As you know, we’ve lovingly nicknamed our second son (who will be born any day now) “Baby Dragon.” (Click here for the funny story
behind that.) So my very clever and talented friends threw me a dragon-themed
baby shower. Surprisingly enough, there are actually lots of great ideas for
dragon-themed baby showers on Pinterest. Not surprisingly, my clever and talented friends also came
up with many great ideas all their own. A little bit Puff the Magic Dragon and a little bit Gothic with a black,
turquoise and lime color scheme, they found the perfect balance between cutesy
and grown-up.
For starters, this is the invitation that came in the mail,
complete with a dye-cut dragon for the diaper raffle. I don’t even want to know
how many hours and hand cramps when into cutting those out! (And yes, my shower
invitation is already adhered to the baby book. Hey, I thought the kid was
going to be born three weeks ago!
I’ve had some time on my hands.)
My friend, Robin, makes amazing diaper cakes, as you may
remember from the The Very Hungry Caterpillar baby shower we threw for
another friend this summer. She decorated mine with several cute little dragon stuffed
animals and topped it with an adorable dragon baby hat. I will definitely get a
picture like this one of Baby
Dragon in the hat. And assuming we’re home from the hospital by Halloween, this
will make the perfect newborn costume!
Chalkboard paper with white chalk text made perfect labels
for everything, from the champagne flutes (out of which I drank one Diet Pepsi
and several yummy faux-mosas,
or “mi-faux-sas” if you prefer) to the waffle bar stations.
Why yes, I DID say waffle bar! The perfect menu for a
brunch-time baby shower. Have you ever had a waffle covered in Nutella and powdered
sugar? Don’t ever tell my toddler that such a thing is actually a
breakfast option!
The delicious cupcakes included more hand-cramp dragons (God
bless these ladies), and other turquoise and lime colored toppers.
As if that wasn’t enough too-cute-food, my friends adorned
bags of caramel corn with paper onesies labeled “ready to pop.” Cute, right?!
Those clever and talented friends I mentioned? Here they
are. And they’re gorgeous to boot! Thanks for making it such a memorable day,
ladies. A preggo couldn’t ask for better friends.
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| The clever, talented and gorgeous DeeDee and Robin. (Scroll back up and look carefully at the name tag on the pink dragon from the diaper cake. Haha!) |
