Courtney's Baby Shower

I co-hosted a baby shower for my friend Courtney at the Historic Bank Lobby in downtown Bluefield, WV. It was a perfect summer day to celebrate the upcoming arrival of Baby River Thomas! Myself and my co-host Shonnie did the food ourselves since it was a small gathering. Take a look and email if you have any questions about the details. Hobby Lobby was my go to store for the decorations and as always, I wouldn't have been able to pull off any of this without my Mom's help! She helps bring all of my ideas together!
 


I got this idea from Pinterest and thought it added a nice touch! I got the elephant box and the white frame at Hobby Lobby. The invites and the sign were designed and printed by a local business and my co-host Shonnie was in charge of the invites. I'll have to see if I can find a photo, they turned out so nice!

 


I purchased the white chair covers and the light blue chair sashes from eFavorMart.com.
 

 

 

Renee McMillion of Renee's Cakes and Things did a wonderful job on the 3 tier cake!

 

 Me with Courtney & my co-host Shonnie.

We did lemonade and sweet tea, in addition to a champagne punch. 

I picked up these adorable little wooden elephants at Hobby Lobby. 

We used tulle and glass jars with a pretty decorative ribbon as centerpieces, with bags of circus peanuts surrounding them. I got adorable elephants cupcake toothpicks at Hobby Lobby and my Mom trimmed off the toothpick and glued the elephants to white treat bags. We scalloped the edges of the bags with a pair of scrap booking scissors. 

 

I made a homemade chicken salad and put it on Hawaiian sweet rolls, it was delicious! 

 

How cute is the elephant cheese ball our local Food City made?! 

Veggie tray 

A closeup of the cake. 

I put animal crackers in clear treat bags and tied with a decorative ribbon from Hobby Lobby. I used Avery tags printed on my home printer to personalize the favors.