lollipop sticks

Remember these darling cupcake toppers I made for a "Welcome Little Sailor" baby shower??

Here is a new and very cute lollipop stick creation!

Placecards!! (found here on Etsy and here on The Party Dress)

All you need is a printer, sissors, card stock, a hot glue gun, and lollipop sticks!

Voilà - wonderful placecards!

Are you thinking escort cards for a wedding??

Check out this wheatgrass display!

Cute Cute Cute for a spring or summer wedding!

Gender Reveal Party

I can't contain my excitement!
Tomorrow is THE DAY that my bestest friend finds out the sex of her first child...

so since thats all I can think about at the moment, I give you - A Gender Reveal Party!

Did you happen to see the photos on Hostess with the Mostess for their Gender Reveal Party? Or Josh and Anna Dugger on the Today Show, finding out the sex of their baby via a slice of cake? 

Gender Reveal parties are a fun way to find out the sex of your baby- and tell your family- all at the same time! I loved how everyone at the HWTM party wore a blue or pink shirt, depending on what they thought the baby would be. Make cupcakes with either pink or blue gumballs in the center or have someone make a pink or blue cake like Josh and Anna's.

Decorate with a neutral color like chocolate brown with of course, pink and blue. Look at these cute invitations from Shutterfly! They would be perfect for a Gender Reveal Party!

How cute would custom bottles of pink and blue jones soda be? Have a picture of the Mom-to-be on the front of (or even just a question mark) Berry Lemonade and Fufu Berry flavors! How cute!

You also don't need to have a gender reveal party in leu of having a baby shower- host the reveal party yourself and have it be a fun Saturday luncheon around 18-22 weeks of your pregnancy (or whenever you find out the sex of your baby). Then you can have a more gender specific baby shower later on!

"Ahoy it's a boy" Baby shower

This baby shower is one I threw for a lovely woman who had just adopted the most wonderful baby boy, Ernest William. Ernest joined a family of sailors (I hear his parents even had a nautical themed wedding!) and so I combined that theme, with a new take on the "Sip and See" baby shower (a shower thrown after the baby is born so that people can SEE the baby and visit with the mother). With a simple change in the spelling of "See" to "Sea", my idea was off and running! Using a palate of navy and light blue and white, with hints of red, the 'Ahoy It's a Boy' shower was born! I also used the wording 'Welcome Little Sailor' in a very cute banner and had cupcake toppers to match. The party favors found at the head of everyone's place setting, were red and blue chocolate dipped custom fortune cookies reading "Thank you for sharing in W and K's Good Fortune".

This party was also featured on the Hostess for the Mostess Blog !