My mother and I hosted a relaxing and fun (and oh-so-pretty, if I do say so myself) baby shower for my sister this past weekend.

She is due officially on June 16th but I am personally hoping it’s any day now!  Knowing that she’s not a lover of all things pink, coupled with the fact that she’s having a girl, I knew I had my work cut out for me with regard to the theme. 

I decided to put togther some ideas based on other ideas I’ve seen and read about.  The result was something very stylish, hip, modern, and yet still somewhat girly.

This was what the front door was decorated like to greet all of the arriving guests.  I am just so in love with paper lanterns right now.  The white and yellow ones are from Party City and that cute gray with white polka dots one is from one of my new favorite online stores, Polka Dot Market.  I love their great selection and flat rate $5 shipping!  Yippee for new fun online stores!

And, more fun lanterns in the archway to the right as you enter my mom’s house.  I love how festive they are and how easy it is to liven up any space with them.  I’m also super stoked they collapse down flat again so that I can take them back home with me in my suitcase and use them again for entertaining.

I’m not sure where I got the idea for these “bonjour bebe” paper doilies, but I know it was somewhere online.  They came out really cute and it was a nice touch to the room.  My brother-in-law is French and he and my sister moved back to the US from Paris just a little over a year ago, so I knew I wanted to incorporate some fun Parisian theme into the baby shower.  These doily decorations were easy and inexpensive to make and hang.

This is a view of the tablescape.  That fun yellow fringe garland is also from Polka Dot Market.  I ordered it not knowing how I’d use it but love what it adds to the table with the simple tealights.  We served pecan & cranberry chicken salad sandwiches (from Sam’s deli) and I made simple cucumber & cream cheese sammies too.  Also, since the fruit in Texas is amazing we had an assortment of pineapple, watermelon, grapes, and strawberries.  You can also never really go wrong with cream puffs, so we included those too!

Of course, what’s more French than croissants and Nutella?  Yep, surprise, surprise that a party I hosted had Nutella!  So divine!

A close up of the sweet and juicy fruit assortment!  The pineapple was to die for!  Just sayin’.

Along with sweet tea (of course!) we served a fruity, zesty party punch.  It was delicious and refreshing!

Our “Guess the Poop” game was loads of fun!  I picked up these cute little diapers at Party City for $6.99 and bought 5 candy bars.  Then, my mom and I labeled each of the diapers on the back with a unique sticker and literally smeared part of a different candy bar in each one of them.  The guests then had to write down their guesses of which candy bar was in each of the diapers.  It was pretty friggin’ funny watching them open each diaper and try and guess.

Yes, some did resort to tasting and smelling!  Ewww!

Hmmm…..even my sister was having trouble with this game.  Thankfully breast milk poop is a lot more tolerable than crushed up candy bars!

 

And then it was time for the real belly laughs.  The ol’ toilet-paper-square-measuring game.  Clearly my mom overestimated how big my sister’s belly really is!  But it made for good laughs.

For the record, she was 11 squares of toilet paper.

In keeping with the French theme, I opted to have petit four cakes made instead of a big sheet cake.  I am SO excited at how they turned out!

They were not only beautiful but delicious too!  I’d found this bakery online and given the owner my color scheme and theme idea and she came up with the perfect sweet treat!  I couldn’t have been happier.

My sister received so many cute things for the baby!  For starters, I loooove this cute little onesie that reads “Hola”! So Texas!

This baby is going to also have a great little library of books to choose from!  These books she received even came with coordinating stuffed animals!  Too cute!

These were the favors given to each guest. Cute little frosted mini takeout containers filled with animal crackers.  I used the Martha Stewart elephant craft punch on some Bazzill gray cardstock and used a foam square to adhere it to a piece of white cardstock punched with a round scallop punch tool.  Then I tied the cutest yellow with white polka dots ribbon around the entire thing. 

I’d hoped to write a cute message on each of them but didn’t have enough time!  I am still pleased with how they turned out.  I just love this color combination together, especially for a refreshing take on a girl baby shower.

My sis and me. Isn’t she a ravishing prego gal?   I love that I was able to celebrate this special day with her and am BEYOND excited she is making me an aunt with her little blessing!