{Inspiration} Dessert Tables = My FAV

I've made it no secret that I LOVE me a beautiful dessert table. Check out just a few of my favorite spreads below -- what a feast for the eyes! Perhaps they will inspire you to try one of your own!


In awe of this oh-so-lovely yellow & gray "LOVE" table by The TomKat Studio.


Hostess with the Mostess debuted this GORGE garden flower dessert spread the other week and I fell head-over-heals in love. It screams spring -- love the colors, love the cherry blossom branches, love it all!


This adorable bow-tie themed dessert spread instantly caught my eye. The serving dishes, the sideboard the spread is arranged on, and the soft yellow, green and blue hues give this spread a slightly vintage feel, which I love. Besides, anything "little man" themed holds a special place with me!


How beautiful is this "glam camping" dessert spread? All of the little touches are adorable, not to mention how it's arranged on what looks like an old wooden wagon. Love the netting over the spread too. That sunlight casting it's fallish rays make me swoon as well -- ahhhh.


I can't get enough of this red ball themed spread. So classic and simple. And I can tell a set of very meticulous hands put this table together!


How could I have forgotten this one?! This preppy pinwheel table by Sharnel of My Life My Loves was one of the very first spreads I stumbled upon when my dessert table obsession first began. First -- love how it's a boy's table and second -- love the simplicity of it. So beautiful!

**If you visit each of the links I provided, you will be able to see the entire post on each of these parties!

Happy Friday, Happy Weekend!

{Party Styling} Nicole's Baby Shower

I styled a special table for my long-time friend's {Nicole} baby shower this afternoon. Her requested color scheme was gray, white, a touch of silver and angels. I'm a simple stripes and polka dot girl who loves COLOR, so you can see how this presented me with quite a challenge!

Read on as I take you on a tour of the table I designed for this special little Mama-to-be...


Nicole requested cupcakes for dessert, so I ordered a combo of vanilla pound cake and red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and a sprinkle of edible glitter on top. {Country Sweets in Woodbury made these DELICIOUS little bites of heaven. My mom ordered the same ones for my own baby shower and received a ton of compliments on them. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!}.

I also made the cupcake toppers {Little Angel, Sweet Baby Boy, & Coming Soon ~ Jan. 2011}.


I borrowed these cute pregnant girl dressforms from my cousin's wife {Thanks, Kelly!}. I added some sparkly silver ribbon around each girl's waist to incorporate Nicole's requested touch of silver. Aren't they adorable?!


Okay, here was the real challenge: incorporating angels. I was pretty much convinced that I was not going to find anything with angels. I figured I'd stick to gray, white and silver and call it a day. I searched for fabric to use as a table cover for quite some time without much luck. My last hope was IKEA, and they came through BIG TIME! Not only did I find the fabric table cover, which is white, gray and has angels on it, but I also found the gray pillow above and some wrapping paper with silver angels on it! How lucky was that?!

I decided the pillow could serve double duty: 1. part of Nicole's gift 2. a backdrop for the table. I propped the pillow on an empty box that I covered in the silver angel wrapping paper.

{I find a lot of inspiration from fabric, and IKEA is one of my favorite places to look for it. They have a nice selection of unique and intersting colors/patterns right in their store}.


I also made Nicole some tip cards and guess-the-baby's-due-date cards. I used sphere glass bowls that I saved from my wedding centerpieces {you never know!!} as holding vessels for the cards once guests were done writing on them.

In addition, I added a chunky silver candle holder {also from IKEA and part of my Christmas fireplace mantle decor...future post!} with a lit white candle to add warmth {not literally, but to "warm" up all those cool colors I used} to the table.




I WISH I had listened to my own advice 8 months ago my own little angel made his entrance!!!


A pic of me and my fun-loving & spunky favorite who ALWAYS makes me laugh! So glad your little outgoing self showed up on my doorstep in socks and on a scooter 23 years ago ;-}