Welcome Charlotte!!

A few weeks ago I hosted a baby shower for one of my besties and her beautiful little girl. Bailey is OBSESSED with anything and everything Disney!! So when she gave birth to a little girl, it was only fitting that it be a Minnie Mouse themed party. I LOVED this theme and had SO much fun putting everything together!! 

I used my Silhouette to create the 'It's a Girl' banner! 

 I also purchased the Minnie Mouse place mat from the Disney Store and then used my Silhouette to cut out  the letters for Charlotte's name!

The guests of Honor! Bailey and Charlotte!

Baby Charlotte!

The food table!

I found the Minnie Mouse bucket in the Easter section at Walmart!

 So I just took it to a local flower shop and they created an arrangement in it for me!

Dreams DO come true!

These cupcakes were SO easy to make and turned out really cute!!

I decided I wanted to try making royal icing cookies for the favours for the shower! I was EXTREMELY grateful for my friend Jenn's help with this project because it was definitely a labour of love!! But we both thought they turned out great! And bonus...they tasted good too!! ha! 

Minnie Cookies!!

When you think of Minnie Mouse, you think of her fancy BOW! So I thought it would be fun to set up a 'Bow-tique' for guests to decorate or create a special bow for Charlotte! 

Some people chose to decorate the 'pre-made' bows that I bought, and others created their own bows from scratch! They all turned out very cute!! 

 Bow making!!

Me and Bailey!

We had a wonderful afternoon of eating yummy treats, visiting, and getting LOTS of baby cuddles! There were THREE newborn babies at the party! And Sophia...ha ha! 

One of Bailey's friends had her little boy on the same day she had Charlotte!! 

They were born just down the hall from each other!

Aunty Jenn and Aunty Robyn were cuddling Hudson! He was only 10 days old!!

Not sure what this look was all about?! ha ha!!

Game time!!

Miss Charlotte got alot of attention when she spit up! ha ha!!

And Miss Sophia enjoyed her party snacks!

Charlotte with her Mommy, Nana, and Grandma!

My mini assistant 'helping' me with one of the games!

This girl LOVES tissue paper!!

GIFT TIME!!

Lots of baby snuggling was going on!!

She was pretty excited about all of her SWEET presents!!

Then Mama fed her and she was KNOCKED OUT!! ha ha!

Milk drunk at its finest!! 

It was a GREAT afternoon spent celebrating 

the birth of a very special little girl! 

Welcome to the world Charlotte Lillian!!

It's a boy!!

I had the pleasure of hosting a baby shower for my cousin Lyndey last weekend! She is having a little boy in just a few weeks!! Can't wait to meet the new little man!! 

Me and 'Mommy to Be'

So as you all know...I LOVE throwing parties! And baby showers are at the top of that list! I was especially excited to host this shower, because it gave me the opportunity to use my AMAZING Silhouette machine for something other than school stuff! I decided on an elephant theme for the shower with accents of polka dots, and a variety of shades of blues and greens! That may seem like a lot ha ha...but I was pleased with how it turned out! 

These were the invitations I made...

I also used my machine to make the 'It's a Boy' banner! I also added baby pictures of Lyndey and her hubby Randy on the mantle. And of course a stuffed elephant! 

I think one of the best parts of any shower is THE GAMES! Woo! This game is an oldie but a goodie! People had to guess how big Lyndey's baby belly was using a piece of ribbon. It was pretty funny how WWWAY off some people were!

 Ha ha! 

Grandma testing out her ribbon!

WINNERS!
Our cousins Amanda and Jen! 

Lyndey received MANY wonderful gifts for her new little guy! 

I had read about using a story book as a guest book for kids birthday parties on Pinterest! So I decided to use a classic story book as the guest book for the baby shower! Because I am a teacher, I have a serious obsession with children's books, so I figured this would be a great way to give the little guy his very first book! And bonus, it's signed by everyone that was there to celebrate HIM! 

I decided to have a 'mini' sandwich bar as the party food! It seemed to be a hit! Yummy food!! 

Elephant center piece of course! And he was the perfect colors!! 

It was actually surprising how many 'elephant' themed items are out there!! 

And as guest were leaving they got a small bag of carmel corn. I made the little elephant decals using my silhouette of course! I LOVED how these bags turned out!! 

And that was the baby shower! Like most parties when your the host... it was a total blurr! But I had a great time planning everything and hosting! I said MANY times as I was planning this shower, how fun this would be to do as a job someday! Plan and make things for parties! Sounds pretty sweet if ya ask me!! Ha! 

 And now we all can't wait to meet this new little boy!!!!