ADORABLE shower!!!!! Way to go, hostess with the mostess! :)
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