About to Hatch!

What can be bet­ter than hav­ing a rea­son or occa­sion to cel­e­brate? Many rea­sons!!! As you may have read in my last post {Love is Sweet}, a dear friend of mine, Jes­si­ca, is get­ting mar­ried in a cou­ple of months and we just threw her an art-themed bridal show­er last week­end. We are so excit­ed about her upcom­ing nup­tials! One of her brides­maids (and anoth­er of my best friends that I’ve known since high school!), Melis­sa, is also look­ing for­ward to the event, but her invi­ta­tion will have to include one more per­son, as she will be hav­ing a baby in about a month! To con­tin­ue the fes­tiv­i­ties, we threw her a coun­try bird-themed baby show­er to help feath­er her nest in antic­i­pa­tion of her lit­tle chick that’s about to hatch! Jes­si­ca, along with myself and Melissa’s close friends Lindsy, Emi­ly and Ali­son, col­lab­o­rat­ed to put the shindig together.

Melissa’s moth­er, Max­ine, was so kind to have offered her beau­ti­ful home to have the show­er and their décor just fit our theme per­fect­ly! Max­ine and her hus­band, Bob, recent­ly remod­eled their house and through­out the pic­tures, you will see what a fab­u­lous job they did!

Jes­si­ca found some adorable bird and nest invi­ta­tions on TinyPrints. Melis­sa and her hus­band decid­ed to wait until their lit­tle chick hatch­es to find out the gen­der, so we decid­ed that the pink and green col­or scheme wasn’t too gen­der spe­cif­ic and set the mood for the rest of the party.

The show­er guests were greet­ed at the door by a wreath adorned with a nest and lit­tle buntings read­ing “about to hatch”.

Ger­bera daisies in pink, orange and yel­low hues were placed in pol­ka dot water­ing cans with bird­hous­es and glass vas­es and placed through­out the house to add some fresh and vibrant colors.

Lindsy and Emi­ly made an adorable and cre­ative dia­per cake with coor­di­nat­ing dec­o­ra­tions, such as a bird house, egg wreath!

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

Upon the guests’ arrival, they were wel­come to snack on a deli­cious hors d’ouevres sam­pling that the ladies pre­pared, includ­ing chick and egg-shaped sand­wich­es and dev­iled eggs to name a few.

Per the mom-to-be’s request, the bev­er­ages served were choco­late milk and Shirley tem­ples! Both were offered in lit­tle mason jars: Shirley tem­ples with green straws and choco­late milk with Oreo cook­ie straws! Such a cute touch!

DESSERT TABLE

The dessert table con­tin­ued the coun­try bird theme with its décor and offerings.

I made milk choco­late cup­cakes with vanil­la but­ter­cream frost­ing and topped with fon­dant dec­o­ra­tions match­ing back to the invi­ta­tion and themes, from the birds to chicks to a bird­house and worms!

Coor­di­nat­ing Choco­late Cupcakes

I dec­o­rat­ed green and pink bird sug­ar cook­ies dis­played in a wire bas­ket with moss and also had some green and pink Peeps in small­er baskets!

Bas­ket of Cookies

Green and Pink Bird Sug­ar Cookies

Mason jars in var­i­ous sizes held dif­fer­ent can­dy eggs, from jel­ly beans to malt­ed eggs to choco­late eggs.

Can­dy Mason Jars

Choco­late, Malt­ed and Jel­ly Bean Eggs

I also made nests with crispy chow mein noo­dles and melt­ed but­ter­scotch, which held pas­tel-col­ored choco­late eggs.

But­ter­scotch Nests with Choco­late Eggs

Last­ly, Jes­si­ca crushed up some Oreo cook­ies, which we placed in cream-col­ored pots, along with gum­my worms to top ice cream in small flower-etched glass tea light holders.

Ice Cream Sta­tion with Oreo Dirt and Gum­my Worms

My daugh­ter scoop­ing up some dirt!

Since the table had a beau­ti­ful wood and had a rus­tic feel, we decid­ed to forego a table­cloth and sim­ply add the décor and desserts to it.

Dessert Table

One of the bird cages re-cre­at­ed the invi­ta­tion with wood­en birds and a nest with an orange egg and small buntings like the wreath , also read­ing “about to hatch”.

Bird­cage with Invi­ta­tion Re-Creation

The oth­er bird­cage dis­played baby pho­tos of both Melis­sa and her hus­band, held by wood­en clothespins.

Bird­cage with Baby Photos

FAVORS

As favors, guests took home lit­tle bas­kets filled with glass tea light hold­ers with jel­ly bean eggs and Peeps chap­stick! Jes­si­ca did a cute job dis­play­ing them on a beau­ti­ful mir­rored-hutch by the door and dec­o­rat­ed the can­de­labra with addi­tion­al nests and a sign read­ing “So Tweet of You to Come!”

So Tweet of You to Come!

The mama bird-to-be was very touched and had a won­der­ful time with friends and fam­i­ly through­out the par­ty, as we played some fun games planned by Ali­son and open­ing presents to fin­ish feath­er­ing her nest in prepa­ra­tion for her baby chick! Only one month to go! We can­not wait for that lit­tle egg to start crackin’!

The Par­ty Chicks!

The Mama Bird and I!