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Up, Up and Away Baby Shower

January 17, 2012 by Carrie Sellman

Hold on to your hats because today’s adorable baby shower is sure to blow you away!  Up, Up and Away, that is!  When I first received a note from Jessica Harris about this event… I knew it would be good!  We’ve had the pleasure to ooh and awe over Jessica’s cakes in the past (see them here).  She is an incredible cake designer who also happens to be part of a family of artistic women!  So what happens when a talented graphic designer (Kim Harris), cake designer (Jessica Harris) and photographer (Jamie Zanotti) come together to welcome a new baby girl into the family?  An amazingly sweet and thoughtful event full of charming DIY touches.  Based on the baby’s hot air balloon nursery, prepare to be swept away by this Up, Up and Away Baby Shower!
Up, Up and Away Baby Shower

Kim Harris, creator of the invitation and graphics, was kind enough to share some of her thoughts with us about this adorable shower.

“Jamie and I decided on the theme for the baby shower based on what Ashley (the mom-to-be) wanted to do in the nursery, hot air balloons.  Since this was her first girl we wanted everything to be soft and vintage and girly, thus the reason for all the pink!  With a little vintage blue added in here and there!”

Up, Up and Away Baby Shower

More from Kim…

“I knew I wanted to have hanging hot air balloon decorations that had a strong impact but I couldn’t find anything online that wasn’t expensive.  I was looking through Ashley’s nursery inspiration board and she had saved these tissue paper lanterns from Martha Stewart.  I decided I would make the hot air balloon decorations based on a different version of these, using pages from a book instead of tissue paper, which I thought would look a little more vintage.  I used paper lanterns for the base of the balloons, scrap book paper for the hot air balloon basket and bakers twine to tie it all together.  Cheap, fun, cute and easy!”

Up, Up and Away Baby Shower Cake

Up, Up and Away Baby Shower

Okay, can we pause for a second and talk about this cake?  I absolutely love the striped details around the bottom and the detail work on the hot air balloons is perfect!  Staggered in height and intermixed with clouds, these hot air balloons are oh-so-charming!

Up, Up and Away Baby Shower

The pink and white striped ‘tablecloth’ is actually a twin-sized sheet, found on sale at Target.  Such a clever way to save money without skimping on the pretty!

Up, Up and Away Baby Shower

A few last thoughts from Kim:

“This shower was truly DIY – we did everything ourselves, from the cloud cookie favors to the suckers and sucker stand to the invitations and signage and food.  The beautiful cake by Jess was truly the cherry on top that tied everything together.  What a talented family we have!!”

I could not agree more!  A huge thank you to all three of these talented ladies for sharing this delightful Up, Up and Away Baby Shower with us today!  It’s absolutely dreamy!  You can get the full scoop on Jessica’s hot air balloon cake on the Jessicakes Blog.     

Vendors & Credits:
Cake:  Jessica Harris of Jessicakes
Invitation & Graphics:  Kim Harris
Photography:  Jamie Zanotti

January 17, 2012 by Carrie Sellman

Carrie Sellman , Founder & Editor

Carrie Sellman is the Founder & Editor of The Cake Blog. Her work has been published in BRIDES Magazine, Country Living Magazine and featured online at People, Today, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Redbook, Real Simple, TLC, The Cooking Channel and more.

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Comments

  1. Jamie says

    January 17, 2012 at 8:45 am

    I am loving this beautiful party!

  2. cindy says

    January 17, 2012 at 9:03 am

    love all the pretty details…from the hot air balloon lanterns to the clouds on the straws!

  3. Allison says

    January 17, 2012 at 9:07 am

    Beautiful Jessica!!!

  4. Jennifer says

    January 17, 2012 at 10:43 am

    This is my favorite Jessicake! Makes me want to get into working with modeling chocolate.

  5. Amy says

    January 17, 2012 at 1:46 pm

    b-e-a-utiful!

  6. naz (Make It, Bake It, Create It) says

    January 17, 2012 at 5:55 pm

    One of my absolute fave parties/cakes/invites ever! Thanks so much for sharing! <3

  7. Sheryl BITO says

    January 17, 2012 at 8:33 pm

    I have been a big fan of Jessicakes ever since I saw her ruffle flower tutorial. Jessica, all of your works are amazingly clean and beautiful!

  8. Jessica Harris says

    January 17, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    WOW! LOVE the post Carrie! Thanks everyone for all your sweet comments! It was such a fun cake to make!

  9. Shannon R. says

    January 17, 2012 at 9:23 pm

    LOVE this shower! Love everything about it! Beautiful cake and so many great details!!

  10. Bobbie says

    January 18, 2012 at 1:12 am

    My jaw dropped! What a beautiful cake!

  11. Diane says

    January 18, 2012 at 7:34 am

    Absolutely beautiful everything!!
    Such perfection:)

  12. Carrie North says

    January 18, 2012 at 11:37 am

    What a beautiful shower! Elegant and charming!

  13. FestivePartyGirl says

    January 18, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    I love the soft shades of color. This is such a pretty event.

  14. Karen says

    January 18, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    Beautiful.

  15. Pam says

    January 19, 2012 at 2:24 am

    Hi! I found your site via Pinterst while searching for a fresh idea for my mom’s birthday on Feb. 6th. She’ll be turning 68! In the past, I’ve had surprise tea parties, surprise get togethers at restaurants, last year, a friend baked an animal print high heel shoe for her cake, The stitched in them looked REAL and the label was a take off designer Jimmy Choo. She used my mom’s name on the labe, Loretty Lou! Any suggestions on a theme I could go with quickly and inexpensively for this year? 🙂 Any input for an idea of a mature lady’s party would be greatly appreciated!

  16. Pear Tree Greetings says

    January 19, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    Fun colors and theme. Love the hot air balloons made out of paper from a book, so cute! -Dani

  17. Elena says

    January 21, 2012 at 1:10 pm

    Wow! This is my dream party! It looks absolutely amazing!

  18. Louisa @FLIPAWOO Designs says

    January 25, 2012 at 8:31 pm

    I absolutely love the hot air balloon decorations made from pages of books. So creative!

  19. sweetsugarbelle says

    January 27, 2012 at 9:57 am

    I would have LOVED to make cookies for this!!!

  20. Steph says

    December 30, 2012 at 3:15 am

    Can I buy these invites somewhere?

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