Baby Shower: About to *Pop*

One of the projects I've been working on these days is a Baby Shower for friends of mine and Tyler's. Annabelle is due August 6th (the day after Charlee's Birthday!!) and on June 2nd we will Celebrate her and her baby bump!

Baby Showers are always so fun and cheerful, I love planning them! I have only hosted one other one, a boy shower, and this time I get to do a girly shower. Check out the Polka Dot Shower Ash and I did for our Bestie J this time last year, here! While researching for the shower, there was one theme that kept popping out at me.

I have just started crafting and working on things but (of course!) I do have a pintrest board with some About to Pop Baby Shower ideas I'd like to share with you.

Baby Shower: About to Pop Pintrest Board

So I have been shopping and if you've ever seen or attended any of my parties you know we like to do it on a budget here. Buy a few key things and make everything else, and of course recycle from previous parties. Here's my shopping so far!

Mother's Day Tea

Mother's Day is May 8th, so I decided to share a simple DIY Mother's Day treat. You can create this for just you and your mom, or expand it to include all the Moms in your circle. I found the printables on Pizzazzerie's blog, that she got from Nic. Roc Designs...oh the networking! I love finding free printables for any occasion, I always grab them as soon as I see them, you never know when they might come in handy for a party. This time, I found them and used them right away! So I can share with everyone and hopefully you can use them too. Just click here and you can get them too.

Mommy & Me Tea

Teapot from Superstore $15, cups from Hallmark --they were a gift

Made the bunting out of scrap booking paper and matching ribbon. If you have fabric you can use that, keep in mind it will make it a little heavier to hang.

Mommy & Me Tea

A few treats for your tea, and lemonade for the little ones

One of the free printables I snagged

Lemonade for the minis

Almond Meringues

Cupcakes with fondant. I cheated and tried out a doctored cake mix, Dream Cake. Check out other doctored cake mixes here, some of them sound pretty yummy.

New edible ink markers!!

 I didn't forget!! Here are the recipes for the Meringues and the Gingerbread Biscotti. Enjoy!