I would assume by now most people have heard of "Pintrest". If not a personal user, someone at your recent family Christmas Party or at the Office must be talking about it. I have to admit, being married for almost 8 years and having my first daughter a little over 2 years ago, (as well as majority of my siblings already having children) all the "Major" highlights in my life in which I would get the opportunity to host my "own" big parties are past. Luckily I still have a sister (down the road) and a sister in law or two that are having babies and so spending time on Pintrest.. (and then heading over to ETSY to purchase supplies) is still something I get the enjoyment of doing. Its probably a good thing I am not currently planning my wedding or daughters 1st birthday party again. The amount of DYI's and ideas that Pintrest can give you is limitless.
All this to say, a week or so ago I had the honour of co-hosting my sister-in-laws baby shower at my home. I didnt want to blow the bank hosting with all the details, but I did want to have a fun "gender neutral" baby shower to celebrate the upcoming arrival of this little peanut. Becki (my sister-in-law) and I have always gotten along well and shared our attention to detail and "stylish" things, so I really wanted to make this shower special.
So to Pintrest & Etsy I went. A fun "celebrate" banner was created in the perfect colours. The design downloaded from "Tom Kat Studios" and then the colours modified by my sister Carolyn. In fact all te desgn work was buy her. Tags for the mason jar glasses, prize tags, the banner(s), food place cards and anything else I am missing. It was so fun to add that personalized element!
Oh right, this is a cake/cupcake blog! We had those too! I did do a variety of cupcakes for the centre of the table. (pics below) There were also some beautiful cookies done by my sister - in - law Racheal Willms (you can see them in the pics). She is also very talented in the sweets department! And to add to the awesomeness of the shower, my OTHER Willms sis-in-law Michelle, had special bread ordered from the local bakery for the sandwiches she had made.
I really did enjoy and love the shower! Below are some pics to share a "look" of what went on. Next on my "to-do" list is take a photography course. We own a great camera, but I havent mastered the use of it yet. So the pics are as good as is gets!
Thanks for following readers and enjoy the pics.
A picture of the straws I purchsed off Etsy. They wee to go in the cups.
They didnt arrive on time :( So I eill save them for next time!
