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A Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! And you can easily adapt these ideas for any color combination you like. Take it and run with it!

And now, the grand finale post to my Baby Shower Bonanza series is here at long last!  It would have arrived a month ago, but when our Juniper-girl made an early appearance, I had to hit the pause button on my blog projects.  However, this post will have been worth the wait!  Trust me.

Flashing Back to This Spring…

…my Mom threw me a “Cute as a Button” shower in New York in March.  My Florida family and friends hosted a “Bring a Book” shower here in Orlando in early April.  And just when we thought we couldn’t be showered with any more love for our Baby Girl, Mark’s work family in the pediatric E.R. hosted a celebration in our honor in late April.

Forget about feeling “showered,” it was more like a downpour of love!

The amazing organizers, Michelle and Katie (a mother-daughter duo!), took our nursery colors of mint and gray and not only ran with it—they soared to new heights!  Upon entering their home and seeing the glorious decor, food, and activities they had pulled together, I was speechless…

…though not for long!

As the guests came pouring in, we were all a’ buzz with lots of laughter and fun activities and talk of all-things-baby.  Katie snapped a whole slew of photographs from the day so I could be present as the guest of honor, and I’m delighted to be able to share them with you all now.

Not only that, but Katie will be making a virtual appearance in this post to help fill in the blanks on the inspiration behind the DIY elements she and her mama whipped up.  You’re in for a real treat, I tell ya!

Invitation

Let’s start off with the invitation, shall we?  This is just one of many items that the talented Katie DIY’d herself.  She’s quite the crafty queen and has her own Etsy shop to boot, so brace yourself!

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, and more!

Party hostess, Katie, with the inside scoop on the baby shower details!

“To make these invitations I used cardstock from Jo-Ann Fabrics.  Then, I used my *Silhouette Cameo machine to download the onesie cut file from the Silhouette Store and used my Silhouette sketch pens to write the invite information on them!”

Beautiful, right?  Especially that bling detail around the collar.

Games & Activities

When folk first walked in, they arrived at a table with an assortment of games and goodies!  Voila:

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's the entryway table with fun activities and goodies for guests!

First, we all clipped a clothespin to our collars.  And if you said the word, “Baby,” whoever noticed first could take your clothespin and pin it to her collar.  And whoever had the most clothespins by the opening of gifts earned a prize.  (Suffice it to say, I lost mine pretty quickly and never earned one back.  Tee hee.)  I love that it added an extra layer of fun to the casual mingling time.

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Have you heard of this clothespin game? Heaps of fun during the mingle time!
Here’s a similar printable on etsy!

Then, folk had to guess the size of my baby bump by cutting a piece of yarn to the length of their guess.  Everyone was very kind and imagined my belly much tinier than it was for 32 weeks.  Thank you, ladies!

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the instructions for guessing the "girth" of the mama's belly!
Here’s a similar printable on etsy.

Party hostess, Katie, with the inside scoop on the baby shower details!

“These were all activities I found through a Pinterest search.  I designed the instructions display myself using my Silhouette Cameo machine and sketch pens so they were on-theme with the mint and gray decor.”

Right before we opened gifts, we worked on a baby-themed word scramble.  The person to unscramble the most words within the time limit earned a prize!

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the Baby-Themed Word Scramble guests completed before the mama opened her gifts!

Suffice it to say, the scramble was more difficult than I expected!  Below is a snapshot of the worksheet (right) and answer key (left).

Are you up for a challenge?  See if you can guess any of the baby words without peeking.

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the Baby-Themed Word Scramble guests completed before the mama opened her gifts!
Here’s a listing for 24 count collection of this activity via Party City.

Guest Book

As a creative guest book idea, folk got to predict Baby Girl’s arrival date on a June calendar and sign their name by it!

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the guest book...a prediction of when Baby Girl might be born!

Oh, how wrong I was in thinking she’d come late-late-late.  And I realize now that with a June 14th due date, my guess was likely impossible.  Whoops!  But I have pregnancy-brain to blame that on, right?  {Bashful grin.}

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the guest book...a prediction of when Baby Girl might be born!

Instead, our Juniper arrived on June 5th, which makes Jan & Kellie the winners with the closest guesses.  Congrats, you two!

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the guest book...a prediction of when Baby Girl might be born!

Party hostess, Katie, with the inside scoop on the baby shower details!

“I found this idea on Pinterest, as well, and thought it was adorable.  I used cardstock again and designed the calendar myself on my Silhouette Studio software. Then, I used my Silhouette Cameo machine and Silhouette sketch pens to sketch the calendar!”

The little footprint stamp: so cute, right?  And now the calendar itself has become a precious keepsake!

The Decor

Michelle and Katie pulled out all the stops with their mint and gray decor elements!  It seemed everywhere I turned there were festive splashes of our nursery color palette.  From the kitchen…

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the decor that perfectly matched the mint and gray color palette!

…to the living room….

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the decor that perfectly matched the mint and gray color palette!

What’s a shower without a pennant banner?

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the decor that perfectly matched the mint and gray color palette!

I absolutely loved how they strung the most adorable onesies and baby girl accessories across a clothesline in the living room.  Because baby clothes = cuteness overload.

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the decor that perfectly matched the mint and gray color palette!

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the decor that perfectly matched the mint and gray color palette!

Party hostess, Katie, with the inside scoop on the baby shower details!

“I customized the onesies using designs I created myself along with Silhouette-brand Glitter Heat Transfer Vinyl and my Silhouette Cameo machine.  One said, “Jesus loves me,” and the other, “Tiny but Mighty.”  Then, we strung them across a clothesline in the living room to add to the decor!”  

The custom decor didn’t stop there.  Check out this adorable shutter sign Katie embellished, as well.

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the decor that perfectly matched the mint and gray color palette!
Click HERE for the “Jesus Loves Me” Shutter Sign listing in Katie’s Etsy Shop

Party hostess, Katie, with the inside scoop on the baby shower details!“As for the shutter sign, I bought the Whitewashed Wood Shutter from Michael’s (remember, they always have coupons!).  Then I used Mint Heat Transfer Vinyl for the lettering.  Once I measured out the spacing of the words on each of the shutter lines, I typed it out in my Silhouette software and cut it out on my Silhouette Cameo machine!”

And here was the throne on which I sat to open gifts!

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the decor that perfectly matched the mint and gray color palette!

And this was an unexpected surprise.  The hostesses of the mostess sent us home with everything on the clothesline, the “Jesus Loves Me” sign, and the vast majority of the decor (which was perfect since it all already matched our nursery).  I’m not joking when I say Mark and I had both of our cars full to the brim with gifts and goodies when we left their home that day.  They spoiled us rotten!

Our kitty Mangey quickly bonded with the top of this minty box we brought home…

A cat in a box!

…and here is our sweet Juniper wearing her hair accessory and bloomers from that clothesline you spied:

A suspicious glance from our sweet Juniper during her newborn shoot! Rocking the hair accessory like a boss baby.
Photo by Kossina Creative
A sweet yawn from our sweet Juniper during her newborn shoot! Rocking the hair accessory like a boss baby.
Photo by Kossina Creative

No time to snooze, Juniper.  We have more creative baby shower ideas to explore!

The Yummy Drinks & Sweet Treats

When guests first arrived, they were invited to enjoy some punch in a mason jar, and though not pictured below, there were tiny circular sticker name tags that we filled out and stuck to our jars.  That way, we could easily retrieve the correct drink after placing it down!  This would also be helpful at a shower where not everyone knew each other.

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the food and drink they served. Punch in mason jars was the perfect thirst quencher on a hot Florida spring day!

Party hostess, Katie, with the inside scoop on the baby shower details!

“Mason jars are a party favorite (at least mine!) so of course we had to have them.  I just used the colors of the party to tie ribbon around the tops of them and bought some stick-on name tags for everyone to keep track of their drinks.”

And punch was the perfect thirst-quencher on a roasty-toasty Florida spring day!  I must’ve downed at least 5 glasses that afternoon.  Curious about the punch recipe? I sure was after tasting how yummy it was!  Katie?

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the food and drink they served. Punch in mason jars was the perfect thirst quencher on a hot Florida spring day!

Party hostess, Katie, with the inside scoop on the baby shower details!

“This punch is something that my mom and I have always done.  It’s just ginger ale soda with sherbet ice cream (we used just lime to match the mint color scheme, but any sherbet can be used).  That is all!”

Now, that’s easy enough. I think even I could whip up a batch!

And how delectable do these yogurt parfaits look?  The mini mason jars added to their charm.

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! I devoured several of these yogurt parfaits. The mini mason jars added to their charm!

The scrumptious cake came with adorable pink bootie toppers that are now a keepsake in Juniper’s nursery.  Of course, the icing matched the mint & gray theme perfectly thanks to Michelle’s instructions to Publix.  Brava!

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the scrumptious cake that perfectly matched the mint and gray color scheme. The booties are a keepsake now in Baby Girl's nursery!

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the scrumptious cake that perfectly matched the mint and gray color scheme. The booties are a keepsake now in Baby Girl's nursery!

Insert cheesy-smile-while-cutting-cake snapshot here:

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the scrumptious cake that perfectly matched the mint and gray color scheme. The booties are a keepsake now in Baby Girl's nursery!

Mark’s Grand Entrance

One of the highlights of the shower for me was Mark’s grand entrance.  We had planned for his arrival right before opening gifts, but what I didn’t know is that he’d arrive in proper Daddy gear, rocking our Tula Baby Carrier with a stuffed animal inside as practice.  You can imagine the squeals of delight from all us gals when he walked through the entryway in this get-up!

Hubby stole the show when he made a surprise entrance wearing a Tula Baby Carrier...but holding a stuffed dog inside for practice!

Hubby stole the show when he made a surprise entrance wearing a Tula Baby Carrier...but holding a stuffed dog inside for practice!

And I can’t resist this opportunity to include a photo of this same Tula Baby Carrier in action with our Juniper!  (Practice paid off.)

Baby-Wearing Dad & Daughter | Tula in the Wild!
Instagram 7.10.16

This was the first shower where he stayed by my side throughout the gift-opening.

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse the mama and papa to be opening their gifts....

I dare say even Mark was pretty smitten with all of the adorable baby girl clothes and gear we were so generously gifted.

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse the mama and papa to be opening their gifts....

I can never resist the opportunity for story time!  Especially when Shakespeare is involved.  (Yep, there’s a version of Romeo & Juliet that’s appropriate for precious littles.)  Never too early to introduce babies to “The Bard!”

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse the mama and papa to be opening their gifts....

Baby’s first bikini!  How hilarious is that?

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse the mama and papa to be opening their gifts....

Favors

And last, but not least, our hostesses really outdid themselves in the favors department. Did you spy the adorable “baby rattles” on the entryway table earlier?  Yep, you guessed it.  That’s an Eos lip balm in the center there.  Now that’s Clever-with-a-capital-C!

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's the entryway table with fun activities and lip balm rattle favors for guests!

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at one of the favors. Yep, that's an Eos lip balm in the center of the baby rattle. How clever is that?!

Party hostess, Katie, with the inside scoop on the baby shower details!

“These were probably my favorite to make!  I ordered my Eos lip balm in bulk on Amazon in the color I wanted.  I then downloaded the rattle cut file from the Silhouette store and modified it to the size of the lip balm.  After that, I just cut them on cardstock paper using my Silhouette Cameo machine and placed them around the lip balm.”

Amazing, I know.

And the favors didn’t stop there!  Everyone got to take home a little succulent plant.  I mean, come on: the only thing more adorable than a mini-succulent is perhaps a baby…but that’s about it!  {Grin.}

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the mini succulent favors that guests got to take home! Perfect for the mint color scheme.

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Here's a glimpse at the mini succulent favors that guests got to take home! Perfect for the mint color scheme.

Party hostess, Katie, with the inside scoop on the baby shower details!

“So the succulents were from the Porch Therapy shop at East End Market in Orlando.  I love them and just thought they matched the colors of the shower so well!  As for the chalkboard sign on a bottle, I’ve actually had this for a while and found it at Jo-Ann Fabrics or Michael’s a while ago with their spring collection of outdoor decor.”

I received a set of three little mini-succulents, and it wasn’t until I got home and held them all in my hands that I realized the symbolism of that little trio reflecting our growing family.  Photo op on the front stoop, please!

Mini succulents make whimsical favors for a Mint & Gray Baby Shower...they also match the color palette perfectly! This little trio was the perfect representation of our soon-to-be family of 3!

To Close

This group photo makes me happy because it’s jam-packed with so much joy and happiness.  That truly was one of the greatest surprises of our pregnancy journey—just how many people have loved on us and our girl.  Truthfully, it has exceeded our greatest expectations.

It’s not always easy to receive that much love when it feels above and beyond what you deserve.  But by golly, when you do, and it overflows the bounds of your heart, it simply makes you want to love better.

And for me, that has been the greatest gift of all.

Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower | Inspiration for planning a meaningful baby shower for a mom-to-be with creative ideas for decor, food, games, activities, a guest book, favors, and more! Heres a shot of the happy throng....

A very special thanks to Katie for sharing the inside scoop on the many DIY elements of the shower.  I can’t even begin to imagine the time, effort, and creativity you and your sweet mama poured into all of the custom design elements.  Way to make a fellow crafter feel so incredibly celebrated!  And once again, HERE’s the link to her Etsy shop which I highly recommend checking out.

Mom to be with one of the baby shower hostesses of the mostess!

Want More Baby Shower Inspiration?

The Baby Shower Book by Meredith LeRoy from unOriginal Mom | The complete guide to hosting a baby shower.Here’s a collection of blog posts related to all-things-baby-shower!

Annnnd, if you have the task of hosting a baby shower for a loved one, then I must share about a resource you are going to love!  My sweet friend Meredith from unOriginal Mom recently published an eBook called The Baby Shower Book!  It it chock full everything you need to prepare for a party to remember—from a 10-page printable planning toolkit to 20 printable baby shower games & activities and so much more.  I can’t wait for the chance to host a shower just so I can put her great ideas to use.  Click HERE to learn more about it.

I hope you gleaned some mint-tastic inspiration during this flashback tour of my Charming Mint & Gray Baby Shower!  It’s been a wonderful ride reliving these shin-digs.

And now, the precious babe who inspired it all is actually here in our arms.  I can hardly believe it!

Off to go give her some extra snuggles….

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11 Comments

  1. What a lovely baby shower! They truly captured the colors for Juniper’s room…and they had such fun games (I loved the calendar with the feet to predict her BIRTH day!), food, decorations, gifts for guests! The photo with you holding the THREE succulents is so special!

    Lots of great ideas here and the love and joy is evident. Mark showing up with the Tula Baby Carrier demonstrates his humor and cleverness! So glad he got to open gifts right next to you at least once! Sending love and thanks for sharing this special time and all the photos, including those of Juniper. Please let Katie and her mom, Michelle, know how much this warms my heart!

    (So interesting no one picked her actual BIRTH date…yet God knew!)

    1. Yes, they did a fantastic job, didn’t they? So much creativity and love all around! Yes, I was glad to have Mark’s companionship for the gift opening. Thanks so much for your sweet-as-pie comment, Mama. P.S. It is funny about no one guessing her birthdate! God knew it from before the dawn of time. Crazy.

  2. I love it that Marks coworkers threw you a baby shower! That is so sweet and thoughtful. Love you guys. Loved seeing the Junie pictures!!! #letstalkabouthowcutejunieis

    1. Aw, thanks Faithie! Yes, we’ve been showered with love from all around (especially from your direction), and we feel so incredibly blessed. Ha ha, never tire of that hashtag.

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