REAL PARTIES: Alison’s Baby Shower
categories: baby shower ideas, food and drinks, real parties
Today’s “Real Party” feature is a sweet & sophisticated baby shower featuring some amazing culinary treats like Caramelized Tomato Tarte Tatins and a lovely display of Brie with Figs & Honeycomb!
This look would translate nicely for a bridal shower as well – and you can just switch up the colors for a girl or gender-neutral baby shower!
Lots more images + the details for Alison’s baby shower are below – as told by party hostess/sister Debbie!
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Pictured at top: Paper flowers made with a brad and strips of paper left over from other decorations were attached to a lolly pop stick with a glue dot; Paper Bunting made from scrapbook paper, double sided tape, + baby doll pegs.
Above: Wire tree (available all over South Africa). We made the decorations by using the left over paper from the bunting (round punch, small punch and ribbon); local wooden board wrapped with blue ribbon for the biscuits; and photo of the guest of honor (as a baby) with her mom under a glass dome next to flowers.
Below: Cupcake toppers (also made from left over paper) were attached to a lolly pop stick with a glue dot:
Custom-made beaded dinosaurs were attached to the wire cupcake stand:
Small decorated bottles filled with baby goods and tin buckets painted white, then scrapped with BABY and BOY:
And now for some culinary treats…starting with pretty arrangements of brie with figs & honeycomb:
Pictured below: Baby Asparagus & Sun Dried Tomato Quiche and Caramelized Tomato Tarte Tartins (full recipes for both available in The Recipe Box).
Here is ALISON (middle) with her sisters! (Debbie on the left & Leanne on the right)
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Thanks for the inspiration, Debbie!
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Too cute! The buckets look so chic and I’m betting they were not expensive to make. Thanks for sharing!
May 27, 2009 at 3:45 pm -
LOVE the food presentation! It’s an element that so many people pay no attention too!
May 27, 2009 at 5:39 pm -
Help.
Please.Also, I have this bookmarked for when I give a baby shower. Quite pretty and I love the quote on the chalkboard.
May 27, 2009 at 7:51 pm -
I’m in love with those paper flowers! I’ll be borrowing that idea very soon! Fabulous!
May 27, 2009 at 10:05 pm -
adorable baby shower! i have a dinosaur lover in the house and i would love to have that t-rex beaded dinosaur.
May 28, 2009 at 12:28 am -
The most gorgeous baby shower I have ever seen! such great ideas!
May 28, 2009 at 5:49 am -
What an amazing baby shower! The attention to detail is something to be admired!
May 28, 2009 at 5:51 am -
I love those bows! So pretty!
May 28, 2009 at 7:11 am -
Wow Debs, GREAT ideas!!!!
May 28, 2009 at 7:23 am -
Such a pretty use of all the coordinating papers. I love the little detail of the picture(and flowers) under the glass cloche.
http://www.celebrationsathome.blogspot.com
May 28, 2009 at 8:13 am -
Shit Debs, is there anything you can’t do….. you are an inspiration to all of us woolies moms!!!!
May 28, 2009 at 8:15 am -
Beautiful!!! So many great ideas.
May 28, 2009 at 8:17 am -
Loving the pinwheels. And the buckets are adorable. Great job!
May 28, 2009 at 9:01 am -
The pinwheels are great and I LOVE the colors!
May 28, 2009 at 10:59 am -
Chic and simple and elegant and uh, DELICIOUS looking. I love how you paid just as much attention to the food as to the decor.
So well done!
– Amy
http://stemparties.blogspot.com/
May 28, 2009 at 2:03 pm -
So chic and simple and elegant and uh, DELICIOUS looking. So nice to see you paid as much attention to the food presentation as the rest of the decor.
So well done!
May 28, 2009 at 2:04 pm -
i am loving your website – it has sooo many great party ideas!!!
May 28, 2009 at 8:27 pm -
I really like the cute little cupcake toppers that add just a little extra to a delicious looking treat.
May 28, 2009 at 10:33 pm
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So many great touches – I love those little dinosaurs
May 28, 2009 at 10:54 pm
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Wow! That is all that I can say….
May 28, 2009 at 11:14 pm -
Everything you do has such detail and feeling in it, you can tell it’s something you WANT to do. Well done!!
May 29, 2009 at 2:46 am -
I am speechless!! Debbie, you have just done it again…….inspired us unto greater and better things! Keep it up!
May 29, 2009 at 7:33 am -
What a clever girl – well done Debs!
May 30, 2009 at 12:28 am -
You are an inspiration to all of us who love craft but never put it into action. It all looked so lovely.
May 31, 2009 at 10:37 pm -
Wow,these are just sooo fabulously chic and modern!
I love the color palette and how it was dispalyed as the theme.
May 31, 2009 at 11:45 pm -
I love this shower! I am planning on right now for my sister-in-law with a similar color theme. Where did you get the paper to make the banner and cupcake topper? I would love to imitate for my event. Thanks
Jun 10, 2009 at 10:00 am -
looks delicious!
Jun 16, 2009 at 7:22 am -
what happened to the recipe coming tonight? I really would like to get my hand on them!!
Jun 23, 2009 at 2:31 pm -
Hi Nicole –
They’re actually up in the recipe box section – sorry about that! Here are the links:http://www.hostesswiththemostess.com/recipe_box/tomatotartetatins
http://www.hostesswiththemostess.com/recipe_box/asparagusquiche
Jenn
Jun 24, 2009 at 5:59 am -
Thank you so much for sharing! I’m new to the site so I was not sure how it would be posted. I can’t wait to try them!!
Jun 24, 2009 at 6:06 am -
How do you make those flowers using leftover strips of paper? How many strips do you use for each flower? Thanks!
Aug 17, 2009 at 6:30 pm
