"It's a Tea Party" Baby Shower

So... you've decided to throw a tea party to celebrate the new addition to a happy home. And now comes the hard part, "how do you throw a tea party for a baby shower?"

There is not one way to accomplish throwing a spectacular tea party. One that will have the guest/s of honor and their guests raving. But here are the steps we took to throw an amazing co-ed baby shower for the parents to be.

Step 1

Are You Committed?

Decide on to what ends you have committed to this theme. We found the perfect invitation to set the stage and to let the guest know exactly what they are in for. We found the perfect invitation on Zazzle.

Step 2

Getting RSVPs

We used RSVPify to collect RSVPs. It truly made getting the responses back easy and less work for us to keep track of attendees. It was a seamless process. This also made it possible to send out a reminder email a few days before the even. We also used that opportunity to ask our guests to come dressed for a tea party, if they didn't mind that is.

Step 3

Now for the fun part, choosing the decorations.

We opted to use real fine china. Yes, fine china can be quite costly so we turned to the thrift store and Facebook market place. After several trips to several thrift stores as well as a couple pick ups from a couple of stranger's homes, we had enough tea sets for a party of 30. We came up with five different tea sets, each table was decorated with a tea set design and paired with cute tiny spoons. Many of the tea sets did not come with a tea pot, so we collected various tea pots that were used for the centerpieces. These were