Party Planning!

I feel at home when I'm planning. Especially if I get to craft or decorate. Baking and food prep is pretty exciting, too. I planned all the time when I lived in Alabama. Whether it was for my daughter, a friend, one of the groups at college, anything really. Right before I moved to Minnesota, I was the assistant director for our college's theater group. I was in heaven; I was being recognized and appreciated for my bossiness. Haha! ;]

Moving to Minnesota, not working, having a second child, and moving around two or three times has really put a kink in major party planning. I always did what I could for birthday parties. Working at my local Wal Mart (there, I admitted it) doesn't really give me the income needed to REALLY get down and dirty with the planning.

Recently a co-worker (and I like to think friend) found out she would be having a baby; a little girl. Instantly, my brain went into overdrive. Then she announced the baby's shower and room theme would be owls. It was over before it started. I declared myself shower planner and got the ideas rolling.

Here are some pictures of what is taking up the better part of my days:

These are the super cute owls that I used my new Cricut to make. They're on 

clothespins to use during the baby shower as part of the "Don't Say Baby!" game.

 Pretty common game. Pretty sure that I will win, seeing as I only 

call the baby by her name anyways. :]

What's left of the owls to make...

These next two pictures showcase the one thing I'm most proud of: my owl 

diaper "cake". No, it is not solely my idea, I did find this lady on etsy who 

makes and sells all sorts of diaper cake animals.

I did, however, figure out how to assemble it all on my own. And my diaper owl 

contains more diapers than hers. My husband teases that she (yes, she) looks like

 a certain cartoon movie robot. 

At least she's cute. :]

The pink things are homemade tile coasters that I put together. 

Those are picture here:

And why, yes, that is an Instagram photo! :]

The following two pictures are of some super cute cupcakes I made!

Made out of a onesie and a sock as the cherry.

I painted a chunk of coffee filters and tied them up with some raffia.

Probably also a favorite. I wish I could make more. :[

The last picture is of some cans wrapped in scrapbook paper that we plan

on using to put utensils in on each table, along with other cans that will have

cupcake liner flowers in them.

That's all I've got, for now. However, I'm excited to finish things up; the baby shower is five days from now!! I also took some pink index cards and stamped the words "wise advice" across the top, stamped owls in the corners, and bordered the card up. Those will be in our baby shower game packet for the guests to write down their wisdom to share with the mother-to-be. I bought a cute iron birdcage and we'll toss the cards in that during the shower. I have a ton of other ideas and a couple more projects up my sleeve, too. But I don't want to share all of my secrets just yet!!

-Erin