a mountain (& Colorado) inspired baby shower

My sweet friend Hollis is expecting a baby soon and we wanted to celebrate her and her love of Colorado. So we put together a mountain inspired baby shower. And it was so fun to do!

hollis invite

{I changed the invitation enough to delete personal information - my address, rsvp info, etc}

I had seen a fantastic wedding invitation on Pinterest that inspired me to play around on Illustrator and make this {if any of you find it, let me know so I can pay credit!}.

I wanted mountain...without being snowy and winter-like.

I searched through our Christmas bins for my faux trees and scoured the house for anything with wood and texture.

I didn't want to decorate with Broncos items, yet highlighted blue and orange in addition to all the greenery to play off our town's favorite team.

How fun is this blue plaid suitcase?! I makes me want to go on a mountaintop picnic.

Though I wasn't technically going for wintery...my sweet neighbor was generous enough to let me borrow a bunch of vintage skis and ice skates, which really pulled it all together.

I found this moss at Walmart, of all places. It was a bit messy, but so perfect.

All my flowers came from Costco...and weeds in my front yard {I'm not kidding}.

Birch from our Christmas bins, blue mason jars and repurposed soup cans were also perfect to play up our theme.

I slightly freaked out when I found these birch straws. I'd intended to find them online, but never got my act together. I stumbled upon them at Party City instead!

I thought I'd add a little detail to the stems of the champagne flutes.

I'd bought canvas ribbon months and months ago for another project {which I've never gotten to} so I used it here, along with grey satin ribbon on some and white and orange striped grosgrain on others.

I used these stickers {from the dollar section at Target} rather than wine charms.

Such an easy and inexpensive way to not drink each other's refreshments!

In the beautiful glassware, we poured sparkling juice and french lemonade...

...and the most beautiful pitcher of chilled mimosa.

I'm not a big fan of shower games so instead I provided onesies and appliqués.

We had such fun designing and ironing on words and inside jokes, and all sorts of creativity that's bound to make the mama-to-be smile as she stretches them over her little boy's head in a few months.

I also set up a diaper writing station inside apothecary jars. Friends had done this for me during one of my pregnancies and I still laugh at some of the silly things I read upon them during middle of the night diaper changes.

Goofy, dumb, and clever...it didn't matter. I remember smiling through the exhaustion and countless diaper changes of those first few months.

On the coffee table {like the kitchen table, turned buffet}, I unrolled wrapping paper rather than using a runner or table cloth.

And in the center, I reused the {easy} spring centerpiece + repurposed box I'd made for Easter and simply put more wildflower looking blooms inside.

Toys were put away in our family room and set up as the spot where we'd sit and eat and open gifts. My boys had gone searching for rocks to add to their collection a few days prior, so I snuck a few from their stash.

Love this big one next to the fresh flowers and fur rimmed tray we have left over from staging our house for sale several years ago {not sure why I kept it...never thought I'd actually have another purpose}!

I stacked more of my friend's vintage skis {that I may not give back} in the corner, along with a thick throw.

The table was gorgeously full and we were so busy eating and laughing that I forgot to take more photos. Sadly, because my friend Jessica made some FANTASTIC munchies. She also recently had her own children's book hit the shelves...check it out!