Plan a Party - Precious Cargo

I absolutely love planning parties.

If I could quit my day job and become an event coordinator with an infinite budget to plan parties all day...I WOULD LOVE IT.

I do have family members that will come to me and ask me to help come up with themes, decorations, party favors, etc for their children's parties.  So I try to keep some party themes pinned on Pinterest for such occasions.  I'll pick a theme to share each week with all of you.

I'll start this weekly blog with a shower I threw for one of my closest friends this last summer.

Type: Baby Shower

Theme:  Precious Cargo

Pinterest Inspiration: 
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Tips:

• Old airmail envelopes with their red and blue stripped edges were perfect
• My friend's father built the model airplane we used as the center piece for the shower
• Hanging all those paper globes is MUCH harder than I thought it would be
• Old model airplanes hung from the island lighting and adorned both the waffle bar and cookie table
• Blue and red napkins, tissue paper balls, straws and a banner I cut out with my Cricut machine bring it all together quite
• P.S. I may or may not have even purchased a new rug and couch pillows to finalize the look ;)  Don't tell my hubby.

Tasties:

• Waffle & Yogurt Bar -
•  I cheated and ordered a bunch of Belgium waffles from a cafe down the street and kept them warm in a chaffing dish
• Okay, okay, so I cheated TWICE - I also ordered bacon from the cafe down the street (I HATE the smell of bacon after it has been cooked, it sticks around for days)  
• Syrups and spreads -  from original and blueberry syrup to peanut butter and nutella
• Toppings - chocolate chips, granola, whipped cream, powdered sugar, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, and raspberries (bonus the berries fit with the blue and red theme)
• A big bowl of vanilla yogurt - bonus: the toppings doubled for both waffles and yogurt
• I also heated up some premade quiche I picked up from Costco.  They were quick easy and bite sized.
• Cookies & Milk
• Macaroons in a variety of flavors
• Coffee flavored meringue cookes
• Donut holes  
• Flavored milk from Shatto Farms served in mason jars
• Red & Blue gumballs and M&Ms for more color 

Actual Photos

 Model airplane centerpiece and red & blue tissue pom poms.

 Paper airplane banner made with my Cricuit machine over the milk & cookie bar.

Milk & Cookie Bar with everything set out the night before except the macaroons and milk.

Waffle and Yogurt bar set out the night before the party so in the morning I just opened up jars and packages and was ready to greet the guests

Model airplanes hung from the light fixture with care.

Water & Juice Bar

Waffle and yogurt bar ready for the guests

Milk & Cookies

French Macaroons from the French Bee Bakery

Close up of the Milk & Cookie Bar

It doesn't get better than Shatto flavored milk!

 

We wrapped up the day with a diaper poker party that my husband hosted for the soon to be dad and his friends.  For as many diapers as each of the guys brought they got extra poker chips.  The guys loved the left over waffles and cookies.  It was a great turnout and the happy parents went home with a lot of diapers. 

Diaper stash!

Action shot of some of the poker players.

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