My cousin (who is like my sister) is having a baby! She is a wedding planner with great style so I knew it had to be special. We went for paisleys, florals and swirls and shied away from anything too "babyish" but pulled in fun stuff like vintage pink pacifiers and diaper details. I think it turned out pretty fun!
My inspiration came from a floral and paisley image from Vistaprint where I had all the printables done. My mom later lost them all, but at least the invitation went out :)
Budget friendly details
My favorites were the diaper cake centerpieces. I made several single tier cakes around small vases taht could be filled with florals in the party colors- I wrapped them with a ribbon and vintage looking pacifier (found these super cheap at Hobby Lobby). I also made my own tissue poms, the scrapbook style collage for the food table, the tissue paper "S", and all of the flag banners (paper purchased from Michaels and Hobby Lobby). I really appreciate hand-made details so I try to do as much as I can myself.
I take it back- the full size diaper cake was my favorite- I tried to keep the same ribbins and flags used throughout the party and topped it with a knit baby cap that matched perfectly :)
I loved combining patterns that seemed like they would clash but instead really meshed well because the color palette was the same
gg4jc
Friday 1st of July 2011
that's so creavtive!! coodos to you for your creativity ;-) would this centerpiece be big enough for 70" round tables? thanks for the pointers!!
gg4jc
Friday 1st of July 2011
that's so creavtive!! coodos to you for your creativity ;-) would this centerpiece be big enough for 70" round tables? thanks for the pointers!!
jamie jo
Thursday 30th of June 2011
thank you! i was very kucky to come across a set of four straight sided juice glasses at a thrift store for $1. They were probably 2(ish) inches in diameter and 2/3 the height of the diapers. I just placed it in the center of the rolled up diapers and put a piece of packing tape all the way around to hold it snug. it then got covered with the wide ribbon, though i had to cut it a bit to make it invisible in certain places. Then i just used them to hold a bit of water and the cut flowers- it was so easy and everyone loved them. The flag banner was like you said- just paper, glue and ribbon or yarn.
gg4jc
Thursday 30th of June 2011
How was it that you made the diaper cake vases again? I love that idea. For your banners, did you just hot glue the paper triangles to the ribbon? Everything was very dainty and beautiful ;-)
jamie jo
Wednesday 29th of June 2011
thanks!! the cupcakes were seriously a mix baked in cute wrappers- i iced them with homemade buttercream and plopped a raspberry on- couldn't have been easier!