Baby Shower: Lovebirds

Part of my job is planning super fun parties for my co-workers.

I have a master list of people to invite and then mark their RSVPs accordingly.

 Holly is having a girl and her colors are pink & brown.

Here was the invitation that I sent out about a month ago.

I was underwhelmed with my prototype 

so I brainstormed some ways to jazz it up.

 The nursery has love birds in it
so I figured that would be an easy addition to the invite.

 Done!

 No envelopes as I was hand delivering most of them.

The shower was yesterday and it turned out great!

FAVORS;

 BAGEL AND FRUIT BUFFET

I got bagels from Einsteins and various people brought in fruits.

We had a few other treats in the mix too.

I used all glass serving pieces.
I'm also a big fan of labels so that everyone knows what their options are.

I made 4 yummy fruit dips and I'll post the recipes for those soon.

 I did not want to pay money for sticks so Kevin and I went on a stick scavenger hunt 

through our neighborhood to find this bouquet.

He thought I was crazy but he couldn't see my vision :) 

I added some paper sticker flowers to make it look like a springy bunch of sticks.

I've been saving glass jars for a while now and they made perfect centerpiece vases.

I added pink and green ribbon to each, put clear marbles in the bottom 

and added natury potpourri or fresh flowers from Sams.

TABLES:

A BIG thank you to my set up and tear down crew that helped me pull this event off!

My plate of yumminess.

 We had a great turn out.

 Congratulations on your baby girl my Midwestern friend!!

Polka-dotted napkins, plates = Target
Utensils, placemats, table cloths = Zurchers
Pink flower decorations, doilies, etc. = Micheals