Posts tagged #shower invitation

My Best Friend's Baby Shower

Palm Papers Baby Icons Party Invitations This weekend, I threw my second baby shower of the month for my best friend, Carrie, who is welcoming baby Parker in December. You might remember my Minted party decor submission a few weeks ago, that was inspired by these invites, and I finally snapped some photos to share the actual invitations. (I am sure the suspense has been killing you!)

Palm Papers Baby Icons Party Invitations

We didn't have a theme, but I wanted it to be tied into her nursery, which will have olives and greys. And of course, I couldn't just do regular invitations - I had to add a little something (or several somethings) to make them special. I used olive envelopes, striped liners and tied each one with twine and a tag suggesting guests bring a book for Parker's library.

Palm Papers Baby Icons Party Invitations

At the shower, there were more paper goodies: a banner, food/drink signs and little book plates for all the books that people brought.

Palm Papers Baby Icons Party Invitations

It was one dreary weekend in Texas, but we had a fun time and I wrapped up my baby shower hosting duties for the year. Now we just get to wait patiently for the arrival of all the babies! I am so excited!

Posted on October 1, 2012 and filed under Baby Shower.

Custom Design: Elephant Baby Shower Invitations

As soon as I left my job at my old company, there was a baby boom. Seriously. I'm glad I didn't drink the water before I left! One of them was my friend Lori, who had her baby a few weeks ago - I am a little behind on the custom design posts! Lori shares my obsession love for USA network shows (Suits! White Collar! Covert Affairs!) and the Bachelor/ette/pad, and I miss seeing her every day, so I was honored that the girls at work had me design the invitations for her baby shower. baby shower invitations

Lori wanted the invitations to be inspired by her nursery bedding from Pottery Barn. The first thing that caught my eye was the cute stitches on the elephants' ears, so I played with those to create a unique layout that is playful, but still modern at the same time. Lori has a very classic style, so I didn't want to do anything too crazy, but I also didn't want her invitations to be like anyone else's!

baby shower invitations

I couldn't leave out a little elephant, could I?

baby shower invitations

I also designed some coordinating stationery too!

baby shower invitations

Congrats to Lori and her new little family!