On Sunday we threw a baby shower for Lucas and Veronika and their upcoming twin girls (due on Christmas Day).
The theme ideas I had were winter woodlands, Russian forests and fairy tales, birch trees, and the colors green, white, and silver.
The decorations included yarn-wrapped candle holders (thank you to Summer St. Pierre and Amy Turner for helping me wrap twelve candle holders!), gilded acorns, silk butterflies, nests of wood shavings, birch tree slabs, moss and twine balls, papier mâché toadstools, and table runners of fresh moss.
Our "thank you tree" of party favors: silver pine cones from Crate and Barrel.
The menu was also Russia- and forest-inspired: tamari- and maple-roasted almonds, new potatoes with sour cream and caviar, marinated mushrooms and olives, pickled vegetables, salmon mousse with rye crisps, and roasted chestnuts. Plus chocolate cake, chocolate brownies, and chocolate truffles, because Lucas and Veronika really, really like chocolate.
The cake topper: matrushka renditions of Lucas, Veronika, and the twins
Instead of games we asked each guest to claim a letter of the alphabet and draw a picture or make a collage for that letter. I'm going to bind all the letters into an alphabet book for the babies - and I'll have to scan the pages and post them, too; they were all really great, from Christine's "P is for Platypus" and Gillian's eponymous "G is for Gillian" to Jonas' "T is for Time Travel."
"A is for Apple Pie" and "M is for Mouse Dreams"
We also had guests leave a thumb print "leaf" to make a tree for the babies' nursery (an idea I got from a wedding blog).
My family was in town which meant they could celebrate with us - and my mom could help me set up.
More photos are on Facebook (and thank you to Gillian for taking the photos!)
We can't wait to meet the babies next month!
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