Cirque Du Bebe Shower

Sorry it's been so long my fellow followers! Thank you for being patient and always checking back for updates. Well here it is...the long awaited Cirque du Bebe shower I have been talking about.

A few weekends ago, my fabulous soon to be SIL, Amanda, and I threw a boy themed baby shower for her friend, Charlene. Amanda came up with doing a French circus theme and named it Cirque du Bebe. I know it sounds weird right? But just think...feathers, flowy fabric, masks, rich textures, beautiful trims and details. Our main colors were orange and a gray blue with hints of red which we drew from a beautiful paisley patterned pillow found at Pier 1 Imports. We matched them together with gray blue silk ruffle pillows and a red/orange bowed pillow. Gorgeous tall, blue ostrich feathers and vases from Z Gallerie rounded off our cirque look along with masks and clear blue vases, also from Pier 1 Imports. What's a circus without a tent, or at least a tent like effect?! Yes, with Amanda's help, I swagged our entire patio area with strips of blue chiffon fabric. Let me tell you, it was no easy feat but it made our room like complete and Cirque du Bebe ready!

We wanted to stay true to our cirque theme as much as possible with our spread. So we focused on the snacks. We didn't just have popcorn, we had gourmet popcorn and 3 flavors at that! The popcorn was from Popcornopolis and our flavors were Cinnamon Toast, Kettle Corn and the Zebra. Then of course we had to have cotton candy, so we hired Tasty Clouds to make them in 2 of their popular gourmet flavors, green apple and orange. Boy was it tasty. Amanda made her famous Red Velvet cupcake and Lemon Cheesecakes while Charlene's mom provided the savories. Typically I use white trays and platters to maintain a clean look and I like the food being the main focus. However, this time I wanted to coincide with the feel of the shower and make things a little more fun and whimsical. The cake stand, popcorn and cotton candy holders were made from cardboard and styrofoam covered in fabric with and trims and details that Amanda and I personally chose from the fabric store.

There were no games played at the shower, instead we had activities. All guests were invited to decorate onesies for the parents to be. I couldn't believe how creative our guests were. We also had a wish jar and baby name suggestion jar for Charlene and Keith for a keepsake.

I was so proud of the way everything turned out. I hope you will like it too! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Our sofa set up with our pillows and feather arrangement on the sides. Behind is a lattice screen which we displayed masks, flower cones and a "Cirque du Bebe" sign.

Our signage in a circus font lettering with rhinestones up close.

Corner spot in the room. Here you can see the draping and feathers.

Ostrich feathers and beautiful tall vase.

Pillows up close. You can see some of the paisley print as well as the ruffled pillow. I loved the different textures of each pillow and how well they all sat together making one cohesive "cirque" look.

We hung masks and cones with flowers on a white lattice backdrop.

Flower cone with gerbera daises

Draping in our patio room

You can see more of the draping and gift table here.

More draping...

Gift table deocor

Also on our gift table were "Thank You" lollipops in the same circus font used in our "Cirque du Bebe" signage.

Up close

Favors for the guests: 3 orange and white candy sticks tied with the same ribbon used on our cake stand boxes

"WISH" Jar made by Amanda. Guests put in wish notes for the parents to be.

Baby Jar for name suggestions.

Our fabulous spread...cotton candy, cupcakes, popcorn, fruit salad, savories on the side, etc.

The lovely flowers we had were balls of hydrangeas mixed with mini gerberas and rancunculus on a candle holder that we used as a vase this time.

Amanda's delicious lemon cheesecakes topped with fresh raspberries. Notice the trims and details on the stands behind it. =)

Cupcake station with animal flags on them, how perfect is that for Cirque du Bebe?

Cute!

My little soldiers.

Pretty papers for our eyes... I made these cones out of 8"x8" scrapbook paper. A hot glue gun is the answer to the strong adhesive, everything else just popped apart.

The BEST macarons from Paulette. The flavors from bottom row, left to right: Cassis, Pistachio, Coconut, Raspberry, Lemon and Passion Fruit. The best ones were Cassis, Passion Fruit and Lemon.

Yummmm....

Back side view

Guests hard at work on their onesies...here are a few below....

"Mommy's Little Angel" on the outside and "Devil" on the inside. Very cute and clever.

Preppy baby

California Love

Cupcake Monster, gee I wonder who that was from. =)

This lion onesie had a tail on the back! So adorable, one of my favorites.