On Frida
y, Nicole drove up from Oregon with her friend Renee and they stayed the whole weekend at our house. Mom and I ran to grocery stores for all the fixings and then off to Good Friday service as they had planned to get to our house late. Mom baked the cake from scratch that night so it would be ready to frost the next day. Saturday morning we got up and had a big breakfast and I started the decorating. I had planned on a tea party/garden party theme but with it being early April there were no flowers blooming or trees leafing out. I bought flowers instead and we had enough to give it the garden atmosphere. I also made favors that looked like daisies in glass flower pots with a candle in the middle
and I set these around with tealights on the tables. Nicole had shown me a "diaper cake" that you could buy and she thought that if they had added wash cloths or burp cloths it would have been better. The "cake" was too expensive but I googled around until I found one website where the person gave me the number of diapers that was in the cake (insert evil laughter "Mwaaahahaha"). I was going to buy burp cloths
for the middle layer, but they were quite pricey too, so I bought some flannel at the fabric store and Mom made them. We put it on the coffee table as the centerpeice and it turned out pretty well if I do say so. Mom spent the morning frosting the cake. I had gone to Wilton.com and found this amazing cake that you use fondant on. We had never tried that out before so I bought all the items to do this cake from Wilton. We made the bow on the top a 
few days before so it would be hard and then did the fondant on the cake that day so it would still be soft enough to cut. Thank goodness my mother takes all my great ideas in stride because I think I would have been frustrated with the fondant. But never fear, she did it all and it turned out fantastic. While
she was cake decorating I was making the food. I did it all as "baby" finger foods. We had cucumber sandwiches, scones with butter and jam inside, parmesan balls, creme puffs with chocolate and triple berry sauce, a veggie tray, a fruit bowl and of course strawberries dipped in chocolate. I also had a punch bowl and bottled water.
y, Nicole drove up from Oregon with her friend Renee and they stayed the whole weekend at our house. Mom and I ran to grocery stores for all the fixings and then off to Good Friday service as they had planned to get to our house late. Mom baked the cake from scratch that night so it would be ready to frost the next day. Saturday morning we got up and had a big breakfast and I started the decorating. I had planned on a tea party/garden party theme but with it being early April there were no flowers blooming or trees leafing out. I bought flowers instead and we had enough to give it the garden atmosphere. I also made favors that looked like daisies in glass flower pots with a candle in the middle
and I set these around with tealights on the tables. Nicole had shown me a "diaper cake" that you could buy and she thought that if they had added wash cloths or burp cloths it would have been better. The "cake" was too expensive but I googled around until I found one website where the person gave me the number of diapers that was in the cake (insert evil laughter "Mwaaahahaha"). I was going to buy burp cloths
for the middle layer, but they were quite pricey too, so I bought some flannel at the fabric store and Mom made them. We put it on the coffee table as the centerpeice and it turned out pretty well if I do say so. Mom spent the morning frosting the cake. I had gone to Wilton.com and found this amazing cake that you use fondant on. We had never tried that out before so I bought all the items to do this cake from Wilton. We made the bow on the top a 
few days before so it would be hard and then did the fondant on the cake that day so it would still be soft enough to cut. Thank goodness my mother takes all my great ideas in stride because I think I would have been frustrated with the fondant. But never fear, she did it all and it turned out fantastic. While
she was cake decorating I was making the food. I did it all as "baby" finger foods. We had cucumber sandwiches, scones with butter and jam inside, parmesan balls, creme puffs with chocolate and triple berry sauce, a veggie tray, a fruit bowl and of course strawberries dipped in chocolate. I also had a punch bowl and bottled water.Nicole's mo
m and dad came over early and were thinking of leaving before the party but after guests started arriving they stayed. There was about 11 people at the party and we had a very good time. When they arrived everyone was given a bracelet with diaper pins and pacifiers on it and anyone who said the word "baby" had to give up one of their items with the person with the most at the e
nd winning. We also played "diaper bag memory" where a diaper bag full of stuff was passed around and they had one minute to write down as many items as they could remember was inside. Nicole got the diaper bag as a gift at the end. Then we played "Guess how big Mommy is" where a spool of ribbo
n was passed around and everyone cut off a length they thought would fit around Nicole's tummy. The person who was closest won. After all the games Nicole opened her presents and was very suprised at all the gifts, especially the last one which was the stroller/car carrier system she had on her registry. Overall it was an excellent day and Nicole could hardly fit all the gifts into her car to take home.
m and dad came over early and were thinking of leaving before the party but after guests started arriving they stayed. There was about 11 people at the party and we had a very good time. When they arrived everyone was given a bracelet with diaper pins and pacifiers on it and anyone who said the word "baby" had to give up one of their items with the person with the most at the e
nd winning. We also played "diaper bag memory" where a diaper bag full of stuff was passed around and they had one minute to write down as many items as they could remember was inside. Nicole got the diaper bag as a gift at the end. Then we played "Guess how big Mommy is" where a spool of ribbo
n was passed around and everyone cut off a length they thought would fit around Nicole's tummy. The person who was closest won. After all the games Nicole opened her presents and was very suprised at all the gifts, especially the last one which was the stroller/car carrier system she had on her registry. Overall it was an excellent day and Nicole could hardly fit all the gifts into her car to take home.
2 comments:
Sounds like a fun baby shower! I can't believe you made Cindy make the cake! :) It turned out perfect - just like the picture on the box!
IT WAS THE BEST BABY SHOWER EVER!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
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