I had the pleasure of hosting a surprise baby shower at my house on Friday night for a very deserving friend of mine, who just gave birth to a sweet baby girl named Bailey. I was very excited to do this, since I love throwing parties, and once I found my inspiration piece for the party, I couldn't stop the excitement from coming.
In my case, the theme of the party was born, when I fell in love with these paper plates.
I am zebra print obsessed right now. And I think you would be surprised how easy it was to find things that matched and coordinated with this plate. Anyways, lets get started.
Because pom pom's are so easy to make and have such a HUGE impact on a room. I started by making 3 big white ones, and when I found some zebra print tissue paper, I almost died from sheer delight.
So I made two little baby ones from the zebra print by cutting sheets of 20x26 tissue paper in half and using 5 sheets each per pom pom. Aren't they darling?
And from there, I found black and white chipboard letters, that included some in zebra print. I figured a banner with Bailey's name would be just the perfect touch.
I cut scalloped circles and plain circles using the big shot, and then just mix and matched each letter base. Each letter is attached to the next using zip ties.
As for other big decorations I bought helium balloons in pink, black and white, and just had them floating all around my living room.
After I had planned the decorations, next up was the food. I started by planning a menu. I knew I wanted to do desserts in pink, black and white colors. After making some food, and buying some food, I think I found the perfect balance of pink, white and black.
I started by putting my black velvet photography backdrop on the table. It was long enough to cover the front and back of the table, but not the sides, but it wasn't a big deal. I added a couple boxes underneath the backdrop to create layers. And put a white decorative shelf on top.
Here's the finished product.
(the picture quality is horrible, since it was already 8 o'clock at night before we got started. And you know how much I hate taking pictures without natural light. I really don't think these pictures will do it any justice, but at least you can get the idea of what it looked like)
(Starting left to right on table)
Imagine my delight, when I found Jones soda with pink and black labels; the exact color of my pink plates.
It's hard to find a lot of desserts that are black (usually black desserts = burnt) So I settled for dark chocolate brown for most of my baked goods.
Brownie bites. I debated frosting these with pink, but since I did cupcakes, I decided against it.
Below the brownie bites were salt and vinegar rice crisps, for the non-dessert eaters. I forgot to snag a pic.
Next up. Hershey's chocolate nuggets. I took paper in coordinating colors of my table and wrapped each chocolate in paper.
Much to my surprise, everyone commented on this next treat. Pink pop rocks. They were so much fun!
Behind the pop rocks was a dish of strawberry cheesecake jelly belly's and to the side watermelon flavored tootsie pops!
Shifting down a bit. Cotton Candy sticks.
And right below them. Juicy red strawberries. (I had planned to make a pink dip, but I figured, we should probably not add more sugar to the table, and just eat the berries as is)
I just LOVE the dish they're in. So beautiful!
The next plate was full of pretzel rods dipped in white chocolate and coated with pink sugar sprinkles.
(Phew, we had A LOT of food)
Next up, the back corner kinda...
Strawberry malted milk balls, white powder donuts and pink m&m's.
To the right of that... CUPCAKES!! (of course)
Pink butter-cream frosting with white sprinkles. (I added a tiny little plastic baby to the top of each cupcake, not pictured)
Almost done, hang in there. So the most obvious black and white food choice for me was of course, Oreo's.
Okay, last food I promise...
I went to Bulk Barn and bought any and all candy that was either pink, black or white. I ended up with a diverse selection, although most black candy is licorice flavored, but thank goodness we had lots of licorice fans at this party.
I filled my martini glasses with little portions of the candy's.
In the cups I had, 2 different flavors of jelly belly's (3 total), 2 different flavors of salt water taffy, licorice allsorts, yogurt covered raisins and pink and white gummy teeth.
And so, for the finishing touches on my table, I added some candles. The two here on pillar stands.
And the checkered one here, next to the frame.
As for the frame, I went onto facebook and found a picture of Bailey. Printed it off and pinned it to the frame.
I wish so bad that you could have seen it. I really do mean that it is just one of those things you have to see to appreciate. I had a blast putting it together, and I love how fantastic it turned out. (If I do say so myself)
If you have any questions, feel free to ask away. Hope you enjoyed reading this post. 2 in one day... to make up for my MIA status lately. xoxo.
