I love to par-tay! Heeeey!
I love attending parties, but I really enjoy being part of the party planning committee. 
I love the opportunity to create something pretty!
This past weekend, I had the chance to co-host a lovely baby shower for my beautiful friend Leah. And because Leah is Vibrant and a lover of all things Vintage, we decided to create a shower around a loose Vintage theme with lots of color. This is actually perfect for me, because it really allowed me to tap into my inner old lady, meaning I was able to make a frothy 60’s style punch in my Mimi’s antique punch bowl, serve Chicken Salad on Croissants, fruit salad and in place of the normal cupcakes, we (created by the talented Melisa) served Mini Pies, Creme Puffs and Almond Roca. But sadly, my co-hosts weren’t over enthusiastic a crustless Pimento Cheese sandwiches (frankly I am baffled by the aversion to pimento cheese, I love the stuff!), so they were left off the menu. Oh well, you win some you lose some.
It was a really fun, simple and beautiful shower!
We really kept everything very simple, and allowed for the color, simplicty and pops of red, create the elegance, atmosphere and fun! Here are deets for you can create it too, if you wanna…
The Decor
Thanks Pinterest for so many ideas!
We used this picture as our Color Palette via The Wedding Club.com
The beautiful teal, white with red wall of streamers behind the food table was inspired by this beautiful post on Cococozy.com. The streamers we used simple paper streamers of a few colors of teal, white, chrome and red, tied to the curtain rod and allowed to hang just below the edge of the table. For the table decorations we just used a large bunch of red spray roses I found at a local store and some paper lanterns found online and at a local craft store (similar to these here, here and here), and all these colors popped because of the brightness of lovely white table cloth I found here. Using a white table cloth is actually one of my favorite decorating “tip”, I think it gives the table a fresh, crispness.
Created the little simple Diaper cake using this one for inspiration
The Food and Bevs:
Chicken Salad on Croissants (recipe similar to this one)
Simple Vegetable Platter
A Meat Platter and Cheese Platter
Fresh homemade French Peasant Bread
Simple Fruit Salad
Old-Fashioned Frothy Sherbet Punch = Pineapple juice +Lemon/Lime Soda + Lime Sherbet +Maraschino Cherries – mixed in a bowl and served…it’s so easy and so fun and delicious…but definitely a moderation beverage
The Desserts
Creme Puffs – Kim made these from her mom’s recipe, so I don’t have the exact recipe, this is a similar one
Mini-Banoffee Pie – this was probably one of the most delicious things I ever tasted!
Mini-Peanut butter Pie
(Mini pie pans can we found here)
Almond Roca – Leah’s Grandma’s famous recipe (see below)
- 2¼ cup sugar
- 1 lb butter (4 sticks)
- 5 Tbsp water
- 27 oz cholate bar with nuts (like Hershey's)
- Melt butter in pan and add sugar and 5 Tbsp water.
- Stir until it boils and dissolves. Put lid on and turn heat down to low for 1 minute.
- Return to high heat and let boil, stirring constantly, until 315 degrees (about 10
- minutes).
- Line baking pan with tinfoil or parchment paper (cookie sheet with sides). Quickly
- poor contents onto -lined pan WITHOUT SCRAPINGŠ. Anything that is left
- after pouring can be scraped and set aside to eat separately.
- Let cool. (here, my Grandma says she likes to take a paper towel and gently
- wipe off any butter residue before putting chocolate on)
- Melt chocolate over double boiler. Poor half on top. Sprinkle nuts on top and let cool. Turn the
- whole thing over and repeat on the other side with chocolate and nuts.
- When completely cooled, use a sharp knife and tap the top to break into
- pieces.
I want to send a big Thank You to Kim (left) and Melisa (right) for hosting this fun shower with me and for Leah for giving us a reason to celebrate! We can’t wait to meet little Rhett, coming early 2016.
Cheers!
Sally
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