My best-friend, who I have known for almost 20 years, had her first baby at the end of December. While at first she insisted on skipping the baby shower festivities, her sister and I convinced her otherwise. After all, how often do you have your FIRST child 😉

Since she and my other best-friend went all out for my son’s baby shower, I wanted to return the favour and make it just as special for both baby and mom.  With the input of my friend, we decided on the theme; High-Tea.  Together with her sister, we planned out the details of the shower including the food, decorations and activity. Here are details of the event.

High-tea themed baby shower decorations

I decided to go with a pink and yellow theme.  Pink because it’s a girl, and as a mom of boys, I NEVER get to use the colour (cliche, I know) and yellow because I decided to incorporate Winnie the Pooh into the decor. I got decorations made by my favourite local designer, Sleepy Owl Co. They created a beautiful banner, pon-pons, tea-pot tags and food tent cards. The details in the decorations was beyond anything I could have imagined and it all came together so nicely. The center piece was a beautiful diaper cake created by Creative Essentialz. I asked her to create something using Winnie-the-Pooh and she created a stunning (diaper) cake. Made with a Winnie the Pooh receiving blanket, bib, stroller toy and washcloth not only was it a perfect center piece, but it was also very useful.  In fact, my friend insisted that if people wanted to get her gifts, that they get her diapers.  What new parent doesn’t need diapers (for years to come….).

High-tea themed baby shower food & drinks

Since the theme was High-Tea, we served a variety of herbal and green-tea to our guests including mimosa and coffee. We also served party sandwiches, quinoa salad, a variety of cheeses and fruits. For dessert, we served pastries and the most delicious cupcakes. The pink and yellow cupcakes were personalized by Dusana from Home Sweet Cookie. Not only were the cupcakes beautifully decorated, but they tasted delicious too.  They were a big hit with my friend and the guests. Each cupcake was decorated with beautiful whimsical baby designs including a carriage, onsie, baby shoes, bottles and blocks. A few of the cupcakes even included the baby’s name.

Baby shower activity

While we didn’t want to do the typical baby shower activities, we did want to do something and make it useful for the new mom. I printed some baby images on iron-on paper and purchased white onsies. Each guest selected an image and created a unique onsie for the guest-of-honor.  Not only was this a fun activity, but it was a very useful gift for my friend who said that she was short on onsies.

What do you love most about baby showers?