I'm on a roll, y'all! And hopefully I'll be able to keep it up! Look out!
Now, I bring you my most recent and proudest achievement, hosting a baby shower! A few weekends ago, I had the privilege of hosting a baby shower for my "sister-in-law" Margie for her new baby boy, Wren. I hosted along with Ely, who is Brian's mother, and their next door neighbor Janet. She is responsible for most of the amazing treats you'll see below but these babies in a blanket are all me! Well, Ely's idea and my execution :)
They are really simple. You roll the mini sausage in the crescent rolls, just like if you were making pigs in a blanket, but you place the mini sausage in the top corner of the larger side of the crescent roll dough. You can make the dough cover more if you will press it out flat as you can and wrap it tight and then use the excess for another baby in a blanket. Then you take a edible marker (from Michaels or Hobby Lobby) and you draw little faces on them! Simple and Quick as that!
These little gift boxes were made with a kit Ely bought. We spent a while putting these puppies together. Cute idea and possibly worth the work, but I'm still not convinced.
These were deviled egg turtles, made by Janet. The eggs and "deviled" part are dyed with food coloring, the head is an olive, and the legs are dyed noodles! She is so creative!
This is the little turtle that Janet made for baby Wren's nursery.
And these are little jello turtles in a blue jello pond. Adorable!
And this is the funniest thing I've ever seen. It's a baby in a buggy, made of fruit! Janet is incredibly talented, and so sweet to open up her home for a baby shower AND be willing to work her butt off in the kitchen.
We served sweet tea and green punch. The punch was really easy, but I didn't really use a recipe. I just mixed it as I saw fit until it tasted good. Sprite, pineapple juice, green food coloring, and orange juice concentrate. Et voila! Frothy green goodness!
This was baby Wren's present table. He really racked up the gifts!
This was a gift paid for and from my mother and father, but bought and arranged by yours truly. This is a great way to give a gift for any type of shower of event. I got some essentials {diapers, wipes, baby shampoo, baby lotion, baby books, etc.} at reasonable to low prices and/or bought with a coupon. Then I bought a high quality canvas bin at Bed, Bath, and Beyond. I filled that bin with all the goodies I bought. This idea is both super cute AND eco-friendly. You're not wasting wrapping paper that will be thrown out with the garbage, you're giving the person something they can use. This bin would be great to store diapers, outfits, shoes, or even towels!
And this is what baby Wren got from his Aunt-Tay and Uncle Brian! I am so stinkin' proud of this Target haul! Please notice the adorable, Uncle Brian-esque baby button ups, the super cool skull shorts (for my little rocker nephew!), and the onezies with hilarious sayings on them. The top blue one says "I'm the New Guy", the bottom blue one says "My Uncle is Rad" (this one made Margie cry for some reason!), and the orange one says "Caution: Lady Killer". Too cute!
And no blog is complete if there are no pictures of my super cute dogs, am I right?
Just to brighten your day, here are the babies of my house, MaKenna and Hercules, doing what they do best, being adorable and sleeping.
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