When the guests arrived, they were asked to sign-in by autographing a onesie for baby Arabella. The mother-to-be and I did not want to do any cheesy baby shower games so we brainstormed for something special. I thought this idea was creative and special! Our intentions with this idea was to frame the onesie in a shadow box with the shower invitation and some other memorabilia.
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| Onesie sign-in. I ironed a cute little applique to the front. |
I have been looking for a reason to make a tutu diaper cake and was so excited to make this one. Thank the Lord my stepdaughter already had the diaper cake setup because I was running out of time and would have been devastated if I couldn't have made this. I simply made the tutu with some spare tulle I had lying around the house.
Next, the guests were asked to take a favor box filled with chocolate-covered pretzels. I used my Princess Party cricut cartridge to cut out these cute little boxes. These boxes took me FOREVER to make but they turned out so cute!
For the table setting, I used scrapbook paper as placemats. The centerpieces were made from soup cans and tissue paper. I hand made each flower for this shower using tissue paper and floral tape. I spent a few months searching local thrift stores for the teacups. It is amazing what you can find in a thrift store!!
Now, onto more important things ---- the food! Thankfully, my friends and family members helped with the food. We had a bunch of yummy treats, many of which were vegetarian-friendly. The menu was comprised of: buffalo chicken dip (not-so-vegetarian-friendly), spinach quiches, chicken salad (again, not-so-vegetarian-friendly), vegetables, pasta salad, mini-berry cheesecakes, cookies, and chocolate-covered cherries. I do not have a picture of the cake pops because they were an EPIC fail!! Next time, I will suck it up and have them professionally done.
I used pieces of scrapbook paper as a table runner and made the dessert stands with random dishes purchased from local thrift stores. I used my cricut to cut out the food tags (I guess that is what you could call them.) It was really fun making everything!
For the gift table, I ordered vintage baby clothes from etsy.com to pin around the front of the table. The mother-to-be got alot of good stuff and was very excited!!
I had a good time planning this event and look forward to the next one!
