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A bohemian backyard shower for 120

Baby Showers · A backyard in Reseda · June 2023

A chic bohemian baby shower built at wedding scale, 120 guests and three caterers, with the same place setting laid a hundred and twenty times over.

A large backyard shower seen from above, long wood farm tables set with terracotta plates and eucalyptus runners under cream macramé-fringed umbrellas, with string lights overhead

Some showers are intimate. This one was a party. We took over a Reseda backyard for a hundred and twenty guests and gave it a chic bohemian look, then made sure a celebration that big still felt warm and personal at every single seat.

A long farm table set with matching terracotta plates, woven placemats, blush fringed napkins, gold flatware, and green goblets, with a eucalyptus and rose runner down the middle

The signature moment

A shower built at wedding scale

This one was big. We designed a whole backyard for a hundred and twenty guests. Long wood farm tables under cream macramé-fringed umbrellas, cross-back chairs, woven placemats, green pressed-glass goblets, and eucalyptus running down the center of every table.

What we are proudest of is that a party that size still felt personal. We set the same place a hundred and twenty times over, terracotta plate, fringed napkin, printed menu, so every guest sat down to the same quiet detail.

How we fed a crowd

Three kitchens, one backyard

Feeding a hundred and twenty people is its own event. We brought in three caterers so nobody ran out and nobody got bored. There was an Argentinian spread, a Mexican station with all the fixings, and wood-fired homemade pizzas coming out of the oven all afternoon.

And because plenty of little ones came along, we set up a bounce house off to the side, so the kids had their own thing going while the grown-ups grazed and caught up.

A printed menu card on a terracotta plate and woven placemat, listing the party's three caterers and its dessert and drink stations
A rustic wood table lined with wood-fired pizzas and a spinach salad, with a handwritten Nona Rosa Pizza sign

A printed menu at every seat named all three kitchens, and Nona's wood-fired pizzas came out of the oven all afternoon.

A green watercolor Oh Baby cake with gold leaf, fondant spheres, and dried pampas on a cake stand, with the dessert table behind it
A dessert table with green-iced cupcakes, chocolate-dipped cookies, mini cheesecakes with berries, cake pops, and the green Oh Baby cake, trailed with eucalyptus and blush roses

The Oh Baby cake in sage and gold, on a dessert table trailed with greenery and roses.

Let’s celebrate

Something like this, but yours.

Tell us about your celebration. We can’t wait to hear about it.

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