A couple of weekends ago I threw a baby shower for my friend Carrie and her baby boy due in October.  Her nursery colors are orange, royal blue and grey and she wanted a bow tie theme.  I had so much fun doing this and I am so excited to meet Benson in a few weeks.

For the decorations I made paper dot garlands, fabric banners, and a tissue paper tassel garland.  I had a bunch of cobalt bottles and vases that I used for the our wedding so I pulled a bunch of them out and added a few orange flowers.  The “It’s A Boy” banner was from another shower Carrie had earlier that she let me use too.

When the guests arrived I had them fill out little “Wishes For Benson” cards that I made.

For lunch we had chicken salad sandwiches, bow tie pasta salad, orange and blueberry fruit bow ties and crunchy Cheetos, with orange creamsicle punch to drink.  I made the napkins and silverware into little bow ties, and made bow tie ribbons around the mason jars for the drinks, both of which I saw on Pinterest, but I was really happy with how they turned out.

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