I finally was able to get the pictures from Kimberly's baby shower sorted and prepped! Jessica & I had so much fun creating the decorations, using all Stampin' Up! Kimberly's colors are Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black,  Basic Gray, and Whisper White so those are the colors we went with for the invitations, decorations, and thank-you notes!

I've shown you the invitation before, but I will include it here since it is part of our "Liam's suite"!

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Jessica found inspiration on Pinterest, then got busy with cardstock, Patterns Stack Designer Paper, Paper Snips, and the Big Shot to create these three banners:

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We used onesies, ties, stars, paper hats, and "Van Dyke" mustaches for our theme. (In case you are wondering, that's a Van Dyke in between the "I" and the "A" in Liam) Kimberly's husband, Tony ha had a Van Dyke ever since we've known him, so it's a family joke that Liam will probably be born with one! I made my own pattern for the onesies by tracing a newborn-sized actual onesie, and the "oh BOY!" and "little MAN" are retiring Big Shot letters. "L I A M" are printed from the computer in Black ink on Basic Gray cardstock. This helped take care of the lined-look you get sometimes when you print on just regular copy paper.

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Jessica wanted the "LITTLE MAN" banner letters to be really big, so she hand-cut them herself! We hung this over the dessert bar with regular clothepins and Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding!

Scattered all over the tables, which we covered with my Stampin' Up! Basic Black tablecloths I use for Vendor and Craft Fairs, were these little cuties created with circle punches and the retiring Stars #2 Big Shot Die. I even cranked out custom confetti to scatter over the tables. It was really simple to just poke a hole in the Hershey's nugget with my Paper Piercing Tool to stick the toothpick stars into!

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Jessica created these little paper hats with "First Edition" Designer Paper. She has one almost exactly like it for her newborn sessions made of fabric:

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The "OH BOY!" banner hung over the Onesie Decorating table. Again, all Stampin' Up! cardstock and colors, with hand-cut letters.

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The Onesie table was a BIG HIT! We provided a stack of newborn to size 6 months onesies and fabric markers, (be sure to put a piece of cardboard inside while you create so the markers don't bleed through to the backside!) and guests were able to create these for Liam:

Maddie Kate is Liam's oldest cousin! Liam will be Maddie Kate's first cousin ever!

Alisa (aka "Aunt Sweed") made this adorable "Nerts Prodigy" onesie. On the back it says "Grandfathered In". They have all been playing Nerts for years and have even created a "Nerts for Life" group where they keep running scores. You have to play alot of Nerts to be a lifer!

Kimberly's best friend Emily surprised her by coming all the way from North Carolina! Emily's onesie says, "Why is everyone around me such a PAYNE???" This one will be perfect when we get together with all of my husband's family at Christmas!

Cousin Ava working hard on hers:

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One of Kimberly's favorite gifts were these custom-made burp cloths with the "liam" knight and dragon! Liam's daddy is painting Liam's entire room like the inside of a castle, complete with sleeping dragons, knights, and even a prince and princess with Kimberly and Tony's faces!

A special treat for me: my older brother and sister came from 2 1/2 hours away for the shower! My brother is 18 years older and my sister is 12 years older, so even though I am a grammie almost 5 times, I'm still the "baby sister"!

Here's my precious girls, (and Liam!):

One last Stampin' Up! creation, the thank-you's we made using the "Baby Bundle" stamp set and "Baby Tees" Jumbo Wheel:

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That's all for today! I'm so glad I am able to share our happy day with you!

 

Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!