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Friday, January 22, 2010

Event Planning: a friend's baby shower ~ 藍黃綠主題淋浴禮

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Frogs and snails, and puppy-dogs' tails, that's what little boys are made of. Well, not exactly, at least I didn't incorporate any of that when planning a dear friend's baby shower =)

I was really excited about the baby shower so I have been planning months ahead. I want to stay away from the all blue theme and stick to something more colorful so you see the sunny yellow and grass green. I vision something more sophisticated yet incorporating some baby elements so that was when the wooden blocks, pinwheels, and train motif came in. Though the idea was communicated to the mom-to-be but I left out quite a few details so that I won’t take the surprise away from her.

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I would say this is the easiest party I planned so far because usually I have to do all the crafts by myself but since Mei was my co-host, and one of the sisters who run this place, I don’t have to sweat over it. As for the food, nothing too fancy – several varieties of take-and-bake pastry bites from Trader Joe’s, and lasagna and salad from Costco. I only had to whip up the desserts and cake. Didn’t I say it was easy ;)

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Hosted by Vi, Mei, and Jade
Color story - green, blue, and yellow~
Location - private residence

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Hors D’oeuvres
~ pastry bites w/feta cheese & caramelized onions
~ parmesan pastry pups
~ ham & cheese on puff pastry
~ prosciutto & Crème fraîche bites

Light meal
~ classic lasagna
~ fresh salad

Dessert Buffet
~ raspberry – honey cream fillo tartlets
~ pistachio tuiles
~ pistachio – raspberry financiers
~ Chocolate mango entremets

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阿Vi不是說過我在忙著籌辦朋友的baby shower嗎?好啦,終於忙完了,現在來跟大家分享一下。為了這個派對主題、菜單、擺飾等,我可是想了好久了。有別於以寶寶及粉色係為題的,我想呈現較雅緻的,富趣味性,但又保留童真的不一樣的shower。力求別出心裁就是了!

這個baby shower做起來很輕鬆,因為這次和我co-host的還有Mei,就是Mints的老闆娘之一。手工的玩意兒就和她分工合作的。至於食物嘛,甜品糕點屬我負責,但是小點、義大利千層麵、沙拉我是往Trader Joe's和Costco搬;-p

準媽媽很滿意,聽她說寶寶也很喜歡,因為他當天在媽媽肚子裡不停的動。 。 。呵呵。 。 。

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19 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for this post. I have a shower that I need to throw in April for my friend who is having a boy and this gave me some great ideas. I like it because it is more elegant and cute at the same time. Merci!

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  2. So sweet! I love your ideas!

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  3. 好温馨啊的baby shower,而且我还看到几个自己很喜欢的小点心!!喜欢阿vi这些洋溢着浓浓生活气息的温馨照片!

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  4. I like your menu a lot. However, just want to point out soft cheese and deli meat (such as prosciutto) are not suitable for pregnant women. They actually pose severe health risks to the fetus.

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  5. wao... it's really a gorgeous party !
    everything there looks lovely..... nice color combination!
    the pinwheel is a fantastic idea!

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  6. 真係好開心的party,bb一定係男仔啦!!
    個個朋友都有d似樣呀!!!
    你真的很忙,很久不見你啦!!!

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  7. You throw the best-looking parties. I bet your friends ADORE you. I would!

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  8. this is awesome, there were sparkles in my face when I look through every photos you had posted, just awesome! :)

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  9. I adore your blog! Amazing talent..I posted some of your desserts on my blog..redirecting to your link. I am going to try your mango butter cream Macaron recipe; will let you know how it turns out..Thank you for sharing :)

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  10. oops maybe I should have asked you first..hope you don't mind...please let me know if you do and I will edit the post. Thank you!

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  11. Love your blog. You are one talented girl!!

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  12. hello venus, it's so nice to meet other chinese bloggers from the bay area!! LOVE your blog.

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  13. What a gorgeous baby shower! I heart it totally! :)

    I love the use of yellow and green! Very refreshing indeed!

    BB 很可爱!~

    Reiz

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  14. Corine – Baby shower is so much fun to work on. You’ll have a ball planning it!

    Cakedreamer – thank you =)

    cicipeng - 好像只要是迷你的點心﹑東西﹐都會讓人愛不釋手耶~

    Anonymous – the mom-to-be has a strict diet so she didn’t eat any of the soft cheese and deli meat (she drooled and complaint) – that were for the guests =)

    ashlee 魚 – thanks my dear! The crafts took up a lot of time though!

    yy- 係呀﹐bb係男仔﹗如果係女仔就會係以白+粉紅為主題再加好多好多既牡丹花添﹗

    Linh – thank you! I don’t know if they adore me but they seem to assign me the planner job whenever there is a party ;)

    Big Boys Oven – thank you! I drool whenever I visit your place!

    Tangerine Fairy – oh, thank you so much for your wonderful comments! I am so flatter!

    Tish Boyle – merci~

    kristie – hello! I get really excited when I meet a fellow Bay Area blogger too – hug ♥

    Reiz – I heart this combo very much too!

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  15. The food looks delicious. it’s a fantastic baby shower. The decorations are beautiful I like the colors very fresh. I love it.

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  16. Wow! This is a beautiful baby shower, though I’ve never attended baby showers before but this sure made me want to… good luck on the coming baby.

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  17. it's fabulous! Wished I had baby shower but I can't find someone like you to help me out :-D Great ideas you had there...thank you for sharing :-)

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  18. thank you for sharing :-)

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  19. Your ideas are soo original. I will borrow some of this for my event planning firm i work for.

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