My nephew and his wife are having there first baby. Yahoo!!!
I did some research and found this cute whimsical design by Lora Lee Lewis,
www.loraleelewis.com Check out her web site for other great party ideas and products.
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PARTY DETAILS, as told by Loralee…
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“This party was all about the whimsical idea that Storks are organized
into an Airline for Babies… and what it might look like! We had a blast
with all the infant innuendo and putting this one together. We
recreated everything you might find with the airline and put it into the
baby perspective.
The party started with ‘Ticketing’, where the
guests signed the registry with, of course, a feathered pen. All
stations were prepped with lovely luxe-cut freestanding signs that
coordinated with the theme. The guests then proceeded to the ‘Baggage
Drop Off’ where they left gifts.
FOOD & DESSERT TABLES
Guests claimed their ‘Inflight Cuisine’ at the primary table, where we
had cake bites and macarons in the appropriate colors, along with, of
course, ‘Complimentary Airline Refreshments’ of peanuts and pretzels,
prepackaged into their little Incoming Airlines baggies. The main
course was a sandwich and salad that had been boxed in a brown square
box, resembling possible cargo, with stickers and stamps on it
reminiscent of vintage suitcase travel stickers. The cargo was then
wrapped in a paper bundle receiving blanket cloth that looks to have
come straight off the stork’s beak. We used skewer sticks to prop them
into the proper shape. The final touch was using a large safety pin to
attach the lunch tag.
FAVOR TABLE
This table was the ‘Baggage Claim’ where guests would pick up their
suitcase favor boxes. Each suitcase favor box had stamps and travel
stickers of various shapes and sizes with vintage fonts and faded
imagery. Within the boxes were lovely coordinating stork cookies
created by Becky Melton. The boxes were stacked atop an old leather
suitcase we found in a consignment store.
DRINK & TREAT STATION
This vintage dresser was stacked with blue and red suitcases filled
with the event planner’s gifts for the mother. It also had sparkling
lemonade in bottles wrapped in the coordinating bottle labels and with
stripey straws and flags announcing the ‘Early Arrival Date.’ We had
Ghiradelli Chocolates wrapped in the theme baby-on-stork labels and
chocolate chip cookies in the ‘Original Chip off the Old Block’ label
and bag.
ACTIVITIES
Loralee created some ‘Safety Precaution’ cards for advice to the mother
from the guests, and it started with a short saying about the ‘When
Oxygen Masks Fall, Put Yours on First and Then on Your Child’ and how
mothers put themselves last too often, and need to remember to care for
themselves first so they can best care for the family. The next
activity was a quiz on a coordinating card asking a number of questions
about the baby and parents and mother.”
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VENDOR CREDITS:
– Paper & Styling:
Loralee Lewis (and Staff)