The Chronicles of Home



Spring Baby Shower

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It feels like all I’ve been talking about this week is the upholstered chair I made for my niece, Tory.  Partly because that IS pretty much all I’ve been talking about between the reveal, the frame tutorial, and the upholstery tutorial.  I mentioned Monday that the chair was a baby shower gift, and today wanted to share with you some shots from the shower that I co-hosted with my mother-in-law last weekend.

My mother-in-law really did the lion’s share of the work.  The shower was at her house and she did an amazing job turning the inside into a spring haven as the wind whipped big snowflakes through the air outside.

How adorable are these little fleece-lined Crocs?

She had a bar set up with stemmed and stemless wine glasses and had juices, wine, and mimosa fixings in a super cool metal box her father had made when he was in school.

The sweet guest of honor getting a kiss from her pup.
We kept the food to reasonably simple brunch fare – mini quiches, a fruit platter, sticky buns, and a couple different varieties of cookies.  My mother-in-law made this chicken broccoli braid – basically a garlicky, creamy, chicken and broccoli filling inside crescent roll dough – that was totally amazing and as soon as I get the recipe from her I will share it with you!

I grabbed the idea for these bee and B cookies (our last name starts with B) from Sarah’s blog a few weeks ago.  I’ll share the recipe I used for them and for the sticky buns next week.

And just one more shot of the chair.  Tory has a little growing to do still but she looked right at home in her new chair.
Hope you all have a great weekend!