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The couple publicly announced their engagement in October 2017 before Cardi revealed her pregnancy during a performance on \"Saturday Night Live\" in April. The rapper just confirmed rumors that she was already married just this week.

But if you want to liven up your upcoming baby shower, Roy broke down the elements of Cardi's baby shower that may be easy to replicate at your own festivities.

Don't be afraid to have live entertainment

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Cardi's baby shower featured a live band, ballerina dancers, and even Migos' own deejay, DJ RayG. Roy said it was important for her to have live performances to stay true to her Bronx theme.

\"We were really trying to bring the Bronx elements to the shower as far as New York street performers and subway performers -- that was a big thing. So how can we take that nugget and do it for the culture?\" Roy asked rhetorically. \"We had an orchestra, but they were an all-black hip-hop orchestra and they were playing hip hop music. And since the shower was for a little girl, we hired an all-black dance company.\"

Create a children's book library

Cardi B & Offset’s Baby Shower: A Bronx Fairytale Event Planner: @karleenroy

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At Cardi's shower, her event planner created a space where family and friends can write messages inside of the books given to baby Bardi.

Roy told GMA that \"it really was important for us to have personal moments incorporated into the shower. You’ve gone to a lot of showers, who say, 'Bring a book!' Then you get home and you don’t know who the book is from.\"

The event planner said to make it easier, she allowed Cardi's guests to \"find a book that spoke to them and drop a note in it. As the baby grows up, she can go back and read who was at her mom’s baby shower. It's a cute thing to have in their home for years to come.\"

Create installations for photo opportunities

Cardi B & Offset at their Baby Shower: A Bronx Fairytale

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Inside Cardi B's shower, there were several spaces where family and friends could pose for amazing photo opps. Not only did Roy supply a wicker chair, surrounded by pink flowers, for people to take a snap, but she also created a mock bodega, undoubtedly inspired by Cardi's upbringing in the Bronx, that could also be the perfect backdrop for your Instagram.

Roy said, \"It’s all about Instagrammable and sharable moments to not only the crowd that’s there, but the crowd that wishes they were there.\"

She revealed she used 26,000 flower stems for the entire shower, but if people wanted to create floral walls at their own baby showers to purchase hedges instead, which are a bit more inexpensive. Also, grab an area rug to mark the space. Pick out the chair with the best personality and decorate the background with flowers (faux flowers are totally OK to save funds) and even some signage.

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