Shelly's Bubbly Baby Shower

Better late then never right?? So remember way back when I mentioned the next baby shower I was putting together for my sis? ummm... so yeah, I'm only now posting about it.

I apologize in advance for the poor quality of pics, but thank you SO much to Kristen, shell's friend for even taking pics!! Without her there would be like 4 pics total! and since my desktop is still out of comission, I have some pics on there that I can't get to:( So lesson learned, take pictures of things before the actual day (if you can) AND find a sitter! My other sis's boyfriend (who is totally awesome btw!) did a great job of entertaining phil and lil, but we already abuse him enough so subjecting him to cranky babies who don't like to sleep at grandma's house wasn't on the top of my list that day!


SO with ALL of that stuff said, here's the goods...

The diaper cake- super fun one! I used a wooden letter on top attached with a small stick, girl baby words printed on colored paper and punched out with a circle punch attached with an even smaller stick. (I think I used skewers lol!) Binkies attached with ribbon, random flowers, ribbon and I later added a pair of baby shoes above the big bow. This table has a ton of stuff, starting on the right side of the table... we played "guess how many gumballs are in the bowl" game we used punched out circles (like on the diaper cake) for people to write their answers and also sprinkled various circles as confetti on the tables, the wind however had other ideas and sent them to the grass! The invitation is displayed (the close up is lost on the desktop) The game gifts are in the basket, I think they were soaps and stuff from B&B works. a pic of the happy couple :) and the cute clothesline made by shell's friend Kristen is draped across the front.This is SO super easy, but SO super cute! It goes great in Madison's room :) Tins found in the dollar section at target, stuffed with crinkle paper, Madison's name stamped on bright colored paper, punched out with a big circle punch, and attached to a stick! SO EASY!

The wonderful cupcakes thanks to Jen! Jen, correct me if I'm wrong, but the cupcakes were reg. choc cupcakes topped with Wilton's buttercream frosting using a cool tip (don't know what kind!) and sprinkled with some sprinkles and a gumball on top- i don't think these took us more than 30 minutes to frost and sprinkle :) Thanks Jen!

I'm so sad the close ups are on the desktop for a lot of these items, but I used the leftover napkins from Tania's shower, but took the tags off since Shell wasn't having twins! I made these really cute drink umbrella's. I found the idea on Martha's website, here's the link. I used cute paper with yes you guessed it, circles! All you do is punch (or cut) out a circle- I think I used 2 1/2", cut a line from outside to the center, pull cut edges together, and adhere using tape or double sided tape or even glue, and stick a skewer through the center! and wala! you have your cute drink umbrella's!! Also found on Martha's site, are the tissue paper balls... I had my sis make these who hates crafts (love ya sis!) I don't think they were too hard to do. It's eight sheets of tissue paper folded into 1 1/2" accordion strips, tied in the center and spread apart- they only thing that bugged me is i thought it made a ball, but you have to put 2 together to make a ball :(

The party favors- I found the idea on splitcoast stampers. Click here for the one I scraplifted :) You can find more in the gallery under 5-in-1 templates. And again I apologize, the close ups are on the desktop :( The inside has pink jelly beans. There were like 500 versions on splitcoast stampers when I looked- so you can check them out there too :)

Staying with the bubbly/gumball theme, I used a melon baller and made a fruit bowl with cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon, and grapes.

If you look behind my mom (on the right) you can see again, circles on sticks, these one's were just bigger.

And of course one last pic of the girls of the fam :)

Remember the inspiration??? I think we achieved the vision I was going for! yay!