A Black and White Baby Shower

On Friday I shared a few peeks into our recent "sprinkle", held for 3 of my college best friends who are all expecting their second baby. 

Today, I am sharing the super chic baby shower we planned for our friend Lauren, a first-time mommy-to-be. She and her husband are not finding out the gender, so it's twice as exciting to wait for the big day when the baby arrives! 

When planning this shower, we immediately decided to center the party around a color scheme of black and white, Lauren's favorite. With animal accents in gold and crisp flowers in green and white, well, I think it looked just like our beautiful mommy-to-be. :) 

Held at 10th & Piedmont in Midtown, we reserved two long banquet style tables and decorated them ourselves (it was like we were on an HGTV show, we did it so fast!). 

Hollie's black and white striped table clothes made the whole table. Jill had coordinated small paper goods with the black and white invitation she designed, so the place settings looked fabulous. A combination of everyone's gold chargers paired with the restaurant's white plates and linens worked perfectly. 

I used the gold animals from Henry's 1st birthday party to line the center of the table, along with my arrangements of white roses, green mums, yellow roses, and white daisies. 

A presh cookie from Two Crazy Cookies sat at each place setting as well. 

All of the hostesses for Lauren's baby shower:

Jill, Glenn, Meredith, Meghan, Me, Hollie, Kim, and Renee

Me and My Mom! 

And here's our whole group, all the mamas with the daughters, and our little princess Miss Elly too

A Black and White Baby Shower

On Friday I shared a few peeks into our recent "sprinkle", held for 3 of my college best friends who are all expecting their second baby. 

Today, I am sharing the super chic baby shower we planned for our friend Lauren, a first-time mommy-to-be. She and her husband are not finding out the gender, so it's twice as exciting to wait for the big day when the baby arrives! 

When planning this shower, we immediately decided to center the party around a color scheme of black and white, Lauren's favorite. With animal accents in gold and crisp flowers in green and white, well, I think it looked just like our beautiful mommy-to-be. :) 

Held at 10th & Piedmont in Midtown, we reserved two long banquet style tables and decorated them ourselves (it was like we were on an HGTV show, we did it so fast!). 

Hollie's black and white striped table clothes made the whole table. Jill had coordinated small paper goods with the black and white invitation she designed, so the place settings looked fabulous. A combination of everyone's gold chargers paired with the restaurant's white plates and linens worked perfectly. 

I used the gold animals from Henry's 1st birthday party to line the center of the table, along with my arrangements of white roses, green mums, yellow roses, and white daisies. 

A presh cookie from Two Crazy Cookies sat at each place setting as well. 

All of the hostesses for Lauren's baby shower:

Jill, Glenn, Meredith, Meghan, Me, Hollie, Kim, and Renee

Me and My Mom! 

And here's our whole group, all the mamas with the daughters, and our little princess Miss Elly too

Stripes on Stripes: A baby boy nursery

I had so much fun helping pull this nursery together. Some of my very best friends from home are having a baby boy and asked for my assistance. Yay yay yay! 

After a little planning, we decided on a variation of stripes...in shades of aqua, cream, green, and gray. The result is a fun mix of pattern that's still soft, and ready for a baby boy. 

Murphy, the current prince of the house, helped me take a few pics of his soon-to-be-here brother's new room. 

Murphy's portrait hangs in the rocking corner. I love it! 

The gray and cream geometric rug grounds the room and is super soft under foot. 

I love the charcoal gray glider and ottoman - the contrast piping gives it a preppy punch.

Wide aqua and white stripes flank the window....I am a little cray over this fabric! 

How cute is he?!?

Baby animal watercolors in white mats and natural wood frames add a sweet touch over the classic white crib. The crib bumper is a mix of the same wide aqua stripe and a contrasting geometric green along the other side while a chevron crib sheet ties in with the rug. 

The timeless stripe of the crib skirt looks clean and chic. 

The handsome distressed gray dresser and round wood mirror will work in a big boy room too! 

Here are a few more deets around the room...it's all ready for it's occupant to arrive! 

I can not wait to meet him! 

Stripes on Stripes: A baby boy nursery

I had so much fun helping pull this nursery together. Some of my very best friends from home are having a baby boy and asked for my assistance. Yay yay yay! 

After a little planning, we decided on a variation of stripes...in shades of aqua, cream, green, and gray. The result is a fun mix of pattern that's still soft, and ready for a baby boy. 

Murphy, the current prince of the house, helped me take a few pics of his soon-to-be-here brother's new room. 

Murphy's portrait hangs in the rocking corner. I love it! 

The gray and cream geometric rug grounds the room and is super soft under foot. 

I love the charcoal gray glider and ottoman - the contrast piping gives it a preppy punch.

Wide aqua and white stripes flank the window....I am a little cray over this fabric! 

How cute is he?!?

Baby animal watercolors in white mats and natural wood frames add a sweet touch over the classic white crib. The crib bumper is a mix of the same wide aqua stripe and a contrasting geometric green along the other side while a chevron crib sheet ties in with the rug. 

The timeless stripe of the crib skirt looks clean and chic. 

The handsome distressed gray dresser and round wood mirror will work in a big boy room too! 

Here are a few more deets around the room...it's all ready for it's occupant to arrive! 

I can not wait to meet him!