12 Days Til Open House!!!

Why must my room always look worse before it looks better??
I forgot to take a picture of everything piled in the middle of my room before I started organizing!  Because I moved some furniture around and added the new play kitchen (pictures coming soon) I had to empty all of the cabinets and shelving.  The book shelves also got a good sanding, priming, and fresh coats of paint.   They look so much better.  I gave my office chair a face lift, and have been busy setting up the room!  I can't wait to share pictures of how it turns out!

Diaper Owl

This is another example of a diaper owl that I created for another teacher friend of mine who will be a first time mother soon!  I am so excited for her and her husband and miss her since she left the state.

This owl was created with 40 size 1 Pampers, a handmade yellow chevron big, 2 grey and yellow chevron minkie
burp cloths, 1 ribbon lovie/taggie blanket, 1 oversized receiving blanket with white crocheted edging, 1 wash cloth, some ribbon, and 2 flowers.  

What A Hoot Baby Shower

Just wanted to share some pictures from our What A Hoot Baby Shower

Ribbon Wreath:  ribbons tied around a wire hoop with personalized wooden frame

Guests signed in by "leafing" a thumbprint on a pre-made 12 x 12 scrapbook page

Guests stamped foot prints to guess what day the baby would arrive and signed their names

Banner, paper owl lanterns, and basket to deposit socks for our sorting game

Center pieces:  twigs and small flowers with owls all in an antique Mason jar with scrapbook paper wrapping
and Depression glass soda glasses holding ink pens and sundae dishes for sweet treats

Seating for 18.  The tables were set on a white linen with burlap runners.  Party favors and
Candy game were in each place.

Baby Shower banner created with Heidi Grace Paper and Cricut.  Banner was tied together with ribbons
Displayed on mantel were custom made presents:  3 diaper owls and shadow box

Paper owl Lanterns....Recognize these?  They are from my classroom!  Around the dinning room fixture a
series of paper lanterns, twigs, and poms brightened above the tables.  

Buffet set up with appetizers and sweet treats

Gluten Free Chocolate Cake and French Vanilla cupcakes made by Sweet Sinsations in Belleville
Cupcake toppers:  woodland creatures created with Cricut

Amazingly cute Cheese Ball owl created by Tammy Kowalski

Party Favors:  paper bootie filled with nail polish and nail file.   Pregnancy is Sweet game

Build a Baby Game:  guests were given babies I cut out using my EveryDay Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge.  They selected hair and accessories from a selection in a basket.  Some babies had hair, some were bald.  Guests were also given 2 photos (one of the mother to be and one of the father to be) and they cut out features for the baby and  glued them onto the paper babies.  It was a "hoot"

Diaper Owl:  40 diapers, 1 oversized receiving blanket with hand crocheted edging, 2 burp cloths to match, 1 wash cloth, 1 bib, 1 pair of socks, and 2 flowers

Diaper Owl:  40 diapers, 2 ribbon "love/taggie"  blankets , 1 receiving blanket, 2 wash cloths, 1 bib,  and 2 flowers

Diaper Owl:  40 diapers, 2 burp cloths , 1 receiving blanket, 2 wash cloths, 1 bib,  and 2 flowers

Woodland Creatures Cupcake Toppers created with my Cricut

Our beautiful Mamma to Be

Best Friends!

It's all fun and games..... and then the owl loses it's head!  And then we laughed and laughed!

Activities for the Shower:

*Thumbprint Guest Book

*Guess the Baby's Arrival Date

*Pregnancy is Sweet matching game

*Build a Baby Activity

*Wishes and thoughts for baby and Momma-pieces were custom made to match the scrapbook pages using PhotoShop and were distributed to guest in a personalized zip bag to keep all of the pieces together.  The best part was when everyone spontaneously started to read what they had written to our Momma to Be

*Scrapbook pages were made representing each guest and included the well wishes and sentimental things guests had written, the build a baby, a prediction of what/who the baby would look like, photos of the guest and our momma to be, a photo of Momma opening her gift from that guest and what she was given.  The scrapbook also included the guest book page, the arrival prediction page, photos from the shower and of the games and guests.

*Sock matching game:  each guest brought pairs of socks/shoes/mittens and had 10 seconds to make as many pairs as she could.  It was a lot of fun!  

*Lunch's Gluten Free Menu:  Chicken in Basil Cream Sauce, Steamed Green Beans, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Loaded Italian Green Salad, Mixed Fresh Fruit Salad

*Appetizers:  Spinach Artichoke Dip, Owl Cheese Ball, a variety of gluten free crackers and flat breads, chocolates, chocolate covered strawberries, cream puffs, Sixlets, and M&Ms.