My Last Baby Shower.....For a While At Least

So my BFF was having her third child and she had NEVER had an official baby shower!!  Can you believe that?!?  I couldn't!!  I told her that even though she was having her third girl that she still deserved a baby shower.  So, I hosted one for her.  Here are some of the pics.  It was a Jungle Jill themed shower.  I did a lot of my usual, just with ALOT of pink!! :)

The food table.  I made hair bows and used them to clip up the pink table cloths

centerpieces

The so cute cake, tutu punch bowl, and the diaper cake

Not my best work.....it looked much better on Pinterest and in my mind

The sign in table with the purse favor boxes (giraffe & zebra print options) as well as the glass block light for the baby's room

Violet's diaper cake.  (I LOVE that giraffe)

Thanks for looking!!  If you have any questions, please let me know!!

Owl Baby Shower

I know it's been forever since I have posted and I don't want to bore you with all the excuses as to why I haven't blogged in a few months, so...... My sister welcomed her second child into the world in October. She is a precious baby girl and we are all enjoying every bit of her! I hosted a baby shower for my sister back in August (the weekend before school started!! I know I'm crazy!!). Here are some pictures from that!

Lets just say that since my discovery of pinterest, I have way cuter projects!!

Pinterest inspired favor owl boxes and an owl paper lantern

The beautiful cake

Another pinterest inspiration.  A mobile made with cricut cuts

Elegant diaper cake

Hospital door wreath.  (We used a paint pen to add the details after Abby was born)

Thanks so much for stopping by.  If you have any questions, please let me know! Thanks

Twins Diaper Cake

A lady at my work is expecting twins!  We gave her a baby shower the week before thanksgiving and I was asked to make the diaper cake.  Here is what I came up with.

You would think that with all the diaper cakes that I've made this would be easy peasy.......it was probably the hardest one that I made.

I think the challenge was that I didn't have a 'theme' to go by.  Usually, I check to see what the nursery bedding looks like and then I go from there.  In this case, she was doing ladybugs for the girl and the boy bedding had a turtle, snail, frog, and chick.  That totally didn't go together for the diaper cake but the beddings are really cute for the babies!

                                  

I opted for a twins theme.  Let me tell you.....it was very difficult to find pink and blue grosgrain ribbon in the exact same length!  I really wanted more of a baby pink, but this was the closest that I could find!

I used Peachy Keen baby assortment face stamps for the cutouts.  They came out super cute!!  I also used Car Decals (names), New Arrival, and Baby Steps cricut cartridges.

For directions on how to make a diaper cake, click HERE.  If you have any questions, let me know.  Thanks for looking!!

My latest Baby Shower

A couple of weekends ago, I hosted a baby shower for a dear friend of mine who will be moving really, really soon! :(  Here are some of the goodies that I made.  If you have any questions, please let me know.  Thanks!!

Here is the diaper cake:

One of two main centerpieces:

 

The favors and light decoration to greet guests:

The hospital door hanger:

The smaller centerpieces that decorated the house:

 

 Washcloth bouquet with finger puppets:

Another Diaper Cake

Here is another diaper cake that I did for a recent baby shower at work. I wanted something a bit different from my usual ones and so I did something new with the topper. For instructions on how to build a diaper cake, click HERE



I seem to be on a roll with these lately! My husband still thinks I should go into business making these!! LOL!!! Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:
SU! ribbon and paper
1 pkg size 1 diapers
1 large shampoo bottle
1 bottle of lotion
1 travel pkg of baby essentials
bottle brush
washcloths
spoons
pacifiers
paper shred
wire
Cricut--create a critter, new arrival, and all mixed up

Diaper Cake--How To

Well, this is my fourth diaper cake to make. My husband said that I need to start selling these! We shall see about that! I have included how-to instructions with pictures in case you are needing to make one of these yourself. These instructions are for a 3 tier diaper cake which requires 2 pkgs of diapers. I have also made a smaller version that is 2 tiers and only requires 1 pkg of diapers.

Supplies:

• 1 14" cardboard cake round
• 1 pkg of newborn diapers
• 1 pkg of size 1 diapers
• 1 bottle of baby wash-28 oz
• 1 bottle of bedtime baby wash-9 oz
• 1 bottle of bedtime baby lotion-9oz
• 1 bottle of bedtime baby wash-4 oz
• 1 bottle of bedtime baby lotion-4oz
• 1 pkg of newborn pacifiers
• 1 pkg of 0-3 month pacifiers
• large rubber bands
• small rubber bands
• 1 pkg of basket shred
• bamboo skewers
• floral wire
• cricut cuts
• 1 1/4" ribbon
• hot glue gun and glue sticks
  

Steps:

1. begin by rolling all the diapers and secure with a small rubber band. I roll them folded from bottom to top.
2. for this cake, I used the newborn diapers in the middle b/c they were white and put the size one on the outside **I decided to do this after I took the picture**
3. place the large bottle of baby wash in the center of the cake round and place the two 9 oz bottles on either side if it. Put a large rubber band around all bottles
4. start arranging the diapers around the baby wash, placing them inside the rubber band. This way all the diapers will be secure as you place them. Make sure that you leave an edge along the cake round. Do not place the diapers all the way to the edge.
   
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6. add another rubber band to the top of the bottles.
7. start adding your second tier of diapers
8. you want to add until you can only see the outer layer of the bottom diapers
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10. add your two four oz bottles around the large baby wash bottle
11. put a rubber band around these
12. begin adding your last tier of diapers. The 4 oz bottles with stick out at the top, and that is ok. It gives you a place to add your topping!
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14. for the top decoration, I cut a piece of Styrofoam to fit between the two 4 oz bottles
15. attach the cricut cuts by placing the wire into the styrofoam
16. cover the styrofoam and bottle lids with basket shred
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18. place the pacifiers along the top row by pushing the "handle" part down into a fold of the diaper.
19. wrap the 1 1/4" ribbon around the center of each tier to hide the rubber bands. You can tie it in a knot or a bow and trim the ends. You can also glue end to end to hide to make a smooth ribbon wrap.
20. attach cricut cuts to the ribbon with a hot glue gun
    
21. begin putting basket shred between the tiers by gently lifting up and stuffing the shred between the layers. (I put the bottom layer of basket shred on when it was placed on the table at the shower)
    
22. step back and admire your creativity.

Helpful Tips:

• don't glue anything together or to the diapers. If you do, mommy won't be able to use them or take it apart!
• put the rough edges of the rolled diapers on the inside so that you have a clean look on the outside.

Diva Diaper Cake

A friend of mine recently had a baby shower and I decided to make a diaper cake for her cake table. This is only my second diaper cake to ever make, but I really liked the way this one turned out. I bought lots of things to go on the diaper cake, but after I put it together, I decided that I didn't like the way that any of the lotions and other baby items looked. So I decided not to use any of it. There is a bottle of baby shampoo in the center of the top 3 tiers. My husband thinks that I should start making these and selling them. They really are a lot of fun! If you have any questions, just let me know. Thanks for looking!