This weekend I hosted a Breakfast at Tiffany's themed lingerie shower for my good friend Michelle, a fashion designer and model. She is having an October wedding, to be held in a lovely theater, and her theme for the big day is Old Hollywood Glamor. I felt that a shower inspired by one of the most iconic movies of all time, would be more than appropriate and I had a wonderful time working on all the little details that made it special.

Let's start with the favors. I totally scored at the Dollar Tree with these Tiffany blue ring boxes that came complete with a white satin ribbon tied in a bow. To fill them, I used Martha Dahling's, recipe and tutorial to make candy gems. What could be more decedent than dining on diamonds? I can't think of a single thing. I used blue food coloring and crème de menth candy flavoring to add some pizazz and the multifaceted candy mold yielded rock candy in many different gem cuts: princess, emerald, round, cushion -cut, pear. They turned out quite lovely and tasty too.



For the door prizes, I used my cricut to create mini martini note cards with lined envelopes, all packaged in Tiffany blue sleeves tied with a satin ribbon. Cheers!





 

For added fun I hit the Hobby Lobby website for tiny tiaras, giant blingy plastic diamond rings, and strands of 'pearls' (iridescent white Mardi Gras beads). I filled long stemmed Tiffany blue martini glasses that I already had on had with the 'jewels' to decorate the buffet and gift tables, and party-goers used them to decorate themselves later.

For the beverage bar, I purchased tall glass bottles of European style soda and removed the labels. I made tags for the sodas and also for my apothecary style drink dispenser, and I filled the drink dispenser with a blue champagne cocktail I called "Wedded Bliss." I used champagne, pineapple juice and blue Curacao to create the concoction, and it was a hit. I beaded black cocktail stirrers with iridescent plastic beads and set out small clear plastic cups so that party-goers could easily help themselves to the cocktail of their choosing. The concept for the beverage bar was inspired by Eat, Drink, Pretty.

Also note how cute those little ring box favors look all stacked on a cake plate! love!

With the help of Rachel Evans from Lovely.Crafty.Home and the mother-of-the-bride, Elizabeth Holland, I served: stuffed mushrooms, bre and fig mini pastry cups, mini chicken and walnut salad sandwiches, hummus with vegetables and pita points, crackers with vegetable cream cheese tapinad, star fruit skewers.

We had gourmet cheese straws and edible gems for snacks:



And for dessert, what Breakfast at Tiffany's themed party would be complete without a Tiffany & Co. Box cake.

For the cake, I used Barbara Streisand's Never Fail Chocolate Cake recipe from the Beautiful Wives Cookbook. I substituted dark chocolate for milk chocolate in the recipe and filled the triple layer cake with dark chocolate ganash. I then iced the cake in chocolate butter cream icing to provide a base for the marshmallow fondant. I have never worked with fondant and friend and fellow cake baker Lacey Graham recommended trying the marshmallow variety. It was fun to make and very fun to work with. And, I am not usually a fan of the flavor of fondant icing, but let me tell you, this stuff is yummy. I was so pleased with the way the cake turned out, especially for my first attempt in a new baking medium. I served the cake on an 8x8 square cake-board (no serving plate) and placed it atop another Tiffany blue box with a white satin ribbon in the middle of the buffet table. It made for a very pretty and unusual display. And golly was it ever delicious!



That's the cake in the middle of the buffet table!

Some other fun party details included the "congratulations dahling" banner made with my cricut. Each banner tag was suspended from an iridescent plastic bead, for added bling. Also, conversation bubbles with movie lines were a hit at the party, and after party.





For added ambiance, I lit lots of candles and had the movie showing on the television in the living room for background. I killed the audio on the movie and instead played a collection of jazzy standards and sambas to fit with the period of the film.

The party was so fun and fabulous. Even though we used plastic cups and paper plates and napkins, the style of the event gave it an air of class. As the hostess, I was really able to relax and enjoy myself because all of the food and beverage was self-serve. For a shower game, party-goers split into teams, elected a model and fashioned a wedding gown (complete with accessories) out of one roll of toilet paper. Then, in honor of the bride-to-be, the 'dress' models worked a 'runway' through the center of the room, showing off their team's fashion creations. It was hysterical. Michelle judged the dresses and modeling skills of the contestants to select one winning team---and let me tell you, it was not an easy job - these girls knew how to WORK. All-in-all the night was a smashing success and the "Breakfast at Tiffany's" theme made a great platform on which to plan an unique and very fun event.