Stolen Book Shower

Over the weekend I hosted a cute little shower at my house.

It was nice and intimate. 

My friend is planning on cloth diapering,

so instead of doing a diaper raffle 

we decided to do a book raffle; 

you know bring a book for the baby 

and get a ticket for the raffle.

The idea for this shower originated from 

this shower over at Aesthetic Nest.

I did use her invitations.

They were easily customized.

I also adopted some of the decor ideas as best I could,

like using Golden Books for table decor 

and candies in jars.

Some of the other fun ideas that we used 
for the shower were also stolen 

from some of my favorite places in Blogland,

as well as some cool stuff from Pinterest.

For the favors, which also served as our only other prize game,

we created these cute gumball necklaces using 

the tutorial from Jamie Lynn 

over at I Heart Naptime and Chocolate.

We kept them in this little jar on the table 

until each lady was able to grab one. 

One of the necklaces had a pink gumball.

The person who grabbed that one got a prize.

I also created this Golden Book garland from something 
that I pinned on Pinterest.

Click here to link to original Martha Stewart post

It was easy to make, 

and it would look super cute over a reading area 

in a play room or kids bedroom.

For some extra touches I carried through 

the theme of yellow and blue 

by wrapping my thrifted serving tower in bright blue argyle paper,

laying down some yellow houndstooth fabric as a runner, 

and using lots of fun yellow candies and serve ware.


The cupcakes above were made combining this banana malted crunch recipe and this peanut butter butter cream recipe. 
Both are from InsideBruCrewLife.

I also made this center piece 

which was inspired by a different pin.

Overall the shower was fun and simple. 
I like having a less people because 
it allows for a less stressful party for everyone.

My helper, the mom to be, and Me sporting my very own gumball necklace.

For more cute ideas that I had lined up for this shower but didn't get to, you can visit my Shower board.