Purple Owl themed baby girl Shower

I threw a double baby shower for two friends having babies at right about the same time! Although one of them decided to wait until the birth to find out what she was having, they both ended up having girls.

So, I think the shower theme was totally appropriate!

I cheated by buying the printable stuff on Etsy, and it was worth it! So cute, and so easily pulls everything together!

With the purple theme, I did grape kool Aid mixed with Sprite, but it was the water bottles that were the most popular. The labels for those were so cute!

We had a luncheon, so there were a lot of lunch foods. One of the mothers-to-be can't eat gluten, so most of the crackers, cupcakes, cookies, etc. were gluten free.

But not these cute owl cake pops!... A friend made these and they turned out absolutely beautiful!!

I also had jars of purple candy, kind of like a candy bar, but it was on the same table as all the rest of the food.

I made purple cotton candy and put them in snow cone holders. I had found these cool egg holders in the Easter clearance and since they were purple, they worked perfectly for the party!

"Ready To Pop" pink baby shower

A good friend of mine had a surprise pregnancy... at 41!

She had not saved any babies items from her other 2 kids, so of course, she needed a baby shower!

I was happy to throw it for her, and even happier to have a lot of help!

 A friend from her work had given her a "baby shower in a basket" kit as a gift. She handed it over to me, and I used it! It gave me a perfect theme to do- pink, and "ready to pop!" (that's what the pendant banner says, but it's a little hard to read...)
The kit included crepe paper, so I was trying to think of a creative way to use it.
I had taken my kids to a birthday party earlier in the week, and the mom had used multiple colors of crepe paper in a rainbow pattern like this, so I decided to alternate the light pink and dark pink.

 I loved how it turned out and will definitely do it again. It helps to cover the mirror, which I like. If it was February instead of October, I would have left it up. I did the balloons to go with the "pop" theme.

 Also carrying over the "pop" theme, we did a popcorn bar. I know two of those are empty- I took the pictures before the person bringing them arrived. They were really pretty pink colored pop corn.

(please ignore the staples, I was finishing it the night before... and I was tired!)

Since we did pink lemonaide in the drink dispenser, these were used as prizes for the games.

 Someone also brought a cake that went in the center... I hope someone remembered to take a picture of it!

 I somehow didn't get any pictures of the other room where we ate dinner. We had a few crockpots of soup, rolls, and salad, and all ate around my newly refinished kitchen table (post coming soon) and outside since it was so nice.
I made a cute diaper cake for the center piece... too bad y'all don't get to see it!

 

I was so glad when someone suggested taking a big group picture! What a fun memory!

Zebra and Pink Baby Shower

So last weekend, I threw a baby shower for my friend who is having a little girl. It was so fun to do, not only because she is my good friend, but because the theme of this shower was so fun! It was just Zebra Print and Pink.
I was going to do a Peter Pan theme, since she loves that, but no ideas were coming to me. None. I have to have ideas. I can't throw these kind of things together at the last minute. Some people have that gift.
Not me.
I mull it around in my brain for a long time. (there's my confession)
Since I joined Pinterest, I even had a board I was pinning ideas to. What did I ever do before Pinterest?
So, after she sewed a Zebra print Boppy cover, and I noticed that her cell phone was Zebra Print, I thought, hmmm...

So, here is the invitation:

I made a Diaper Cake, which was so much fun to make:

I think this one might be my most favorite one that I've made! (I may have said that last time, too) With all the fun zebra print ribbons, I thought the feathers would be the perfect topper. I realize that they are not a baby item that she can use. But I couldn't resist.
I also noticed lots of pink beaded necklaces in my daughters dress-ups, so I added a few. A friend commented that it looked very "Marti Gra" ... well, it was that time of year, and we did just get back from New Orleans, so there's a chance some of that crept into this. But, lest you think it's all just bling- there were 95 size 2 dipaers, and 20 size 1, All the flowers have hair clips, so baby can wear them, there are two cans of formula in the center, and the very top tier has three headbands wrapped around it for baby to wear. Also, my friend is going to (eventually) use all the ribbons to make a ribbon board to hold all her hair accessories. Oh, and the bottom is a pizza pan- which mommy can bring to me anytime, and I will make her a homemade pizza- call it a bonus gift!
The front room was decorated with not only her diaper cake, but a clothes line of zebra print clothes for the baby!
I loved the little leggings the most! I found all of this at Hobby Lobby, but then, I had to make it personal for Baby Beverlie
So the pink onsie got a big "B", the hat, bib, and zebra onsie got her name embroidered on it.
As guests came in the front door, there was a basket of diapers for them to write messages on:
I think I enjoyed this the most (I may or may not have gotten a little carried away with my messages as the party wore on)

I also got the idea from Pinterest to use a baby changer for display (they used it to put cake and desserts on) I was planning on making cotton candy favor bags for all of the guests, but the night I planned on that, I ended up in the ER with my first kidney stone (and let's pray it's also my last) I still think it would have been really cute. Maybe another time.

The Food:

was obviously breakfast foods, since we were having a brunch. I'll let the pictures tell you what we ate. Except for the quiche was still coming out of the oven, so it's missing from the pictures I snapped.
Did you notice that big thing in the middle?

That was the Belly Cake

I know, the resemblance was just uncanny... especially since the mommy showed up in Zebra print!
The front room was all about Baby, but this part was all about mommy
(I love that she didn't hesitate to dive in!)
And here is one more shot with Daddy to be, who came to help her get home (she couldn't reach the petals at this point, so she couldn't drive!)