Sprinkled with Love Shower

A friend of mine was having her third child and I offered to throw her a small shower at work in celebration of baby #3.  I'm personally not a huge fan of second or third showers, especially if it's the same gender.  But, I love the idea of a sprinkle.  Something small to celebrate the baby and mom with family and close friends.  There have been tons of ideas on Pinterest, which is what I used when planning the shower.  It was a shower for just over 10 people and we went with the sprinkle theme.  

Sprinkled with Love Banner made using the cricut

The food.  We did just desserts since it was an early afternoon event.  There was brownies (with sprinkles of course), ice cream with a varitey of toppings, sprinkle covered marshmallows, mini cupcakes and chocolate covered pretzels.  

 Drinks.  Soda and punch were served. 

 Cupcake toppers I made.  

 Brownies using the new Pampered Chef brownie pan, love it!

Marshmallow pops.  Marshmallows dipped in melted pink candy coating pieces, then dipped in sprinkles.  I stuck leftover pink straws cut in half in the top.  

 I made mini diaper cakes as centerpieces.  

Baby Shower Hostess Gift

I know my friends and family worked very hard on planning my baby shower.  I wanted to get them a small gift to show my appreciation.  I was inspired by a pin on pinterest using Bath & Body Works fresh picked scents.  I gave each one of my friends a hand soap, hand sanitizer, small body lotion and a cute matching note pad that I found at Michaels.  I also found these cute bags at Michaels as well.  To finish them off, I made the round tags myself using Print Shop.  

That's it.  A simple and inexpensive gift that best my girls loved.  

Daddy Survival Kit & Hospital Survival Kit

I wanted to do something special for hubs for Father's Day this year.  Since we're less than 8 weeks away from the birth of our baby girl, I decided to make survival kits for him.  I decided on two, one for the hospital and another for home.  The hospital one is filled with all his favorite candy, soda and snacks.  The Daddy Survival Kit is more meaningful with specific items and sayings to go with (sayings can be found below).  I also bought him the diaper bag that he wanted.  He was completely surprised and loved all his gifts.  Now the challenge will be not eating all the candy before we head to the hospital! 

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Pink & Green Baby Shower

I threw a pink & green baby shower for my MOH last month.  I spent lots of time working on the little details that I knew she would love.  Here are the pictures from the shower.  Below, you will find the links to the tutorials for each DIY project.  Also, another fabulous resource I used was a baby shower checklist I found at BabyShower101.com. It was a huge help in planning the day.  

Onesie Sugar Cookies.  I used pre-made sugar cookie dough, a onesie cutout from Michael's and this recipe for royal icing.  I love how these came out! 

No baby shower is complete without a diaper cake!  I stepped a little outside my box for this design using the flowers instead of stuffed animals.  I also doubled the amount of ribbon I usually use and love that added detail.  Click on the link for the diaper cake tutorial.  

Read a little about the advice jar here.  

I'm a big fan of edible favors, whether it's for showers or weddings.  Guests will most likely eat edible favors as opposed to a picture frame or wine opener or coaster.  I can't tell you where all the favors I've received at events end up.  So, I decided to make baby carriage shaped rice krispie treats.  I made a batch of rice krispie treats according to the directions on the package.  I made the royal icing (recipe link above) for the icing on top and the decorative work.  The cutter used was found at Michael's.  I wrapped all the favors in clear bags and tied them with a ribbon.  

I used the ribbon above to decorate pretty much anything I could for the shower.  I used this apothecary jar and filled it with gumballs to match the colors for the shower.  It was placed next to the diaper cake and advice jar.  

Even though I wanted to make cupcakes from scratch, time did not permit.  So, I went with the trusted box of cake mix.  I used strawberry with cream cheese icing and chocolate with vanilla icing.  I tied in the colors with the sprinkles on top.  

I'm now a huge fan of cake pops.  L-O-V-E them! And...I would say they were the guests favorites (any a favorite of my family who was in town that week).  Visit my post on Bakerella's cake pops for the link for directions and more pictures! 

center table

dessert table

drinks table

food table-cheese ball, spinach dip, pasta salad, subs, fruit salad, brie and more 

Diaper wreath used at the door as guests walked in.  Of course, it's pink and green. 

Party Punch.  Super simple to make and everyone was asking for the recipe!

I made this clothes line and banner to go in the front of the room. Since the shower was in my classroom, I wanted to cover all of my teacher stuff.  It worked perfectly!  I also made all of the white onesies and bought the rest at Target to match the shower.  

Cupcake toppers

Centerpieces used on each table.  Bought the flowers at Michael's, used clear vases filled with pink and clear marbles.  Love that these can be used over and over again!

Here is the beautiful mommy to be and myself.  

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Brown & Pink Baby Shower

These pictures are from the second baby shower I helped throw for my MOH.  I can't take credit for everything you see in the pictures, everyone involved worked hard on every little detail.  My work can be seen in the diaper cake, diaper wreath, clothes hanger bows and the cookies.  The shower was perfect and we can't wait to meet baby Callie! You can find the diaper cake tutorial here, diaper wreath tutorial here, smores cookies here, lemon cookies here and bow directions here.  That's a lot of heres! Enjoy!

Advice & Wishes for the Mommy to be...

I loved every minute of planning my MOH's baby shower.  I wanted to add lots of personal touches to the shower, which lead me to countless hours of online searching.  One of the things I decided to make, was this advice and wishes jar. 

Here's How: 

I bought a vase from Michael's and decorated it with ribbon and rhinestones. The rhinestones were self adhesive and I hot glued the ribbon.  I found the bottle frame in the dollar section at Target and printed out a little sign/direction.  Last, I used old scraps of scrapbook paper.  I found every pink & green piece of paper I had and cut it into different sizes.  All with enough room for guests to write a little message.  I put a small pail with pink & green pencils on the table for guests to use to write.