OK, I posted this last night and somehow I deleted it. So here goes again!
On November 20th my friend Heather and I hosted a baby shower for our friend Jenny. She is expecting a baby girl sometime around January 1st or 2nd. All of the guests were scrappy or crafty friends of Jenny. Her Mom Janet and mom in law Pat, also came.
Since Jenny is having a girl we could use lots of pink! Since I am the mom of three boys, I have not had much chance to use pink in my mommy years. It was a fun change of pace!
I made this banner for a shower decoration and a gift for Jenny for baby Isabel's room.
The garland is made from about 5" size paper hearts sewn together and stuffed with tissue to make them puffy. I added a crepe paper rosette, a scalloped circle and a glass glittered chipboard letter to spell Isabel. The small hearts at the ends are the same except I added a little resin rose.
The hearts were all tied together with silk seam binding bows. I love how it turned out.
The bouquet below is made up of similar hearts. Each heart had a guests initial on it and we used them as favors for the shower. We attached them to skewers for the bouquet, but the guests could take them off and hang the heart or use it for an ornament.
Heather made the cute pink cupcakes and added pretty pearls and toppers to welcome baby Isabel.
The party table all ready for guests.
We served appetizers to start and a dinner after. We used no paper goods for the shower except for a few napkins. I enjoyed getting out some of my pretty dishes, serve ware and linens.
I found this little wooden ironing board while on vacation in Oregon in September. I thought it would be fun to use as decor for the shower. I had one like this when I was small. The card below the ironing board was the invitation I sent out for the shower. The little boot vase holding the pink roses was a vase my mother in law received when my hubby was born, in 1950. And a little glittered crown is what every little girl needs.
Our guest of honor Jenny with me and Heather.
My shower gift to Jenny was this little doll bed and dolly.
The little bed started out as a simple doll bed set from Ikea. Cute but very gender neutral. Since the baby will be a girl, I could not resist painting it pink and sewing new pretty pink linens.
And sewing a baby girl doll with curly blond hair, like Jenny!
I hope Isabel enjoys her dolly & bed.
It was so much fun to plan and co-host the shower for Jenny. I enjoyed every minute of it!
Jenny has wanted a baby for a long time and I know she and her hubby Jim will be great parents!
And I can't wait to meet Isabel!
Let me know if you would like more details on the paper crafts or sewing projects!
