My sister’s baby shower was this past weekend and went wonderfully.  All the months of planning and scheming were well worth it and everyone enjoyed themselves immensely, especially the parents-to-be.  And, since it’s now past I can finally share with everyone the details of the shower (which has been killing me to keep locked up).  Today I’m sharing with you the invitation and theme for the shower, and later on this week I’ll show you photos of how everything turned out.

When my Mom and I originally started thinking of a shower theme, I remembered my friend Renee’s baby shower last year.  Her dear friend Jacki threw her a Very Merry Un-Birthday (a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party) and it was such an amazingly designed event.  Since her shower was based on a book, I asked my sister what her favorite childhood book was, to which she said anything by Richard Scarry.  I started brainstorming about how to pull this off, and once I saw this inspiration board via Snippet & Ink, I knew an August Picnic would be perfect.  So the theme was a “Richard Scarry Summertime Picnic.”

I designed and letterpress printed the invitations myself, scanning Richard Scarry characters in cars, bicycles, and airplanes from several of his books for the invite.  The colors of the invite were to reflect summery fruit: strawberries and raspberries for the inks and a warm, green apple envelope.  I was worried my sister would perhaps see the invite on a family member’s fridge or someone might “spill-the-beans,” but luckily she was completely surprised when she arrived to the party.

More photos and details on the shower to come this week!

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