Last night my friend, E, and I hosted a baby shower for our mutual friend, B—who is due about 3 1/2 weeks before us.
A good time was had by all and I thought I’d share a few details about the theme of the shower, along with some photos.
B and her hubbie have decided to use Classic Winnie the Pooh as their nursery theme, so E and I decided to play off that idea for the shower. We went the route of a honey and bee theme, and it turns out there are tons of great ways to tie this theme into a baby shower. Sadly, I don’t have a picture of the invitations that we made, but at the top we wrote, “Babies and honey…two of life’s sweetest things.” We also got a little cheesy and made sure to let people know that it was a shower for the mom to bee…
For décor, we kept it pretty simple and incorporated some rustic elements, like hemp twine, tin cans, lots of textured cardstock, potted mums and sunflowers, and some handwritten Winnie the Pooh quotes scattered throughout.
E found all the quotes, and they were the perfect touch! If you haven’t read a WP quote lately, check out this website and you’ll find some whimsical words that might do your heart good. Here’s one to whet your palette.
While we kept the food fairly simple, it was really yummy and touches of honey were sprinkled in here and there. Our menu consisted of:
- Spicy honey chicken skewers
- Vanilla cupcakes with honey cream cheese frosting, topped with a blackberry
- Frozen grape skewers
- Melon fruit salad
- Cranberry scones with lemon curd and fresh clotted cream
- Vegetable pizza
- Jars of B’s favorite candy
- Honey sticks
- Tangy citrus and sorbet punch
- Orange and lime flavored water
Everyone took a Mom to Bee quiz and the winner received a honeycomb soap from a local downtown boutique. The second game was for voluntary participants, as it was a multi-tasking game to see who could do certain tasks the fastest while holding a baby; the winner’s prize was Burt’s Bees lip balm. All in keeping with the theme, right?
During the shower B’s friends wrote notes of advice and blessing on mini honeycomb hexes, which they pinned to a corkboard. B then drew one of the notes randomly and that person took home the mums.
I’m so thankful to live in a community of women who rally around one another during all seasons of life!
Excellent piece of information, I had come to know about your website from my friend krishnan, chennai,i have read atleast 8 posts of yours by now, and let me tell you, your site gives the best and the most interesting information. This is just the kind of information that i had been looking for, i'm already your rss reader now and i would regularly watch out for the new posts, once again hats off to you! Thanx a lot once again, Regards, winnie the pooh quotes
ReplyDelete