Modern Hostess

When an interior designer, cater, and her crafty friends get together to host a baby shower you can believe it is anything but ordinary.  This “Little Man” baby shower was shared by Whitney, an interior designer by day.  The special event was put together with love for a great friend, Stacey.  Many details for the shower were inspired by the father-to-be.  The airplane mechanic Daddy likes: beer, cigars, whiskey, and great food. The colors were pulled from the colors of the bedding in hopes that she could use any of the decor in the nursery if she wanted. Nearly everything was handmade for this shower from the accordion circles to the cupcakes stands.  A time saving tip that Whitney shared with me was how the shower hostesses were able to use group Pinterest board to share ideas and brainstorm and google documents to organize details without having to meet up too many times. Thanks for the tip!  The photos are provided by Sherfield Photography and party details can be found below the great photos.

Party Details
Invitations~ Designed by Whitney

Decorations~
The hanging accordion circles hung with twine, the banner, cupcake toppers, and cards were handmade.  The vintage images were from Graphics Fairy.  (Good to know for future design projects)

Motorcycle Cake~ I love this  “manly” version of a diaper cake

Dapper onesies~ made by Audra

Ammunition cartons~ make a great chip container

Cupcake stands~ pizza pans and glass candlestick from the dollar store, spray painted silver. Crafty!

Stogie ‘Stache Party Favor~ chocolate dipped pretzel sticks that with coordinating sprinkles and some were drizzled with white chocolate.

Mustache Cups~ cups form the Dollar store with mustache stickers cut out with a Cricut machine. Brilliant!

Menu~ this is such a creative menu put together with help from Roaming Bird BBQ
Tri-Tip Sandwiches with BBQ sauce
Little Smokies
Bow-Tie Pasta Salad
7-Layer Mexican Dip
Fruit Salad
Yellow cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting
“Little Man Beer” (root beer)
“Whiskey Sour” (iced tea)

I just wrapped up a baby shower for my friend Jodi this past weekend. Since the shower was 4 hours from my home, I had to be super organized (a challenge for this Modern Hostess). The hardest part was not knowing what the venue looked like. We had plenty of table cloths, flowers and decorations to make it all work. I think it turned out fantastic and without much stress! Thankfully the new mom-to-be was there to help along with our friend Lacy. I’ve known these girls since we were in the 6th grade! I love that we are in touch and sharing milestones in each others lives.

When I found out Jodi was pregnant I couldn’t wait to help throw her shower! The theme I went with was Vintage ABC’s.

I fell in love with these invitations that Pretty Little Studio custom designed for the shower:

I ordered the Mad Libs game cards from Pretty Little Studio as well along with the ABC flash cards. The Mad Libs game is so fun and funny to read out loud at the shower. I’m not a huge fan of baby shower games but this one is fun and easy for everyone to do. They will also be a great addition to the baby book!

My talented cupcake friend Sadie of Clementine Cupcakes made the ‘pretty in pink’ cupcakes. So cute and delicious! I gave everyone at the shower the proper cupcake eating tutorial. That will be another post on another day. Maybe our first video tutorial?

I fell in love with scrabble words for decoration and had to use it at this shower.

I chose the animal ABC flashcards at Pretty Little Studio. These will be great to use in the baby nursery down the road. Or a cute way to write ‘thank you’ cards to the guests on the back of the cards.

I had to share the love from Paso with our Modern Hostess favorite Project Paso by Don Sebastiani & Sons.

Appetizers were served since the party was from 3-6pm. We served pasta salad, caprese sticks, brie, veggie platter, thai chicken wontons, and fruit salad.

ABC crackers from Trader Joes.

I love serving fruit in cupcake wrappers. It’s a cute addition to the party.

The project baby shower crew! A special thanks to my friend Lacy who flew in from Portland, Oregon to be at the shower. She was an amazing party planner side-kick. It’s amazing to think our friendships started in the 6th grade and here we are wives and mothers. I still remember our sleepovers and birthday parties we used to plan as 12 year olds!

Congratulations to my dear friend Jodi and Ben. I can’t wait to meet your adorable daughter and start planning her 1st Birthday!!!

Cheers!

~Steph~

A special thanks to my friend Peter Grigsby who snapped some of the shower shots. Thanks Pete and safe travels my friend!

There is a serious baby boom going on around me this year. One of my closest childhood friends is having her first baby in March. I’ve been planning away on the details for her upcoming shower  and decided to go with the Vintage ABC’s theme. Here is my inspiration so far……

Invitation custom designed @ Pretty Little Studio I also ordered a Mad Libs game. I will post pictures of those after the shower.

Bunting @ Pretty Little Studio

Alphabet Wood Baby Blocks @ Tiny Giraffe Shop

Free Cupcake Topper Printables @ One Charming Party

Trader Joe’s ABC Cookies image via One Charming Party

I’m loving these scrabble tiles for decoration @ Hostess with the Mostess

I love this chalkboard guess the weight and birthday game @ Pink Pistachio.

Chugging along with planning. Stay posted for the real party in February.

Cheers!

~Steph~

Our very own Modern Hostess- Arianna is expecting a little bundle of joy in just a few weeks. It’s not easy throwing a shower for one of the most creative people I know. The pressure was on and thanks to my dear friend Caroline we were able to pull off some cuteness, Ari style! We had the party on a Sunday afternoon at Griff’s Pizzaria- DELISH.

I found these adorable bow tie invitations on Etsy from Katie-Did Designs. I printed them on printer paper, attached them to bazzil paper and added the photo corners.

The gift table. (Ari made the table runner for a past party, I’m telling you it’s hard to plan a party without her!)

Chai Spice cupcakes by Clementine Cupcakes. Always delicious!

Caroline made these adorable cupcake toppers and bunting around the cupcake stand. ADORABLE!

A friend of Caroline’s made these amazing floral arrangements. (Ari’s planters and mustaches- you’ll see those again next week at my sweater party……stay tuned).

And a party wouldn’t be complete without a bunch of women and mustaches!

Congratulations Arianna! We look forward to meeting the little bundle and we especially look forward to the many future parties celebrating him!

Cheers!

~Steph~

Chevron Obsession……it’s official- I LOVE this pattern and I keep seeing it more and more. Here are just a few of my recent finds:

Mini Gable boxes @ Party Starters

Chevron Table Runner @ A to Z Celebrations

Chevron Bunting @ Rock Pile Bindery

Chevron Cake Stand @ Aedriel Originals

Chevron Printable Invitations @ Andrea Gerig Designs

Chevron Pattern Cake @ Sweet and Saucy

Chevron Pinata @ Oh Happy Day

I just finished printing the Chevron Pattern invitation from Andrea Gerig Designs. They look adorable! I will share them at a later post….lot’s of party planning underway.

Happy Monday.

~Steph~