Showing posts with label rock a bye baby shower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rock a bye baby shower. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Rock A-Bye-Baby Shower

Less than 24 hours after Grace's circus party, I was asked to plan...


Erin is my husband's cousin.  When he found out, I was going to plan another party, he looked something like this...


Ok, so he didn't look exactly like that but you get the point.

The shower was really low key, it was during a family reunion and held in my mother in-law's living room.  Easy enough, right?

I decided on a ROCK a-bye-baby theme because the expectant parents love music. 


Using some scrap book paper, I created paper records and spelled out ROCK a bye baby and strung it up.


Remember these custom onesies that I made? 


I strung them up on clothes line.


I also found some Hello Kitty socks that I turned into baby leg warmers.


I loved the idea of using the custom onesies as decorations.


I made some fabric covered Japanese lanterns {thanks to my glue gun, I burned my fingerprints off while making} which we suspended from fishing line.  The pink guitar {a Goodwill find, I stumbled upon a week before the shower} was also suspended with fishing line.


Since the dad to be is both a singer and guitar player, the rock themed baby shower also took on an unofficial guitar theme as well.


I included the same rhinestones from the guitar onesie on the paper guitars and used them as decorations around the room.




And what ROCK themed baby shower would be complete without rock candy.


I also liked the idea of having a band poster promoting the premiere of their baby girl.  Thanks to Poster My World, I was able to design a poster of my own.


And, there were a few games.  'Name That Baby' using only the letters in the mom and dad's first and middle names.


And, guess when the baby will be born calendar.


My favorite touch was still the VIP All Access Passes for the mom and dad to be.


So, even though the parents to be had a great time.  I think for the sake of my marriage, I'll take a break from party planning, at least for another week or two :)

Monday, July 23, 2012

Baby Shower Calendar

Thanks to pinterest, I came across a hand drawn 'Guess when the baby will be born' calendar by It's An Occasion.  Seriously, what a brilliant idea.

I knew I wanted to incorporate this idea but I didn't want mine to be hand drawn so...

Using Calendar Wizard in Word, I created a custom calendar.  Calendar Wizard allows you to completely customize your calendar by selecting fonts, colors and text.  Ehow has a great step by step tutorial, if you are unfamiliar with Calendar Wizard.


I decided to add a pink outline around the baby's due date so the guests knew when science predicted the baby to be born.  You can do this by inserting a text box and selecting pink as the shape outline.


When I had the calendar customized to the point I was happy with, I printed it out on 8 1/2 by 11 paper. I took that paper into Kinko's and enlarged and printed it on 12 x 14 card stock.


During the shower, guests used the baby feet stamp and the pink ink {pink because they are having a girl} and filled in their guesses.

Such an easy addition to any baby shower that will be sure to have a BIG impact.

Friday, July 20, 2012

Baby Shower Backstage Passes

When planning a ROCK a bye baby shower, it's the little details that will truly leave the parents to be feeling like rock stars.

These DIY ultrasound picture backstage baby shower 'All Access' VIP passes not only will make the parents to be feel like rockers but are also a great keepsake.


To get started gather the following supplies:

Lanyard {I found mine at Office Depot}
Badge holder
Pic-Monkey {or photoshop}
Your imagination

Since this is a baby shower, celebrating the 'premiere' of the baby to be, I wanted to make sure the passes I designed used one of the couples' ultrasound pictures.


I imported their ultrasound picture into PicMonkey, converted it to black and white and added a border to the bottom of the picture


Then, I played around with adding some color, text and stars.  This is where you can get creative and let your imagination inspire you.


When you have a design you are happy with, print it out {I used copy paper}, trim it down, insert it into your badge, clip it to your lanyard and there you have it custom backstage passes.


The passes were then given to the proud mom and dad to be...who, after all, are the only ones that truly need 'all access' to their baby to be.


Baby Ultrasound Picture VIP ALL ACCESS Passes. 


A unique shower accessory for a 'rockin' baby shower.

To see more ROCK a bye baby shower details, simply click here.

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