coral, mint, gold & navy baby shower

Ok so my brother and his wife are having a baby.  A baby girl.  Like any day now.  CAN'T WAIT!! This will be the first baby girl in our family and we all couldn't be more excited.  Leggings, headbands, ruffles, RUFFLE BUTTS, need I say more?? 
To celebrate their transition, I helped her friends throw a baby shower for the happy couple.  Since it was a couples shower, we went more with a party theme and less of a baby theme.  
The baby's room is coral, mint, gold and navy so we knew these had to be the colors for the shower.   I don't have a ton of images right now but as I get more, I'll be sure to share them here.  Drumroll please..... 

Aren't those jars fun?  One of the girls had this idea and I just love how they turned out.  We took mason jars, spray painted them, and then painted them with a mod podge/glitter mixture.  Another friend did the flowers and they are to die for.  Flower arranging is one skill I don't have so I'm super impressed. 

Here's a view from my family room.  We had the whole party in the backyard.  We moved basically my whole house out there and then borrowed a bunch of furniture too.  That's one of my favorite things about living in Southern California - summer nights are a dream and I love summer night backyard parties.  Trying saying that four times fast.  

Here's my patio....obviously all patio furniture removed.  I love creating little seating areas for people to enjoy at parties.  

 The dessert table!  The parents-to-be LOVE sweets so we made this table a focal point.  

Ok there is so much more I want to share here so as I get pictures, I promise I'll post them here.  Oh and all of that fringe?? I have a ton left over so if anyone wants any, let me know.
All of these pictures are courtesy of Alexander Aquino Photography and Design.  He has such a great eye for photography and am so happy we have these!  You can view his website at www.alexanderaquinophotography.com. Thank you, Alex!

black, white, & gold baby shower - details

I'm back with the rest of the details from the black, white, and gold baby shower!  Beth and Laura (the sisters who threw the baby shower for their sister-in-law, Trish) had me help with a few decorative pieces.   First, they had me make tags for the adorable place settings. 

Aren't the little pots so adorable??   I helped with three different banners.  I'm so in love with this combination of papers.

I also helped make these "fans" that were used for a sweet game about the baby's mom and dad. 

Here's everything...

I linked this post up at Sew Chatty's Made with Love link party.

black, white & gold baby shower - the invitations

First off let me say I've been dying to share these invitations.  At the risk of sounding arrogant..... I'm kinda obsessed with them. 
I had the pleasure of designing invitations for a friend's baby shower.  My wonderful friends, Beth O'Brien and her sister Laura put on an amazing shower for their sweet sister-in-law, Trish, who I've also made a ton of paper goodies for.  This super classy affair was mostly black, white, and gold.  It was an elegant shower and I was so pleased to be able to help out with it!  I'll share a few photos of what I helped make later on but for now, I wanted to share the invitations.
Invitations are the first glimpse guests have of an event.  When you get one, you should feel excited and hungry for more.  They should give you just a peek into what is to come.  

The gold glitter lined envelopes, polka dot velum, and black and white ribbon all pointed towards the whimsy and elegance that was to come.  I'm still just dying over that glitter.  I wish I could hang it all over my house! Seriously, it makes my hands balmy :) 

I chose to use a quirky cursive font to make them fanciful and playful.  I sewed white card stock to kraft back polka dot velum to anchor the text.  Black and white ribbon was added as another piece of texture. 

I apologize for the blocked out lettering - I gotta keep info private.

Ok, that's all for now....more from this shower later!

** I linked this invitation up at Sew Chatty's Made with Love Monday link party.  Check it out there!