RuthAnne Strong: Book Themed Baby Shower

My sweet sister and mom threw me the cutest book themed baby shower when I was pregnant with Olivia. It's going to be TWO years since this party in November, I'm a little behind :/ But a great party has to be shared so let's get right into it!

Brittany planned that all the books would match a food item! It was so cute and such a great idea!

As guests walked in they could guess how much candy was in the jar. Which also was buy the Guess How Much I Love You book . We always do a candy guessing game at the front of all of our parties for a fun and different game idea! They used Hugs and Kisses in clear jars and had the guests write their name and guess on a small piece of gold wrapping paper, so clever!

She had a large pink basket full of all the books people brought. She also made the cutest stickers to remind me who gave us the book. I still have all the stickers on and this adorable pink basket. Another option would be to keep the books in the presents so its easier to know which gift came from who!

She also decorated a cute cardboard book in Olivia's room colors for advice cards. I still have this book as decoration in Olivia's room too!

They had tables set so people could eat, mingle and participate in the activities! Along with some board books tied like a present and a little vase of flowers they set out a favor for each guest.

A Tic Tac Book of course!! My sister made these and I still can't get over the cuteness. Even the spine and the gold ribbon!! Too cute!

Brittany always remembers the kids at any event and had a kids table as well.

Each one of them got a Coloring Book Brittany made! This table had the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom with alphabet crackers, Sea of Riddles with goldfish and crayons to color their coloring books.

This is one of the only pictures of me pregnant, so it's fun to look back on!

Brittany also made this adorable banner that matched the storybook theme. And added a cute round banner she got at Hobby Lobby I think!

She then made a mini version for the food table and propped it up on more books! Everything was so adorable. I love her parties and all her details!

She carried on the idea of matching each food item to a book. She had Jamberry by lots of berries!

There were Donettes by the cutest book ever, If you Give A Dog a Donut.

They served brunch because it was an early party and my mom made her amazing omelet! I'll have to share the recipe soon because it is SO good!

By the omelet was the book Green Eggs and Ham.

There were mini muffins with small toothpick book toppers in some of them by If You Give A Mouse a Muffin, and fruit by A Very Hungry Caterpillar, along with the cutest Caterpillar puppet.

Small fruit pies (they are SO good BTW) by Ten Apple Up on Top!

There was a small treat table with Red Vines licorice in a trifle dish and Good and Plenty by The Gingerbread Girl.

Homemade chocolate chip cookies by If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.

Cute mini cupcakes with more book toothpick toppers by If You Give a Cat a Cupcake.

The people that came out to help celebrate me and little baby Olivia mean so, so much to me!!

People I love so much!!! Brittany planned adorable activities too!

A Baby Book Quiz that was a fun game without pressure! I included Brittany's answer key if you'd like to do an idea like this too.

The other activity was coloring a page in a little book for Olivia! It had the full alphabet and numbers up to 10! It was so perfect and Olivia STILL is obsessed with it! I'm hoping to share some pictures soon because it was so fun and unique and now when we read it we know who colored each page!

Here were all the cute things Brittany created! I loved that the invitation was a story book!! It match the favor perfectly!

Here's a closer look at that adorable invitation!

All of my showers helped us get ready for little Olivia but this shower specifically built Olivia's library! We still have and love all of the books. She loves books! This was such an amazing shower that was so much fun! I'm so grateful to look back on this with such loving memories!