Here's a baby shower with some international flavor that I recently designed for my mom's friend. The Mother-To-Be was a young Lebanese woman who taught French and Arabic in Lebanon before moving to Seattle. In Lebanese culture, baby showers are not common because family celebrations take place after the baby is born rather than before. The MTB's family is in Lebanon so her friends wanted to make her feel comforted and safe during her pregnancy so we threw her this wonderful shower! The colors were coral pink and peach with copper and bronze accents. The look was classic and elegant with a modern ethnic twist. On the invitation, I used the Alhambra font to inspire the arabesque feeling of the party.
This is the desert table wonderfully set with a draped linen of middle eastern flair. I used a screen printed cotton window panel from World Market that had an Arabic style geometric print and a gorgeous bronze border.
Here you can really see the draped linen along with yummy raspberry tea cookies and butter cookies from Whole Foods.
Lovely lemon meringue drops and pretty flower sugar cookies also from Whole Foods.
Inspired by Hostess with the Mostess and DIY diaper cakes, I decided to make my own modern diaper cake. It turned out to be super easy and I just love how it turned out! It was a fantastic centerpiece and conversation piece! I used two kinds of satin ribbon to go with the look of the table linens and silk flowers for decoration. For the cake stand I used two white ceramic serving platters with the bottom platter overturned.
For wall art, I found these beautiful Indian wooden letters with a hand stamped metal foil design and paired them with gold Christmas ornaments on a backdrop of two coral pink scrapbook pages. The look was both academic, ethnic and baby-inspired. (Letters from World Market)
Details of the wooden letters and ornaments...
To further the global theme, I pulled out one of my vintage finds that I hadn't used yet! This beautiful hand hammered copper table consists of a large tray and collapsible teak legs. It worked perfectly with the whole look.
For the party favors, I put together these cute booties with tulle, pink ribbon and Jordan almonds!
The booties looked so cute together in pairs!
Finally, for the main baby shower game, I altered an Around the World Baby game I found online. The MTB was a language teacher and our shower guests spoke different languages so this game was perfect. Simply list the word "baby" in different languages and ask guests to match up the language to the word. The guest with the most correct answers won a prize.
Love it! The patterned table runner, the letter wall decor, unique table. All the little touches make this so unique and chic!
Posted by: Michelle | Dec 21, 2008 at 07:43 PM
Congratulations for a well-designed baby shower party. Your modern diaper cake was a success.
Posted by: At Home with Kim Vallee | Dec 21, 2008 at 09:26 PM
This is probably the most stylish Baby Shower I have ever seen!!! Ridiculous attention to detail, love the Diaper "Cake", love the "Baby Shower" font, love the flowers and love the favors!!!! Ultra fabulous bebe shower honey! I'm sure you all had a wonderful time.
Posted by: Dodie Sy | Dec 22, 2008 at 10:55 AM
Again.. BEAUTIFUL. Very unique and the colors are so perfect. congrats to the MTB and you of course. :)
Posted by: maritessb | Dec 22, 2008 at 02:45 PM
Love the flower cookies & the cake!
Posted by: Asianmommy | Dec 23, 2008 at 08:59 AM
What a beautiful baby shower. Did you play any baby shower games? Lovely diaper cake I am heading to YouTube to watch your video.
Posted by: Baby Shower | Dec 24, 2008 at 07:26 AM
So pretty. I love this shower!
Posted by: Annette | Jan 22, 2009 at 12:32 AM
I would like to use the Alhambra font, but I am not successful. I download, but nothing happened. Please help.
Posted by: Belinda | Feb 11, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Baby showers are not just a party! They’re a
time to celebrate with family and friends all the new potential and joy the baby brings to their lives. So throwing the perfect baby shower is a great way to celebrate the future.
bradpitt1111
Baby Shower
Posted by: brad | May 02, 2009 at 03:20 AM
Beautiful! That diaper cake is just too funny!
Posted by: Meg Sylvia | Jul 06, 2009 at 07:57 AM
These are great ideas.... the diaper cake is really nice and definitely my favorite here. :)
Posted by: Silk bouquets | Sep 15, 2010 at 09:38 AM
I definitely dig this idea, a bit exotic. I love the bronze large tray like table with candles and a flower centerpiece is gorgeous. Great job.
Posted by: Florist Sydney | Mar 09, 2011 at 06:00 AM
wow this is a real babyshower, so elegant and professional but at the same time so simple and original to be something you will remember. Great Job really, it's one of your best
Posted by: boot camp | Apr 26, 2011 at 08:03 AM
Please tell me where i can get or create invitations like the one in your first picture. It is absolutely beautiful and would love to find something like that.
thank you
oriana
Posted by: oriana moussadik | Aug 03, 2012 at 02:49 PM