I just got the following email from a reader and I was hoping ya’ll would pitch in your ideas and help her out!
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I recently found your blog and I am just loving it! I was wondering if you had an ideas for a baby shower I am wanting to throw my little sister. She is having a baby boy in May and I was thinking about doing an April Showers brings May Flowers…and Babies type theme… maybe with raindrops, umbrellas, etc.
At the moment this is all I have… the idea. I am trying to think of some cute maybe even unique types of things to do for her shower to make it special for her. She will be a single mommy and this is kind of a special situation- I just want to make it a happy and memorable day for her to show her how much I love her and to let her know how excited we all are!
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Just leave a comment with your ideas of what she could do with this theme…and if you have links to ideas that would be helpful please include them!
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Oh…and I wanted to say thanks to SimplyHolidays for the very nice shout out they gave this site this week. Thank you also to One Pretty Thing who continually features parties from the site!!
Tissue paper flowers, hanging from the ceiling, are a great way to add colour inexpensively! They fit with your ‘May flowers’ theme too! I created them by cutting out 6″ pieces of tissue, gathering one at a time in the centre and hot glue gunning to a 1 1/2″ styrofoam ball. I used them for my recent Valentines Party. Mommabeepartyz.blogspot.com had a boy baby shower not long ago that was boy/bug themed. She spray painted a branch white then created paper rossettes that she hot glue gunned to the branch. She made paper flowers with chocolates in the centre for party favours too! It was fabulous! HTH
Hello, I from Argentina, my english is very poor. I event planner, my ideas from baby shower, send you a link the real party. (photos and comments)
http://antowedding.blogspot.com/search/label/baby%20shower
I really like your theme, and the tissue poms are certainly a fabulous idea! You can also buy cheap plastic gem necklaces and string them from the umbrellas… so they would be like the rain falling… the clear ones!
You can purchase paper parasols to hang from ceilings, place on tables, etc in a variety of colors.
I used them for a bridal shower and purchased them from lunabazaar.com. At this shower I also spray painted watering cans and strung paper flowers from it so they seemed to be pouring out of the can. You can see the pictures here:
http://bellezaeluce.blogspot.com/2010/02/real-parties-pink-orange-parsasol.html
Have a fabulous party and congrats aunt-to-be!
@Heather: thank you heather for your ideas!
AND THANK YOU SHANNON (Creative Party Girl) for posting it here!!
I really appreciate it!
@Antowedding: thank you so very much!
@Party Box Design: ooooh! That sounds pretty!
@Danielle: Wow Danielle! That was QUITE a party- I really do love the watering cans with flowers- that would be perfect!
And yes, I am definitely going to look at umbrellas or parasols- thanks!
I missed some of the posts above mine (reading too fast) – I LOVE the watering can idea for your theme. it would be great with flowers, or even with tissue paper inside and balloons coming out if you can’t hang the umbrellas from the ceiling. It could also work as an option on a buffet table if the umbrellas are in another area of the room. I think you are going to have a great party!
I am planning a butterfly garden party for my daughter and we are using a new watering can to serve beverages out of!
What if you played off the rain/umbrellas idea to use drink umbrellas like these: http://www.thehomemarketplace.com/HomeMarketPlace/Shopping/ProductDetail.aspx?CID=Tabletop+%26+Entertaining&SCID=Drinkware&ProductID=0000125744&SourceCode=50509000001&mr:trackingCode=E7EB6F9D-DC81-DE11-B7F3-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA
Sounds like a really fun theme for your sister! We have a fun baby shower theme on our site called “A Baby is Blooming”, which would be perfect for your April Showers bring May Flowers theme. Here is a link to the items we have shown for this theme: http://www.ababyshower.com/baisblshth.html
I love the idea of the flower pom-poms, and these are simple and inexpensive to make and make such an impact. You could give seeds or plantable seed favors, to keep with the May Flowers theme. The watering can centerpiece above sounds adorable! Good luck with your shower planning!
When I thought of raindrops and flowers I thought of the recently posted wedding by amorology weddings. They had made some beautiful umbrellas with attached clear string with raindropped shapped gems.
Here is the link for more photo inspiration:
http://amorologyweddings.blogspot.com/2010/02/raindrops-on-roses.html
i was going to suggest parasols, too. They would look wonderful, especially with the gem “rain.” Not sure if you use a Cricut, but the new Paisley cartridge has some great cuts for this theme–umbrellas, wellies, and lots of flowers.
And what about something like this for the cake? http://www.wilton.com/idea/Sunny-Side-Up
Not sure if you’ve sent out invites but one thing that was done for me and I”ve done for friends is put a fun insert into the invitation envelope asking the guests to bring their favorite unwrapped book to help the mother start a library of books. Gather them as they come in the door and put them in a fun basket to give as a surprise for the mom.
You could aslo find a handful of books that go with your theme and place them around the house for decorations.
The decorations for the tissue poms are on Martha Stewart.