Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Baby Shower

I threw my first ever baby shower for my beloved Justine. Here's how:

Invite Cover
I didn't want to go too pastel-y twee, so I went with the pennant theme. It might be nearly played out for some, but I will always love me some pennants. Here's what I designed for the invite. It was a folded card with the deets inside. Feel free to bite my rhyme: if you click the link above it'll take you to my Flickr where you can download the image big & resize however you like. (If you want. No pressure). I used this font for everything.

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I sewed up 20 billion feet of bunting & strung it over the table (between a couple of trees), over the buffet table & from our chandelier inside.

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See?

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We served Martha's macaroni & cheese; tomato, basil and baby mozzarella salad; mini-meatballs on picks; foccacia with olives & tomatoes; bruschetta; champagne; the world's yummiest sangria (for which I can take no credit--thanks Jen!) and lemonade for the poor, knocked up members of our crew. We had a store-bought chocolate chip cake for dessert because I'm crazy but not crazy enough to try & bake a cake.

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For the first time in five years I threw a party and didn't make cupcakes. But I can't resist the pull of a cupcake pick. So I made them & used them for the meatballs. I know this is a totally gross picture, but how cute are those picks? I used images from this genius to make them.

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I made bigger picks on bamboo skewers for the flower arrangements. (I haven't allowed my poor, long-suffering husband to throw out a jar in two years. I had no idea what I was going to do with all those jars, but I knew it would be something good. Cut to: tie a ribbon around them, fill them with cheerful flowers & some nutty pennants and ta-da! I sent them home with the guests and now we get to start collecting jars all over again.)

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We don't know what the baby's name will be, so I used the mama's initial for the cookie favors. I used this recipe for the first time & I'm never going back. They were cute, easy & yum. The card toppers had funny quotes about boys & children in general. This is my new favorite way to do goody bags.

(I also made bracelets for the guests out of Shrinky-Dinks. They were code red crazy, but I loved them. I'll try to find a picture to upload later)

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Dash's Aunty Jamie was in charge of the games & she brought it. Here the guests are trying to draw a portrait of the baby on their heads. Justine then chose her favorite for the winner.

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Next were Baby Scattergories & Mad Gab (like a word jumble). If you want to use these, just click on the images above & below. They'll take you to my Flickr where you're more than welcome to download & print these out.

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Mad Gab was pretty hard, so don't forget to copy the key (it's in the comments on the image).

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And then we got down to the business at hand: prezzies, yo.

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"It's kinda like he's wearing it now."

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Oh nothing, just a quilt I made.

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The end.

15 comments:

jengel said...

No more jars!

CraftyRachel said...

Lovely party! The quilt table cloth is darling, and the quilt you made looks gorgeous, too! I'm planning a baby shower for January and love the game ideas. Thanks for sharing!

Liz said...

Thanks, Rachel! Hope they come in handy.

Anonymous said...

I can't get over how darling this is. I have it starred in my reader so I can give it to my peeps when I do have a baby. I mean, seriously dude, good work. Lucky friend!

Dionne said...

This is so random but I am throwing a baby shower and thought it would be fun to do a baby mad gab. I googled it and found your blog. Thanks for sharing- it gives me more than a head start!

The Girl With A Curl said...

You are super crafty awesome!

Tonya said...

As usual, you rock. I wish I lived closer so you could throw me a party.

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Unknown said...

Beautiful! I love all the pendants!

Kim @ http://frostmeblog.blogspot.com
party inspiration

Liz said...

Thanks so much, Kim!

Komal-Nishka said...

Hey,this is such a cool party. I wanted to take a closer look at the games but couldn't as flickr is banned in Dubai. Is there anyway you can e-mail me these at nishka[dot]manglani[at]gmail.com Many thanks

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Thanks for the ideas they have given I would like to use them in my cousin's baby shower.

Elle The Heiress said...

loving, the whole thing! Also printing out the games for a shower that I'm hosting this weekend (I know, I've waited until the last minute!)

Elliott Broidy said...

You did a great job. Beautiful decor.