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Oh My! Tonight is the {Oh Yes!} party! Oh, how I can’t wait! {okay, you get the idea…} I have eleven fantastic products that I love and can’t wait to show you! And I’m starting number one EARLY. Whitney of Whisker Graphics *bumped into* my blog a while back, and after a few emails, we realized we live quite close to each other and have chatted quite a bit since. I have shared her stationary and etsy shop on a previous post, but I cannot *GUSH* enough about this wonderful product that she has: PRINTABLE fortune cookie invitations. Oh-so-brilliant! {You [...]

My friend Nicki’s shower was last week, and it was perfect. My friend and I did all the decorating and food prep the night before, so there was literally no stress the day of the shower. The trick to a well-themed party is repetition, repetition, repetition. We made sure we kept our theme evident: the colors red and cyan, and the element of an umbrella. I found some $4 parasols at a local party store, grabbed mini take-out containers from my blogging buddy Jessica, and Shannon and I both made banners using our colors. The picture below shows the parasols [...]

Yep, another friend having a baby. Fun for me because I got to do another round of cute baby shower invitations. I’m planning the shower with a friend, and couldn’t help but use a graphic of an umbrella {Not that it hasn’t been done before, but I thought it would be fun}. I drew an outline of an umbrella in Photoshop, and purchased different patterns from istockphoto to place in each part of the umbrella. The shower’s guest of honor, Nicki, is a great quilter and scrapbooker, so I knew this would capture her style. Plus who doesn’t like the [...]

My Bestie’s baby shower was Saturday, and my friends and I had a lot of fun! Here are some of the pictures of the details, unfortunately not all of it was captured on film, but most of the fun stuff was. We used the community room at my condo which provided contemporary furniture, seating for everyone, and a great roomy space. Instead of buying decorations, I grabbed all of the mis-matched pillows from my entire condo and put them on the furniture in the room. It made the room feel grown-up and cozy! So, here are all the birdie-themed details, [...]

My friend and I are throwing a baby shower for our friend Shannon. We decided on a little birdie theme for her baby boy. After having seen these adorable invitations from Jordan Ferney, I HAD to make them. These are the birdie invitations I made: Since it was birdie themed, my sister, mom and I came up with these little wording changes: Please help us get {mother}’s nest ready, baby {last name} is ready to hatch! -and- A little birdie told us she was registered at… I used: All white jordan almonds for the filler candy because they look like [...]