Penelope Poppy: February 2013

{Invitation Design}

Pink, Grey, and Glitter...Oh My!

Some family members and I hosted a baby shower for my expecting sister-in-law at the beginning of this month. We wanted it to have a soft and feminine feel without being too baby-ish. Instead of filling the space with bottles and binkies, we chose to fill it with florals and glitter.

If you ask Lauren her favorite color it will be gray every time... so we took that and added the pink and the gold. We tried to add details in all the right areas and I think it turned out beautifully.

::INVITATIONS::

I did hand drawn water color illustrations for the invitations {pictured above} and also carried the look through out the rest of the print pieces.

To be honest it was the first time I picked up a paint brush in a very long time! I had SO much fun messing around with paints again! I can't wait to get into them again!

To add a little "bling" to the invitations I bought spray glitter {who knew you could buy a can of spray glitter?...not me. From Michael's} and with the help of my wonderful husband we put a very subtle dusting of glitter on each invite. BUT that wasn't enough glitter! So I added a gold glitter belly band! I bought a roll of gold glitter wrapping paper from Michael's {which was cheaper than buying sheets of glitter scrapbook paper} and cut them into 1" strips and used double stick tape to connect the ends.

The envelopes are from Paper Source in the color gravel. The envelopes were hand written in white gel pen!

{Centerpieces}

::CENTERPIECES::

We used mason jars for the centerpieces. We spray painted the bottoms in gold {which I don't think we necessarily had to do} and then covered the bottom in glue, then poured on the glitter! {You better believe that there will be glitter all over my mother-in-law's house for weeks to come!} The jars were filled with pink gerbera daisies and white mini roses from our local Whole Foods. {One of my favorite places to get flowers.}

{Place Settings}

{Garland}

::PLACEMATS, CONFETTI + GARLAND::

We purchased scrapbook paper in different patterns and colors {grey + pink} from Michael's and used it for placemats as well as confetti and a festive garland! {We had some left over and made it into a necklace for the mommy-to-be}

{Confetti + Straws with flags}

{Silverware}

::WRAPPED SILVERWARE::

We started off with grey napkins from Ikea and added a strip of pink burlap, layered with a piece of gold polka dotted scrapbook paper, and topped off with a strand of gold sequins! {All hot glued together...ouch!}

{Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes}

{Best Bruschetta Recipe...ever}

{Cake Pops made my my Sister-in-law, Rachel}

::BEVERAGE STATION::

We purchased these super cute glass bottles from Ikea. {Everyone was asking where they were from.} I used a gold sharpie to label them. Which didn't really work that well, I probably needed some kind of paint marker.

We purchased the grey + white striped straws from Etsy and then I added the custom flags. The water bottle labels were designed to match the rest of the shower with water color details.

{Beverage Station}

{Water Bottle Labels}

::FAVORS::

The favors were made by the mommy-to-be's sister. They are reused baby food jars! {How appropriate!} She made both Vanilla and Sage & Citrus. She topped them with fabrics that matched the shower and a little bit of natural twine. I designed the labels to match the rest of the shower! {They look very cute sitting on my kitchen windowsill at the moment!}