I was so inspired by this skirted table with all these colorful ribbons....I had to try it!

DecRenew Interiors

(Our Baby Shower Color Scheme)

This past weekend some friends and I hosted a baby shower for a dear friend of ours. My job was to come up with some fun decorations to decorate the hosts table and misc touches here and there to set the mood and create ambiance.

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All girls love to come and be with their friends especially when their is a celebration in order. It does take extra work to make things look prettier but it is SO worth it. The extra time we spend makes the person we are honoring as well as the guests that get to come to the party feel special.

"Sip and See" is the perfect way to host a shower, especially with the busy schedules we all keep these days. Guests came and went and coffee, ice tea and yummy desserts were served.

I decided to put a variety of different color and patterned ribbon all the way around the table, creating a beautiful cascading skirt around the table (see above). The kids that were there before hand, really enjoyed cutting all the ribbon the right length and attaching them all carefully with pins. I always love getting children involved, especially girls. They LOVE to help out and it makes them feel so important. It takes some patience and guidance but their expressions after they have finished is priceless.

These colors are so joyful! Perfect for this happy celebration.

Here's the "how to"

The girls and I enjoyed putting together these tissue paper rosettes for the event too. Balloons are great but these are just so much more spunky than the typical. Plus...it's always fun to try a new idea.

They added such a fun cheery color to the table full of irresistible desserts! Of course a party is no party if the food doesn't taste FANTASTIC. If it's beautiful and the food tastes horrible, that's no good. We have no excuse these days, we have lots of options! We had several purchased desserts....lemon cakes from Costco that were divine and finger press cookies from Market Street that melted in your mouth.

The girlie's overlooking the fun and anticipating the guest of honor! What girl doesn't want to see a cute little new born baby and hold him! They hung all the decorations and felt proud. Aren't they so very adorable in their little skirts and dresses.

Plates and napkins - Party City

There are so many cute plates and napkins out there for baby showers, etc. Ruthie's Tip of the day: Remember to look down all the isles in all the theme categories. These plates weren't in the baby shower section but the napkins were. Mixing and matching is the best.....not matching and matching!

My friend Kristi made these petits fours. I've always wanted a good recipe and she says this one is really easy. Visit the link here that she shared with me so you can make them too! They are absolutely melt in your mouth delicious! Perfect for wedding and baby showers as well as birthday parties and any special occasion. I could get all kind of crazy thinking about fun ideas to decorate these little cuties.

Recipe for Tracy's Oreo Truffles. WARNING...You can't just eat one of these!

(Marilyn's homemade peanut butter cups!)

WOWZA!

1/2 c. smooth peanut butter + 4 1/2 tsp. butter (soft) + 1/2 c. powdered sugar - mix (sometimes have to make a bit more)...Melt in microwave, 1 pkg. semisweet choc. chips + 4 hersheys bars + 1/2 c. peanut butter. Drop a bit of chocolate mix in little muffin cups...top each with a small 'ball' of peanut butter mix...top all with more chocolate. EASY!!!

Refrigerate to set.

Mindy's iced tea Recipe is always a hit!

2 large ice tea bags

2 cups sugar

3/4 cups Lemon Juice

1/2 cup white grape juice or apple juice

Water to fill gallon jug

Here are some additional photos that inspired me for this event and others I have up my sleeve that are coming up soon!

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Now that we are done with the tissue paper rosettes, we are going to hang them above my daughter's bed. Her room is SW gecko green so they will look perfect in there!