A Pink Elephant Baby Shower

I recently had the honor of designing a baby shower for a group of women that were hosting a shower for an expecting neighbor. The mommy-to-be is expecting a baby girl, is an animal lover, and likes anything with chocolate. This was an exciting project for me because I could really go in any direction that I wanted with the theme. I choose a pink elephant as the "mascot" and the rest followed.

Here is a sample of the invitation that I created for the shower:


Because the shower was being held in January and the guest of honor loves chocolate so much, I decided that a dessert table and a variety of hot beverages would be perfect for this shower. Here are some of my pre-party set-up photos:




I used minature fondant pink elephants and gray gumballs to decorate the cake and cupcakes.





I created a coordinating framed monogram with the babies initals to be displayed at the shower and for the mommy-to-be to take home.



I made pink fondant elephants to dress up sugar cookies for the dessert table. See my DIY here.



Here are a few pictures from the actual shower. The dessert table included a cupcake tower topped with a mini elephant cake, chocolate chip cookies, cheesecake bites, chocolate mousse, fresh fruit and homemade marshmellows with chocolate fondue, and mini elephant sugar cookies.



I made elephant wraps to go around the chocolate mousse cups.




The beverage table included hot cider, hot chocolate, coffee, and strawberry iced water.




The hostesses wanted to send attendees home with a simple favor that was useful and reflected the theme of the shower. I made these elephant wrapped pillow boxes and tucked a package of Red Velvet Chocolate Herbal Tea inside each one.



This was such a fun shower to design. I hope that you enjoyed it!

***  A DIY Printable Package is now available in the Sheek Shindigs etsy shop, here.

DIY: A Fondant First

Last week I had my first experience with fondant. I wanted to decorate small sugar cookies for a Pink Elephant Baby Shower but I don't have the skills to do it with icing. So, I decided to give fondant a try even though I was feeling a little intimidated by the unknown. To my surprise, working with this sweet confection was fairly easy and lots of fun, not to mention the fact that it dressed up my little sugar cookies beautifully.


While I have to admit that it doesn't taste as yummy as a buttercream icing, it is a great option if you are looking for a way to dress up your cookies, cakes, or other treats and aren't gifted in the art of icing, like myself.

Here is how I did it:

I purchased Wilton's Ready-to-Use Rolled Fondant in pastel pink, a small Fondant Roller, and a mini elephant cookie cutter from my local craft store (Michael's).



I simply rolled the fondant out and used my elephant cookie cutter to cut out the elephant shape. I then used a toothpick to make an eye and took a small piece of fondant to shape an elephant ear by hand. I gently pressed the ear onto the elephant to make it stick and Wa-La! A cute little fondant elephant to dress up my sugar cookies.





I stored the fondant elephants in a cool, dry place in an air-tight container for about 1 week prior to the party. This allowed the fondant to harden up. On the day of party, I used a small amount of icing to adhere the fondant elephants to the sugar cookies.

See how easy that was. No need to be intimidated anymore!

{Sneak Peek} A Pink Elephant Baby Shower

Sheek Shindigs had the honor of designing and helping set up a Pink Elephant Baby shower this weekend. I will be sharing photos and details later next week but I wanted to give you a little sneak peek.



I can't wait to share the rest of my pictures with you next week. I hope that you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Sheek Shindigs: Etsy Pink Elephant Collection

I am so excited to finally have the Sheek Shindigs Etsy shop up and running. Horray! Sheek Shindigs is currenlty in the middle of an overhaul so the store isn't "pretty" yet. But, I did want to share a glimpse of my Etsy Pink Elephant Collection with you. These would be perfect for a baby shower or for a little girl's birthday party.

Stop by the shop {here} and check it out!

*** A Printable Elephant Party Package is also available in the Sheek Shindigs etsy shop now!