Elegant Elephant Baby Shower Ideas

I thought I would share a baby shower theme this week.  I have a friend who lives in Seattle and a few months back she and some friends hosted a baby shower brunch.  She asked me to come up with an invitation and some cute ideas for her.  I wanted to design something personal, and a little different from the usual baby shower invite. So I thought it would be nice to incorporate a theme I knew the Mommy-to-be would like.(Since, of course, she picked it out!) I had Amy email me a picture of the bedding for the nursery. Below is a picture of the gorgeous linens found at Babies R Us. The bedding is an adorable elephant theme called Emory, by CoCaLo. And of course, here is the invitation I designed around the bedding...To go along with the invite, I sent her some decoration and food ideas also. Below is an inspiration board I put together with different ideas found on the world wide web! Starting at the top left moving clockwise:
*These great outdoor decorating ideas are from an article in Country Living
*I thought the cute drink labels were festive and easy to make. I found these on a great blog called Accent The Party.
*The tissue pom poms are super easy to make. There are instructions and photos on MarthaStewart.com
*You can find these great elephant wall sticker ideas at WordsWithMelissa
*Simple, and cheap, paper lanterns are available at LunaBazaar.com
*Easy and elegant blue and green food ideas are at ThePartyDress.com
*And last but not least, the light green polka dotted favor boxes tied with adorable coordinating ribbons found at Tastefully Entertaining.[via flickr user Northern Transplant]