Color Burst Baby Shower
Categories: DIY, Things of Beauty | Tags: baby shower, DIY, flowers, paper, pinwheels | 16 comments
Hey ya! Today is my b-day and my gift from my husband is FREE TIME with no kids. So I’m blogging! Ha! It’s been a great day so far.
Anyway, I’ve felt so fulfilled lately since I’ve been able to work on some creative things again. Recently, I hosted a baby shower for a friend of mine and I got to work on invitations and decor. I loved it! Many of my friends asked how I did it with a new baby…my answer: I planned a month and a half in advance, and did a little bit each day. Here are some of the highlights:
Invitations – I loved how these turned out. They are bright, colorful and so pretty.
Favors and party decor – I really didn’t spend a dime on decorations. I used colored paper that I had on hand to create pinwheels of different sizes, large paper flowers, confetti garland and a name garland. It’s amazing what you can do with paper!
More pinwheels! So easy to make and so inexpensive, but really creates a festive look!
Cupcakes by a friend of the expectant mama’s, and beautiful flowers.
Let me know if you have any questions about any of the decor…I can post a tutorial if I get enough requests. *Wink*
Comments (16)
I love the color scheme! Super cute! I also love to plan baby showers for friends (and have done a LOT of them!). I’m interested to know your ‘bring a pack of diapers, win a prize’ game…that sounds interesting (and SUPER helpful! :) What is that all about? I love your pinwheel garlands, you did a great job.
Sarah M
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please, please teach me how to do the pinwheels. i am all for easy. wait, that sounds bad. :)
YES! Tutorial! I love making things from paper and I have some baby showers coming up that I’ll be helping plan/design/decorate.
I’d love to hear about the diapers prize, too. Sounds interesting!
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YOU DID SUCH a beautiful job! :) i wish I could have been there…sorry…LOVE IT…you are so crafty and creative. Great job Evie
Yes, Pinwheels tutorial, please!…I would very much like to learn! Very cute and my favorite colors!
I love the collage of flowers on the wall with the baby’s name.. I have made flower pom poms before using 8 of those fan folded papers, trimmed to a curve or point on the edge, then folded in half and snipped on the fold for easier spreading and fanning out (like making a bow). I tied the now unfolded back open fans in the middle with a very long piece of curling ribbon (any would do) and twisted and spread open each tissue paper fan… They became huge pom pom flowers.. The day my daughter turned 11, I tacked all 11 onto my ceiling in varying lengths spaced apart.. The effect was so ethereal, dreamy… I never thought of using just 2 to make a medallion type flower. (or is it just ONE piece of paper?) How do you keep them open evenly? Did you use tissue paper or something thicker? This will come just in time for a certain other child’s of mine birthday, and 2 is much faster than 8 to fold for each flower.
What a pretty shower you gave! I’m loving all the details. Oh, and tutorials would be great if you’d be up to giving them!
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What a BEAUTIFUL shower it must’ve been…such pretty details!
OH. How I love it all. Swoooooon! I second, third, fourth a tutorial on the pinwheel clusters!
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You got it ladies! Next week I’ll do some tutorials!!
LOVE it all!!!
I love all the detail and the colour palette is beautiful! Im so happy to have found your blog :)
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Thanks for sharing these beautiful ideas. We are planning a “baby shower” to support the orphanage we are adopting from, and I was looking for simple, lovely and affordable options – these are perfect!
:-)
That’s great Sharon!
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