I feel like I've been preparing for this shower, FOREVER, but I've had alot of fun in the process. It never fails that any time I host a shower or party of any kind, the night before I end up asking my husband, "why I decided to do this?"
To which he responds, "because you like them". Which is true but man the night before and day of is filled with alot of scrambling and stress.
Anyway, enough rambling, on to the party.
I used multiple colors with the main 2 being pink and purple. Of course no "About to POP" shower is complete without a popcorn bar, I too had to have one. I made 3 types of popcorn, butter, caramel, and white chocolate with M&M's. I made individual popcorn boxes, that were too cute. I bought the book Hop on POP and had everyone sigh it for the baby's first book. I had 2 types of centerpieces, the lollipop bouquet pictured above, and 2 diaper cakes.
I used my cricut to cut 2 inch circles and used them as a ribbon around the diaper cakes. I had the hardest time figuring out how to top them. First I planned on doing flowers like I did with the last baby shower I planned. Then I thought of doing a painted wood letter "C", which stood for the baby's name, but neither of them looked right. My last resort was the cloth baby shoes. My intention was to decorate them with cute little bows and flowers (the above cake had pink polka dot shoes, the other one had purple polka dot shoes), however because I made these the day before during a rather short naptime and had a million other things to finish, it didn't happen. They are still cute but I wish I had the time to jazz em up a bit.
I made a table runner for the counter out of polka dot scrapbook paper. I didn't even tape them together, I just laid them next to each other and placed everything else on top which kept them in place.
I made the cupcake stand out of 3 wood plaques from hobby lobby and 2 glass candle sticks from the Dollar Tree. I glued them together with E6000 glue and spray painted the entire thing. I was so excited with my Chocolate caramel cupcakes. They were so very delish and came out perfectly.
I have a thing about 2 liters of pop..... I hate having them at parties. I always end up buying 2 many and I'm left with multiple opened bottles which inevitably go flat and get dumped into the sink. I made strawberry lemonade, sweet tea, and cherry limeade. I wasn't crazy about the cherry limeade, but other's said it was very tasty. I also had bottled water with my cute little labels. Which almost all got taken, so I was super happy.
I found a onesie shaped cookie cutter while my mom and sister and I were in Amish country and knew I had to use it for the shower. It was just too cute. I didn't want to frost them like I do any other cookie because I wanted them to look a little less homemade, not that there is anything wrong with homemade. I took some tips for flooding the frosting and outlining the cookie from the blog Bake at 350. If you are a cookie baker you must go to this blog, it is Heaven. The cookies took a long time to flood but the end result was worth it. I LOVE how cute they are. Maybe eventually I'll get a little fancy with the frosting but the simple pink was just the right touch.
I made Snap Crackle POP treats. Which was just store bought chocolate rice krispy treats cut in half with lollipop sticks sticks added. I decided they needed to have some pink added to them so I dipped in more chocolate and rolled them in sugar I dyed with food coloring. I attached a tag that read, "thanks for POPping by".
Here is one thing I have learned about favors, at least with my family, no one ever takes them, or even realizes what they are. Unless it's a kid's party with goodie bags, I always get some puzzled looks when I mention favors. So note to self.....don't worry about them next time.
I also had 9 tissue paper poms, 3 hanging from each light fixture in my mom's kitchen, dining area, and living room. These tied all the colors together.
For food (which I completely forgot to get any pics of) was all popped themed. I made POPcorn chicken using boneless, skinless chicken breast and Kraft Fresh Takes in Rosemary and Garlic as well as Italian Parmasan (spelling?). They were super tasty. We also had sweet pepper POPpers (I used cream cheese and cheddar shredded cheese), taco dip (Mouth POPin Taco Dip), pasta salad, and broccoli and Carrots (POP something healthy). It was delish.
I'm so glad I did the shower because the guest of honor was super happy with everything but man am I glad it's over. I was exhausted for 2 days after and very thankful I don't have another party to plan and prepare for until Grant's birthday.
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