Pink Black & White Bridal Shower Inspirations // Itty Bitty Bijou

Pink, Black and white bridal showers have been trending this season, especially including black and white stripes! Here are some great inspirations for a fun shower with your friends and family based on this color palette...

Key pieces to make this look work include a black and white striped table cloth or runner, add dashes of pink with flowers and napkins and don't forget to use the desserts and drinks to match too! You can use an array of pink tones from pastel to neon - have fun with it!

Credits { from left to right }
Top row > Charlie & Juliet . O'Malley Photographers . Ashley Nicole Events on Style Me Pretty
Middle row >  O'Malley Photographers . Cocodot via Refinery 29  . Hanna LuLu Co

Bottom row > Charlie & Juliet . O'Malley Photographers . Belathee Photography

See more beautiful Bridal Shower Inspirations on Itty Bitty & Bijou { here }

Black & Gold Bridal Shower Inspirations // Itty Bitty Bijou

Today I have some beautiful inspirations for both Bridal and Baby Showers, with a glitzy Black & Gold theme! With gold calligraphy on black for stationery, fringing to hang above dessert tables and marvelous Macarons! I adored these examples of macarons - the white versions decorated with gold chevrons and the rich black macarons - these would look perfect with a hint of edible gold leaf too!

The fun doesn't stop there either - get creative with drinks, such as the shot glasses with rims dusted glittery gold sugar and also the black balloon drink stirrers!

See more inspiration boards for weddings parties and shower { here }

A Summer Garden Shower // Itty Bitty Bijou

An easy summer party set in the garden - ideal for a gathering of friends or of course a Bridal or Baby shower! I love the bright colours and the idea is focused around the food and drinks. Pink lemonade, milkshakes, ice cream served in teacups all set on beautiful serving trays. Add some cute seating such as leather Moroccan pouffes and pretty blankets and throws....

{ Credits } from left to right

Top row // John Granen & Peter Krumhardt . via Pinterest
Bottom row // Emily Scott . KT Merry

Bridal Shower Inspirations - Cream & Gold - Get the Look

We hope you enjoyed our Cream & Gold Shower inspirations recently! Here we have a follow up with ideas of what to wear! It's always great to get your guests involved with the theme or colour scheme of your party! Here we have exquisite embellished pieces from Marchesa, LK Bennett, Coast, Michael Kors and more. You can see the full original post and ideas { here }

Credits { from left to right }
Top row / LK Bennett / Untold / Coast / Marchesa /
Bottom row / Kenneth Jay Lane / Michael - Michael Kors / Diane von Furstenberg /
/ Alice & Olivia / Schutz /

Here is the inspiration board for the Cream & Gold shower - great for either bridal or baby showers!

See the full post and credits { here }

Shower Inspirations - Cream & Gold

Today we have a beautiful design concept for with cream and gold inspirations for either a bridal or baby shower! With decadent decorated macarons, splashes of metallic gold and beautiful big blooms - this party is feminine, chic and pretty. See our ideas for the decor below the mood board and pop back later this week as we show you our ideas for what to wear to the party too...

> Cream macarons decorated with gold leaf, or glittery food paint - we love the dipped look & chevrons,
> Pretty cream and gold hearts make cute decor pieces and would look great fixed to a wall as a backdrop,
> Metallic gold bunting to adorn the venue with and great for a pop up photo booth,
> Cupcakes with buttercream frosting and topped with a little something gold,
> Keeping flowers and arrangements simple and chic with all cream blooms,

Credits { Unfortunately we lost our list of credits for this board but all images were found via pinterest }

See more of our ideas and inspiration boards for Bridal Showers { here } and Baby Showers { here }

Party Inspirations - Moroccan Tea Party - Pink

We have been working on another lovely board of party ideas with the inspiration of a Moroccan Tea Party. We have created two versions of this - a very serene, neutral palette { you can view on our previous post here }and this vibrant, colourful palette of pinks!

This theme would be great for a summer garden party, a bridal shower, baby shower or you could even incorporate some of these ideas into your wedding! Here's our pretty pink palette inspiration board for a Moroccan Tea Party...

> Lots of dashes of pink, from paler tones to vivid pink,

> Add complimenting colours too such as lilac/purple and turquoise,

> Moroccan lamps, lanterns, serving trays, bowls and glasses,

> The signature Moroccan patterns within the serving trays, lanterns and so on will add authentic detail,

> Use lanterns as centerpieces within your tablescapes or as feature points around the party,

> Add single flowers to Moroccan tea glasses for interesting floral additions to your decor,

> Scatter dried pink rose buds and light candles with a Moroccan Rose scent.

Credits { from left to right }

Top row / Sparkle / via Pinterest / Pure Illumination /

Middle row / Revel / via Pinterest / via Imagefav /

Bottom row / via Pinterest / My Ideal Home / Luxe & Lillies /

View more of our Party Inspirations or see all of our 

Inspiration Boards for weddings, bridal showers, baby showers.

Party Inspirations - Moroccan Tea Party

We have been working on a lovely moodboard with the inspiration of a Moroccan Tea Party.
We have two versions - a very serene, neutral palette and also a vibrant, colourful palette of pinks!

{ See the pink palette post here }

This theme would be great for a summer garden party, a bridal shower, baby shower or you could even incorporate some of these ideas into your wedding! Here's our neutral palette inspiration board for a Moroccan Tea Party...

> Lots of silver details with lanterns, hurricane lamps, tea lights and serving trays,

> Moroccan lamps, lanterns, serving trays, bowls and glasses,

> Keep colour tones neutral using silver, greys, white, and the softest coolest shades of blue & green,

> The signature Moroccan patterns within the serving trays, lanterns and so on will add authentic detail,

> Use lanterns as centerpieces within your tablescapes,

> Add single flowers to Moroccan tea glasses for interesting floral additions to your decor,

Credits { from left to right }

Top row / El Ramla Hamra / via Pinterest / Decorology / 

Middle row / Rigby & Mac / Cherry Blossom Blog / El Ramla Hamra / 

Bottom row / A Bohemian Life / via Pinterest

View more of our Party Inspirations or see all of our 

Inspiration Boards for weddings, bridal showers, baby showers.

Party Inspirations - Glitter Spoons and Cake Servers

We love these glitter teaspoons and cake servers for a party! Perhaps a bridal or baby shower, girls birthday party or a wedding! Sparkly serveware such as these will make a sweet addition to a dessert
table! The glitter is encased within an acrylic shape so they are food friendly and reusable too!

. Available from Leif Shop .

. Images via Leif .

Shower Ideas with a Honey Bee Theme...

Today on the itty bitty & bijou blog we have a new mood board for baby showers or even bridal showers! It has a honey bee - sweet as honey theme and fresh creamy colours with dashes of warm honey tones and even lovely lemon!

Key ideas for this honey bee & sweet as honey theme include the following:
* Serve honeycomb at the desert table with ice cream
* Use honey stirrers as drink/cocktail stirrers
* Use burlap and twine to keep this natural colour palette - for table runners etc.
* Little jars of honey make great favours and you can easily make your own fabric covers to personalize or
  co-ordinate them. The honeycomb printed fabric would look lovely.
* These bee and honey comb pots would make great elements or even centerpieces!
* Keep floral pieces simple & fresh. Using glass jars wrapped with twine are effective.

Favour Packaging Finds...

Following on from our previous post Nice Package, we have some great finds to create some great gift wrap/packaging ideas. These are ideal for favours whether for weddings, showers of birthdays!

We looked at craft supplies you could purchase to recreate the more modern looks from our previous inspiration post. Going with neon pink, gold glitter twine and cute kraft pillow boxes, we thought there is still room for you to personalise these - perhaps try your hand at doing your own calligraphy or even use a custom made stamp for the labels - we design custom & bespoke monograms which would be ideal for this!

To purchase any of the above items or see more products available from these 

shops visit their Etsy stores here: Knot & Bow and The Wrappery

Nice Package...

Wrapping can often be an afterthought but when the wrapping is almost as good as the packaging it's really good to spend a little time thinking about it and of course you can get a bit creative too! When you've spent so much time planning your perfect party, shower or wedding decor and design elements, it can be great to tie in your overall style with the wrapping for favours, token thank you gifts and so on.

This weeks wrapping inspirations are all about kraft paper or boxes and string/twine. These materials are cost effective, have a handmade look and can be tweaked to co-ordinate with various styles of events. Perhaps give your kraft & twine a modern twist, a rustic look or add a simple something which is a key element from your event.

Here we share some great little inspirations we have come across...

Modern Looks

We love this use of neon pink twine & a beautifully designed label attached by simply wrapping twine around the packaging several times. We've found this is a popular trend too . Image via You Are My Fave 

Sticking with the neon theme - literally - they have used neon stickers to decorate the kraft paper 

for these wedding favours & then finished with string tied in a traditional parcel fashion . 

Via Project Wedding & Photographed by Chelsea Fuss

It's a great idea to create your own print or design & cute out shapes such as these hearts to add interest & a 

unique element to your packaging. Alternatively you could use pages from a book that is relevant, 

music sheets or maybe even maps . Image via Pinterest original source unknown

Rustic Looks...

Using strips of material under the string to add some colour. Threading a flower throught the twine - be it

 crafted or real also makes a pretty detail . Image via Whipperberry 

Using Washi tape or ribbon to add some colour will match in with your event style. Adding little vintage keys as displayed in this example is a cute detail especially for weddings . Image via Oh Hello Friend 

This super cute wrapping idea uses kraft paper & twine with a beautiful bird tag, label with the appropriate greeting and finished off with a small twig for the bird to rest upon. Beautiful idea! . Image via Carolyns Homework 

Mad About Macaroons - Part Two...

In our previous post Mad About Macaroons we looked at inspiring ways to present and style macaroons for a wedding, shower or event you may have and they make great little favours too! For our follow up post today we take a look at the versatility of this sweet treat which will work with any event style or scheme!

Macaroons can be made with an array of scrumptious flavours and here are some delicious
flavour-ways we have come across:

White chocolate & raspberry macaroons
Raspberry mascarpone macaroons
Carrot cake macaroons
Grapefruit & white chocolate macaroons
Chestnut macaroons with pink champagne filling
Vanilla & almond macaroons
Lavender macaroons

Yes, there is a world of macaroon flavours out there for you to choose from! You could make a selection to suit everyone's tastes and include food labels/signs as part of the display to inform your guests what's on offer. We can design these to match your colours too! Speaking of colours - there are some magical macaroon colour-ways too. From pretty pastels to dusky shades of purple - you can make them match your day. Here are some of our favourite examples...

Ombre macaroons . Via Pei Li's Minatures

Beautiful sugary pink coloured macaroons decorated with a gold 'x' or 'o' is a super cute idea . 

Via Sweet & Saucy Shop 

Adding a hint of gold leaf, how decadent! . Via That Inspirational Girl

Plain and simple purple macaroons still look pretty . Via Hitched

If you're looking to be even more creative with your macaroons you'll love these inspirations too:

Macaroon pops as an alternative to cake pops! They could even look like baby rattle and make a very sweet dessert for baby showers . Via Klitzeklien

Heart shaped macaroons and they don't have to be red either . Via Little Sooti

If you require some beautiful signs or labels for your dessert tables, or favour signs/tags
just drop us an email for our custom or bespoke designs!

Mad About Macaroons...

In recent years we've seen that weddings, showers and parties have popular trends for party food such as sweetie bars, cupcakes (which can even replace traditional tiered cakes) and also stacks of different cheeses in place of sweet desserts altogether. It's great to see different options out there and a latest favorite of ours is the macaroon! We predict that these delightfully delicious treats will replace the current craze for cupcakes at events! They are sophisticated, scrumptious and so easily worked into any scheme too.

In this post we take a look at inspirations for presentation and our follow up post will look at the vast variety of Macaroons out there - their flavor combinations, decorating them and the brilliant rainbow of colours too!

We love this idea of using cake stands & a cloche so that you can incorporate other desserts too . 

Image via My Sweet & Saucy

Using a tiered cake stand which compliments your event style & scheme. Adding a label to the 

top tier is a great idea especially if you have a selection of flavors available. 

We design food tags & labels for events too . Image via 6 Bittersweets

A unique stand makes a fab feature & the pretty Macaroons add to it . Image by Eddie Judd via Macarena Gea

These milk glass bowls make a great display & again they have used lovely labels to inform you of the different sweets of flavors. If you need food labels for your event get in touch with us . Image by Brett & Emily Photographers

Cut glass bowls in complimentary, contrasting colours to your chosen Macaroons . Image by Gabriel Ryan Photography via My Sweet & Saucy

These are actually model Macaroons available by Divine Sweetness! They have used them 

here with name cards for seating and we think it looks adorable . Image by Divine Sweetness

If you are looking for food tags & labels for your wedding, shower or event get in touch or 

see our Esty shop for custom & bespoke designs!

Watch out for our follow up post...

Do a Runner...

We have been looking at tablescapes for weddings and showers and how you can add some creative flair to design something unique to your event. We previously looked at clever creations for centerpieces and table numbers and this time we bring you table runners!

Table runners create a fantastic feature and can really add to your event's style by perhaps showcasing your chosen colour scheme or DIY designs. They make a great alternative to the traditional centerpiece but can also look good with a display of smaller centerpieces flowing along the table, such as tea-lights and lanterns or perhaps smaller floral displays.

Here we have gathered some great inspirations and ideas about using table runners for your wedding or shower and we love the idea of customising your own too...

DIY design - a runner created using pages from books! Perhaps you could create a runner made of maybe love letters, the pages of your favorite novels or even love poems...

Image by Frost Photography via Style Me Pretty

Sew lovely - sewing buttons just on the overhanging edges of your runners to compliment your wedding/showers style. You could keep it simple and sew mismatching buttons of the same colour for example white buttons upon a lilac runner. You could even create an ombre effect sewing buttons of different shades of the same colour to fade out towards the table...

Image from Jessica Claire & Delightful Events

Touches of texture - create something interesting using different trimmings in colours to compliment your scheme. Using a mixture of lace, ribbons of different widths, velvet trim and so on. You could again use trimmings of the same colour but differenet widths and textures or also an ombre effect... 

Image by Jeanna Heyes & Ucreate Parties 

Pretty prints - choosing a printed fabric can look really striking along your table and you can compliment the print by using decorative items of the same colour to sit along the runner too. This neutral palette of greys, silvers, creams and white looks elegant and interesting... 

Image via Chic Kissimo

A sliver of something - using a delicate & intricately designed runner such as this can make a beautiful statement. Dress it with tasteful decorative pieces to create a terrific table...

Image by Hillary Maybery Photography via Style Me Pretty

Sparkle statement - go for some intense sequin splashes with a runner in silver or gold! Tame it with tealights and candles that catch the light and create a beautiful effect in the evening with twinkling sequins and flickering flames... 

Image via The Decorista

We hope you enjoyed our finds and ideas and if you would like to read more take a look at our posts about unique centerpieces and table numbers too.

Pinwheels Like to Party!

Pinwheels are fun, cute, and quirky - oh and they are everywhere! For showers, parties and weddings - the pinwheel is making an appearance as part of the decor, as favours for guests, they are used in place of a bouquet for bridesmaids and also as props for photo booths!

We like this trend as it's a little different and of course we love the fact that you can get creative and have fun making them yourself! Making your own to your own colour palette and theme means that you'll have some truly unique elements for your event.

Pinwheels personally remind us of summer time in childhood watching the pinwheels whizz in the breeze! Cute! Here are some beautiful examples of pinwheels partying...

By Forever Photography Studio via Style Me Pretty

By Heather Cameron 

By Adelyn Stone

By Frog Prince Paperie 

By Rustic Wedding Chic 

By Sweet Monday via Ruffled Blog