It is a truth universally acknowledged that once you have successfully graduated through a series of wedding showers and weddings that baby showers will soon follow. Nearly two year to the weekend, I found myself planning a lovely afternoon gathering for a dear friend Abbie at the same place we had 'just' hosted her bachelorette party. We gathered to celebrate the upcoming birth of her baby Emma. Here's some of the details I contributed that were all very a'la Pinterest. The decorations: Our mom-to-be friend is shying away from pink-overload and has adopted a cute whale theme for the baby girl's room so we obliged and I contributed some tissue paper pompoms. Who doesn't like a craft that involves tissue paper that turns into fluffy balls of cuteness - these make for cheap decorations that have a wow factor.
The food: We had a full spread for an afternoon shower. I made some meringues that reminded me - in the best possible way - of the marshmallows from Lucky Charms cereal. I have learned the trick to light and airy meringues is no humidity and patience. I'm not a patient person by nature and typically not one when it comes to baking and following directions but to get the results with meringues, I found that listening to a podcast while I whip the egg whites keeps me mixing for the requisite 6-8 minutes (I skipped the chocolate dipped bottoms for my version). I also made some of these cream cheese filled strawberries. While the results didn't hold well together because I made it without butter (i.e. runny filling when they sat on the table for a while), what's not to like about sweetened cream cheese stuffed in a strawberry?!
The games: When I think of baby games, I am inclined to groan - melted chocolate in diapers is just not my style and frankly gross. I wanted to do something sweet to welcome baby Emma so we circulated cards to record a series of wishes for the baby girl based loosely on this baby worksheet . We kept the cards circulating while Abbie opened gifts and then read the cards aloud - the results were sweet sentiments that Abbie can tuck away to share one day with baby Emma.
I'll report later on the baby gift I made that was a true feat of "I can make that...."
Pinterest Trial: Tissue Paper Flowers
Review: Surprisingly classy and easy to do
Pinterest Trial: Meringues
Review: Patience is key but worth it.
Pinterest Trial: Strawberries with Cream Cheese
Review: Delicious and rich filling
Pinterest Trial: Baby Wishes
Review: Sweet activity and better than other baby games
What a precious shower!
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