Unique baby shower gifts

Unique baby shower gifts - exceptional gifts for the baby shower party

Unique baby shower gifts add a special bit to the baby shower party. distinctive baby shower gifts are often fun and artistic or personal and unforgettable. As long as they're from the guts, distinctive baby shower gifts become keepsakes that families can treasure for a lifespan.

Baby showers ar meant to celebrate the approaching arrival of the baby into the family. The baby shower party is AN exciting and fun-filled event for moms and dads that ar anticipating the birth of their beloved baby. Presenting them with distinctive baby shower gifts will definitely facilitate create the party out of the ordinary.

Ideas for distinctive baby shower gifts

Unique baby shower gifts needn't be high-ticket. distinctive baby shower gifts are often one thing helpful that may be used once the baby is born or a lavish gift for either the fogeys or the baby. Expecting oldsters take pride in receiving distinctive baby shower gifts from family and friends throughout the baby shower party.

These exceptional gifts mean that they took the time to search out a extremely special gift for them. However, distinctive baby shower gifts aren't any longer only for the approaching baby or for the mom-to-be. There ar a good sort of distinctive baby shower gifts for moms once birthing, for dads and even for the excited grandparents.

Assortment of distinctive baby shower gifts

Unique baby shower gifts that ar nice for babies ar customized baby things. things like baby bibs, baby blankets or burp cloths ar fondly appliquéd and customized with a symbol of the baby's initials. These specially created items create nice keepsakes that the family will hold dear for a lifespan.

Custom created jewellery is another example of a novel baby shower gift that the baby will droop on to till he or she grows previous. jewellery like necklaces with pendants and bracelets are often customized with the baby's name graven thereon.

There are distinctive baby shower gifts for the proud oldsters. New oldsters can like to receive a custom designed stroller bag or diaper bag to use once going out with baby. and new oldsters get a kick out of carrying fun t-shirts that sport amusing sayings gesture fun at the new mother and father.

Another standard plan for distinctive baby shower gifts is baby gift baskets. There ar totally different arrangements offered for the baby gift baskets. Baby gift baskets usually follow a subject matter and ar designed specifically for either the baby, the mama and even the pappa.

Gift baskets for mama will either be full of maternity garments or remedies for nausea. distinctive baby shower gifts for dads may also be packed during a distinctive gift basket. The gift basket for dads are often designed as a survival gift basket sort of a pater diaper outfit.

Where to search out distinctive baby shower gifts

Many on-line searching sites provide a good sort of distinctive baby shower gifts at affordable costs. At identical time, several artists that focus on making distinctive baby shower gifts usually sell their merchandise on-line. distinctive baby shower gifts may also be a private creation of the gift giver for a a lot of personal bit.

The hunt for distinctive baby shower gifts may be a labor of affection. Some could quit and fancy to shopping for an earthly gift for the party. except for those that actually need to grant the simplest, distinctive baby shower gifts ar the sole thanks to go.

Baby Shower invites

A baby shower is one in all the special events within the lifetime of a mother to be shared with friends before the particular birth. invites ought to set the mood and build this occasion unforgettable to everybody gift.

This baby shower typically happens a month or two earlier and creating the correct invite is even as difficult as designing the whole event.

One will get letter of invitation that has been created by a card company except for it to be special, it's best to settle on a style then have it custom created. Since the host is typically a awfully shut friend of the mother, that person will confer with the mother and alternative members of the family what reasonably theme are going to be applicable for the party.

After obtaining all the concepts in and eventually selecting what theme are going to be used, the friend can have already got an inspiration what reasonably invite it's and the way it'll appear as if.

For a girl, the theme can be a star that might highlight the long run. letter of invitation is formed into a star with the story song within.

For a boy, the theme can be a cowboy. letter of invitation is created with the planning of a cartoon character within the front and alternative special details within.

An invitation also can be created looking on the season. within the summer, with the weather being a little wet, the best theme are going to be a summer shower that comes with lots of frozen dessert. The invite is created within the form of AN frozen dessert.

Just like the other invite, it ought to have the name of the person to be invited, once and wherever the event can happen, the contact variety of the one hosting the event and also the gender of the baby if this can be applicable.

The invites should tend out a month up to a month and half  before the event itself. this can provide folks time to create plans for that day and choose the correct gift.

Babies ar cute, smell good, is quiet and also the noisiest at sure times. it's all a part of the section of the baby growing up. There ar alternative concepts and themes one will think about to create the invite a decent preview of what's to come back throughout the baby shower itself. It simply takes some designing and tiny imagination to create this baby shower stand out over others that individuals have gone to.

The host will do the design alone or brainstorm with friends in selecting the correct invite then having it created by the printers. once that's finished, the opposite details then ought to already quite straightforward like the food for the occasion, the written record of gifts for the party, and also the prizes for the games to be contend.

If the person desires facilitate, then knowledgeable is referred to as to help within the entire method.  With the various themes and invites that are tired the past, this typically comes during a package that features a planner to assist guide the person on.  The host will notice this folks within the neighborhood or check on-line.

By examination the packages and costs of the assorted firms that do that, one can sure get price for cash for this special event.

Real Party: Blue & Orange Garden Party Sip & See

My friends Leslie & Pavel's son is Dylan. Dylan's Grandparents recently hosted a gathering for friends and family to meet little Dylan.

I was asked to help with decorations and desserts.  Of course my partners-in-crafting Lindsay and Drea helped to execute the plans.

What a beautiful day it turned out to be. Leslie's parents have an incredible yard for entertaining. It served as the perfect setting for the gathering.

Leslie chose this invitation from Minted.com and just reworked the wording so it wasn't for a birthday.  This invite was our inspiration for the color scheme. The invitation was perfect because Leslie had really wanted to incorporate some of the 36 inch balloons we had used at her baby shower.

My husband made this chalkboard for me recently.  It was perfect to point guests to the backyard.  (We literally found the frame on the side of the road and he added the center wood, painted it with chalkboard paint, and then put legs on the back. I have so many uses planned for it already! Yay!)

This beautiful display lined the pathway that guests walked to reach the party area.

Leslie punched hundred and hundreds of circles and attached them to sticks.  Wow, that was a lot of work. But it looked so great!

The party area has lots of trees, so our main decor was hung from them.

We cut hundreds of triangles and sewed dozens of yards of bunting. 

And Leslie ordered a bunch of paper lanterns in different shades of blue. 

I thought it was stunning.

We had some round tables spread across the grass lawn. 

Dylan's Grandma put together some simple white flower centerpieces.  Lindsay and I made some fabric squares for the centers of the tables.

Now the most important part: Food & Drink! 

There was a bar and 2 food stations: one with Mexican food, and one with Chinese food. Yum and Yum. We used more bunting and balloons to decorate the tables.

Lindsay, Drea, and I worked together to make lots of cupcakes.

We topped them with m&m's in greys and blues, and built a simple little display with some fabric covered boxes. We put a few pictures of the guest of honor in Ikea frames.

Dylan and his Mom.

Too cute.

Resources: 
Invitation: Minted
Party Rentals: Danny Thomas Party Rentals
Chinese Food: New Orient
Mexican Food: El Paisa Taco Truck
Paper Lanterns: Jade Time
Balloons: Bargain Balloons

Real Party: Moroccan Baby Shower

My friends Drea and Eddie are expecting a baby girl this fall. 

If you've been reading this blog for awhile, you might remember Drea's gorgeous wedding. Or her fun bachelorette party. Or her super stylish bridal shower. 

Anyway, now its time to celebrate the new addition.  

Oh Creative One created the perfect invitation to set the stage for the party. I was so happy with what she designed for us! 

Isn't it perfect?!

I have to admit that I was a little overwhelmed when we settled on this theme.  Jewel tones and metallics are not my typical party looks. Most of my supplies lean more toward the rustic realm.

Amazing how a few trips to thrift stores and garage stores, some spray paint, and some borrowed signature pieces, came together so well to create this party.  I could not have been happier with how it turned out. 

When guests arrived, we had appetizers and drinks out. People mingled about and we encouraged them to sign the guest book. 

I purchased How the Camel Got His Hump from Amazon. I chose it because of the camel, but the colors on the cover ended up being perfect also. (I love that!)  

Some gold doilies transformed an ordinary vase of flowers into a gorgeous vessel that fit our theme.

Lindsay found some yummy brightly colored sodas to serve along with white wines.

Since all of the hostesses have young babies, we had to keep the food pretty simple. We didn't want to be cooking all morning.  I saw this post and we all knew it was the perfect solution.  

Lindsay and I filled a cart with these bowls from Ikea, and we built our own salad bar. 

 This was so much fun! I expected people to like it, but they all loved it! And I'm so glad we used the clear glass bowls because all the different colors of the toppings were beautiful. 

Lindsay and I tossed guests' salad with their dressing of choice in large plastic bowls and then scooped it back onto their plates.

We had seated tables for lunch.  We had alternating red & purple foil chargers over beautiful gold linens.  Lindsay and I scoured thrift stores for candle sticks in the weeks leading up to the shower.  A quick coat of spray paint to turn them old gold, and we had our centerpieces.  I also scored a huge bag of think gold hoops at a garage sale. We used them as napkin rings and sprinkled extras around the tables as well. 
We also placed a large glass vessel with pita triangles and hummus on each table.
Placecards matched the invitation. 

We rented a few umbrellas to scatter between seated tables.  We hung metallic bangle bracelets from the undersides of the umbrellas.  These were the one metallic thing I could find when I started hunting around my house originally! It was an easy touch.

Then it was time for gifts!

We created a cozy little area for gift opening, including large bedazzled pillows and colored glass stars.  We referred to this area as the "Moroccan Oasis." ;)

After that healthy salad lunch, it was time to splurge! 

We stuck with the "bar" theme and had a build your own sundae bar.  Featuring San Francisco's famous handmade Mitchell's ice cream, of course. Yum Yum!

Drea loved the headshots I did at Katie's shower, so we did it again for hers. We encouraged people to wear their big, bright jewelry to the shower and many people did. 
The star of the jewelry show was Johanna's wrist though. It didn't make the headshot collage, but I couldn't leave it off completely.

Gorg.

Congratulations Drea!!
We cannot wait until she's here!!!

The countdown is officially on for these two!

Thanks to the shower crew: Lindsay, Leslie, Deb, & Katie!

Vendors: 

Printables: Oh Creative One
Party Rentals: Danny Thomas Party Rentals 
Photos by Lindsay Little

Real Party: Dual Gender Baby Shower

My friends Katie & Casey are expecting their first child. I recently helped to throw her baby shower with 4 of her other girlfriends. 

They have decided to wait until he or she is born to discover the gender.  Katie's bff Sam was determined to avoid the standard "gender neutral" shower. Instead, she wanted to throw a shower celebrating both genders. A dual gender shower. We all had so much fun designing a shower that was 1/2 pink, 1/2 blue; 1/2 masculine, 1/2 feminine. There were so many fun touches! 

Enjoy... :)

Of course, we turned to my go-to invite designer Jennafer of Oh Creative One to capture our vision.  She knocked it out of the park as usual. 

Guests were greeted with the following display:

...and encouraged to "wear their vote" to predict the gender.  Snails for a boy, flowers for a girl.  Sam made the adorable snails with poster board and twine.  Too cute. 

Guests were also asked to sign the guest book. 

I found the perfect book on Amazon to compliment our theme.  The Book of Boys (for Girls) and the Book of Girls (for boys) is a funny kids book full of gender stereotypes.  Ha! It even mentions snails and sugar & spice! I could not resist.  Guests signed the inside cover. 

Then it was off to the backyard, where we had two food tables set up. 

One feminine: 

And one masculine:

For the "girl" table, we used soft pink linen and a lace runner. We used our prettiest serving trays and bowls.  Food labels were pink polka dot labels held by clear glass photo cubes.  Pink and white poms hung above. Food items included green and fruit salads, turkey and vegetarian roll-ups, and a "dessert tower" which featured cream cheese stuffed strawberries, cake pops, and strawberry mini cupcakes. 

For the "boy" table, we used blue a blue linen and burlap runner and pulled out all our rustic serving trays.  Mini chalkboards were food labels. We topped it off with brightly colored party poms and a bunting banner.  Food items on the boy table included pulled chicken sliders, mac and cheese muffins, potato salad, monster cookies, and "dirt" cups. 

We had a seated lunch at tables that continued our theme. 

Two were feminine: 

And two were masculine: 

 We used the same linens as the food tables. 

The girl tables featured clustered flower arrangements, rhinestone napkin rings, silver chargers, and wine glasses.  

The boy tables featured a simple wood centerpiece, mason jar drinking glasses, brown wicker chargers, and burlap napkin runners. 

Even the chairs were part of the theme: brown for the boy table, white for the girl. 

Party favors were inspired by something I found on Pintrest.

Lindsay and I made 1/2 pink and 1/2 blue striped pretzels and packaged them up for guests to take home.  Cute and easy!

I managed to capture almost all of the guests with their wearing their gender guess pin. (A couple people managed to escape me & my camera!) 

What a fun record for Katie to have! 

There were definitely more snails... :)

Congratulations Katie!!

I cannot wait to meet him or her!

Resources: 

Invitations: Oh Creative One

Party Rentals: Danny Thomas Party Rentals

Katie's bridal shower is here. 

Katie & Casey's wedding is here and here.

Real Party: "Full House" Sip & See

My friend Deb has 2 boys, which I introduced to you here and here. 

And now they've added a girl to the mix. The family is complete, with 3 Kings and 2 Queens, aka a Full House. 

Combining this with Deb's love of Vegas, we had the perfect theme for her Sip & See!

We had so much fun with this theme! 

 Drea made several huge red and black party poms. 

Lindsay sewed cards together to make a long banner that we strung around the room. 

 We had several full house hands displayed on little stands throughout the room. 

(These stands have been busy lately: they were originally used at my wedding, and more recently at the pinwheel 1st birthday party).

And I made a few little signs with the new baby girl's photo to put in my favorite Ikea frames. 

One said: "Deb & Daniel have a full house!"

The other said: "Watch out Deb, there's a new Queen in town!" 

 I made napkin rings out of playing cards, which we displayed in embellished vases.  Lindsay found the perfect paper plates at a Diddam's.

Lunch was simple. We had several different kinds of sandwiches. 

And we gave them fun poker-themed names! Drea made the mini card picks with a dab of glue and a toothpick. 

On the side we had chips and a few salads.  

I thought about making some kind of cute stickers to seal the bags of chips, but decided to use a playing card instead. So easy!

Desserts were Lindsay's cherry cheesecake layered treats (stay tuned for a recipe!), and Drea's red velvet cupcakes (aka Queen of Hearts Cupcakes). Yum Yum!

We bagged up some red licorice for party favors. Lindsay folded and punched cards to seal the bags. 

Thanks to the party crew: Lindsay, Drea, Leslie, & Jeani. 

And congrats to Deb on another baby. ;)

What a fun day! 

Photos by Lindsay Little and me.

Real Party: Pirate Sip & See

My friend Megan helped to throw a Sip & See for her sister Emily, who recently had her second baby boy.  

The Pirate-themed Sip & See was held at a pizza restaurant, which let the hostesses bring in their own cupcakes. Isn't this pirate cupcake display the cutest?

I love how they used children's books to decorate the space. 

Pirates Don't Change Diapers and How I Became a Pirate served a guest books.

Pages from the books also decorated the tables and the backs of the chairs. 

Guests played a simple little game of Pirate trivia...

...and left with some pirate themed favors...root beers, and "booty on behalf of Captain Oliver".  The bags contained some pirate-y candies...think Swedish fish, root beer barrels, etc.

I am a firm believer that every baby deserves to be celebrated.  It isn't always practical or possible to throw a big, fancy shower for second or third babies though. I think Megan and the other hostesses did a great job with this Sip & See. Its simple, but still very special celebration for Emily's newest family member.  

You can see Emily's first baby showers here and here.  

And, speaking of Sip & See's and baby showers...do you have any coming up? If so, make sure you enter the giveaway!!