Lola came up with the "dots" theme for the shower, and I went berserk creating centerpieces (from How About Orange) and a 23-yard garland. Poor Brian got roped into assembling large sections of the garland because I was too busy scouring Microsoft Office Online for the best clip art.
The clip art was for our onesie-burp-towel-sock decorating station (inspired by Say Yes to Hoboken). We had buttons, paints and iron-on transfers at the ready for guests to personalize items for the baby. Since I couldn't find any iron-on transfers in stores that met my discerning taste, I set about creating my own. I spent hours (HOURS!) first finding the "cool" clip art and then arranging them in Publisher to fit the most items on one piece of paper (I'd only bought seven sheets of ink jet printer iron-on transfer paper). Once they were printed, I roped poor Ben into helping me carefully cut out every single image. Hand cramps abounded.
In the end, all the prep work paid off. We had a festive atmosphere, great food, and fun activities. What more could you ask for in a shower?
The garland
The clip art iron-ons
The decorating station and centerpiece
The Zuester. The Zoo. The Zooey-Zawee-Zoe. The diva.
5 comments:
love the garland!
I could've asked for 25 yards of garland. :) hehe.
It was the best shower ever. :)
Zoe is such a freak! ;)
Lola is such a freak! ;)
The zuester. The Zoo. BEFORE she drank Joyce's coffee right out of her cup! That little diva.
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