Our First Baby Shower!!

This past weekend was super exciting as it was my first baby shower as a consultant! It was also very special to me as the mom-to-be is one of my very best friends! {Not to mention she is having a girl and I have been waiting for this because all of the other babies in my life are boys!!}

We started by picking our invitations and based our theme from there!

I made the invitations on Minted. I tend to use Minted a lot because they have a TON of designs, but also let you customize to your liking with colors, wording, extra's, etc. Not to mention, they can address, self address and even create custom stamps for you to make your life and this part of the planning process super easy and convenient!

Since the invites were in the rose gold color scheme, we ran with it! We used rose gold, blush and gold colors throughout our decor to keep it girly for both mama and baby!

We made the welcome sign on our own.. keeping it simple and low cost!

I also made the baby a piece of decor just for her... (she does not have a name yet, so we refer to her as "Baby P" as P is the first letter of her last name)... it felt really special for me to do this for her !!

My friend Stephanie from Police Wife Crafts (check her out on etsy!! https://www.etsy.com/shop/PoliceWifeCraftsCo?ref=seller-platform-mcnav ) made the baby the SWEETEST newborn onesie to match her daddy (well...kinda lol)

I had the centerpieces made by the awesome Michelle at The Flower Bar in Brick, NJ. Baby pink roses with baby's breath..... see a trend??! {LOL}

We also had a book table where we asked guests to bring a book for the baby and write a note to her inside! Since stories are associated with night-time, we decided to do a little night-time space using a crescent moon balloon and sparkly gold stars.

We got super fortunate at the venue, Kate Ally's, in Forked River, NJ, because they already had a backdrop we could use and they were willing to change the colors to match our event!

Overall, I would say the event was a success. The food was great, we even had a little dessert/candy table set up for the guests with to-go boxes if they were too full from lunch! {Which I must say, was quite a hit!!}

Mama-to-be was super happy with how everything turned out and she was extremely appreciative of all the time put into the event and all of the presents for baby!!

{Girly} Fall Themed Bridal Shower

This past weekend was my first official event as an Event Consultant, and it was extra special because it was for one of the sweetest people in my life. Ashley has been in my life since I was 6 years old and we have been best friends for what will be 20 years this upcoming fall. Ashley is the true definition of a best friend, and I was truly inspired to make her bridal shower everything she wanted it to be. Ashley's wedding is in December, but for specific reasons, her bridal shower had to be a little earlier than normal. She had two requests for her shower, since she was in no way involved, and I wanted to honor them in every way possible. Her first was for fall to be incorporated as it is her favorite season, and the second for it to be as girly, but classy, as possible. Luckily, there was plenty of ways to use both of these desires within her shower!

I ended up using gold, blush, burgundy and rose gold colors throughout her decor, which doubled for girly and for that fall theme! We used these colors for the flowers, signs, vases, pumpkins and even her favors!

Her sign was something I created using a few different resources. It was the first thing guests saw when they walked into the room and I feel as though it really set the tone for her shower.

We used a gold sequin table cloth to really make the white dessert platters, desserts and colorful pumpkins and flowers stand out really well!

The back of her chair was also designed and made by me with the help of supplies from Etsy, Michael's and Joanne's Crafts.

Her centerpieces were done for us by Michelle at The Flower Bar in Brick, NJ and her favors were made for us by Mandoli's Bakery in Toms River, NJ.

I kept it in budget by printing out pictures from her engagement shoot on my own and used gold frames I found at the dollar store (can you believe it, the dollar store!!!) to frame those pictures and even a copy of her invitation, since she did not get to see it! I made her invitations on Minted, which is a great website for any kind of invites!!

The venue we had the shower at, The Captain's Inn, in Forked River, NJ, was able to offer us different package options for not only the food, but drinks as well. We decided we wanted to have mimosa's with brunch so that we could toast to the bride to be, and we were able to put together a mimosa tower (for aesthetic reasons of course!!) for a great price!

Overall, we were able to stay BELOW!! budget for this bridal shower and the Bride-To-Be was super surprised and so happy with the way her shower turned out to be!!

Stay tuned to see the inside scoop on Ashley's Bachelorette Party in the upcoming months!!