Welcoming Laslo

Posted by Shira, Editorial Assistant, Art

Without further ado, we'd like to give a big welcome to Laslo Spica. Our deputy art director, Cybele, gave birth to him last night. We were so excited for his arrival that, back in mid-October, we threw her a baby shower (our staff's second, the first having been well documented).

"Operation Baby Shower" began when the art department (senior art director Lisa Thé, associate art director Jamie Prokell, design director Deb Bishop, and me) settled on a color palette. As visually driven creatures, we do not take these things lightly: We broke out the Pantone color chips and decided on baby blue, orange, and chocolate brown.

Since the lady of honor is not fond of cupcakes (confirmed through top-secret communication with her husband, Robert), we served cookies and chocolates. We stocked up on buttery cookies from City Bakery and chocolate treats stuffed with almonds, mint, malt balls, blueberries, and raisins. To clue the attending staffers in to the multitude of flavors inside, I taped little blue labels to the candy dishes. We also picked up baby blue and orange M&Ms from Dylan’s Candy Bar to match our color scheme.

Chocolates!

The table was set with cake stands and candy dishes from an old Martha Stewart Everyday collection at Kmart. Deb picked out gorgeous paper from Kate’s Paperie (the style name was “Japonesque Orange,” but is no longer on the website) that we taped together to make a table runner, and the rest of the trimmings came from our supply closets. Over the table we hung intricate felt place mats -- called in for an upcoming story (stay tuned!) -- and tacked Deb’s “Boy” banner to a bulletin board.

Jamie’s custom-made wrapping paper, created from scans of our Pantone color chips

Everyone oohed and aahed over the gifts, including baby clothes from Makié, Roam, and Oilily. Cybele and our executive editor, Tim Moss, exchanged due dates; Tim and his wife are expecting their third child any day now. And Cybele told us that Ellis, her 5-year-old son, had his heart set on naming his baby brother "Huckle." He thinks it has a nice ring to it.

Cybele opening her gifts

Comments

[Kristy Glass]

Laslo is now on my official list of favorite boys names, along with Rocco and Ben

[adiel]

The baby gift baskets are perfect gifts at the birth of a baby or for a baby shower. These are specially designed in dark colors and beautiful designs to make them more attractive to babies. The Chocolate cookies are elegantly decorated and come in specific themes