{Operation Baby Shower} Name Tags and Banner for Bee-Themed Shower

We recently shared on our Facebook page how we contributed some custom items for a very worthy baby shower. Operation Baby Shower was set up by a military wife and mother out in Nevada. On their Army base, Farrah saw the need for seven expectant military wives to have a joint baby shower, being that they were all far away from family members back home. 

We couldn't have been more excited about being able to help out these mothers.

When Farrah told me that the joint baby shower was going to have a bee theme, I just ran with some ideas. And I love how they turned out. Check out these custom name tags, created for each "Mommy-to-Bee" and the new mommy to wear during the shower.

We also created this "Welcome Babies" honeycomb banner for decoration at the shower.

 

The following video is from a local Reno, Nevada news station, interviewing the woman who organized it all - while she HERSELF is expecting as well! What a great story, and we were beyond happy to help.

http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/Operation-Baby-Shower-Military-families-rally-ar/sO6aDE6U-ka9qP9ogKTUHw.cspx

Be sure to look for a close-up of our "Welcome Babies" bee-themed banner!

Thanks for looking!

Anna

{Baby Shower} Shades of Pink for Baby Kate

Christy, one our great customers on Etsy, recently came to us looking for a pink banner to use for decoration at an upcoming baby shower. She had seen a listing for a pink and brown "It's a Girl" banner at our Etsy shop, but she wanted to customize it with just pinks. And we love to customize orders!!

We just love how it turned out with the two shades of pink, along with the black and white sheer polka dot ribbon.

Thanks for letting us create this for you, Christy!

Anna

{Baby Shower} Jungle Theme for Baby Austin

Jenny is an amazing mother to two little twin boys. She already has her hands full, and she has a baby on the way! Austin Thomas is scheduled to be here in March, and as a family, we couldn't be more excited for her! (She and my husband are cousins. And, oh, the stories I've heard told on them from when they were younger! ... )

Her recent baby shower had a jungle theme with the colors of blue and green, so we couldn't help but want to create a banner for her. 

The entire shower was adorable! I'm not sure who made this cute cake, but I wish I could claim it! So sweet.

Jenny's friend Brittany did a great job planning the shower. So much detail, and so creative. And the kiddos had a great time, too! In the photo below, I caught my little girl, Avery, playing with "Toy Story" figurines while all the other kids were up and running around. She did plenty of running, too, and she had a blast!



Congratulations to Jenny and daddy-to-be John. We can't wait for Austin's arrival!

Thanks for looking!

Anna

{New Baby Boy} Welcome Banner in Light Blue and Brown

Well, he hasn't made his big arrival as of yet, but his family sure is ready for him! Kelly ordered this welcome banner for her little grandson, Robert. It coordinates with topiaries we created for the momma-to-be's upcoming baby shower.

Here are the coordinating ribbon topiaries, which we wrote about on this previous post.

A new baby is such a wonderful blessing. And babies somehow seem to make all the sleepless nights worth it. =) Enjoy every moment. Congratulations to the proud parents-to-be!

Anna

{It's A Boy!} Baby Shower Topiaries in Light Blue and Brown

We certainly love making ribbon topiaries for special occasions such as parties and celebrations, but there's something truly special about a baby shower. What a FUN time for friends and family to come together to help the proud parents-to-be celebrate the upcoming birth of little boy or girl. And in this case, it's a boy!

Kelly, a new customer we met at a holiday craft fair, ordered these blue and brown topiaries for her grandson who is on the way. The topiaries are a great mix of patterns in light blue and brown, and complete with coordinating tags. Thank you, Kelly, for letting us make these for your special occasion!

Not only do these make beautiful centerpieces for baby showers, but think how great it would be to take to the hospital as a gift once baby is born! Flowers and balloons are wonderful gifts, but a topiary like this will last forever!

We can create these in ANY color scheme or theme. Blue and brown is popular for boys, and brown and pink is a popular combination for a girl. They can even be custom made to coordinate with baby's nursery. Pricing runs at $25 each, and they are available for pickup/delivery in the local Evansville, Ind. area.

Thanks for looking!

Anna

{Ribbon Topiary} Pastels for Baby Shower

These are two topiaries Mikaelah made for an upcoming baby shower. For a boy or a girl, the parents-to-be don't know, so the colors of the shower are pastels, including blue, pink, green, yellow and a little brown. Oh yes, and polka dots, too. (My favorite!)

Congratulations to the soon-to-be mommy and daddy!

Anna

Baby Shower: A Positively Pixar Theme

With a 2-year-old in the house, it's safe to say that we watch a fair amount of Disney movies. And Pixar movies seem to be some of Avery's favorites. She loves "Toy Story" (all of them!), "Cars" and "Monsters, Inc."

So we all got pretty excited when we found out that our cousin Kendra and her husband, Josh, were planning a Pixar themed baby shower.

Of course, Mikaelah immediately started working on decorations and a diaper cake =)

Fun and colorful ribbons wrapped each tier of the diaper cake. Sorry, Baby Smith, but I don't think you'll be old enough for the suckers for quite a while ... Better leave those for Mommy and Daddy!

And now it's complete with Buzz and Woody at the top.

This was another fun project of Mikaelah's. She made a Pixar-themed topiary, made of the same ribbons from the diaper cake. Very fun and unique.

 Congratulations, Kendra and Josh! We can't wait to meet baby and find out if it's a boy or girl!

 Anna

Diaper Cakes, Anyone?

Diapers, diapers and more diapers!

These are diaper cakes Mikaelah has made for baby showers over the past couple of years. Two for our little princesses, and three for some handsome little gentlemen.

The themes vary, from Winnie the Pooh, to Jungle Animal, to Pirates. Each are adorable, unique and very useful for the mommies-to-be! (The cakes are made of rolled up disposable diapers, usually in Size 1 or 2, but probably can also be made with size newborn or larger.)

Ahoy, matey! This pirate cake helped welcome little Graham. It was customized in the theme that would match his nursery.

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Pink and girly! We welcomed our niece Brylee with this princess and flower themed diaper cake.

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This was the diaper cake that was made for my baby shower back in 2009. We didn't know if "Shamrock" was a boy or a girl, so Mikaelah did the entire shower up in a Winnie the Pooh theme. I loved it! And now our little Avery loves Pooh Bear, too.

We called her "Shamrock" at the time because her due date was March 17th, St. Patrick's Day. She now goes by "Aves Margie" or simply "Margie" ... to explain, one of her middle names is Margaret =)

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Look familiar?

You might have seen this in our "Milk and Cookies" baby shower blog posted recently.

It was made for Baby Boardman's shower. He'll be here soon, and mommy and daddy are keeping his name a secret for now! Can't wait to meet him =)

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This was made for little Bryson's baby shower last year. (I wish I had better pictures!) It was made to go with the Jungle theme of the shower.

We love these diaper cakes and hope you do, too!

Anna

Yummy Nutter Butter Baby Cookies

I LOVE peanut butter. I LOVE cookies. And I LOVE babies!

All of these come together for Nutter Butter Baby Cookies. These are simple and a lot of fun to create ... and no baking required.

I started with a regular sized package of the yummy cookies. (Guilty. I ate about two of them ... OK, maybe three or four.)

I use almond bark a lot for candy-making. So I grabbed up some white chocolate almond bark to make these cookies. I broke off a few blocks, placed them in a microwave-safe bowl and heated it up in slow increments (you don't want to burn it). Once it's all melted, stir in the coloring of your choice, if using. I use concentrated pastes found in the baking aisle of the craft section.

A small off-set spatula makes spreading easy ...

Plain almond bark, melted and piped into a circle, makes baby's head =) And melted chocolate makes baby's face.

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Although the above Nutter Butter Babies were born just in time for Amy's baby shower, these ones below were delivered in time for my baby shower back in 2009. My husband and I didn't know what we were having, so I made them the very gender-neutral yellow and green =)

Anna

Wipes, Dipes and More ...

Have I mentioned how much I love scrapbook paper? I use this stuff for EVERYTHIHG ... and I know Mikaelah does, too.

A little bit of sparkly curling ribbon, tape and stickers went a long way into making these cute little tags for a recent baby shower gift.

And who doesn't need more diapers and wipes? I also added in some diaper cream for baby's butt, little socks to cover baby's toes, and handsoap to wash off all sorts of you-know-whats off Mommy's and Daddy's hands. Oh, yes, you know what!

My little assistant, Avery, wanted to help add the final touches. I'll let her help me anyday!

Anna

Baby Shower: "Milk and Cookies"

Too many cookies? No such thing, if you ask me!

There were plenty to go around last weekend at a "Milk and Cookies" baby shower for our good friends Amy and Josh. Baby Boy will be here soon, and we made sure Momma had enough sweets for her sweet tooth!

Quite possibly her prettiest party setup yet! Black and white, and blue and green. Oh, yes, and in the end, nothing but cookie crumbs!

An ADORABLE way to display the milk! (How did Mikaelah know this would be my favorite part?) Cute containers held both 2% and skim, and they also carried through with the color theme. The little individual strawberry and chocolate ones were a hit as well!

Yummy yummy! We had everything from chocolate chip, to no-bakes to dipped Oreos.

Even the accent chairs matched the color theme =)

Mikaelah made these display signs. She is so good!

And more cookies ...

Dipped Oreos from Ba's Kitchen Connection.

Which milk is which? Just check the tags!

Pretty living room setup, complete with floating pom-poms.

How many gumballs were in the baby bottle? Future daddy won the game with a PERFECT guess! (We're still not sure if he cheated!)

It's (going to be) a boy! He'll be here soon, and to get ready for all those diaper changes is the diaper cake.

Ready to welcome baby!

Just in case our attendees didn't get enough sweets during the shower, there were some to take home.

I loved this diaper cake! Mikaelah is very good at making these, and she's made them for all sorts of shower themes.

Fun little baby cake.

Baby gets his own milk to take home. (And since Daddy is a football fan, baby now has his very own football booties!)

Best wishes to Mommy and Daddy. Baby Boy will be here soon!