{So Wonderful, So Marvelous}

You only need a few things for a baby shower. Great friends and an impending arrival. All of the rest is just details. That is, until you attend a baby shower where you not only have great friends and an impending arrival, but where every detail is thought out. At every turn you say things like oh, that is awesome or look at that, you’ve thought of everything. The real trick is to have an intimate shower where all of these details are noticed and appreciated, but not done in a fussy way. Relaxed and thoughtful and beautiful.

These are the showers that Lianne plans.

My friend Merrily is one of those people that you can’t help loving. She has this uncanny knack for making everything more fun. She was married last year and one of my favorite things about her wedding festivities was attending her bridal shower. It is arguably the best shower I have ever been to, planned by her sister Lianne. Remember those unreal sea salt chocolate chip cookies? Yep, Lianne took her mom’s secret recipe and made favors for everyone. It really is the bane of my blogging existence that I didn’t take a camera and share it with all of you. I wasn’t going to make that mistake twice. When I got the invitation for Mer’s baby shower, I sent an email to Lianne and begged her to let me share the details.

Lianne chose the April Showers theme because she had the shower in April and Merrily loves the color grey. She decided to add the May flowers not only because Mer is due in May, but also because she said she was having a hard time coming up with food ideas around a wet rainy theme. {Love that.} Once she added the May flowers into the mix, everything started falling into place. She made grey and white tissue poms with raindrops hanging from them. Every surface was covered with tiny micro flowers, it was so pretty.

Baby Shower Menu

Watermelon + Fresh Mint Salad with Feta
Herbed Chicken Salad on Sunflower Seed Bread
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatball Sliders {both a vegetarian + a regular version}
Baby Greens + Edible Flower Salad
Rainbow Peppers + Dip
Jasmine Blossom Iced Tea
Lavender Lemonade
Martha Stewart’s Orange Poppy Seed Cupcakes with Orange Blossom Buttercream {she nixed the vanilla and substituted orange blossom water}
Martha Stewart’s Rose and Ginger Cupcakes

One last thing… this baby is a surprise! Leave your guess, BOY or GIRL, in the comments!

Sources:

Raindrop tissue poms idea.
Invitations {I didn’t take a pic, but she said they were great to work with.}
Lavender {to make the lemonade}
Edible fresh flowers {for the salad}
Edible micro flowers {used to cover tables}

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