13 Creative Fall Baby Shower Ideas

Aug 23, 2015

Fall marks the happy return of football Fridays, sweater weather and holiday excitement galore. If you or your bestie happen to be expecting a little “pumpkin,” it’s also the perfect time to think outside the box and plan a cool, creative baby shower. From decorating mugs to serving hot cider in scooped-out apples, you and your fellow makers will love bringing these 13 fresh ideas to life. Not yet at the shower-planning stage? Snag these options for a unique gender reveal party that takes things far beyond the basic blue or pink color scheme.

1. Fox + Blooms Invitation ($50): There are few things cuter than a fox-themed baby shower during the fall. Introduce yours in adorable style with hand-illustrated Kelli Murray invitations.

2. Woodland Critter Cake: Think black and white is boring? Not on this cake, which features a classy critter design, plus colorful blooms on top. You can also display bright paper spheres in the background for an extra blast of vibrance. (via Sandra Fazzino Photography)

3. Apple Mugs + Hot Cider: Hot cider is always welcome on a chilly fall day. For an unexpected surprise, serve some to your pals in scooped-out apples they can sip from and then snack on. (via Best Photography)

4. Mini Pumpkin Pies: Turn your favorite Thanksgiving dessert into a bite-sized shower treat. Served in tart shells and topped with whipped cream, these mini morsels will be gone long before it’s time to decorate onesies. (via My Baking Addiction)

5. Gilded Leaf Decor: Gold leaf garlands will look totally fab hanging from light fixtures, strung around table edges or affixed to a wall as a colorful backdrop. Use them in place of conventional paper streamers. (via Michelle Edgemont Photography)

6. Caramel Apple Bar: This make-your-own-dessert bar is truly the apple of our eye, especially because it’s an absolute cinch to recreate. Simply display apples on sticks alongside caramel and chocolate sauces, cookie crumbles, sprinkles, granola, M&M’S and any other tasty toppings you dig. (via Walter Wilson Studios)

7. Popcorn Bar + Acorn-Inspired Snack Signs: When mom’s just about ready to “pop,” it only makes sense to showcase a spiffy popcorn bar during her shower. Give it a whimsical, woodland-inspired look with rustic stands, paper foxes and cute acorn signs that can also be used as place cards or gift labels. (via Kimberly Chau Photography)

8. Glass Bottles + Cold Cider: If it’s cold-pressed cider you’re craving, present it in glass “baby” bottles with striped straws sticking out the top. You can even pair the refreshing drink with pumpkin-spice donuts to create the ultimate fall flavor combo. (via Tonya Peterson Photography)

9. Rustic Centerpieces: Tree-bark vases and votives give your shower instant fall flair. We’re digging the feminine floral arrangements seen here, along with the delightful foxy invitation. (via Marcie Lynn Photography)

10. Black + Gold Dessert Display: Party like a royal by ditching the traditional orange and pairing black with gold for a chic, fall-appropriate color scheme. It’s a sophisticated way to honor your little prince- or princess-to-be. (via Lee Bird Photography)

11. DIY Mug Designs: If you’re stumped trying to come up with a non-cheesy group activity, look no further than mug decorating. You can send them home with guests as favors or let friends beautify a set for the new mama to sip from during her many late-night diaper changes. (via Pinegate Road)

12. Chocolate-Dipped Marshmallow Treats: Who doesn’t love roasting s’mores over a backyard fire pit? Capture that fun vibe at your shower by making chocolate- and graham cracker-dipped marshmallows a part of the dessert display. Bonus points if you use actual tree twigs as skewers. (via Darci Woodiwiss)

13. S’mores Favor Packets: You can never have too many s’mores, right? Thank your friends for being so sweet by sending them home with everything they need to make scrumptious s’mores later on. (via Stephanie A. Smith Photography)

What’s your favorite fall baby shower idea? Share some adorable inspiration below.

Trader Joe’s Easter Items Are Here — 11 Picks To Add To Your Baskets This Year!

Trader Joe’s current lineup of Easter goodies is better than ever. They’ve got so many sweets on deck – including chocolate bunnies, of course – as well as festive spring snacks that simply make the perfectEaster basket additions! This year, there’s really no shortage of fun TJ’s finds to brighten up your season.

Scroll on for 11 Trader Joe’s Easter finds that are totally worth grabbing before they’re gone!

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Milk Chocolate Bunny Bar

This adorable bunny-shaped chocolate bar is topped with tons of bright candy gems and rainbow nonpareils (which are crafted with dyes from natural ingredients) to liven up your Easter snack collection! This limited-time item will definitely not last long on shelves, so run to TJ's soon!

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Peas & Carrots Sour Gummy Candies

Shaped like tiny little peas and carrots, these bites are far from actual veggies. In fact, they're made of a delicious gummy candy tinged with just the right amount of sourness that balances out the sugary goodness.

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Break Apart Bunny

This is not your average chocolate bunny. While still hollow like most traditional treats, this one's actually loaded up with a handful of carrot-shaped gummy candies – like a perfect little (and edible!) Easter-themed piñata. Your Easter basket recipients won't be able to resist breaking it open!

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Chocolate Truffle Eggs

Ooh, fancy. Perfectly packaged for Eastertime gifting, this collection of egg-shaped chocolate truffles boats 7 distinctive flavors that feel oh-so bougie. You're def going to want to grab one for yourself – we're absolutely eyeing that pistachio egg. 👀

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Raspberry Mousse Cakes

These lil' cakes are almost too cute to eat! Each one starts with a base of moist vanilla cake that's topped with raspberry-flavored mousse. The batch then is covered in a sweet confectionary coating (including an edible leaf!) to emulate the sheer magic of raspberries on one easy-to-eat treat.

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Italian Chocolate Eggs

Add these eggs to your Easter candy bowl, stat! This pack comes with 4 decadent flavor pairings encased in colorful coatings so you can easily sneak in a bite of springtime joy throughout the day.

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Sea Salt Brownie Bites

We are obsessed with these brownie bites. The added sea salt on top of 'em adds some extra flavor oomph that feels super elevated and perfectly fancy for a special occasion such as Easter.

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Teensy Candy Bars

Basically like 'teensy' versions of a Snickers bar, these micro-sized candy bars are dangerously easy to snack on. Your little ones will adore them!

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Chocolatey Drizzled Strawberry Kettle Popcorn

Drizzled with freeze-dried strawberries and chocolate, this kettle corn is unlike anything you've tried before. The fruity notes most definitely qualify it as a great spring snack, while the chocolate adds Eastertime decadence.

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Organic Sparkling Rosé Tea Beverage

For something to sip on, this can is the epitome of spring flavors. It's made with a blend of four teas along with white grape juice, hibiscus flowers, orange peel, and rose hips for some insanely good floral and citrusy notes!

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Tangerine Probiotic Sparkling Beverage

Crafted with probiotics, this bubbly bev contains a "light, refreshing, sweet-tart flavor" that'll have you hooked from first gulp.

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Sophia Bush Finally Opened Up About Hilarie Burton & Chad Michael Murray Leaving 'One Tree Hill': "Stupid"

One Tree Hill fans were heartbroken (and a little bit confused) when season 6 ended and Peyton (Hilarie Burton) and Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) left without a trace. It had been a season of danger, life-threatening situations, and literal murder, and for two of the show's leads to just fall off the face of the earth felt inconsistent with how tight-knit the friend group had always been. And viewers weren't the only ones to think so.

"This is the problem: They didn't give us enough to make where our friends went make sense," Drama Queens host Sophia Bush said of the "unfortunate" decision to write Hilarie and Chad out of the show. (Hilarie has said in a previous episode of the rewatch podcast that both her and Chad were "treated badly, and he defended me...Chad was my teammate.")

Keep reading for what Sophia Bush, Bethany Joy Lenz, and Robert Buckley's thoughts on Peyton and Lucas leaving One Tree Hill.

Sophia Bush thought Peyton and Lucas leaving 'One Tree Hill' was "really weird."

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One Tree Hill season 6 ended after Peyton almost died giving birth to her and Lucas' daughter, and after introducing baby Sawyer to the rest of the crew, they just...drive off into the sunset.

"I don't even remember where they moved. Where did they go?" Bethany Joy Lenz says, to which Robert Buckley replies, "They left in a convertible, so I'm gonna guess maybe the West Coast where it's a bit warmer and less rainy."

But no matter where Peyton and Lucas moved, the One Tree Hill cast can't quite wrap their heads around the fact that, in the story, Brooke literally never hears from Peyton again. "I used to ask, 'Why can't Brooke [Davis] be getting text messages from Peyton? Why can't you see them texting? Like, why am I not getting photo updates of this baby? It feels really weird.'"

And while Lucas returns for an episode in season 9, he was also radio silent for his three-season absence, as was his mom Karen. "Everybody, they just faded off into the distance," Bethany says. "I do wish they had kept that up in some more clear way. I don't think it would have been hard."

While Bethany Joy Lenz think is was because of "personal beef" behind the scenes.

But Bethany theorizes the onscreen confusion boils down to behind-the-scenes drama with creator Mark Schwann, whom the cast accused of sexual harassment in 2017. The women of the show wrote an open letter explaining how “many of us were, to varying degrees, manipulated psychologically and emotionally," and how "more than one of us is still in treatment for post-traumatic stress."

"I think it was some sort of personal beef behind the scenes," Bethany adds in the Drama Queens episode. "He was hoping the audience would just forget about them."

"Which seems so stupid because it's a choice rooted in ego," Sophia adds. "It's like, 'Dude, you wrote those characters, so you knew they were great. So why are we suddenly pretending they're not?'"

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Hopefully we'll see all our favorite Tree Hill Ravens return for a One Tree Hill sequel series. While the show hasn't been officially greenlit at Netflix yet, Hilarie Burton exclusively told Brit + Co that everyone involved in the show is "really proud of the work that we did back then too. And so to see the public support this little show we made 20 years later, that's so special and it's so rare."

You can stream all of One Tree Hill on Hulu now — and read up on Chad Michael Murray's Perfect Idea For The One Tree Hill Reunion.

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Colleen Hoover's 'Regretting You' Cast Keeps Growing — See The Stars Joining The Movie!

Colleen Hoover (and her books) aren't afraid to make a statement. BookTok is still reeling from Verity, while the rest of the internet can't stop talking about all the It Ends With Us behind-the-scenes drama. and Hoover's newest adaptation, Regretting You, is just as gripping and emotional as all her other stories. The movie is based on the 2019 novel of the same name, and while It Ends With Us centers around romantic relationships, Regretting You is all about mother-daughter relationships.

What's 'Regretting You' about?

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Regretting You follows Morgan Grant (played by Allison Williams), who put her dreams on hold years ago when she got pregnant with her daughter Clara (McKenna Grace). Their age gap mirrors the one we see we see between Lorelai and Rory in Gilmore Girls, but instead of the Gilmores' close bond, Morgan and Clara's relationship becomes more strained the older Clara gets — especially when Morgan's husband Chris passes away in a tragic accident, revealing a secret that could change Clara's life forever.

While It Ends With Us is a larger production from Sony, Regretting You will be an indie production. Stay tuned for official production details!

Who's in the 'Regretting You' cast?

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Allison Williams (Get Out) and McKenna Grace (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) lead the Regretting You cast. These two are joined by Dave Franco (Now You See Me), Mason Thames (The Black Phone), Willa Fitzgerald (The Fall of the House of Usher), and Scott Eastwood (Wind River: Rising).

The movie will be directed by The Fault in Our Stars' Josh Boone and written by Susan McMartin.

When does 'Regretting You' come out?

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Regretting You comes out on October 24, and it's easily one of our most-anticipated movies for 2025!

Is 'Regretting You' a spicy book?

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Regretting You definitely has less spice than Colleen Hoover's other books. In fact, this TikToker ranks it as her least-spicy book! Since the story focuses on Morgan and Clara, instead of a romantic relationship, this is a good pick for any readers who prefer less spicy books.

What's the message of 'Regretting You'?

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Regretting You is all about life, which I know sounds like a huge message! But the story introduces us to an established family rather than two people who want to begin a family. Chris, Morgan, and Clara already have relationships with each other, and as time passes in the story, Regretting You shows us how circumstances can change, how overwhelming our emotions can feel, and how strong our family bonds can become.

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