Baby Shower Brunch for Twin Boys

Hi everyone!

I mentioned awhile back that my husband and I were throwing a baby shower for his cousin Sean and his wife Danielle, who are expecting twin boys soon. The shower was postponed due to snow earlier this month, but we finally got to have it last weekend! I just wanted to share a few pictures and the menu for our brunch.

{I wrote a little about the invitation for the shower in this post}

I didn't really have a theme for the shower but I guess it's sort of vintage country. Basically, I just stuck to navy blue, stripes, burlap, and any other things to make a boring room feel more country-fied {I doubt that's a real word}.

I had fun with this party. I'm loving navy this year for some reason, and two baby boys seemed like the perfect occasion to haul it out! Working from the top left, going left to right:

1. One side of the table, with my mason glass jars, vintage inspired paper straws {in navy stripes}, of course, and a cabinet from my "keep forever" collection, that I purchased from the amazing Becky Novacek.

2. Vintage-inspired mason jars from Better Homes & Gardens. I'll bought these with the intention of actually canning in them, but they're so cute and have a really fun shape. I may be saving them for future parties.

3. Part of the spread, that really didn't fit on the table space we had allotted {see my menu below}.

4. Blueberry pancake cupcakes, found here on Pinterest.

5. Cinnamon toast crunch cupcakes, found here on Pinterest.

6. A close-up of my silverware/napkin display, and the only decent picture of the flower arrangements I put together.

Menu:

We kept the menu very simple so it could be prepared the morning of the shower without too much trouble. We had individual fruit salad cups and yogurt cups, and made bacon strips and breakfast sausage meatballs. We also made Belgian waffles, and had a bunch of toppings available for them or the yogurt {strawberries, blueberries, peaches, fresh whipped cream, granola and strawberry, blueberry & butter syrups}. For dessert, there were blueberry pancake cupcakes and cinnamon toasty crunch cupcakes {see above for the links to the recipes.} To drink, we had water with lemon, pineapple orange juice and citrus champagne sangria {recipe here from Pinterest}.

All in all, we had a great time. We don't get to see this side of Mike's family all that often, so it was really special to be able to hang out with them and celebrate such a special event. This didn't resemble the typical baby shower in any way {other than the gorgeous pregnant lady opening gifts!} Just lots of talk and catching up and celebrating two people who are going to make amazing parents. I can't wait to meet their baby boys!

Supplies:

Table linens {not pictured, but they were plain navy clothes}: AAA Rents in Lincoln, NE

Mason jars: Better Homes & Gardens line at Walmart

Paper straws: DimeStoreBuddy on Etsy

Food: All made by Mike & me, except for the glazed cashews, which I actually got from Bass Pro in Council Bluffs, IA

Flowers: Bouquets from Trader Joe's & Sam's Club, arranged by me in vintage mason jars

If you have questions about anything else pictured, comment or send me an e-mail!

Have a great day!

Milk & Cookies Baby Shower {Vogt Design Co.}

Hi all!

Happy Friday {TGIF!} I really didn't mean to disappear for a week, but the last 7 days have completely gotten away from me between work, illness, technical difficulties and who knows what else.

I'm sure you've seen my Milk & Cookies printable collections in my Etsy store or here on the blog. If not, click here for my Etsy store, or here for the first time I posted about this collection. I've had the best response on my Etsy store for this collection in all its forms {pink & brown, blue & brown, blue & red}. It's definitely my favorite too {even including the ones I haven't uploaded yet}, and it makes me wish I had a reason to throw a milk & cookies party!

One of my sweet customers, Britney, shared her milk & cookies baby shower on her blog this week, and I wanted to pass it along to you. Please take a minute and check out Britney's use of the items from the printable collection here.

Photo from Britney Ericksen

I love the way she used the milk labels on the vintage milk bottles, and the idea for guests making their own fruit pizzas is genius! She did such a great job, I couldn't resist passing it along. And...you know...the printables are pretty cute too!

I'll be back on Monday with some photos from the Cars birthday party we're throwing my nephew tomorrow and a bunch of Project Life updates {fingers crossed}.

Baby Shower Invitation {Pinterest Inspiration: January}

Hi there!

I said I would be back today with my Project Life, but I forgot some stuff at home that I needed to finish my layouts before taking pictures. I'll get the uploaded this weekend, hopefully {we have a really busy weekend scheduled}.

I thought I'd show you what I made this month from my Pinterest inspiration {remember my 112 for 2012 post? One of my goals was to make at least one thing per month I've seen on Pinterest}. I didn't actually pin the invitation that inspired my baby shower invitation, and I'm so bummed about it! It's something I saw awhile back and just sketched out my ideas for it rather than pinning it. Don't ask me why.

Anyway, here it is! I'm not typically one to host a "themey" party {unless it's a kids party...kids like themes. Especially my nephew, who has had a Cars birthday party for the 3 last year years, practically killing his party planning auntie. More about that in another post.} This isn't the exact invitation {I've obviously removed some identifying information} and at the last minute, I changed the grey to a darker brown {my husband said the grey & blue reminded him of the Yankees, and after I was done gagging, I changed the colors}. I continued the blue chevron pattern on the back of the invitation. I'm really into invitations with patterns on the back, I think it adds a nice little surprise.

Even though the design is fairly modern, the decorations will have more of a vintage feel {I think...it's my idea of vintage, anyway}. I'll be able to show you pictures after this weekend, assuming the whole thing doesn't get cancelled by the blizzard that's being predicted!

Have a great, safe weekend everyone!