I loved working on this shower; it was for a very special friend of mine. I really tried to make it a reflection of her personal taste and style, and a intimate celebration of this beautiful time in her life. She was using elephants to accent the baby's room, but I didn't want to go with the obvious jungle theme, or have animal print just thrown everywhere. Finally, I decided on a palette of ivory, pastel blue, sliver, and used elephants just as an accent piece. I ordered silver elephant place card holders online, and made a edible ivory elephant gum paste cake topper with the baby's initials to add a personal touch.
The food was more upscale as well, I mean this is a "posh" baby shower after all, you can't just slap cocktail wieners in barbecue sauce and call it a day. The menu consisted of pork wellington, bacon wrapped shrimp with cheddar and pepper jack cheese, Caesar salad in cucumber cups, assorted mini quiche, Swedish meatballs, baked spinach artichoke dip, and finally fried macaroni and cheese bites (the mother's favorite recipe of mine). I made a two tier cake with pastel blue bows and the custom topper, and as a thank you to the guests for attending I made pound cake onesie cookies. I hope you enjoy, and are inspired by this event.
Laura this is awesome! Very talented indeed :)
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