Baby Showers and Extra Words...

I'm just slowing down from a busy event season. Many parties and projects, gifts and occasions later, and still, all I can think of is events...

My Etsy shop babyblackdog.etsy.com is open and my friends and family have been so kind and encouraging. My creative juices are flowing for items to create and list. But...

I have so many words to spill! Thus, the events-thinking...

Today, I think I'll use up some of my extra words by talking about one of my past-event-successes...

I love baby showers. Nay, I love showers. And parties. I love the thinking and gathering and tweaking. I love discovering new ways with new products and old ways to use old products. Or sumpin like that. One of my favorite baby showers (p.s. I realize I use the word "favorite" quite a lot.) was a Pink, Gold (glittery gold, of course!) and Black & White Striped Baby Shower...

It was lovely. It was fun. And, because it was for a sweet mommy and baby, it was easy...

We used Cotton Candy Pink for starters, as that is my favorite shade of pink... We used it everywhere, as that is how it should be used... Our giant balloons were pink. The utensils were pink. It was the basis for our punch-we put a pinch in a clear baby bottle (I dipped the bottom in gold glitter. It was glamourous...), and poured regular lemonade over it and the whole drink turned pink. It was beautiful...

And we drank the lemonade through black & white striped paper straws. It was fun...

The stripes were plenteous. Cupcakes (Pink frosted, of course!) were served in striped baking cups. I put a grosgrain striped ribbon around the middle of each water bottle and finished it off with a pink monogram that had been stamped in gold glitter. The chocolate strawberries were dipped in gold sanding sugar. The napkins were striped.

The food fare consisted of tiny appetizers...finger sandwiches shaped like glamourous blooms, caprese tomatoes and shot-glass-sized cups of gazpacho. It was very adult yet very precious. Hmm. So precious, in fact, that I'm kinda feeling the need for another baby shower project. No, wait, I think that was indigestion.

But look, wasn't it beautiful?!

There. I feel better being a few words lighter. Thanks for being all ears...