Sooooo, I was talking to my little sister today and she's throwing a baby shower for a friend of hers. I LOVE baby showers!! I have thrown a few myself and because of my convo with Mina today, I thought I'd post some of my favorite baby shower inspirational sites, ideas and a few pics from my own experience in baby showering!! Enjoy!

This is from http://www.eatdrinkchic.com/ a super cute site with TONS of great ideas, but this inspired me to come up with a "waffle bar" (instead of a make-your-own-sundae bar) for my girlfriend's baby shower. Here are my pics from that baby shower:

Then I did a double baby shower "open house" (sans games) with my friend, Leslie. One of the ladies was having a boy and one was having a girl - it was a second baby for each of them, so we did a blue and pink theme to celebrate both babies/mommies. It turned out cute, take a look:

The last one I have done recently was an under-the-sea theme because that was the nursery theme. We invited a lot of people and I didn't have enough decor to decorate each centerpiece the same ... so I just didn't, but kept it all within the same theme and it worked (i think). I made the stuffed octopus and whale for a few of the centerpieces and gave them to the mom-to-be as a gift from me afterwards.

Just some fun ideas ... and here are my favorite sites to pull ideas from:

For invitations:

http://www.paperculture.com/

http://www.tinyprints.com/

http://www.blonde-designs.com/default.asp and their blog: http://blonde-designs.squarespace.com/

For dessert tables .... my hands-down favorite:

http://amyatlas.com/ and her blog: http://amyatlas.blogspot.com/

littlemiddlesister

My friend, Suzanne, has the cutest line of clothing for little girls that she sells on etsy.com, so I thought I'd share it! Suzanne and I are friends from college. She and I sang the lead role for Carmen (the opera) together, except I was her understudy - she is amazing - as a person and as a singer!

She and her husband are in the process of adopting and in an effort to off-set the cost of adopting, she started this etsy shop. It's a worthy cause, supports a wonderful woman and they are the cutest little girl clothes!!! It's really a shame I only have little boys! Maybe someday ... check her out!

Colette Kids

I recently came across the coolest little website for kids' clothing. I loved the simple, cute designs on each tshirt and onesie and to top it off, they are environmetally concious too - made from USDA certified organic cotton in the USA. Anita, the graphic designer/mommy-to-be, and I have shared a few email converstaions and she's cool too - she's from the Bay Area just like Christina and me! Good luck and three cheers for Colette Kids. Check it out!

http://www.colettekids.com/