Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Under Construction Baby Shower

My oldest daughter is expecting our first grandchild April 8th- a boy! When you have 6 daughters the idea of adding a boy to the mix is pretty exciting- so we had to throw a big party. My daughters boss and friend, KC, was gracious enough to volunteer to host- so I helped out with the planning and of course the decor. The invitation read "Road Closed due to the construction of Braxton Hallsted. Please take detour to (with the address) General Contractor: Amanda Hallsted" So of course guests were greeted with a closed road and detour sign.
The shower was held in the cul-de-sac of KC's house. I rented barricades and KC ordered "Caution Construction" tape to mark the venue. I made the detour sign using an overhead projector. Each guest signed the back of the sign and it will go in Braxton's nursery.

The tables were set with black cloths, blue print toppers, cones and balloons.I applied vinyl to the cones to make them more personalized.The cake and cupcakes were created by a dear friend, Dawn. Completely amazing!
Crushed oreo as dirt and chocolate rocks. Inside the cake was yellow and black checks! Tasted as good as it looks. We wanted some manly type food so we served Honey BBQ wings, beans, Pigs in a blanket, Potato salad, macaroni salad and tons of veggies. I picked up the orange tool box for $3 at a yard sale the week before the shower- talk about luck!We served the salads out of big Cat trucks and the potato chips out of hard hats I picked up at the dollar store.

Mr. Right's homemade rootbeer was the perfect beverage.

Guests were encouraged to bring diapers to be entered into a drawing. Love this No Dumping sign I borrowed from my son in law.

Cards were placed in a tonka truck.KC made this adorable diaper cake- so fun.
My daughters and I spent 3 nights making over 200 suckers. We used a stop sign shaped sucker mold and made a sign that said, "Thanks for stopping by"
Flavors included watermelon, cinnamon, kiwi strawberry and cherry. Wish I could show you the embarrassing about of gifts little Braxton received and how beautiful my daughter looked- but right when the shower started my camera battery died!!! My luck with cameras- not so good. Our Trashy weekend winner arrives tomorrow morning at 8am so I can't wait to show you all the fun things we do. If you're local we'd love to have you join us for lunch Saturday afternoon 1:00pm at Sassy's Cafe and Bakery 2729 E. Main Street, Mesa 85213. Leave me a comment if you're able to come- we'd love to see you there. Love, Kelly

14 comments:

  1. That is a the most original shower idea I have ever seen. You did and amazing job. Congratulations on all fronts.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Her baby shower was AMAZING!! I love all of the themed details!

    ReplyDelete
  3. that was the CA-U-TEST!!! (now i'm hoping my friend has a little boy so we can copy all your fun ideas!) curious where you got the stop sign sucker mold? (michaels? joanns?) . . and how hard is it really to make suckers?? boo on your camera - bet your daughter was just glowing!!

    ReplyDelete
  4. p.s. i'm pinning this to pinterest becuase it is sooooo cute!!

    ReplyDelete
  5. This is the cutest baby shower idea ever! I'm sure you had a lot of fun pulling it all together. Best wishes! ~Marcy

    ReplyDelete
  6. I rarely leave comments, but had to on here - absolutely adorable decorations for the shower! Loved it!

    ReplyDelete
  7. What a cute shower! Love all your fun ideas!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Kelly:

    SOOOO cute. And I love the idea of having guests sign the detour sign for his room. How cute. And the name Braxton is precious.

    I can't believe that you are opening up the Saturday lunch for us fans/stalkers. :) I'll check with my husband and post back if I can make it.

    Hope that it's a great weekend!
    Peace,
    Edie

    ReplyDelete
  9. That's the most amazing baby shower! You're such a great mom. :)

    ReplyDelete
  10. Kelly, I can come! Count me in.
    Edie

    ReplyDelete
  11. Apart from the usual baby shower themes like the all-blue extravaganza or superhero themes, that construction zone-inspired shower is truly an all-original and amazing idea. Perhaps the baby will be a hardworking DIY husband when he grows up. =)

    ReplyDelete
  12. This is a good common sense Blog. Very helpful to one who is just finding the resources about this part. It will certainly help educate me.

    ReplyDelete