The last week or so, my friends and family have been asking about shower dates, locations, and themes. I have a wonderful group of friends who all want to help my mom plan a shower locally, and my aunts up north are going to plan one for family that lives farther away. I’m leaving the out of town shower up to my aunts, but I’d like to be more involved in planning the local shower. I love planning parties – especially the decorations – so why not join in on the fun with my own shower?
I’ve been gathering baby shower inspiration for years, so here are some of my favorites.
via Spearmint Baby
I love the monochromatic color palette of this shower with the sweet pom pom details. And how cute are those nesting dolls?
via Amy Atlas
The natural elements in this shower are so pretty. They sell big burlap drop cloths at the hardware store that could work as table cloths. And those diaper pins? Adorable.
via Amy Atlas
I love the colors in this one. The garland and paper lanterns are so pretty!
via Amy Atlas
This one is so casual and elegant. I love the dishtowels as napkins and the mason jars as glasses.
via Amy Atlas
I have loved this gender reveal party for a long time. I think the craving snack bar is genius!
via Amy Atlas
Peonies are my very favorite flowers. We had them at our wedding, but they won’t be in season for the shower. However, I love the tin cans as vases.
via Amy Atlas
This is the first of three hot air balloon inspiration pictures. I love this theme so so much.
via Amy Atlas
Look at those puffy clouds! I die.
via Babble
Perfection.
via Amy Atlas
Since I’m a teacher, a school themed shower would be cute. I know I definitely want to use chalkboards in the decor to go with my weekly bump photos.
Another school themed shower with a vintage twist. Click the link to see the invitations. They’re awesome.
via Babble
How fun is this bright and cheery pink and yellow shower? I do love lemon bars…
via Babble
Being a girly girl at heart, nothing thrills me more than pink as far as the eye can see.
via Babble
This bedtime story party is very unusual, but kind of awesome.
I adore this garland with lines from lullabies. It would take some time to make, but it would be worth it.
via Babble
This is from a gender reveal party, but it would definitely work for a cool gender neutral baby shower as well.
via Babble
I love camping, but maybe not enough to have a camping themed baby shower. I do love the casual rustic decor, though.
via Babble
She’s about to pop! How cute is that? And a super cheap wall decoration with the colored plates that look like bubbles.
Are you ready for my very favorite one? One that I’m totally copying? One from the one and only Martha?
from Martha Stewart via Babble
It’d called Once Upon a Baby Shower. I’m in love. I knew I wanted to do some sort of book theme since I need a lot of them for our wall of books in the nursery. The color palette of this shower could easily be changed for a boy, too! I love the books wrapped in paper and the garland. There are printable invitations and book plates that come with it, but I’m thinking about making my own. I could combine this with some of the other ideas I love, like the burlap table cloths and quote garland, and make it really special. Eeek! I’m so excited!
Do you think it’s weird if I plan the decor for my own shower? I hope not because I really want to do it!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
I love these!! I’m currently collecting ideas/inspiration for my LO’s first birthday! Going to copy and save some of these pictures!
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
I think most hosts would love your ideas but want to be able to make the final decisions on their own… but I wish moms were supposed to be more involved in their showers because I would LOVE to plan mine!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
I love the idea of a book themed shower.
blogger / pomegranate / 3201 posts
@daniellemybelle: It seems like my mom is going to take my vision and run with it! She likes to have my input (I think), but I won’t go early to set up or anything. I do think I’ll make the garland, but everything else will be done by my mom and friends. I’m glad they don’t mind me butting in!
honeydew / 7968 posts
well, it’s YOUR party! =) i’m just not into parties or throwing them. but these pictures definitely make me want to get good at throwing nice parties!
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Seriously cute photos! I feel like I’m going to become a broken record, but, I’m just beginning to become educated about the world of pregnancy and parenthood (we’re a long time from even TTC) and I’m really surprised by all the emphasis on the baby’s gender. It seems strange to me that a baby shower would be themed based on the gender of the baby. It’s interesting to note that a century ago, all babies were dressed and expected to act sort of gender-neutral without all these ideas of pre-determined roles or color palettes for them. (There’s a great photo online of a toddler Teddy Roosevelt in a white gown and ringlets). So, I love the photos of showers that are neither all-pink nor all-blue!
coconut / 8305 posts
Love these! I’m lucky enough to be the creative/crafty one in my bunch so my mom & bff already told me to design it and they’ll foot the bill! YAY! =)
blogger / pomegranate / 3201 posts
@yosafbridge: I tend to lean toward gender neutral for most things, but once you find out the sex of the baby, it’s hard not to get excited… and maybe even a little carried away!
blogger / pomegranate / 3201 posts
@runsyellowlites: awesome! so lucky!!
kiwi / 718 posts
ooh, the MS one is my favourite! I actually forwarded that to my best friend when I originally saw it as a not-so-subtle hint of what I would love, ha. bad friend. amy atlas is pretty stinking amazing, though – she’s got some really beautiful grown up showers going on there. and I like the hot air balloon one from babble a lot as well.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
the book theme is perfect for a teacher, and you just can’t go wrong with martha!
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