How To Bake A Cutie Pie or Carrie's Baby Shower

Last Saturday, I got to help host my sister's baby shower.

And you know how I love to throw a party!

This one was pretty fun, too, since Carrie is having a girl (Lola Claire) and we all love pies...hence the cutie pie theme. There were lots of fun ideas for a cutie pie baby showers online and we decided to use vintage quilts and tableware to make it even more lovely and sweet.

Casey (the hostess who let us use her house for the shower even though she had brand-spankin' new wood floors!) made this banner for her mantle. Very sweet.

This was our pie table. Notice THIS quilt under the pink and white quilt that is one that hangs in Phoebe's room, but I bought it at a garage sale so I didn't have to worry about dropping cherry pie filling on a family heirloom. :)

I took photos of the sweet pies because I'm a dork like that. Look how pretty my mom's cherry pie turned out. If you make homemade pies with homemade crusts, you know a "pretty" pie isn't always a guarantee, but this one was truly nice.

An egg custard pie. An old-fashioned (and kinda rare) pie that is a favorite of my dad and sister and me. And it seemed to be a big hit at the shower, too, despite almost no one having ever heard of it and it's odd name.

Sarah, my sis-in-law, made a yummy chocolate pie.

There were also three quiches, but I forgot to take photos of them. They were delicious, though. Oh, and fruit tray, but I didn't take a photo of it either.

We served all this yumminess on my mom's collection of vintage plates and silverware. The plates are all BLUERIDGE in all different patterns and the silver is all mismatched. How fun is that?!

We used some of her teacups for coffee as well.

The punch was served in champagne glasses. Cause we're fancy like that!

Because we were hosting a Cutie Pie Shower, we had "recipe" cards for baking a "cutie pie".

There were recipe cards on which to write a blessing or advice and we offered some prompts to help out those of us who have a hard time saying something inspirational spontaneously. You can find those prompts on pinterest (just look on my Party Idea board), but I couldn't ever find an actual link.

I never did get a photo of my sis and all her hostesses, but here's a good one of her and my mom. And it has to be said, Carrie looks like she's about to pop.

And here's one of the "girls" in my family. Me, Sister (that's what the grandkids call Carrie), and Sarah. I'm the only one not preggo in this photo...despite what my shirt might be telling you.  And I wish I had eyes, too.

As party favors on the way out the door, I made apple pies in a jar. I made them using THIS tutorial (that I've used before), but mine never turn out that well. I feel like they always look a little off.

They were topped with this cute little tag that my friend, Kristi, made. She makes all kinds of awesome party stuff (including the invitation, recipe cards, and thank you tags for this shower). You can find her stuff HERE and if you ever need any paper stuff for a party, she's your gal!

I didn't get a photo of the gift table, but it was covered in another vintage pink and blue quilt. Although by the time the shower was finished, it looked like a sea of pink! Precious. Now we're all ready to meet Baby Yo-Yo (that's what Phoebe and Big Brother Lincoln call her)...and I know that Carrie is more than ready! Especially since Lola's room is now filled with all kinds of pink things. :)



* Oh, and we also had a photo booth (I know, I've gone a little photo booth crazy!), but those photos aren't edited yet.  Hopefully I can get to them in the next little bit.

** And I finally posted again at EATING AT THE TAJ MCCALL. Due to Phoebe's birthday party and this shower, I haven't been doing much cooking lately. But I'm back at it...hopefully for a little while, anyway.