One Sweet Girl: A tea party baby shower

For my sister in law's second child (another girl), I wanted to throw her an intimate baby shower. In order to make it extra special, I enlisted a few of her best friends and we got to work planning a girly tea party. We chose a color scheme of all shades of pink and wanted to include a candy buffet.  We broke out the fine china and linens and dressed the table for the occasion.  My favorite touch was the fuschia and white striped paper straws  from http://www.bakeitpretty.com/blog/2010/02/soda-shoppe/ ).

 

The Hello Kitty Cake Pops were a huge hit! They were NOT easy to make, but here is a close up shot for you! 

in case you missed the original post, you can find a link to the DIY tutorial here. 

  

I made this mini fabric flower garland to add extra beauty to the decor as well. It was simple but very tedious and time consuming. Find the tutorial here.  

  

I was inspired by some cupcake pennants that I saw for sale on Etsy.  These are just scrapbook paper, double-sided tape and toothpicks.  I made the template myself. I will post the template as soon as I figure out how to convert the pdf into a webpage. For the macaron recipe, click here.  

I was inspired to make the tea bag-shaped place cards from Martha Stewart (Who else?). A friend handmade these napkin rings for the occasion and gave them to the mama-to-be as part of her gift.

Here's the food display...

Here is the best shot of the table.  Sorry you cannot get the full effect.