My sister is having a girl! This will be my first niece. On both my husband and my side of the family we only have nephews. I have 4 nephews and a son, even my dog is a boy. So, it was fun getting into the girly mode to plan my sister's baby shower. Well, after months of planning, the shower finally arrived, and it was such a success. Before I go too much further, I wanted to let you know I couldn't have done any of it without the help of my mother and my dear friend Amy. The shower was a lot of work, but totally worth it! Being the crafty gal that I am, I made most of the things for the shower. Starting with the invitation. I love having scripture themes for baby showers. So, this one was themed off of James 1:17, "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." So, with that theme, I wanted the shower to be very heavenly with lots of pink (after all she's having a girl) and silver (for the celestial aspect of it).
Keeping with the Celestial theme, I made star candles for the favors. This was my first time making candles, and after the first 8, it got a little easier. I ended up making 36 of them, and am still trying to figure out what to do with the left overs.
My friend Amy was a huge help when it came to the food. As the shower was in the afternoon, we decided on a light salad bar for the food. It was a brilliant idea, it took very little prep work, and clean up was very easy.
My mom made a fabulous Raspberry Sorbet punch...
Do you see the water bottles behind the cupcakes. I decided not everybody would want punch, and the healthiest alternative I could think of was water. So, my brilliant water bottle label idea was born. I just printed it out, and put my son to work on adhering the labels to the water bottles. I think it came out nice. What do you think?
The centerpieces were the talk of the party. I wanted the party to be elegant, and what can speak elegance better than fresh flowers. Well, the flowers did not go as planned. I had originally ordered some white roses with pink tips, giving it the baby pink color I wanted. The florist calls a couple of hours before the party to let me know that the flowers did not come in...talk about panic attack. So, I went to the shop to see what else I could find. It was slim pickings, but I found some flowers that worked. The center piece consisted of a mirror tile, followed by either pink or white tulle piled on top of it, and then the vase of flowers on top of that. We then sprinkled silver star confetti on the tables.
For activities, I didn't want the typical, cheesy shower games, not that there's anything wrong with that, it just didn't fit in with the atmosphere of the shower. I wanted to do scrapbook pages. I went to a shower once that did that, and I thought it was a great idea. My sister loves scrapbooks, and I really do not have the first clue of scrapbooking. Yes, I admit it, I'm a crafter that doesn't scrapbook. Fortunately, my friend Amy does the scrapbook thing. So, she took charge of the scrapbook activity, and it was a success. She had also bought a book as part of her gift, and put all of the scrapbook pages in it. I just know we'll have a slew of pictures to put in it once she gets here. We also played the game to guess the circumference of the mother's belly using ribbons. My sister's friend guessed the perfect amount of ribbon, and won! I made a necklace and earring set for the winner of the game, and she loved it!
Overall, it was a wonderful shower. We had a great time. Thank you to those who helped me plan an amazing baby shower. Now I can't wait until my new niece arrives, little Jillian Nicole. My sister has already started having contractions, so it won't be too long.
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