Inspiration for a Fabulous Baby Shower!

My sister is expecting! I threw her a baby shower over the holidays to celebrate with family and friends.  And there were lots of crafty ideas generated during the process. My inspiration started back in November when I first saw these fabulous letterpress shower invitations by Sweetharvey up on Etsy:

(http://www.etsy.com/people/sweetharvey?ref=ls_profile)

Then my crafty Aunt Meghan and Mom offered to put together a diaper cake centerpiece! If you are are unfamiliar with the diaper-cake concept, rest assured they are not edible.  A diaper-cake is made by rolling up bunches of diapers and tying them together in layers.  Then just stick in little baby accessories to spruce it up! Hopefully we will have a guest post by my crafty Auntie on this soon, but here is a preview:

Diaper Cake

I think the Diaper-Cake sets the tone for an event like this and makes it feel really fun. You can see the accessories they picked - including bath toys, cute headbands, onesies, pacifiers, little toys, and receiving blankets. Also the pink poinsettias were a fun touch for the table where we laid out the appetizers. 









The final party ingredient was the REAL Cake - by cake designer Greg Marsh located in Boise, Idaho (find him here: http://www.marshcakes.com/)


My mom tracked this one down.  Greg is really talented and did the wedding cakes for me and my sisters' weddings.

Real Cake by Greg Marsh: http://www.marshcakes.com/)

I put together two gifts that will be featured in future posts: (1) the final Oh Baby! Quilt and (2) the framed nursery wishes picture.

More to come soon...