30
May

Christa’s Shower

Hooray for babies — and hooray for baby girl babies! My friend Christa, who I have known since the first grade, is having her first baby in July, a sweet little girl. It was with great pleasure that I and five of her girlfriends got to throw her a fun shower on Saturday. Oh, how I love a party — and even better when we get to have a girly party! 

Christa, we love you and can’t wait to meet your little one! She’s going to have one great momma and daddy!

Yay for pompoms! Aren’t they fun?

Clearly I am obsessed with the pompoms. Please indulge me.

I brought Jude’s bassinet down from the playroom where it was previously holding stuffed animals and it is all ready to hold gifts!  Meanwhile, in the playroom, it looks like a stuffed animal massacre. I really don’t know what to do with all of them.

What’s better than a bassinet full of baby gifts? A bassinet AND a cute red stroller full of gifts! Oh, you should have seen the precious smocked bonnet that the grandmother-to-be handmade for the new baby. Too sweet!

Christa’s pal Sara is such a good friend. She really wanted to help with the shower, but was leaving for vacation the day-of, but she still made (from scratch, mind you) the most amazing, gorgeous cupcakes ever! She brought them over on Friday morning, and it was all Simon I could to do to keep his my hands off of them.


All the hostesses with mama-to-be, sans hostess Erin who had to leave early with her sweet little baby boy. FYI, Erin is one of my new favorite people. I met Erin on the internet(!) three years ago or so — we were both brides over on TheKnot.com’s message boards, and we became online buds. Who knew — the internet! Not just for perverts and weirdos anymore! Anyway, turns out we had some mutual friends, and Christa was one of them! It was great fun to hang out w/ Dr. E and enjoy some time oohing and aahing over her sweet new little bundle of joy. (He definitely has the best hair of any kid I have ever seen).

Sweets and treats to drink.

These little babies just crack me up. I bought a package of them at Michael’s and hid them in various centerpieces. Kinda sad that they’re all naked and sitting on prickly coral. Sorry, little babies.

All in all, a marvelous party for a marvelous mama. Now. The party’s over, and this only means one thing: it’s vacation week! Hooray!

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  • http://finleyanne.blogspot.com katie

    Love love love the “oh baby” on the mirror. The pom poms look fantastic.

  • Kermit

    How did you do that? We are speechless. Mom’s furniture must love living at your house!

    • http://www.rachelshingleton.com rachelshingleton

      I wish Grandmother were here to see it all. I like to think that she’s happy to know that her things are here, living on, in her memory!

  • janet

    so cute!! what an amazing party. have fun on holiday!

  • http://mandyford.blogspot.com Mandy Ford

    What a gorgeous shower!!

  • http://www.erinconrad.com Erin

    oh wow! love the pompoms!

    • http://www.antowedding.blogspot.com Antowedding

      guauuuuuuuuu i love it!! so cute

      • http://www.rachelshingleton.com rachelshingleton

        Thanks so much, everybody! It was such a fun day, and Christa is one special momma-to-be!

  • http://www.peacockfeatherevents.blogspot.com Elizabeth @ Peacock Feathers

    What a beautiful shower! I love everything you did… every detail is totally perfect. Oh, and you were right to go crazy with the pompoms… they are so pretty!

    • http://www.rachelshingleton.com rachelshingleton

      Thank you! I really enjoyed getting to throw a girl shower for once! It indulged my frilly side. :)

  • Kristin

    Love the shower. Where did you get the pom poms?

    • http://www.rachelshingleton.com rachelshingleton

      Hi, Kristin! They came from Michaels!

      Sent from my iPhone

  • Kristin

    Hey there, do you live in OKC? I would love to see some of your graphic design work. I LOVE your style. I work in PR and it seems that I am always looking for a good designer. My email is kmiskovsky@yahoo.com. Would love to see some samples and know what your fees are. Just let me know. Thanks, Kristin

  • http://www.daisypinkcupcake.blogspot.com Daisy

    How Cute is this party? I love all of these decorations….they are adorable. Daisy~

    • http://www.rachelshingleton.com rachelshingleton

      Thanks, Daisy! Your blog sure is fun!

  • http://www.thatsdelish.blogspot.com Caitlin

    everything looks amazing! i’ve been searching for baby shower inspiration and came across your photos on flickr and i’m so glad i did!

    • http://www.rachelshingleton.com rachelshingleton

      Thank you, Caitlin! I hope you keep coming back! Love your blog too, btw.