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Welcoming Tanya’s Little Man; A Baby Shower

Babyshower cupcakes with little signs on them

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My oldest sister, Tanya is due in the next couple weeks. This will be her second and this time around she’s expecting a boy. We celebrated her baby shower at my house this past weekend. The decorations were whimsical, the menu was incredible and the guests seemed to really enjoy themselves. Here’s a peak at the party. Lots and lots of photos.

The theme: “Little man”

The Colors: Royal blue, a couple shades of teal and light blue. Also, black and white. Oh and gold accents (I would never have come up with a color scheme as lovely, but then I decorate scrapbooks with stickers (I am not ashamed).

Before I go on, I’d like to give credit to my sister Alla for being the brains behind the decorating operations. She spent hours planning, sewing, taping and hot glue gunning things together. The rest of us were merely minions (“subordinate or petty officials”- says the dictionary). If I had decorated things myself, I would not have taken pictures. lol. I keep telling Alla she would rock a home design blog; Every room in her home looks like something out of a magazine…

The centerpieces:

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The main dining table; Get it, “A Baby Shower” – rain, clouds,… shower. Alla covered my chandelier with white pompoms made of tissue paper and she sewed those rain drops (yep; she sewed them!). She also made the birds that are hanging from the clouds. Isn’t it whimsical?

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The Entry: guests were greeted to this lovely display.

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There was one game; we aren’t big on games, but every shower needs at least one good game. We had guests guess the size of Tanya’s belly and the closest 3 entries won. As prizes we gave away some pretty nail polishes.

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Alla made all of those bow ties, pinned them to onesies and strung everything together with a thick white ribbon.

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The mantle had more of the rain drops she sewed along with birds and gold accents above. I told her she could leave the gold stuff after the party 😉 And look, more birds!

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The Menu: (I’ve included links to most of the recipes)

1. Smoked Salmon Canapes

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2. Cabbage and Bell Pepper Salad

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3. Broccoli Apple Salad

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4. Spinach and strawberry salad (can’t have a party without this one!)

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5. cucumber salad (similar to this cucumber and tomato salad)

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6. Another Salad I forgot to photograph was one of my favorites: Russian Beet Salad

7. Red Potatoes with Bacon

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8. Wild Rice Pilaf (I need to nab the recipe from my sister Sveta)

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9. Beef Stroganoff with the addition of Leeks (It was great with the leeks and I’ll have to re-make it!)

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10. Mom’s meat roulade (this is on my to-do list)

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11. Shrimp. Shrimp. And more Shrimp.

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12. Korzinki with cream, cranberries and chocolate chips. The base/basket part is this recipe.

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13. Katerina’s Russian cake Truffles (do you see my attempt at mustaches and bow ties?).

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14. Anna’s Cherry Cheesecake and My Mom’s Spartak in the background

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15. Chocolate cupcakes with perfect vanilla cupcake frosting.

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Photos with the mustaches were hilarious fun. These are all the ladies in my family; Left to right: Mom, Anna, Me, Alla, Sveta, Tanya.

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With my lovely Prego sister. Congrats Tanya. Can’t wait to meet and cuddle your little man!

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  • Abishag
    August 31, 2021

    Oh wow this is gorgeous. Does your sister have a blog or videos or a website where she teaches how to make these decorations. I’d really like to learn to DIY my own decorations.

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    • Natashas Kitchen
      August 31, 2021

      Hi Abishag! Thank you for that lovely compliment. She does not have a blog or videos on the decorations.

      Reply

  • Deborah
    October 16, 2014

    I love the food….and would love the recipe for your Mom’s meat roulade..PLEASE
    It looks devine

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      October 16, 2014

      I’ll see what I can do 🙂

      Reply

  • Lidia
    June 12, 2014

    Hi Natasha,
    I love the decor and the menu! You girls are so creative and talented! I am planning my sister’s baby shower and definitely stealing some of your ideas!
    I have a question about the shrimp..how do you make it? I didn’t see a recipe on your website. Or did you just order it?
    P.S. I’ve made your Kiwi-Berry cake a few times now, and it’s always a hit in my family!)))

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      June 12, 2014

      I’m so happy you’re enjoying the cake recipe! 🙂 I share my ideas because good things are meant to be shared and copied 🙂 My sister’s Mother-in-law brought the shrimp. I don’t recall if she made them or if they are from Costco. I’ll have to ask her 🙂

      Reply

  • Marina | Let the Baking Begin!
    March 22, 2013

    This looks like such a fun party! the decorations are amazing!

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 22, 2013

      Thanks Marina! It was a fun party 🙂

      Reply

  • olviya
    March 19, 2013

    Beautiful sisters! Your ‘attempt’ turned out great- I love the mustaches!

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 19, 2013

      Thank you Oliviya :).

      Reply

  • Lidiya
    March 14, 2013

    Wow. the decorations and execution were amazing!!! This is such an inspiration!! So much details, very very gorgeous!!! I would love to see us sisters house=)) I absolutely love the cupcakes and the wordings on them=))

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 14, 2013

      Thank you Lidiya for your sweet comment :).

      Reply

  • Anastasia
    March 14, 2013

    What a party! I think there was enough food to feed an army of big men, not just the little ones! Your sister is very lucky!

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 14, 2013

      Yes, we always have a lot of food…have lots of leftovers to eat :).

      Reply

  • Diane R.
    March 14, 2013

    This is so beautiful! I can’t wait to try some of the recipes!

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 14, 2013

      Thank you Diene :).

      Reply

  • Elina
    March 14, 2013

    So beautiful! Natasha you are such and inspiration, if you had “I love Natasha’s kitchen” t-shirts, I would seriously wear them! 🙂

    Best Wishes,

    Elina

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 14, 2013

      You are too sweet Elina, thank you :D.

      Reply

  • Natalie
    March 12, 2013

    Beautiful decor and beautiful ladies! Your Mom looks super tanned, at least next you girls 🙂 The mustache sticks reminded me of Valentine’s that I did for my daughter’s classmates last year. For boys, we cut out mustaches and put it through a lollypop stick and for girls we did lips. So when they were eating the lollypops, it looked like they had mustaches or really big lips, lol. The kids loved it.

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 12, 2013

      That’s cute 🙂 I bet the kids loved that!

      Reply

  • Katya
    March 12, 2013

    Oh my goodness, you girls such a wonderful job! Beautiful and creative decorations. Congrats to Tanya! Can’t wait to see you guys, hopefully sometime this year. 🙂

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 12, 2013

      Thank you Katya; I can’t wait to see photos of all your beautiful baby showers; lots of babys in the family this year! 🙂

      Reply

  • Veta
    March 11, 2013

    Beautiful family! Love the decor, your sister Alla did such a great job 🙂 and food looks DELICIOUS!!!! You guys are blessed to have such a great family!! God bless all of you and your pregnant sister and her upcoming delivery.. Pust vse proidet bistro i legko. 🙂

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 12, 2013

      Thank you for your sweet comment Veta :).

      Reply

  • Luba
    March 11, 2013

    Your mama is one lucky lady to have so many daughters!! Bet she is so proud of all of you 🙂 Love the baby shower decor! Very cute 🙂

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 11, 2013

      Thanks Luba; so sweet of you to say 🙂

      Reply

  • Marina
    March 11, 2013

    Awesome pictures Natasha, and I love how talented you are in everything you do 🙂

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 11, 2013

      My sister Alla is the one with all the decorating talent; as I said if I was the one making everything, I probably would not have taken pictures. lol.

      Reply

  • Elizabeth S. (Russia)
    March 11, 2013

    Awesome, I was going to jot down those ideas and then I realize that none of my friends are having babies anytime soon. Sad! Maybe next year. I bet I could find an excuse to make one of the dishes, though.

    We don’t like games too much either. We had a few at the last one and someone commented that it was more like a bachelorette party! But one fun tradition we have is writing down our predictions for the birthdate/hair color/weight/etc. I laughed pretty hard rereading the predictions after my son was born. 🙂

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 11, 2013

      Yeah… lots of games are nice for certain parties and kids parties of course, but games can be a little much; trying to corral everyone together is just too much stress 😉

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  • Cindy
    March 11, 2013

    Wow! Everything was perfect looking and ofcourse all you girls and your mom are beautiful!

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 11, 2013

      Cindy, thank you so much 🙂

      Reply

  • christel mozalevskiy
    March 11, 2013

    Thank you for posting such lovely photos! My little man is due in May, and I have been searching for Baby Shower ideas :). . .adorable!

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 11, 2013

      Happy to be a source of inspiration. Hope you got some good ideas here 🙂

      Reply

  • moms dish
    March 11, 2013

    Natasha so beautiful. Love the ladies in your family. Mama krasavitsa.. tell her 😉

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 11, 2013

      Thank you :), I will.

      Reply

  • Jen
    March 11, 2013

    Just lovely. So happy for your beautiful family, another son to love. He is blessed before he has even arrived to this family waiting for him.
    Congratulations to all!

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 11, 2013

      Thank you Jen 🙂 We are definitely excited for a new member in the family!

      Reply

  • alison
    March 11, 2013

    Wow, looks like you had lot’s of fun! Who made all the Delicious food?

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    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 11, 2013

      It was a family group effort. 🙂

      Reply

  • Snezhana
    March 11, 2013

    Wow! That is a gorgeous party! You guys did such a good job! Everything looks delicious and the setting is beautiful…

    Reply

    • Natasha
      natashaskitchen
      March 11, 2013

      Thank you 🙂

      Reply

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