Baby shower theme for winter, Baby its Cold Outside.

I’m so excited to be welcoming my first grand-baby this Feb.   I couldn’t wait to give my daughter-in-law a cute little baby shower for my side of the family and my close friends who are like family to me.  Since it was winter I loved going with the theme of Baby its Cold Outside, come in and get cozy.  I wanted cozy foods and lots of Hot Chocolate.  It was so easy to pull together a cute shower with a few printable’s and a trip to Costco.  I love things that look hard but in the end are simple to pull together and still bring a festive air to the gathering.

I started with the printable’s for the baby shower.  This is the by far the easiest way to create a theme and keep it running throughout the shower.  I  collected all my frames and small party plaques in one place and then printed signs that would fit inside.  I found some darling saying from Caravan shoppe and the rest from a google internet search.  I did make one of the printable’s myself I might have to add it to this post if you are interested.

Some of my larger frames from IKEA needed to be modified so that the printable looked cute inside.  I added strips of ribbon to the paper that came with the frame and then taped the printable on top of that. Not only did I get the theme across for the baby shower but it gave me the opportunity to add color to the printables. I love mixing frames of color size and material, and as long as all the printable’s are cohesive it works to give a relaxed feel to the party.

The Next thing I like to do is add a banner to the buffet table.  I have a giant island in the middle of my kitchen I like to server off of, but it doesn’t lend itself to a cute party backdrop so I spray painted some bottles gold and filled them up with rice and stick in long dowels.  Then when I want a cute banner I just tie the banner to the sticks and ta-da a cute banner in the middle of the table!  After doing this I decided to scrap the table banner and just hang my Gold glittered “my minds eye banner“, on the mantel. LOL   I decided I needed a bit of sparkle in that room.

When it comes to food I love to have lots of choices.  I’m not a cater or have a million hours to do things I tend to use Costco as my backup plan.  I went to the secret treat section over by the bread and found lots of goodies for my hot chocolate bar!  I usually get four yummy sweet things like the min cinnamon rolls mandolins, the elephant ears, and brownie bits or what ever they have, then if people ask to help i I let them bring cheese balls, veggie trays or fruit.  

I also like to use my letter boards. I have a few of them and am always changing them out with each season party or shower.  Its a great investment because it constantly in use. Letter boards are such a fun personal way to amp up the party.  

To say thank you I made these cute little thank you boxes.  I used the these cute little clear boxes from Clearbags.com, they have lots of sizes to chose from.  I filled mine with a bit of festooning and Hershey kisses. By the way you can get lots of different colors of Hershey’s kisses on Amazon, I did not no that, so your welcome! For the tag I just printed out a snowflake and punched it out with a circle punch and tied it on.  done and done 

See you can make any occasion look extra special with just a few extra details!  I can’t wait to see my little grand-baby just a few more weeks guys! then my feed will be all about the baby isn’t that what Mimi’s are suppose to do?