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{Real Party} A Shower for Baby Fern

November 14, 2011 2 Comments A Well Crafted Party

Happy {Mommy Monday}!

I have a special treat for you today… a {Real Party} post from one of my favorite bloggers,

Lauren just had a baby shower thrown by her friends, including fellow blogger Becca from Life @ 1521. I was super excited when Lauren said I could feature the shower here because there are so many great details that could translate into a ton of different parties.

{Decor}

The shower was themed around the name chosen for Lauren’s little girl, Fern. (Such a pretty name!)

The hosts used rustic details to really make this party special. I love the use of ferns in a variety of bottles and pine cones in jars. All of the rustic details are then contrasted with the softness of yarn.

Baby shower for a baby girl without pink?

LOVE IT!

(Oh, and… how amazing is that livingroom?)

{Activities}

Instead of traditional baby shower games the hosts opted for some fun activities.

(This makes me happy. Anyone else feel incredibly AWKWARD playing games that involve chugging out of baby bottles or smelling chocolate laden diapers?)

The acitvities included guessing baby Fern’s birthday &

Finger Knitting garland for baby Fern’s nursery.

{The Menu}

The drinks and food from this party make me wish I had been there! The hosts put together a hot cocoa bar with fixins. The fixins included caramels, truffles, whipped cream, peppermints and more. Homemade Gingerale was also served and I can’t wait to try the recipe!

The food table is gorgeous, isn’t it? I love the pine cone filled jars lit with the surrounding tea lights. The stamped flags are also a fabulous and fun detail.

French toast, scones, blueberry muffins…oh my!

{The Favors}

The hosts created cute little pom bouquets as favors for the guests. This is a fabulous idea for a couple of reasons: A) Not spending an arm and a leg on favors and B) The guests can put these out in their house to decorate for Fall and will be reminded of sweet baby Fern everytime they see them!

{The Guest(s) of Honor}

Thank you to Lauren for letting me feature this adorable shower on the blog. Congrats to you and your family!

If you are as in love with this party as I am then you might want to check out Becca’s post on it that has a ton more photos and links to the delicious food recipes and a finger knitting tutorial.

Oh, and the great photo templates used above are a freebie from puglypixel.com.

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Real Party: Costumes &Cocktails Decorations

November 1, 2011 2 Comments A Well Crafted Party

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween weekend!

We sure did. We had a party on Saturday, a lazy Sunday and then a walk with the little in costume and passing out candy on Monday. It was a fun first Halloween with our little guy.

I know most people are ready for all the Halloween posts to be over… but, I couldn’t wait til next year to post the review and pictures of our annual Halloween party. I’ll wait til next year to post tutorials for all the fun DIY projects in the party… but, for now I’ll post the party pictures!

Our theme this year was Costumes & Cocktails: a traditional creepy Halloween with black, white and orange color scheme; costume contest; and a full bar for fun cocktails.

The Decorations

One of the biggest focal points of the party was the giant spider wall and egg sacs.

It was certainly creepy!

I created the paper goods using free fonts from Dafont.Com* and Illustrator. I put the food labels inside sets of vampire fangs and painted the tips of the fangs red. I got the idea from the interwebs.* But, I reworked the tutorial to fit my needs and supplies.

(*See DIY information below for links)

We cleared out our TV cabinet and made it into a bar for the evening. The bar was topped with liquor, filled with mixers and garnishes and had a selection of glassware on the bottom level. Everything was covered in spider web! I also painted the doors of the cabinet with chalkboard paint and added some fun Halloween martini recipes in chalk.

Well, we didn’t grab pictures of the sheet covered furniture or some of the other small decorations that were throughout the party. The lighting was fun for a party, but terrible for blog photography! But, you get the idea. Check back later this week for a post on the creepy food and awesome costumes!

DIY information:

Martha Stewart Tutorial for Spider Egg Sacs

Martha Stewart Tutorial for Creepy Crepe Curtains

Katie Does Fang Placecard Holder Tutorial

Dafont.com fonts used: Moonlight Shadow by David Kerkhoff, KR Boo Lane by Kat’s Fun Fonts and Spider’s Club by Manfred Klein

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{REAL PARTY} Beer Before Baby Party

September 8, 2011 2 Comments A Well Crafted Party

Well, I wanted to give you a recap on the Beer Before Baby Party that I threw for my husband a while back. You might remember me posting a few items about it in my

{Working on it Wednesday} posts.

I was a horrible blogger and didn’t get hardly ANY photos. I was enjoying my own baby shower at a different location for the beginning of the party. Note: enlist a friend to snap pics at next party!

But, the party was successful and everyone had a really great time.

I’ll share what photos and details I did manage to get!

{Invitations & Favors}

The invitation stated that the party was an Advice Shower for my husband as well as an opening celebration of the beer my husband brewed in honor of our son.
The favors had labels designed by me with the title “Amber to Xander.”{Food Table}

We served small portions of “bar” food for the party. The menu included: Mac & Cheese, Rubens, Beer Sausages, Sweet Potato Fries, French Fries, Crudites and Guinness Cupcakes

{Activity}

For a simple activity we had guests write out their advice for my husband, a new father, on coasters. We now enjoy the coasters, and their advice, daily!

We also asked guests to bet on the vital birth information. We still have this poster up in our apartment because we enjoyed it so much.

{Attire}

I thought it would be fun to make special attire for this party and I was right! These shirts were easy to make with transfer paper and my printer.