{Superhero Party}

{ Doctor Who Party }

{Paparazzi Jewelry Party}

Ingram {Baby Shower}

This past weekend I threw a baby shower for a friend who is  having a little boy in February.  Here are some pictures of the set up and what no! 

 We had an advice tree for people to share their wisdom about raising a baby.

 The standard guessing how many M&M's in a jar game.

 The prizes for the games. I didn't get real fancy with the wrapping. I cut open some paper bags and used those to wrap them.

 My ruffle-tastic cake complete with a banner and fondant toppers that I ordered from Edible Details. She makes fantastic stuff! I am super impressed with her work!

 Cupcakes with toppers on my newly painted blue cupcake stands.

 My sugar cookie frogs and puppies since the theme was kind of based on the quote, "What are little boys made of? Frogs and snails and puppy dog tails."  In retrospect I should have waited longer to ice the cookies because the oil from the cookies seeped through and discolored the icing a little bit.  But over all they looked good in my oh-so-humble opinion.

 These pictures are out of order, this is a long shot of the cake. Please ignore the fact that I did not cut the extra string from the banner.

 Long shot of whole food/drink table so you can see my cute little banner that I ended up giving to the mommy to be because I only have so much room in my tiny little apartment to keep party decorations.

To keep the lemonade and water cold I used some ideas I got from Pinterest. I sliced up some lemons and froze them in water in my cupcake tins for the lemonade punch bowl. And then just to give the water pitchers some color I froze slices of lime and blueberries in regular ice cube trays.  For future reference, blueberries explode when frozen. I had to break off quite a few of the exploded blueberries from the top of the ice cubes so they didn't look ugly. 

Alrighty that's it for now! Thanksgiving is coming up this week, look for tutorials on my first pie making attempt and the recipe for my hubby's amazing cherry cobbler! Have a great week!