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Hiring a Baby Shower Event Designer

March 25th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Wondering Whether to Hire Someone or Do It Yourself? Here’s Our Quick Guide to Baby Shower Event Designers.

Most people prefer to plan birthday parties, weddings and wedding receptions, and baby showers themselves. But there always comes a time when hiring someone else to do the work is the best idea. Before worrying about the cost of hiring someone, consider the advantages of having a baby shower event designer and think about what services of theirs could be put to good use planning your event.

If your party is small with ten or so guests, then this is a job you can likely handle on your own. But, if you are expecting a large crowd, hiring a baby shower event designer may be the way to go. Instead of worrying about how much money you will spend on a baby shower event designer, think about the time, energy and stress that you will save yourself from by hiring help. There is nothing wrong with getting help, especially when that help is someone who has experience and expertise in dealing with events. It is a great way to make sure everything that’s supposed to happen goes smoothly without a hitch.

What an Event Designer Does

If you don’t have any experience working with a baby shower event designer, they you will probably have a lot of questions and concerns. It’s not unusual for most people to have a hard time letting go of the control that comes with party planning. A baby shower event designer will understand this, and will try to keep you informed while working out most of the problems without bothering you with them. The will do everything from helping to design the theme and decorations to making sure the food arrives on time. It’s a perfect situation: they will be the one who sweats bullets when time is running short, while you can relax and be a perfectly charming host.

Another advantage of a baby shower event designer is keeping meddlesome friends and family at bay. When someone tries to offer unsolicited advice (in other words, tries to interfere), you can tell them, “Thanks, but I have an event designer working on it. They know what they’re doing.” And the most important thing they will do is make sure the mother-to-be is treated like a queen and that the whole event revolves around her and the baby.

Something else that makes having a baby shower event designer so great is that they will prepare back-up plans for accidents and worst-case scenarios. This is part of their daily job, and an event that goes wrong for any reason means no referrals and no future business. Your job, on the other hand, will be to have fun, enjoy the experience and be a gracious host. So sit back, relax and let a baby shower event designer take care of all the hard work for you.

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Make it Yourself: Baby Shower Decoration on a Budget

March 1st, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Have a Plan and Stay Away from Party and Craft Supply Stores. Learn to Love the Dollar Store.

Hosting a baby shower is not an inexpensive undertaking. Invitations, decorations, food, favors, party games, and thank you notes all add up in a hurry. If there are a lot of invitees, you may even need to rent a hall or other venue. And on top of all that, the host is still expected to buy a gift! It’s no wonder many hosts try to cut costs anywhere they can. The host can create and print invitations on a computer, or even put them online. Party games can also be printed up on a computer, or purchased inexpensively online. The thank-you notes can also be done up on a computer. Another great cost-cutting measure is to do “make it yourself” baby shower decorations.

Decorating a baby shower on a budget isn’t that hard if you’re willing to put a little thought and extra effort into it. While there are many adorable things for sale in craft and baby stores that can be hard to pass up, you need to stick to a plan when making your own decorations, and avoid these pricey stores.

Where to Shop

When most people think of make it yourself baby shower decorations on a budget, they think it means a party that will be boring and colorless. That’s simply not the case, it just means you have to think outside the box. Take balloons, for example. You can purchase packs of twenty or more balloons at a dollar store for less than you would pay for four at a party store. Even if you take into account the cost of renting a tank of helium, you can have far more balloons if you just take the time and effort to inflate them yourself.

Let’s face it, the dollar store is going to be your best friend for make it yourself baby shower decorations. Streamers, ribbons, and wrapping paper can all be bought there, and for much less than a craft store or party supply store. Buy some bristol board at the dollar store in the colors for the party, cut them into baby-related shapes like bottles, diapers, and cribs, and tape them to the walls. If the host or someone she knows has some artistic talent, draw or paint on these make it yourself baby shower decorations for even more color.

Free is the best price for anything, of course, and here’s one idea for nearly-free decorations that everyone will just love. Collect empty glass baby food jars from the attendees who already have babies, then put some dollar store tea light candles in them for cute, baby-themed votives.

With a plan and a little creative thinking, make it yourself baby shower decoration on a budget can look every bit as good as if you spent a fortune on the decorations.

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The Menu For a Baby Shower Celebration is What Makes it Memorable

February 28th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

The food you serve at a baby shower may seem like a background detail to the guests, but any host knows how important this aspect of the party is. Choosing to not spend a lot of time planning the menu for a baby shower celebration may not bring on the snide comments from the guests, but putting effort into carefully choosing the menu might just lead to compliments!

Start With the Lighter Fare

Before the meal is served, and while games and other events of the baby shower are going on, it’s important to place light snacks throughout the room. Though these munchies might not seem an essential part of the menu for a baby shower celebration, your guests will appreciate such gestures. Bowls of honey-roasted peanuts, pretzels, candies, mints, and oyster crackers can provide just the right touch.

Finger Food for Thought

When you are planning the menu for a baby shower celebration, consider the formality of the event. Will the meal be a big sit-down affair, or will it be a buffet? After making this decision, you can begin to plan out the specifics of the meal.

Most menus for a baby shower celebration are more informal—after all, when you’re playing games and doing crafts, who wants to sit down for a fancy meal? In this case, finger foods will play an important role in the meal. You might want to consider making small tea sandwiches, devilled eggs, sticky buns, pigs in a blanket—any foods that the guests can easily handle with their hands. Fruit and veggie platters are also a must.

Delectable Desserts

Probably the most important and anticipated part of the menu for a baby shower celebration. That said, there really is no way to go wrong when planning this part of the meal. It is a good idea to bake cookies, or make a lighter dessert option for those who don’t want to indulge too much. However, make sure to also prepare something that screams “indulgence”—a cake, torte, chocolate mousse, or cheesecake will be a popular option.

Some menus for a baby shower celebration choose to honor the baby by preparing a type of birthday cake. This can be a great idea to make the mother feel extra special. Have the guests sing “Happy Birthday” to the baby and allow the future mommy to blow out the candles. It is a special way to celebrate a special occasion.

No Restrictions

The sky really is the limit to what can be prepared for the menu for a baby shower celebration. The host should really trust their best judgment—chances are that if you think it tastes good, so will everyone else!

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Suggestions for Printable Twin Baby Shower Invitations

February 24th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Babies are eagerly awaited additions to any family. Expecting twins can cause quite a stir because they are somewhat unusual. Fortunately, organizing a baby shower for twins is actually no different than organizing for one baby. The biggest difference is in the way that the shower is announced.

Making Your Own Printable Twin Baby Shower Invitations

Printing your own twin baby shower invitations can give you a sense of control and accomplishment that hiring someone to print them for you cannot. Making your own printable twin baby shower invitations is not difficult if you have some knowledge of and access to a program like Microsoft Word or Publisher. You will also need a reliable color printer and some artwork to add to your printable baby shower invitations. Do a Google search for “free baby clip-art” to find a wide variety of baby-related images you can add.

You can print the invitations on regular paper and stick them in a regular envelope, or print on cardstock for a slightly more high-end appearance. Cardstock can be purchased in most office or art supply stores. You can also find blank invitation cards in bookstores and party supply stores, which you can use for your printable twin baby shower invitations and will come with their own matching envelopes.

Wording Your Printable Twin Baby Shower Invitations

You will need to word your printable twin baby shower invitations slightly different that you would for a single baby pregnancy. There is actually little need to differentiate between twins and single babies, other than to phrase the announcement slightly differently. Use something as simple as “We’re having twins!” or a more formal “Join us in celebrating the upcoming birth of our two bundles of joy!”

Twin baby shower invitations can also show two babies instead of a single one or two baby items, like two baby carriages, two feedings bottles etc. If you are aware of the gender of the babies the colors of the twin baby shower invitations can correspond to this. If the twins are of different genders, you can opt for a neutral baby color that is suitable for both sexes such as yellow or green, or you can have the twin baby shower invitations in a rainbow of pastel colors.

Be sure that your printable twin baby shower invitations are in the mail and on their way to the guests no less than three weeks before the day of the shower. This is the minimum time your guests will need to buy or prepare their gifts and schedule the event into their calendars.

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Organizing a Safari Themed Baby Shower

February 22nd, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

For some people, putting together a baby shower comes quite naturally. This is especially true if the host has lots of time and already has some idea of how they want the party to unfold. In a case like this a themed party can be a lot of fun, for example a safari themed baby shower. Some people may think that a theme like this is only good for boys, but this is not the case.

What You Need for a Safari Themed Baby Shower

Baby showers are often easier to organize with a definite theme. There are even stores that cater to themed parties for children and even baby showers. A safari themed baby shower has staple decorations and props that make the party safari themed when the guests see it.

Animals like lions and elephants are sure signs of a safari themed baby shower and they can be integrated into many aspects of the party. Guests can be asked to wear hats with cardboard cut-outs of the animals glued onto them, and the animals can even be part of the baby shower cake design. Even the invitations can speak of a safari themed baby shower by being in the shape of an elephant.

Other ideas for a safari themed baby shower invitation are graphics of other jungle animals, native spears and shields, tropical leaves and flowers, and many other safari icons. The invitations can also be written with safari-styled phrasing and terminology to make it more in keeping of the safari themed baby shower. Think 1880s, “great white hunter,” “Doctor Watson, I presume” stereotypically stiff British speaking. Even the food can be inclined to African or tropical foods for the safari themed baby shower.

The games that you might want to have during the safari themed baby shower can also share with the theme. There are many basic games that can be turned to safari style games by just substituting the items used with jungle themes.

Party decorations can be lions, tigers, elephants, even fake potted “jungle” plants scattered around the venue. These can be made from cardboard and easily stuck on the walls of the venue. Table centerpieces can be real tropical plants that can be obtained from florists or garden shops. Others ideas for a table centerpiece for your jungle themed baby shower are a cardboard “native” either standing or riding an elephant.

Having a theme for a baby shower immensely adds to the excitement and fun of the party. A jungle theme can be great fun because there are so many possibilities for invitations, games, and decorations.

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How to Write Thank You Cards for a Baby Shower

February 19th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Putting In the Effort to Write the Perfect Thank You Card for Your Baby Shower Will Show How Much You Appreciate Your Guests

As if enough money wasn’t being spent, when planning a baby shower you also have to remember to get thank you cards. Buy them when you’re getting everything else, so you won’t forget them and end up rushing around at the last minute. For whatever reason, thank you cards for baby showers are one of the things most often left of the list of things to get, even though everyone knows how important it is to thank your guests.

The cards you send should reflect the shower. If there was a theme, make sure the cards match the theme. You can purchase plain or fancy thank you cards for baby showers cards at most department stores and at almost every single party store and they can range in price. Of course, the more you want it to look fancy, the more money it is going to cost you but that is a budget decision only you can make. For those who are extremely strapped, or that just do not see the need in spending $50 on thank you cards for a baby shower, you can always make your own off of the computer as those always give a more personal touch.

What to Say Write on the Thank You Cards

Most thank you cards for baby showers that you can buy already have the words “thank you” on the front, but you will want to do more than just say “thanks for coming” and sign your name. It’s nice to give a little bit of a personal touch to each card, and each one should be personalized. With a little planning ahead you can have your hostess keep track of which guest gave what gift, and that way you can make reference to their lovely gifts in the thank you cards for the baby shower.

One thing a lot of people try to write in thank you cards for a baby shower is how overjoyed they were that the guest was there to share in the experience and how blessed they feel that the guest was part of the experience. There are many books you can purchase or websites with information on polite things to include in a thank you card for a baby shower. Doing a little research to help determine the exact right things to say will ensure that your cards are not only appropriate, but will also be something the guest will treasure and remember for a long time. Remember that the guests went to a lot of effort buying gifts and attending the baby shower, so make sure to put a lot of effort into signing the cards.

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