Baby Shower Report

On Tuesday, I threw a baby shower for my friend, a co-worker also. Why Tuesday? Because we all work the weekend and don't want to use our vacation time. We are being time frugal. Especially my friend since she needs to save her time for Maternity Leave.

Of course, I'm Type A, which means I had to over plan and stress myself out completely. It also means that I waited to the last minute to do everything. This is typical of me. I got up extra early that morning, took Angry Toddler to school, and went off on my way.

I met Kristin from Meringue Bakeshop at Peet's, a local coffee shop. I got annoyed with Peet's because they don't have Sweet'N Low. I only like Sweet'N Low and none of the other artificial sweeteners. It's my choice if I want to poison myself with it, don't take away this choice. I had to use the blue stuff, ack...

I then went on my way to the grocery store. I had pre-ordered a platter of sandwiches and fruit. I ended up buying several other things there. Did you actually think I was going to cook the food?

I headed to my friend's house and set everything up. I even prepared the candy buffet. I did a candy buffet as party favors because it was really cute and easy. I would like to thank Kristin for that idea. Party planning and cupcakes, she is fabulous!

It was a perfect shower. Plenty of food, chatting, and cute little baby gifts. My friend is very particular. She stated, "no glitter, and no cheese". I didn't do any games since it was sort of an open house. I did have to get one of those "It's a Girl" signs. My friend gave me that look.

Next month is Angry Toddler's birthday. I have to plan for that now. There's always something.

Baby Shower Invites and a Great Designer

If anyone knows me well enough, you know that I'm a procrastinator. I've always been like this. When I was in college, I used to stay up all night long writing papers at the last minute. I even wrote a 20-page research paper in one night, starting at 6pm. I got an A though, that's got to count for something.

I told a co-worker that I would host her baby shower. I love baby showers, as long as they are not for me, ha.

I'm still on vacation and one of the things I'm doing is re-organizing and Spring cleaning. I drag all my work crap stuff in those bags from the mall. You know the handled ones that can hold a lot of stuff. We have a shelf in our garage where I let the bags accumulate. Well I was going through my bags, and realized that...oh crap..I had not done the baby shower invites yet. The shower is mid-April, so I had to get to it.


I started searching on Etsy and found this really cute invitation. I contacted the seller, Kim, she explained the process involving the invite. I gave her the information for the invite and she designed it. She then e-mailed the file to me and then I uploaded it to Costco Photo Center. I picked up the invites and hour later. Kim was really and I'm happy that I got to work with her. I wanted to tell her how much I appreciated it, by doing a little highlight on my blog about her.

Kim is a graphic designer living in Orange County, CA. She has been designing custom cards and items for close friends and family for the last few years. She saw a need for affordable and personal cards and creations. After becoming a stay at home mom last year, Kim became determined to make time each day to do something she loves. The only time to make sure it would happen was while "the bubsie boy" was sleeping, therefore "bubsiedesigns" was born. After getting multiple requests, Kim recently decided to open a shop on Etsy. It is her priority to make each design modern, personal, and affordable.

Stop by Kim's Etsy Shop, "bubsiedesigns". She has great invites, save the dates, and even blog headers~