{one creative day} baby shower

So this past Sunday I co-hosted a friend's baby shower. Pre-baby this would have been a simple task as most of you know about my love of entertaining especially when it involves my passion of design. It all turned out lovely and the "mum-to-be" said it was PERFECTLY "her"! As every event I have ever thrown or designed...nothing ever happens without some glitches! Of course it all had to be the night before...the cake had to be rebaked 3 times and was still not what I had "envisioned", my computer crashed on me and some final elements could not be designed and I got the WORST night sleep I have had possibly since Collette was born!  But at the end of the day.. it was a LOVELY DAY had by all!

{Inspiration} The "mum-to-be" is a very creative and crafty individual herself. So we wanted it to obviously be a reflection of her. And although she is having a girl she didn't want it "girly". So of course I found some inspiration on good old Pinterest!! {my pastime as I nurse Collette!}
I have been obsessed with all the water colour invites I have been seeing so that is what we did.
I hand water coloured paper then taught myself Adobe Illustrator and designed the invites. And everything else came from there.

We had all the guest fill out a "Baby Adlib"for the mummy and daddy to be!

I water coloured tags in which all the guest wrote their names on and tied to their drinks.

"The CAKE!"

 It actually got rave reviews although I wanted it to be one more layer! {red velvet}

One of the co-hosters was very generous to let us host at her adorable little beach cottage as she is a new mum too!She has a 4 month old little boy {Otto}.  I definitely know how hard it is now with a baby to get the house in order to have people over! However she had it perfectly "styled" for the occasion.  Even her dog maggie sat perfectly in her dog bed!

    

 

One of the co-hosters came up with the idea of having everyone stitch whatever they wanted on pieces of fabric that will be turned into bunting for the baby's room. It was a hit and I was sooo impressed with everyone's "crafting" skills! Looks like we may have some recruitments for our next craft club. {yes we have a craft club!}

 The "mum-to-be's" family helped out with preparing food for the day. We had little sandwiches with the crusts cut off {of course}, yummy mushroom "thingys", and of course some yummy baked goods!

The reason for the day....

2 American "mommies-to-be" in Australia! 

Mum/Mom of honour is the bump on the left!

{they are both due in June about week or so apart!}

Couldn't resist this picture!

 At the end of the day...this did not scare me away from ever hosting or entertaining again. It infact lit the fire I have with in me to "create"  more "wonderful days"!