Baby Shower.

So we got to enjoy the stresses and joys of throwing a baby shower this weekend!  We burnt the food, and then accidentally lit one of the games on fire, but being as that's a little typical for my family, all went well and everyone had a blast!  My mother-in-law was the host in my mother's house, and so everything had to be fancy and perfect, but somehow I convinced everyone to keep it simple.  However, asking my MIL to keep a cake simple is like the insult of all insults.  This cake was home made by her!  She used a teddy bear cake mold and chopped off it's ears and nose (it got to keep it's tail).  The baby is lemon pound cake, because it's more firm, and the bottom was three tiers of white cake with raspberry jam filling!  My favorite!  The handle on the binky is a lifesaver! Gotta love it!

We hit up Part City for decorations.  The lanterns were the bomb, because they're so quick to assemble.  We were running so last minute when it came to decorating the place, that I was so happy we had chosen lanterns.  We made a bunch of the tissue paper poufs, but they took so much time to properly poof them, that we ended up only using a couple over the food table.  And I fell completely in love with that fan.

Using a variety of different hanging items was perfect, because it almost gave it a bouquet look!  Variety is complimentary.

I saw this activity on Pinterest, and knew from the start that it had to happen! We hung up a hemp clothesline along one wall, and as everyone arrived, they received a onesie to write out their "Letters to Juliet's Mom."

 You can purchase onesie cutouts at Michael's and different places, but it was so much more fun to make our own!  I used the funky shape tool in Photoshop to essentially make my own patterned scrapbook paper, then fed the patterned papers through the printer again to get the onesie outline.  

 This was just a couple of the baby shower ideas, amongst many.  It was so cute, and a total success!