the uncreative girl: Shower Her With Love: Rebecca's Baby (Boy) Shower Part 1

One of my sisters, Rebecca, is pregnant!!! (for the 2nd time) and I decided to throw her a baby shower at our parents' home in Kamloops (well, Savona, but close to Kamloops). Her first child, my niece Kyra, came while I was still in University (aka broke!) so I didn't really have a budget to work with then and my other sister's daughter, my niece Avery, is allll the way over the water in England so baby-shower-ing was a challenge (we did a shower in a box!). Thus, this is the first shower I've gotten to do where I could let loose my artistic-ness and that's exactly what I did!

I was hitchin' a ride with Rebecca and her family to Kamloops and then we were all staying together at my parent's house so I had to do a lot of the prep ahead of time and keep it very condensed for travelling. In the end, the surprise didn't work out - NEVER try to surprise Rebecca, it's an incredible headache! - but she was thrilled all the same.

The first step, of course, was theme. Oh ya, did I mention: it's a boy! I decided to go with a "shower" theme: what better theme for a shower than a shower, right?! Plus, rain is blue so perfect for a boy!

I pre-made party favors and also a small "Shower Her With Love" card for each guest to write a small piece of advice, love, memory, joke, etc and their choice of baby name from the top contenders Rebecca has picked out. Later, I can put these little notes together with photos for my nephew's scrapbook (my nieces both have one in the works since their births!).