When people come to visit they rarely come to our front door. Most often they come to the door through our carport that leads to the kitchen. Not that this is necessarily bad, but I wish people used the front door - otherwise, why do we have it. So I decided I was determined to have Barb's shower guests come through the front door. I also decided I need to spruce up our entrance and put a sign for the shower.
When it came to the sign I knew that I didn't want a piece of paper up there and so I walked around JoAnn's till I came to the perfect thing! They had a chalkboard that was light and the perfect size to go on the door, plus it came with double sided tape! I also bought some bistro markers and regular chalk. (As a side note, bistro markers are what coffee shops use to make their nice signs - I'm sure you've noticed that there isn't chalk dust on those chalkboards.)
Went home with my finds (don't you just love your craft stores?!) and began thinking what I wanted to display on the sign. I wanted to replicate some of the core design features of the invite....so I drew the baby booties, then wrote Baby Shower and finished it by writing "oh boy oh boy" in regular chalk. And those bistro markers are awesome!!!! You really would never want to go back to using regular chalk again!
So here's a close up of the finished sign....the only con was that to remove it from the door, I had to bread the board into several pieces. The double sided tape wouldn't come off without destroying the board - so sad! To my relief the tape didn't damage our door. Note to self: next time, don't use the double sided tape.
I added ferns to flank my door and a floor mat. So much nicer looking!
I found some lovely striped fabric and made up a table runner for my dining table. Once you make your first table runner and you realize how easy it is, you'll end up with a slew of them! Maybe one for every day of the week!
The booties were added to the table that I used for the invites, quizzes, etc. I also bought some glass cake stands at Home Goods (Oh, I how I love thee!) on the cheap. I think I spent $15 for both and they are so pretty! I've always wanted cake stands and now I have them!
Since I'm not the world's best pastry chef, I chose to make mini cupcakes, chocolate or white cake, with two buttercream frostings (I feel my sweet tooth acting up on me). I heard someone at the shower say they don't like cupcakes, but at least they came out cute. If I made a cake for this, it wouldn't of been cute. It would have been a mess. Sometimes a whole cupcake is too much when you have other goodies. Besides, who tells the shower host that they don't like mini cupcakes? I worked hard on those and they were yummy!
I wanted to create a backdrop for the food table and just give the room more of a party atmosphere rather than, "this is my dining room with food on my table." Please understand nothing is wrong with just putting food on the table in a room, but being me, I was looking for a little more.
I borrowed a pipe frame from Barb's mom, and threw on it sheers from my bedroom window. That with a coordinating bunting gave a nice look to the area. I was truly pleased with the overall effect.
The food table was kept pretty low key with a veggie tray, hummus and chips, tea sandwiches, two kinds of filled phyllo cups. That with the cupcakes and some candies completed the food. Thanks to Barb's mom and my mom who helped me bring everything together for the shower!!!!
I wish I had more good friends who need showers thrown for them...it's so much fun!
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