Today I’m so excited to share with you some photos from my baby shower a little over a week ago at the Moshulu in Philadelphia, PA! It was truly a special day and I feel so grateful to be able to celebrate our baby boy with our closest friends even in the middle of a pandemic! My heart goes out to all the mommas out there who weren’t able to do baby shower - bringing a baby into this world should be a time to celebrate and it’s really unfortunate.
We did do a virtual baby shower for my family the day before our baby shower since my family is in Connecticut and with the pandemic we didn’t think it would be a good idea to have everyone travel to Philadelphia. I will be doing a separate blog post on how to throw a virtual shower next week so keep a lookout for that!
So onto our baby shower. We wanted to switch things up from the traditional baby shower (which can honestly be soo boring)! We just wanted our friends to come, enjoy, eat, drink and celebrate Baby C! We did our baby shower on a Sunday during the day time and it was a brunch event filled with brunch food (I’m still thinking about the french toast and waffles… YUM) and open bar brunch drinks. With the pandemic and the regulations we were lucky to able to find the perfect venue which was at the deck at the Moshulu so everyone was able to socially distance themselves since we had the entire top deck. The weather was luckily on our side and was beautiful even for a fall day in the middle of October!
For the baby shower I opted for a neutral palette so I chose to decorate with white, gold and green. I also wanted to do something different than the traditional blue for baby boy. The colors we picked perfectly complimented the space.
For the table decor we kept things simple with some DIY action! We went to Trader Joes the day before and bought all the white hydrangeas, roses, and eucalyptus we could find. Then in the evening my sister in law came over (and brother and their adorable dog Taco!) and helped put the arrangements together. We put the arrangements on top of gold runners and added a few candles.
This balloon garland was the perfect addition to the space. We used a local Philadelphia vendor Charming Garlands by Ali (Instagram page HERE) and she was more than accommodating and such a pleasure to work with! I sent her a photo of our welcome sign and she took that as the inspiration and created the most beautiful balloon garland structure for our baby shower! They’re also so much fun for photos so they double as a huge decoration and a photo backdrop for you and your guests. I was really happy with the way it turned out and highly recommend them.
The baker at the Moshulu made the cake for us and it came out so pretty! I wanted to keep things simple with a white cake with gold 3D flowers. The cake topper I bought from Etsy from a company called the Lancaster Laser Company.
My Outfit: Dress: ASOS Maternity / Heels: JustFab / Jewelry: Teardrop Earrings
Hubby’s Outfit: Blazer & Shirt: Custom from Indochino / Jeans: Diesel
Since we weren’t doing blue decor I did want to wear blue in honor of Baby Boy. I opted for this sparkly navy maternity dress from ASOS Maternity. The hubby wore a custom jacket paired with dark blue jeans and a pocket square. I love how our outfits complimented each other perfectly!
Here are the vendors we used I highly recommend all of them!
Venue: Moshulu
Food: Moshulu
Cake: Moshulu
Cake Topper: Lancaster Laser Co
Photography: Ryan Jones (Instagram page HERE)
Balloon Decor: Charming Garlands by Ali (Instagram page HERE)
Floral Arrangements: DIY (Flowers from Trader Joe’s)
Table Runners: Amazon
Welcome Sign: Adore Paper Company
My Outfit: ASOS Maternity
Below are some dresses that would be perfect for your baby shower!
