Not Quinn...Hayley!!

I am so excited to meet my niece! And hopeful that her parents have landed on a name that'll stick. Hayley Quinn seems to be the winner!

The baby shower was just last weekend and my family made some special presents for the little princess-to-be.

When my sister-in-law called me to ask if I would make the favors, I quickly accepted the challenge. The shower was a Miss Molly's Tea House. I had never been, but I quickly decided that something Tea related would be appropriate. I created a tag that read "Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice"to attach to a clear bag. Then, I made some scones! How pretty do they look?!?

 

I made these ahead of time so that I wasn't scrambling to do it the week of the shower. I cut them and put them in the freezer. A little closer to the shower, I took them out, stuffed the bags and added a bag of tea to them (Twinings English Breakfast Tea, for those Fifty Shades Fans...) Stapled one the tags and...Voila!

My mom was in charge of the cake, but I wanted to make something to take along as well. Cassandra wanted a cassata cake, so I figured I would make this fun cake sans the strawberries, in case someone couldn't have strawberries. Here's the pic: http://pinterest.com/pin/12736811419425408/

Here's the trial run photo:

 

And here's the shower day cake:

The lines on the trial run are much cuter...but the day before the shower, patience were running low. My biggest piece of advice should you choose to make this is do not skimp on the amount of batter you put on your design/chevrons. The batter doesn't really run anywhere,  but if it's not substantial enough the design easily peels apart from the rest of the cake. Super cute and impresses the crowds for sure!!

Another baby shower funsie - was the guest book onesie! The original pin was a little bit different. I was pressed for time, so I just used some stencils and fabric paint to put the word "loved" on the onesie. At the shower, guests signed it with a Sharpie. Pointer: instruct your guests to hold the fabric taught and sign lightly. Perhaps a finer tip would have been better as well. Some guests had a hard time signing and being able to read it after. the plan is to take her picture wearing it and then maybe frame it to hang in the nursery.

For one of her gifts from Auntie Annie, I made a wall decal with a quote that her mama had picked out. Using my Silhouette Cameo and some white adhesive vinyl, I cut the quote out. We hung it out her nursery wall yesterday. The upside to doing Wall Decals yourself is that I didn't have to pay much to do it. The downside, I didn't have any type of transfer paper, so I had to put each individual piece on by itself. And then when the men came in to taunt me about how straight it was or wasn't, I just had to settle with the fact that imperfect is perfect, right?!? After the quote was on the wall, we used some of the flowers to add some flair!

I wanted to make a name piece to hang in the Nursery, but I didn't want to do individual letters, mostly because hanging them straight is a pain! So, instead I bought a 36" x 12" Poster frame and had the future husband spray paint it white. Using my Cameo again, I cut out "HAYLEY" from white poster board. I had extra fabric pieces left over from the bedding my mom made her and intended to put them behind the white poster board. Unfortunately, the white wasn't enough contrast with the fabrics. So, back the Cameo I went. I cut the letters out of a melon colored paper. MUCH better. With the white frame, pink letters, and starched and ironed fabric it's just about perfect. (I'll save you the details that I think aren't perfect!)

 

The last thing to share, was not from my hands. It was, however, my mother's work. Cassandra picked the fabric and my mother designed and created the bedding. How precious!!

Oh! And how could I forget these ADORABLE handmade dresses from Grandma!

As you can tell, we are all very excited for the first little grandchild/niece in our family. It's been a fun adventure so far making fun things and getting ready for her arrival. Now, we just have to wait! and finish planning a wedding. No big deal!