Harry Potter Inspired Baby Shower

Alexandra and Anthony are book and movie lovers. So when we began planning a late October baby shower in their honor, a Harry Potter Halloween costume party was the obvious choice. Hosted at the Common Room Studio, guests walked through Platform 9 3/4 onto the Hogwarts Express. Once arriving in Hogsmeade, they picked up a drink at the Three Broomsticks. The lunch feast (complete with book passages to remind you when the menu item was mentioned in the cannon) was set up in the Hogwarts Great Hall. The seating areas featured Death Eater wanted posters, and a Dolores Umbridge-inspired vignette. With the slightly older, coed guest list, we had just one activity - coloring an ABC book for the baby boy. On their way out, guests stopped by Honeydukes sweets shop and filled up a bag of candy.

• What People Ate

  Pumpkin Pasties (Pumpkin, Carrots, Shallots, Feta, and Sage), Cornish Pixie Pasties (Beef, Swede, Potato, Onion, and Herbs), The Pasties That Shall Not Be Named (Chicken, Onion, Olives, Preserved Lemon, and Moroccan Spices), Neville’s Sausage Rolls (Pork Sausage with Onion and Garlic Jam), Deviled Dragon Eggs (Eggs, Mayonnaise, Pickles, and Spices), Cockroach Clusters (Parmesan Stuffed Dates with Balsamic Glaze, Bacon Dust, and Pistachios), Sssnaclairs (Choux Puff with Hot Smoked Salmon, Shallots, Capers, Tomatoes, Cream Cheese, and Herbs), Geordie Wizard Duel (Choux Puff with Ham and Pease Pudding), Kreacher’s Treacle Tarts (Treacle and Almonds), Sorting Hat Cream Puffs (Vanilla Cream Puff with Pomegranate, Blueberry, Mango, or Kiwi), Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes’ Canary Creams (Custard Cookies with Vanilla Buttercream)

• What People Drank

  Butterbeer, Elf Made Wine, Gilly Water and Pumpkin Juice

• Desserts

  candy bar crunch cake with milk chocolate ganache

• Party Favors

  Honeydukes Candy Store

• Activities / Games

  Drawing and coloring in an ABC book for the baby

• Deb Lindsey Photography

  Photographer

  Professional wedding, event, and food photographer
  www.deblindsey.com

• Something Vintage

  Rentals

  Provided props and seating to help round out the decor owned by the planner
  http://my.somethingvintagerentals.com/

• Fluffy Thoughts Cakes

  Cake designer

  Amazing Harry Potter book cake with wand and glasses
  www.fluffythoughtscakes.com