Hand Painted Love You to the Moon Baby Furniture

As my regular readers know...

the month of November was a super-crazy calendar month for me.

Filled with two baby showers, hosting Thanksgiving dinner and having Ella'southward 2d birthday party 2 days later on.

So here we are...

going into the 2nd week of Jan...

and today...

I'm finally going to share the details from the "Love You to the Moon" babe shower...

( which happened to be featured on Amy Atlas the same twenty-four hours as the "Bubbles" baby shower - WOW!! )

Permit me preface this by proverb...

The planning and details?

They were a consummate collaboration between the fabulously creative sister (Ally) of the dadhoped-for and myself.

Celebration type: Male child Baby Shower

Theme: "Love You to the Moon and Back"

Colour Palette: blue & white

Pattern: blue & white plaid

Ally came to me with the theme pretty much already chosen...

A theme based solely on the phrase the expecting couple exchange to one another on a daily footing...

"Love you to the Moon and Back".

So sweet...right!?

I absolutely Dearest personalizing events/parties by centering the theme around something specific to the guest(s) of honor... then this couldn't take been anymore perfect!!

First step for me is always creating the invitation.

We knew we wanted plaid incorporated into the design due to the dad's love of wearing plaid.

And nosotros referenced the baby's nursery bedding which too had plaid in it.

We battled between two different designs...

she wasn't privy to any of the planning and details.

Everything was going to be a surprise....

the dessert table

the hand-painted canvass I created to match the invitation (and to be used in the nursery)

the moon letters were cutting from eight.5x11 sheets of coordinating plaid cardstock I designed

mini cupcakes from Cupcake Delights displayed on cake plates filled with white sugar

even the fondant moons accept some "sparkle" to them

mini "MOON" pies with powdered sugar stars (recipe)

the filling was tinted light blue and the edges were rolled in white nonpareils

$8 grocery store "crater cake" decorated with

custom origami stars featuring the baby's name

moons cutting from styrofoam

centerpieces created with a diverseness of clear glass bottles filled with white sand and glitter

party favors included these 2" glass "wishing" bottles filled with glitter

bad picture... only here'due south a big glass bottle on display with the favors...

intended to be role of the plant nursery decor post-obit the shower.

and the ambrosial charms attached were from a variety of vendors including:

(see Vendor/Sources at bottom of post for specific details)

sugar cubes spritzed bluish for use with the "lunar lemonade"

(and sliced lemons in the back...representing half-moons)

"wishing star spinach dip"

"crescent-moon" chicken salad sandwiches

I was "over the moon" with how everything turned out.

It couldn't have turned out any sweeter and I So appreciate the assistance of everyone involved...

...especially Ally!!

She put upwardly with my ongoing additions to the "to-practice" lists I created...

and did all of the running around to collect and observe the supplies for the shower.

And I hateful EVERYTHING.

She was besides the mastermind backside the centerpieces, favors, table & chair rental

and was responsible for finding the adorable personalized origami stars, star-shaped candies and coordinating mints.

And...

a huge congratulations to Mike & Nicole...

their sweetness babe Maxwell arrived just a few brusk weeks ago.

And he. is. precious!!!

Here are even more details for those of you looking to recreate this shower:

Key Decorating Elements:

• invitation - used to create the painted sail properties & the foundation for decor/details

• plaid

• moons & stars

• star dust (in the form of sugar, white sand and glitter)

• glass jars

Extra details:

• customized origami mini paper stars (with the proper name of the baby)

• carbohydrate cubes for the lemonade spritzed a light blue color

• manus-painted sheet used on the backdrop for the dessert table - also doubled as wall art for the infant's nursery.

• using styrofoam to create crescent moons

• using white saccharide on the serving vessels for the cupcakes and cookies.

Dessert Table "theme-appropriate" food items:

• "shooting star" carbohydrate cookies

• mini "moon pies"

• "moonbeam" mints

• "star-dusted" donuts

• "celestial crater" cakes

• mini "cosmic" cupcakes

• "moon rock" processed

• custom fabricated star-shaped gummi candies

Card also included clever savory "theme-appropriate" food items

• "crescent moon" craven salad croissants

• "wishing star" spinach salad

• "star-kissed" fruit salad

• "lunar" lemonade

Favors:

• glass bottles filled with "stardust"

• "shooting star" carbohydrate cookies

Every bit usual...I've got to give a shout out to the wonderful vendors who contributed significantly to the outcome of the baby shower....

Vendors/Sources:

Pen N' Paperflowers - invitation, mini block bunting, tabular array labels, dessert tabular array design, hand-painted sheet, mini moon pies, effect planning, cake toppers, photography

I Like Pie - wish charms (rectangle and small star)

JoAnn's - the PERFECTLY matching plaid cloth used throughout the decor

Orlando Political party Rentals - table and chair rentals ( 407-601-5924)

KEEPING IT REAL

The adorable canvas used on the properties....

I got up at 3a.m. the morn of the shower to paint/create it.

And those tabular array labels....

Did y'all notice the extra infinite at the pinnacle of each card?

I left space to adjust a coordinating ribbon...just ran out of fourth dimension for assembling them. *wink*

Side note:

Clara was without a fever all twenty-four hours yesterday. (after almost half-dozen days of upwards and downwardly temperatures).

I'g happy to report she was up at v a.grand. this forenoon and is officially off to school.

Here'south to what I'm hoping will exist my beginning "normal" calendar week of 2011...*wink*

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Source: http://www.pnpflowersinc.com/2011/01/love-you-to-moon-baby-shower.html

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