Feather Her Nest Shower

I hosted a couples shower for our friends that were expecting a baby girl. The couple are both avid bird watchers, so I thought a bird theme was perfect.

The mother-to-be is a huge fan of carrot cake, and that's what they serve at their wedding, so I baked one and decorated it with a woodland inspiration.

We served brunch including french toast casserole, fruit and yogurt parfaits, bacon, mini quiche, and my daughter's Krispy Kreme donuts tree. I served the parfaits in mason jars and used the milk bottles to serve juices.

I made a bird themed diaper cake for the couple as well.

For the guests' party favors I made bird seed ornaments to hang outside for the birds to enjoy.

Audrey's 2nd Bee Day Party

Our daughter Audrey's birthday is in the fall, but I chose a rather Springy theme for her 2nd birthday last year. I chose the traditional yellow and black color scheme for the Bumble Bee theme, with a few white accents.

This is the invitation that I order from Andersruff that I adored, and I took off with their idea of serving "bar-BEE-que" sandwiches, along with bee hive cake, honey combs, and lemon heads.

I used jars of honey with dippers and yellow "bumble gum" as party favors.

The cake pan is NordicWare and I used a Martha Stewart recipe for honey cake. The sugar bees were purchased from Amazon, along with most of the balloons and other decorations. The food markers and bumble gum tags were ordered from Etsy.

Happy Bee Day Audrey!