A Colorful and Glam Baby Shower

When mamma-to-be Morgan, told her her best  friend and graphic designer Kim she was having a baby girl, Kim immediately started designing a shower invitation.  Kim knew she wanted the shower colors to be bright and cheerful and incorporate Morgan’s favorite color, orange. From the invitation the rest of the party started to take shape. Kim and fellow party host Stephanie, came up with the other party details and decided to avoid a lot of the “typical baby shower items” like a diaper cake and games. Instead, the morning would be more about celebrating Morgan and her baby girl on the way, Olivia Clair, in a fun and colorful way and of course there would be hints of glam mixed in, just like the fashionable mamma-to-be (who is a market manager for a large national shoe chain).

During the shower a headband making station was set up and guests were able to make unique headbands for the baby girl. Guests, who included friends from High School and College, had a great time picking out the band, flower and any embellishments they wanted to add. Even the un-craftiest of the ladies had fun making headbands, which they just had to hot glue together. Tags were also provided so that Morgan knew who made each headband.

As Morgan opened opened gifts, a stack of envelopes with thank you notes that matched the invitation inside each one, were passed out so that guests could write their address on the front of each envelope. This simple idea was one of Morgan’s favorite things and made getting thank you notes out after the shower so much easier.

Once all the mimosas were drank, cupcakes devoured and gifts opened, guests were given a party favor of a bottle of Coca-Cola Classic that had a custom wrapper that said “Morgan is ready to Pop” with a paper straw attached. Regular coke has always been Morgan’s non-alchoholic drink of choice so it was a fitting a favor and perfect send off for a day all about Morgan and her baby girl on the way.