Baby Shower Time!

Over the weekend we hosted a baby shower for my sister-in-law and sweet little nephew. I wanted to do something unique and not just use the generic shower decorations that we've seen over and over again. I bought a big pad of pretty scrapbook paper and went to town... we used it for so many different things. Circle paper garland, triangle bunting, pinwheels, signs, tags and jar tops.

 

This is the circle punch garland that I made. You can find lots of tutorials for this online... I purchased a 3 inch circle punch and made a few of each colour. Matched the circles up randomly back to back  and then ran them through the sewing machine to attach them all together.

 

The pinwheels were made using the same paper... I cut out 5 inch squares and glued them back to back. Easy. Really Easy.

 The food was fantastic. We kept it pretty and fresh with lots of fruit and veggies. I found small terracotta pots at the dollarstore that I wrapped in Washi Tape then added a piece of floral foam and some moss. I found the chalk board stakes at Michael's and they worked perfectly.

 The mini bunting was again made with the paper scraps and I made diamonds that I folded over twine and hot glued. We used this to add to the food table.

This "Lucas" wall was my favourite part. I bought small canvases from the dollarstore and letters from Walmart. Painted them to match my theme and added the prepainted animals in the corner. I sanded the canvas, letters and animals to make them look less perfect and little worn.

 

I went to the cottage a few weeks ago and made my sister, borther-in-law and cousins into my minions. I had them baking and decorating sugar cookies that spelt out Lucas' name for the favours. We froze the cookies and then I put them into pretty mason jars with paper lids and "thank you" tags.

 

It was a great shower. We had a lot of fun and they got some really fun gifts!