Food for a 1 p.m. baby shower

Anyone feel like brainstorming with me on food for an afternoon baby shower? I'm throwing one for a good friend who will be 36 weeks pregnant. I'm thinking light appetizers and dessert. Any easy ideas?

[Phoebe]

I went to a 1pm shower a couple weeks ago. There were little pinwheel sandwiches, chips and salsa, a fruit plate with fruit dip, veggies and tiny desserts. No cake though. Beverages ranged from beer to mulled cider.

It was good stuff. Good luck with the shower.

Jennifer

[DCJenn]

We did a 1pm shower for my SIL and we prepared little tea sandwiches, a fruit and cheese tray, a selection of tea breads (poppyseed, banana, cranberry, etc) and we did have a cake. It's a good thing we made as much as we did because those women were HUNGRY!

We had wine, champagne, beer, a non-alcoholic punch, sparking water and iced tea. We offered coffee at the end with the cake.

Jenn

PS- MY SIL's next door neighbor and I got loopy because she was adopting from Korea and we both figured we were "expecting" too, but we got to celebrate!

This is standard afternoon shower menu with my old gang...
Petit fours
strawberries dipped in chocolate
cheese and crackers
bacon wrapped water chestnuts
teryaki or bbq meatballs
fruit plate
mimosas or n/a equivalent
tea and coffee

Thanks, all! I'll let you know what we end up making.

[DCJenn]

Jill-

We actually stole most of the menu from a cookbook by the NYC Junior League called "I'll Taste Manhattan". If you're interested, I'll copy it and send it to you.

Jenn

Thanks! I will PM you my address!