Kristin's Alice in Wonderland-Themed Baby Shower...

{Shower honoree and mommy-to-be, Kristin}

The invitations I sent a few weeks ago invited guests, if they felt adventurous, to crawl down the winding rabbit hole and join us {punctually, of course!} for a mad hatter's tea and brunch {or send regrets via the white rabbit}.

Obviously up for adventure {and/or mimosas}, a great group of ladies joined us this past Saturday to celebrate our friend Kristin and her soon-to-arrive baby girl Rosalind.  Here are a few a ton of pictures of all the details... {click on any photo to enlarge in a new window}

{This framed sign, which I created in Photoshop using illustrations from the book that I found online,  hung on my front door and gave clear instruction to our attendees, as well as helping to get them in the spirit for what was waiting inside...}

{I typed up and framed an excerpt from the book to sit on the coffee table in my living room, along with a mug...tried for a teacup but it didn't work out...for Miss Rosalind and her own copy of Alice, plus a new chandelier and a fun basket full of girlie goodies.}

{Target's Archer Farms bottled water {they have a great, clean shape for this kind of thing}, wrapped in ribbon and embellished with a custom label I made in Photoshop using 2.5-inch round labels from Paper Source}

{we re-labeled peach and grapefruit flavored Izzy pops...}

{My favorite party planning partner-in-crime, Carrie, has an amazingly talented daughter who made our official "mad hatter's" hat for us using cardboard, fabric and spray paint.  Thanks Kayla!  Along with another framed Alice quote... "You used to be much more muchier.  You've lost your muchness...", a gorgeous antique tea cup full of roses and ranunculus', a key from Hobby Lobby and a vintage looking tea box, the show-stopping headwear perfectly completed our beverage bar.}

And for we non-preggys there was a mimosa bar on the kitchen table, along with flowers my sweet hubby sent me the day before, "just because".  =) }

{Remember the "cake tiers"/cupcake stand I made for my son's superhero themed birthday party back in January?  Well, here are those same boxes/lids, recycled and covered with sheets of moss}

{In the dining room, we set up the mad hatter's tea party/brunch.  We wanted this section to look to our guests as though they had stumbled upon a tea party in the middle of somewhere outdoors and magical}

{The cookies/favors I mentioned in my previous two posts}

{lots of faux natural elements such as moss, bark, butterflies etc. plus plenty of metal keys, clocks, and tea sets both miniature and large made up the scene...}

{Including a little white rabbit, minding the time, of course!}

{Delicious thumbprint cookies spilled out from a hollowed out wooden stump bowl that I scored at Target a long while ago...it normally holds loose change on my husbands dresser.}

{of course, we HAD to have tiny petit four cakes with "eat me" clearly telling our guests what needed to do}

In the living room where we planned to open gifts, we used my mantel and the area around it to establish the "red queen's" corner.  Please excuse the few leftover trimmings I had laying on my mantel when this picture was snapped.  We made a garland out of heart-suited cards and finished it with black satin bows...

{Another branch tree held mini glass heart ornaments I had on hand in my stash of Valentine's Day decor}

{Guests were encouraged to scribe encouraging words, prayers, or other sentiments for the special family on tags stamped with silver keys and hang them on the tree.  Wish I'd gotten a photo of all the tags hung up along with the glass hearts...oops!  Looked pretty cool, I must say.}

{Carrie made these cute little topiary balls out of felt...love them!}

{Carrie also attached red paper roses to a topiary and then made a paint can complete with dripping paint brushes to sit next to it, referencing "Paint the roses red!"}

{I made the vintage-looking feather and rose headband myself for little Miss Rosalind.  It would have been a great idea to take photos along the way and do a tutorial, or at least get a better final shot, but since I'm probably the worst blogger you know, I wasn't thinking along those lines.  I'm hoping Kristin will give me a cute picture of baby girl wearing her head piece and tutu to show you in a few weeks!}

{Finally, our guests found one last bit of instruction on their way out the door along with all the tools they needed to snip a clock cookie from the tree on the buffet table and bag it to take home and enjoy later with another cup of tea.  The thank-you tags on the bags read "We hope you've had a splendid time!"}

Carrie and I were pretty thrilled with the way it all turned out, and more importantly, our precious friend loved it and felt as special, valued and loved as she deserves to feel that day.  Hope you enjoyed peeking in on our little party.  I'll close with a few a bunch more pictures from the shower...

{Super cute preggy friends!}

{Carrie, Kristin, and Me}