More Pics of the Baby Shower

Here are some more pics of the baby shower that a guest sent to me yesterday!! Enjoy!

Sarah's Baby Shower

Good Morning Everyone ~


On this past Sunday, I decorated "A Star is Born" baby shower for Sarah and Wes! The party was thrown by Vibrations Dance Company and I had the pleasure of creating all the cute decorations!! We had the baby shower at a place that is very familiar to all of us... the dance studio!! Since we would be having the shower immediately after dance rehearsal, it only made sense to use this space! We used the "meeting room" and front waiting area for the bulk of the party! I told Sarah in the beginning that since she was having a girl... the party was going to be pink, Pink, and PINK!! And that's exactly what she received. "A Star is Born" theme was picked since the party was being thrown by her dance family and we would be inviting other friends who are part of the theatre community. It only seemed appropriate that we celebrate a STAR!!


Let me just say... that I was nervous that the games would not be "stimulating" enough! BUT to my surprise... everyone had a ton of fun playing all the games. I didn't know that grown men would take trying to guess a belly size so seriously! AND we actually had someone be SPOT ON for guessing the mommie-to-be belly size. The "big" game that was played was the funniest of all!! So everyone had to pick a partner... the object was to dress a naked baby (put on the diaper, shirt, and pants)... then put the baby in a shower go down the dance studio around a chair and back across the finish line! The catch though... one person had to be blindfolded and the other had to direct their partner on where the clothes, how to put them on, and get them down and around that chair without killing themselves. And in honor of March Madness... we had a bracket... we went through 4 rounds until we got to 1 winner. Congrats to Ashlee and Will for being the winners!! The whole thing was HILARIOUS!! I have never laughed so hard and actually was able to participate in this game. Who knew dressing a baby without your eyes closed could be so hard. We had babies that got thrown out of their stroller, diapers falling off, people almost running into the wall! There will be post on just this game with a video and photos, just so you can get the full impact of this game!! 

This area was used for the food.

This was the welcome sign. I just love this picture! The mom liked the board so much she took it home! YEA!

On the table are the shower favors.

The mobile over the main table. Tissue  tutorial here. 

Wider view of the main table.  Draped fabric from ceiling to soften the feel of the room. Table without flowers on table. 

A bonus to the baby shower is... Wes the daddy-to-be made a video of the day and here it is!! Click the "here" to watch the video!


MORE PICS TO COME NEXT WEEK!!

How To Make Inexpensive Favors

 

So for the baby shower this past Sunday, we had a limited budget, so doing DIY projects and finding items on sale was a MUST! Creating these party favors was not only fun, but friendly to the budget!!

Here are the labels before I hot glued them on the bag.  They were layered. I used a craft bunch to cut out the labels, which made them the perfect shape and size every time.   I used large 12 x 12 sheets of paper to cut out the labels. The sheets of paper were on sale for 16 cents!! I got extra sheets for future projects. Just could no pass up that price!  Craft punches are a great little investment! They come in numerous shapes and sizes and at  Michael's and Hobby Lobby they are usually on sale and both stores offer 40% coupons, so getting some of those is a MUST! For what I used inside... chocolate of course. What woman doesn't love chocolate! 

So these bags I got from the DOLLAR STORE! They came in a pack of 12 and all I had to do is put them together and that was pretty simple. I actually put them together one night before dance rehearsal, while sitting on the floor talking to friends.

On the inside of the bags I put a little  of the plastic grass! It's around Easter and got the grass for 1.33 a pack. I got two packs, but really only needed 1.  Those packs were able to pill up my bags, but have a TON left over! If  have green in your color scheme... the green grass was only 33 cents! 

The inside of the bags with the candy inside. Just so you know... You can't put too much candy inside of these and it close correctly. :-(

And here are the bags completed! I decided to use black ribbon because more pink would of been too much!! So in total to make this treat it cost roughly 25 cents per bag!! Can't beat that!!

SNEAK PEEK: Sarah's Baby Shower

Today was Sarah's baby shower and I can say it was a success!! Everyone had a great time and the mother-to-be and father-to-be really enjoyed it. And pleasing the parents was my goal! Because it's late and I am dog tired... here is sneak peek of the decor!! 

Enjoy and Good Night!! Where did the weekend go?! 

Oh So Happy

So my friend's baby shower is on Sunday... and I can't wait!! I definitely need to take some pictures. I have been a little slow on posting as I have so much that I need to get done by Sunday and have been riding all around Columbia getting things. This has been so much fun. On top of that... I will be doing another wedding by the end of the year! YEAH!!! I just wanted to just say hi to everyone today and will TRY to get some pictures up of the things I have created, so far up tomorrow. I also want to say I have the best mother in the world because I can always bounce my ideas off of her and she will tell me if it's a BUST or GO!!

Cupcake Toppers

So it just donned on me yesterday that the baby shower I am helping to plan happens NEXT SUNDAY.... Yikes!! No sweat... I am on top of things and actually function a little better under a time crunch. Well I was back on my PINTEREST hunt today and found some more FABULOUS ideas on games and whatnot. The best thing I stumbled upon... I AM GOING TO MAKE THE CUPCAKE TOPPERS! I am so excited and want to run out to Michael's right now. Oh yeah about Michael's... we just got a new one in Columbia and it is GREAT!! I took my boyfriend with me (big mistake) and he practically had to drag me out because I just kept walking in circles and finding more things that I wanted to purchase and crafts I wanted to do. Plus how can you NOT LOVE Michael's when you can almost always get things at 40-50% OFF! #winning  So here is a pic of the cupcake toppers that I will be attempting to make this weekend!! Definitely come back on Sunday for a tutorial on how to make these!!

A Star Is Born

So as most of you know... I dance with a contemporary modern dance company called Vibrations Dance Company. Well one of the members is pregnant and due in April. She told us back in August and I have been looking at baby shower pictures since she told us. I can't wait! Since she will probably be having numerous baby showers we wanted to throw a shower that was indicative of us as a group so I thought of the theme "A Star is Born". Ok so we DON'T want an overly baby theme and something a little more grown up... so this party will be very GLAM!! Think of movie star!! So I have been using Pinterest to save the ideas I thought were great and here are some inspirations I will be using to guide me with decorating. Also, we are on a DEFINITE budget, so it will be interesting to see what ideas I come up with. After the shower, I will post pics and will post some pics along the way of things I come up with. ENJOY!!

I love these decorations. Tulle' is a very inexpensive way to decorate a room. I will also be making these tissue paper poms. Martha Stewart sells these for like $8/each. You can make them for much cheaper! And the colors for the party will be pink, PiNk, and PINK! Girlie all the way.

This dessert table is very GLAM!!