Day 10 of 31: Baby Shower

Yesterday, my bestie Robin and I hosted a baby shower for our friend Debi. Can I just tell you how much fun it is to throw parties? Stressful, yes. Time consuming, yes. Does anything else compare? Probably not! I'm being serious. I was telling Ben that right now, hosting parties is my "outlet", the only way I feel like I can be creative. Unfortunately, scrapbooking has taken a back burner {it's kinda challenging finding time with three young kids, me being pregnant, and completely exhausted at the end of the day to even think about dragging my scrapbooking supplies out!} I guess what's what blogging is for? :)

Back to the baby shower. The theme was She's About to Pop!! Because, literally, Debi is about to pop. {We are hoping she keeps that baby in for at least 10 more days until her husband gets home from deployment!} I wanted to go with more non-traditional colors. You know, not use green and blue or yellow. For some reason, I am loving the color combination of light blue and red. And, as the shower started coming together, I am so happy that we chose those colors. It was too much fun!

:: The complete set up ::


:: White cupcakes & brownie bites w/ vanilla frosting ::


:: Cups with striped straws & raspberries ::






:: Yummy POPcorn ::


:: lolliPOP tree ::


:: the party favors--ring POPs and POP rocks ::


:: Robin, Debi, and Me ::


:: Say Cheese ::


:: Me, Chelsea, Beth, Niesha ::



:: Cindy and her absolutely adorable baby girl ::



:: Me, Paisley, Gail, Debra, Niesha, Debi, Heather ::

Thank you, Robin, for putting up with my crazy/obsessiveness! You can admit it, I can be a bit of both at times! And for allowing me to be a little bit "out of control." It was SO much fun. And thanks, Debi, for letting us use you as an excuse to have a party! :)