Best Friends Baby Shower

OK, So I had only been to TWO baby showers, prior to this festive occasion. I hosted my best friends, Jennifer Rumbo-Drake, baby(ies) shower. I had no idea, well kind of but not really, what I was getting in to. I didn't want to do a completely traditional baby shower so I researched and made it my own/jennifer's own. I didn't want to go with all the pastel colors and "We're having Boys!" banners everywhere... I'm pretty sure everyone already knew that. I took a lot of my ideas from Ashley Ann Photography/ Under the Sycamore Blog because I fell in love with her blog as soon as my co-worker (Sarah) showed it to me for ideas. This woman is craft-T! no joke! Love everything she does!!!! So I hope she doesn't mind me taking a few of her ideas and making them my own. :)


This is the mother-to-be and her parents, David and Robin Rumbo. Love this family!!! :)

Friends and family!! I'm in there!!!

Please do talk amongst yourselves while we take pictures. trying to get the group together.

One of the tags I made for ONE of Jennifer's presents. Two peas in her pod!!

Okay, so I got this idea from Ashley Ann and tweaked it a smidge. I bought a plan cardboard box from Hobby Lobby and a stamp (which I love) with this really awesome ink that is supposed to be "vintage looking" I stamped all over the box and wrapped it with blue ribbon and twine and hot glued them on to the box so they would stay. I also had a package of flowers from Michael's in the scrapbooking section from the lovely Martha Stewart. It's an advice box!! I bought tags from Hobby Lobby and cut little strips of scrapbooking paper and taped them to the ends and stamped the back of them and tied a piece of twine to each one. Totally super cute.

These are the party favors!! I picked up 24 boxes from Michaels in the "wedding" section and stamped them with the same stamp of course and wrapped them up like little packages. They had chocolates in them. Oh and the stand I got at Target. I literally skipped over to it when I saw it. :) I get excited about these things!

I made a baby onesies banner (like a clothes line) super cute and super extra onesies for the mommy-to-be! :)

This was my favorite thing to make. The banners!!! I bought several different scrapbook sheets and cut them up. I then took starbucks sleeves and cut them up and mod podge-d them to the papers. I used a stencil for the "twins" part. and of course hole-punched and used twine through them. everyone loved it!! i think!?! well, i know i did!

Here's the finished project of the banners. I was so glad the place we were at had a mantle!

So, me and my girlfriend went to the fair the Wednesday before the party and picked up these awesome pearl bead thingys...They start out really small and you soak them in water and then the absorb the water and help hydrate plants and flowers. Super cool and they had many colors. You can find them online too! They look like marbles but feel like boba pearls (which are tapioca balls) if you've ever had them. Oh and super bouncy.

Here are some more!

Jennifer picked out the cake, super yummy and super cute!!!!

Ashley, my girlfriend, made the cupcakes. Red velvet with cream cheese icing and big sprinkles. My dear friend Danielle let me borrow her cupcake stand. It was perfect! Thanks Danielle!

So my mother is the best cook and loves to cook for large amounts of people. So she volunteered and made deviled eggs and sanwiches and boy did she ever! So good, which I knew they would be!

Ok, so this wasn't originally a "cup holder" but I couldn't figure out what to use it for and I thought it was too cute not to have so it became the cup holder. Just a plan wooden cylinder from Hobby Lobby and a doily from Michaels with some scrapbook paper and ribbon and the flowers for Martha Stewart and voila!

I took all the utensils and wrapped them with a napkin and then I took pieces of scrapbook paper along with doublesided tape (which became my best friend) and a piece of twine and wrapped them around. Simple, easy, and cute I thought. I picked up the basket at Michael's. They were having a 50 % off sale and I couldn't resist!!!

I made this awesome stand!! I was uber excited about it. I found they stand at Michael's on sale for 1.99 and then I found the plate at Target and thought it was a nice little fit. I glued them together and stacked the paper plates on top. :)

So, I also made other things but didn't take pictures of them. The prizes for the games were two candles that I decorated from target. So cute. So SO cute. and if I find a picture I'll post it. I also bought to picture frames from target that were cute all by themselves.

We had a lot of food and a lot of fun. :) I wish I had taken more pictures but hosting takes a lot and it was my first time. and I am a little proud of myself. :) But I know next time, if there is a next time, I will totally top myself!

Planning this baby shower was totally at a bad time in my life right now, I am a full time student at the University of North Texas and I work in Downtown Dallas as a Part time receptionist. I have a new puppy who I'm completely and totally in love with (Lucille) and I have so much homework I could spit. But! I will say that I am so glad that I did this because it was such a nice get away from the busy bee schedule that I normally have. and I never realized how much i enjoy being crafty and hosting parties. It was actually theraputic for me in a way. I loved every minute of the planning and crafting and hosting. Maybe I should look into that.

anyways, I'm off to class. I have a geography lab calling my name and though I'd rather ignore it I know I shouldn't.

Have a great week bloggy blog. I think I should post more often. yeah, probably.

Peace out,

k