The Tweetest Little Baby Shower in Texas

Favor Bags: Homemade Strawberry Jam, Fruit-Scented Hand Sanitizers,
Pearberry Bath Fizzies and Handmade Felt Bird Brooches

For the first baby shower I've ever been too - and the first one I've thrown - I think it went well... and was definitely tasty! We had lots of inspiration along the way as you might remember from THIS PREVIOUS POST. So here's the recap - with recipes to follow this week:

Grandmas in yellow and the Mom-to-Be with the diaper wreath and their sashes

Day and Time: Saturday at 2:00 pm
Season: Summer
Theme: Birds
Colors: Red, Yellow and Turquoise 
Baby: Girl (Riley)

What a feast! (Minus the platter of apple/brie/walnut toasts)

DIY Items: Invitations, Diaper Wreath, Game Cards, Wishing Tree, Favors (Bath Fizzies, Strawberry Jam, Felt Bird Brooches), Bunting, Table Runners, Game Prizes (Layered Cake in a Jar)

Guests filled out their best wishes for baby Riley...

... and hung them in the wishing tree!

Menu:

• Savory - Chicken Skewers with Sauces (Thai Peanut, Buffalo, Honey Mustard), Caprese Skewers, Roasted Red Pepper and Corn Salad, Roast Beef and Turkey Pinwheels, Jalapeno Artichoke Dip, Guacamole, Brie/Apple/Walnut Toasts
• Sweet - Vanilla and Red Velvet Cakeballs, Lemon Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream, Strawberry Pretzel Salad, Lemon Whoopie Pies, Orange-Berry Mini Cheesecakes, Lime Margarita Fruit Dip with Fresh Fruit
• Drinks - Strawberry Lemonade, Pearberry Mimosas with Prosecco

Top Row (L-R): roasted red pepper and corn salad, dips, caprese skewers;
Middle: strawberry pretzel salad, cupcakes, lemon whoopie pies;
Bottom: orange berry cheesecakes, pinwheels, cakeballs

Decorations/Special Touches:

• Fabric Table Runners and Bunting
• Wishing Tree with Chipboard Birds
• Diaper Wreath
• Flowers - sunflowers, daisies and mums
• Fabric sashes for Grandmothers and Mom-to-Be
• Blue and Yellow Tin Bird Watering Cans with flowers

Birds and daisies - perfect for a summer afternoon shower!

Games:

• Nursery Rhyme Fill-in-the-Blank
• Pick Her Traits Guessing Game
• Present-Opening Bingo