Southern Shabby Chic Baby Shower

I am excited to share this sweet Southern Shabby Chic Baby Shower that my friend and sorority sister recently threw for a dear friend. You may remember the Peanut Butter and Jelly Party I shared a while back, that party was for Becca from Darling Deuce Designs youngest son and a few months ago she contacted me see if I could help her with a baby shower she was hosting. Unfortunately, due to summer vacations and a packed schedule I couldn’t plan this event, but I gave her a few ideas and I think she did an EXTRAORDINARY job executing them! Get the party details below the pictures…

PARTY DETAILS (by Darling Deuce Designs)

“The mom-to-be is from the blessed state of Alabama. She embodies everything that is Southern– and when I say Southern, I mean truly Southern like Alabama, Georgia, & Mississsippi (sorry Texas). She adores all things shabby chic, classic, and monograms. This is the invitation by She’s Kinda Crafty set the stage for our sweet southern shabby chic baby shower.

Guests were greeted by a cheery Welcome chalkboard trimmed with a shabby torn fabric banner. Guests were asked to pick a sticker badge designed by Stephanie Creekmur that adorned a classic southern saying such as “Lord have mercy” or “Goodness gracious”. The mom-to-be uses all of these sayings on a daily basis and I think this little detail was one my favorites from the whole party.

The mom-to-be is one of those southern gals that truly believes everything should be monogrammed. After a failed attempt trying to make a wooden monogram I opted for an easier and cheaper version and made one out of $0.32 posterboard and spray paint. It looks adorable hanging from the vintage window we used to decorate the mantel. We added a burlap banner with the babies name. Ta-da. Cute, cheap, and simple!

All good southern girls love them some biscuits. So of course we had a Biscuit Bar for our morning brunch. Biscuit toppings included butter, jams, and Martha Stewart’s strawberry butter. It will change your life! We suspended 3 of the vintage windows hanging from a pot rack above the buffet. he windows with torn fabric banners and simple doily buntings made the perfect tablescape for the Biscuit Bar. For height and interest, we used old suitcases and some fun cake plates. My mother, also from Alabama, has a great collection of milk glass. Nothing says “southern” like milk glass! So I used several of her pieces to serve and accent the table.

As for cake, a good southern girl loves a good bundt cake. We served red velvet and lemon raspberry cakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes. And if cake was’t enough, we also served Moon Pies, in mini versions. How cute are they?? Classic mason jars in clear and aqua served as drinking glasses for sweet tea. Paper straws with the baby monogram were a fun touch! Glass bottle coke and Dr. Pepper was also available. On the tables, I was so honored to use my mom’s collection of doilies, scarves, and other handmade goodies passed down to her from her mother and aunts. I love the sweet touch those pieces added.

The charming rustic wood table didn’t need much to make it perfect. We topped it with a simple burlap runner and a crocheted dressed scarf from my mom’s collection. For centerpieces we used more (free) crepe myrtle stems in glass vases. Varied patterns of scrapbook paper served as placemats for each setting.

For favors, the guests all received a bag of biscuit mix. The muslin bags were super cheap and I just used iron on transfer paper to make them look cute. We strung them using clothespins to an old spray painted frame.”

Oh my word, isn’t this party sweet as a peach! Seeing this adorable baby shower makes me wish I was a true Southern girl, I mean don’t you just want to walk around saying “Heavens to Betsy” and “Butter my Biscuits” all the time?!