Sunday, November 21, 2010

Grasping at Straws...

We just arrived home after being in San Francisco for the weekend, and I'm tired and have no idea what to blog about - so I'm reaching here, and I found some pictures from a few months ago I have decided to share.
I threw a friend of mine a baby shower back in August.  We didn't actually call it a shower because it was a couples thing and we didn't want the word shower to scare away any of the men species, so we called it a Baby BBQ - ha!
 Anyway, they were having a boy but it was their second baby and since she's not really into anything super frou-frou, we decided to keep it way simple.  I stole some frugal decoration ideas from Jeannett and made these soup can vases....

okay, I have to admit they were dog food cans - but whatever...some scrapbook paper and ribbons and little flower thingys and I end up looking crafty - wooo!


My friend prefers to use the Seventh Generation diapers, which are kind of a beige color, so I made a diaper cake intended to serve as a table decoration of some sort.  It turned out pretty cute I think - the colors meshed really well...
And I actually piped frosting onto the cupcakes, which is a miracle.  By the time I was done, I thought they all looked like I had squeezed toothpaste all over them, but oh well - they were delicious, so that's all that matters right?


All in all it was a great party - and little baby Collin was born on 10-10-10!! (best birthdate ever)  He's adorable and I get to squeeze on him whenever I need a baby fix :)




4 comments:

Jeannett said...

yay! so fun! you did great! and your cupcakes look fabulous! i can never seem to pipe frosting onto cupcakes very well. good job!

k said...

Oh my lands! Those are some of the cutest shower (Baby BBQ! Bwahahaha!) decorations ever. Really. Nice work, Craftypants.

2boymommy said...

I am totally stealing the food (dog) can idea for my soon to be sister in laws bridal shower! Thanks!

Joanna said...

wow, kirsten! That really looks fantastic! I love that it's simple yet very effective. I think the piping looks awesome,I for one wouldn't care if it looked terrible becuase I would be gobbling them up anyway :)