ShaSha's Baby Shower

On October 22nd we celebrated my sister Shannon with a baby shower in her honor. ShaSha and Dougie are less than two months away from welcoming little baby, Ewan, into the world, and I couldn't be more excited! When thinking about putting together a shower for Sha, everyone knew one thing: it needed to be perfect. Not because Sha expects it, she just DESERVES it. I had never been a big part of organizing a shower, but I'm pretty proud of how everything turned out (luckily I was working with some seasoned vets).

The theme was taken from Ewan's bedding (HERE) and was used throughout the shower. My talented friend, Lauren, has a great invitation company called PaperCut Invites and made these beautiful invites (personal info omitted):

Even the envelopes had cute little owls on them!

As for the decorations, we didn't want a fully, owl themed shower, so we just kept to little owl touches. Remember we were using the bedding for ideas... but here's how it all came out:

Lisa's new house was a perfect spot to hold 35 chatty ladies:

The tablescapes:
Dessert table (that's right, a whole table full of delicious desserts, including ShaSha's favorite Peanut Butter Balls):
How cute are these cake pops Lisa ordered?!
Shannon's BF Jen was the mastermind behind the flowers. I loves the branches:
Favors:
Other little touches... this cute burlap banner ordered off Etsy:

And remember how I said I've been a little craftier these days? Well, for the shower I created a little scrapbook for all the ladies to write funny stories, advice, or notes for ShaSha. The idea had come when I was talking to a fellow Strides mom about one of her favorite things she had at her shower. Her notes came on index cards, so I thought I'd jazz it up a bit a create a scrapbook where people could write on an already decorated page. This is how it came out:


And, of course, the video I made that I posted earlier.

So how was the Mama-To-Be? Glowing.

We were all happy to see tears in her eyes as she saw how we had decorated the shower in her bedding theme.

One of the games was to decorate a onesie or bib. It was pretty funny to see what the ladies came up with. Sha got to pick the winner:

Some examples. I happen to like my mom's. Although not the artsiest, it reads "My Grandma's hot. She takes pills for that." hehe.
All around it was a great day. I was happy with how it all turned out and Shannon was grateful for all we did. A couple more pics before you go.

Lauren and Shannon, the pregos. My bestie and seester prego together and due within a couple of weeks of each other?!!!! What am I going to do with myself?!
Me, Mama, Sha, Lisa, and Sofia (cupcake in hand):
And I can't post a blog without a picture of this guy. I think we can all see where he may have got those pretty blue/grey eyes :)
I can't wait to plan more showers in the future!.... I really must be getting old!

***Some of these pictures (the good ones) were taken by Jen, Sha's very talented friend. Her photo blog is found at Jen CYK.