From our Front Porch Looking In

Since our friend Sage is a Candy-ohlic, whats better than a good ol'fashined Candy Bar. We picked up all of her favorites. Good and Plenty, Sour Cherries, Tart 'Pappies', Peppermints and Jelly Belly's. Guests could take some home in goodie bags, or munch on them while they were there.

I made the DIY garland, that is hanging from the table, out of Cupcake Liners that I bought from this shop. The tutorial on making this garland can be found here. It's very easy and fun to make!

We also ordered Cupcakes as the desert. The local bakery made them with icing to match! They came in three flavors, Marble, Vanilla Sponge and my favorite was the Banana. Yummy!

Since the shower was at 11am, we decided to serve a brunch type menu. Also, it was a work shower and there were alot of ladies that wanted to help, so this is where their help came in. We asked several people to bring food like Quiche, Salads and Dips. When you give people parameters like a salad, but ask them to make their favorite, you end up getting some really tasty dishes!

And then two big pitchers of Raspberry Pink Lemonade and Lemon Water and your SET

Once the festivities were underway, we played one last game with everyone. It was a celebrity baby game like I've never seen before, and I wanted to make sure it was tuff enough that not everyone could win! It was a series of celebrity baby pictures, and believe me, some of them were hard to guess!

The game and the print out can be found here, and it was game #150, it was a hit and a lot of fun.

And one little detail that I wanted to put some thought into was the prize. There was a little Etsy shop that sold the most adorable necklaces with a 'Cupcake' Theme. Some of the necklaces said "Keep Calm and Eat a Cupcake" and others were just sweet cupcake images. The shop can be found here. I also added some cupcake soaps like these do the diaper raffle gift, just to plump it up a little bit!

The finishing touch to the decor was the adorable hand made banner that my sweet friend made. It was done in pretty coordinating fabrics, and you can see a better picuture here. I know my friend would make you one, just visit her facebook page in the link above and send her a message! Any fabrics, just give her colors!!!!

The Shower was huge success! I had so much fun helping pull it all together that I can't wait for the chance to do another!