As I began looking back on some of my older posts, I realized that most of them are about baby showers! It's crazy, but crazy good! What a blessing to be able to take part in the celebration of so many wonderful little blessings!
I love a good celebration...and if I get to throw it and decorate for it, then I am one happy lady!
I had a lot of fun putting together this baby shower for several reasons. As I said above, I love to throw parties and celebrate. But I REALLY love when I have the honor of celebrating the anticipated arrival of one of my own niece's and nephew's....in this case, my sweet little nephew. It was so much fun to do this for my sister in law and what made it even sweeter.....I got to plan and put this baby shower together with my mom.
So the decor of this shower was based around these cute little bird napkins that I stumbled upon at Pier 1. My mom made the adorable diaper cake and then took it a step further by cutting out the little birds from one of the napkins and giving them cute little bird legs using colored tooth picks! That diaper cake is seriously cute!
The personalized initials on the mason jar vases.....can you guess what they are made from? Caramel latte anyone?
I used coffee sleeves from Starbucks! Before anyone gets the wrong idea, let me point out that I paid for every one of them. I have been saving my coffee sleeves when I get to treat myself to their yummy coffee because I realized that when turned inside out, they have this wonderful texture and natural look to them. They are perfect for many of my crazy, crafty ideas!
I added a few more coffee sleeves in the mix to make some cute "sweet baby" vases for our coffee bar area. We had a brunch shower so our menu consisted of: mini muffins, fresh fruit, various kinds of bagels and cream cheese, spinach quiche, and of course, cupcakes! We had a coffee bar area complete with flavored creamer and dark chocolate flavored stir sticks. And we also had ice water and fruit infused iced tea.
I love making things that can be used as decoration but can also be sent home with your guest of honor as a little extra gift too! I simply bought a chipboard "E" from Hobby Lobby and traced it onto some fun scrapbook paper. Then I cut it out and using Mod Podge, applied it to my chip board letter. Next, I applied another thin layer of Mod Podge on top to seal it. And last, I used my hot glue gun (i love my glue gun!) to add a ribbon to the back. It would be cute just hanging on the wall, but I had this frame with no glass (because it got broken) just lying around and thought it would look great showcasing the letter "E"!
Don't you just love those little birds?! And by "those little birds", I mean, all of those cute little birds that you see on everything these days! I am such a sucker for them!
Okay, so here we have some homemade banners, which I really enjoy making. For these, I used the natural note cards from Hobby Lobby. They come in a package of 50 with 50 envelopes too. The already have a crease in the middle of them to fold for making a card. However, I use this crease as a guide to cut them in half and use them to make these banners. I basically layer them with different colors and patterns of scrapbook papers. I used alphabet stamps to stamp out "celebrate" and "baby ethan." Then I used my stamp pad to "dirty" up the edges of my paper, punched holes in the top corners and added some ribbon. Voila!
And last but not least, use special items as part of your decor anytime you can.
Make it personal...which makes it special.
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