We are going on a little "trip around the world" on this lovely Friday! We wanted to share a sweet shower that is just too cute to keep to ourselves. We love big over the top celebrations just as much as the next party enthusiast, but honestly swoon over small, charming celebrations such as this one. All of the little details are so perfect and sentimental.
Sara is awaiting the arrival of her baby boy, and her sister, Beth, was the creative mind behind all of this perfection. Even her home is stunning and full of charming details.
Beth's blurb:
It took me a while to come up with a theme for the shower. I didn't want to use cheesy baby blue bottles and the generic "it's a boy" banner. Sara was obsessed with maps growing up and I think still is, and I knew she was using a globe in her nursery, so I thought it would be a fitting theme. It all fit - Welcoming baby into the world, had Sara's personality, prepping baby for all the travels and experiences he'll have in life, and it wasn't a cheesy landscape. So, with the globe idea, I scoured pinterest for ideas. I found a cardstock book of travel theme scrapbooking paper and went to work! I made bunting with leftover twine and my hot glue gun. I had extra old wooden boxes left over from my wedding, so I used those for different levels of display. The wreath and framed welcome sign were made from paper of an atlas and I just freehanded the words in silver sharpie, and outlined them with black sharpie. My husband made most of the food, with the exception of the cake pops. Those were a trial and error process as they were the first ones I had made. I used blue candy melts from Joanns and gold sprinkles to give them a "globe" look and stuck them in styrofoam for stability and covered it with white rocks to continue the travel/world theme. Everything else just kinda fell together. All of the little touches were completed last minute by things I had laying around my house. The birds, books, extra globes, etc. were just extra items I use in my everyday decor.
Sara's blurb:
I loved that beth tied items I love into the decor - maps, vintage plates, globes for the decor. In one of the wood crates on the mantle, she had vintage Nebraska and Pennsylvania state plates - the states my husband, Brad, and I were born in. I also loved that she had the Dr. Suess "oh, the places you will go" book and used it as a guest book. it fit the theme perfectly and I'll treasure that with the written notes inside from my girls!
Thank you SO much Sara and Beth for sharing your photos with us!! Enjoy your weekend friends! When we are not posting here, we are Instagramming..... keep up with us here!
Adorable party! For the door wreath, what shape and size were the map pieces before you rolled them? Did you glue them to something? Thanks for the details!
ReplyDeleteThe paper size was about a 6x8... square shaped! It was made with a paper map book with square pages and they were hot glued to a wreath ring that you can get at Michael’s or Joann’s. Thanks so much!!! Hope this helps! :)
Deletexo!