My dear dear friend Meg is finally getting the chance to be a mom for a second time. All of us are totally thrilled for her! There was no question her second bambino was going to get a baby shower, but Meg really isn’t the cute fuzzy bunny, birds and little pink elephants baby shower type–it’s just not her style. And there may have been a few threats from her involved if we had them at her shower. So instead of throwing her a typical baby shower, we threw her a party that was all about Meg and the things she loves as a way to welcome for the new baby. Coffee….cravings…and a bottle or two of Cabernet were in order for a coffee and cravings baby shower.
Our party was fairly small, so I didn’t go overboard loading up the dessert table with tons of sweets, and it worked out great! I made Meg’s favorite carrot cake and flanked it with sides of donuts and oreos stacked up in cake shapes. Serve yourself coffee was on the bar for anyone who wanted any. I have to give huge credit to my husband for his help with the coffee bar…he was nice enough to make that giant chalkboard for me out of plywood and some fence planks. It turned out wonderfully and I love it so much I think I’ll keep it there above the buffet!
My daughter was working on her science fair project the weekend of this baby shower–a cupcake experiment–so I used the resulting cupcakes to whip up another treat. Salted caramel cupcakes are a favorite among our friends, and I used a few touches to make them Starbucks worthy.
I put together a big table for us all to sit at and chat. There were no baby shower games this time; being such good friends that don’t get to spend as much time together as we like, we prefer to talk anyhow! The crepe paper flowers worked wonderfully with the nuetrals in the room.
There was another finger food spread set up in the kitchen. The shower was after lunchtime, so there was no need to feed a meal. Things that went well with wine (not pictured) were the perfect choices for a lazy afternoon sipping coffee and vino.
As sad as we were to see the shower end, we all had kids and families and other things to get back to. All our guests were given a custom coffee mug on their way out. Meg tends to be a bit witty, so coffee mugs with a few wry sayings on them were a good choice to remember the day!. The mom-to-be loved this non-baby shower coffee and cravings baby shower, and the rest of us had a more than great time at it as well!
Once again you never cease to amaze me. This is fabulous and fun! Looks like it was a great shower…er, party!
Loved everything about, once again you throw some great parties!
What a beautiful coffee bar! It is perfect for so many different occasions! Thanks as always for the inspiration!
LOVE IT! Gorgeous and just the right touches. I am so glad you used the coffee collection – still one of my favorites to date.
What a clever theme! Love the chalk boards.
Awesome shower! Fun, relaxing, delicious treats and the best company!
I love love love this theme and all the awesome details! Party crush!
Absolutely in LOVE with this, great job!
OMG this is the cutest baby shower/coffee bar!! Seriously I am in LOVE!! Thanks for sharing on the Monday Funday Party! Pinning to our Monday Funday Pinterest board.
Oh my gosh!! This is absolutely adorable!! I’m throwing my best friend’s baby shower in April and this is great inspiration!! I absolutely LOVE it!!!
Thanks for sharing at Inspire Me Mondays!!
Great photos and a fabulous theme. Thanks for linking up at Sunday Features. Sharing on both my Denise Designed fb page and the Sunday Features page this week. Thanks again.
Oh my this is so precious! I’m so glad I stopped by from the link up I was at (:
this is so cute, and simple…yet it looks so complicatedly fancy. like, it’s donuts and oreos but they look so special the way you did the whole table. i want you to throw my next party lol!
b
A few nice decor pieces and simple food styled nicely always do the trick to make something look harder than it is! Thanks for stopping in!
This is absolutely genius! I LOVE this, no I really love this! PINNED because this is beyond amazing! Saying hello from create it Thursday!
Cathy
I am planning a baby shower for my daughter and even though I am going in a different direction, this is so awesome and inspiring!
Oh, WOW! What an amazing party! I love that gorgeous buffet, and all of your chalkboard decoration. Your food presentation is lovely and creative. I want to be at this party. It would be fantastic not just as a baby shower, but for any fabulous get together! 🙂 Please come share your blog posts over at the Home Matters Linky Party! We’d love to have you for a visit. The Door is OPEN. http://lifewithlorelai.com/2015/03/05/home-matters-linky-party-27/ 🙂
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
love this!! Where did you buy the custom coffee mugs?
I made them! We used vinyl for these, but I recently uploaded them to my Zazzle shop so you can purchase them there if you are interested: http://zazzle.com/FrogPrincePaperie
Hi! What a great shower! We are planning a similar one and I was wondering how you made the cupcake wrappers? Do you have that pacifier graphic available as a tag or sticker?
Thanks so much!
Jasmine
Love all the details in the shower! I’m also planning a baby shower and wante to know if there’s a printabler the cupcake wapper and coffee cup wrapper?
Not sure what happened on my computer. Some letters & words went missing in my response.
What a fabulous coffee bar! Love it!
Hi! I’m one of the co-hosts from the Welcome Home Wednesday Link Up. I love this baby shower idea! My hubby & I Are foodies so I can totally see this being the theme for my next baby shower. I love all the neutrals and the idea of breakfast type foods. So cute! Y’all did a great job. Thank you for sharing!
Any chance you have an invitation to go with this theme?