A Baby Shower of Roses

Last fall I was given a beautiful Shower of Roses for Our Baby as we were preparing for the arrival of our little "Rose."   Recently a good friend of mine delivered another precious baby girl, and since one of her patron saints is St. Therese I thought a little rose themed baby shower would be be just the thing to  celebrate her arrival!

It was rather a last minute thing, since I had been without a kitchen and on crutches, and so I only had a couple weeks hours to plan, not to mention PRAY that our kitchen would be at least close to being finished (the cabinet doors were installed the day before the shower!), so I told her it would probably be more like a "sprinkle" instead of a "shower."   Even though it was rather thrown together, it turned out to be a lovely afternoon.

~ Invitations ~

I didn't have time to mail out invitations, so email it was...  

Thank goodness for the stationery feature on my iMac!

~ Guests of Honor ~

Amy with her little Sweet Pea

I had wanted to make a Baby Sock Corsage for Amy, but having run out of time, ended up just pinning a single "rose" made from a pretty pink ruffly sock.  

~ Decorations ~

Fresh cut roses, of course!

Isn't that a cute little rose tea-pot? I found it at Pier 1.   

Speaking of Pier 1, I also have a total love of rose shaped candles right now (ever since I received a box of beautiful rose candles from PJ. THANK YOU PJ!!) and just cleaned our Pier 1 store out of these Pink Rose Tealights!  LOVE them!  

I loved Lacy's idea of tying roses to the bottom of balloons for a "Shower of Roses" and knew that I just had to get some balloons!  Thank you to my Hubby for running to the store while I finished getting ready! :) 

Marci brought candles and little ceramic roses to decorate the table.

I also set out one of my little St. Therese statues with the pretty little rose tea-pot that Amy gave me last year.

~ Games ~ 

I wasn't planning on doing any games, but at 1 am the night before I decided that we *had* to at least have a couple games...  

I am sure everyone else agreed when they realized that they all got to have some baby food as an appetizer! ;) 

Uuummmmm, YUM!  ;) 

We also played "Name the Baby!"

Next time I will be sure to not wait until the night before early morning of the shower to print the games...  Apparently my computer switched around the numbering and I was too tired to notice!  Oops! 

Rose Candle Holders with Tea Lights were the prizes.

~ Refreshments ~

Hubby ordered the cake for me from Costco. (I "erased" the writing on it for this blog post.)  I had him ask them to use their special autumn frosting colors of burgundy and sage green, along with baby pink.  Didn't it turn out so pretty!  

"Perfectly Pink Party Punch"

1 liter Ginger Ale

1 liter Raspberry Soda

4-6 scoops of Berry Sherbet 

and 1/2-1 cup Frozen Raspberries

Coffee, Cocoa and Tea...

... served with cream and sugar...

... and chocolate roses! 

~ Gifts ~

Amy received all sorts of gifts for her and the baby - darling new outfits, a nursing cover, a beautiful baby book, and a big group gift of a new pack-n-play! 

~ Favors ~

"Shower of Roses" Chocolates and Novena Rose Prayer Cards! 

~ A Few More Pictures ~

My Helpers

Rose and her little cousin, who isn't quite SO little anymore! 

Welcome Sweet Pea!

God is Growing a Bundle of Joy

A Garden Baby Shower

This past weekend we had a Baby Shower for my friend Trina, hosted a the home of another homeschool mom. The weather was beautiful and it ended up being such a fun afternoon!

The hostess made the CUTEST invitations using her Cricut and the Walk in My Garden Shape Cartridge.  I'm constantly amazed at all the creative things you can make with that little machine!  Someday I would love to be able to purchase one - perhaps the smaller Personal size. 

I also LOVED the Carrot Utensil Holders! 

The cute Cake Decoration was made to match the invitations and planned to place it on a decorated Carrot Cake from Costco.  Even though they always have them, we ordered one just to be safe.  Well, when it arrived at the shower (another friend was able to pick it up) it was not decorated, other than the almonds on the sides!  Apparently we should have specified that we wanted the carrots on top.  I offered to run to the store and get orange frosting real quick (the shower had already started) but then suggested we just add baby carrots instead! :-)  I asked Marci what we could use for the green tops and she ran out to her garden to pick some Parsley.   How's that for last minute improvising!?! I actually thought it turned out cuter than the Costco version.   lol!

To make things a little easier for the hostess, we all pitched in on the food.  Everything was delicious! 

The prizes tied right into the theme as well!  I won a great little Living Mint Plant for the raffle and another prize for finding the most items, off a checklist, in my purse.  When I got home Hubby said (rather sarcastically!) "Well, I can believe that!"  I think it might be time to clean out my purse.  Hehehehee!  Apparently their are benefits to carrying around all that stuff.  ;) 

I helped coordinate a few group gifts and Trina was very excited to receive two nursing covers, a car seat and a new little stroller in addition to lots of other great gifts.  I just loved the wheelbarrow to display them in until it was time for them to be opened.  So creative!

We were all given Potted Herbs as favors.  I came home with thyme and basil.   I am really hoping that I can keep it alive.  I am the worst when it comes to gardening... 

I am looking forward to meeting the new baby next month.

Congratulations Trina!

A Shower of Roses for Our Baby!

On the Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. . . 

~ Delicious Food ~

~ Tea and Ciders ~

~ A Yummy Carrot Cake ~

~ Fun Games and Raffles ~

I now have quite the supply of diapers!!! Thank you all so much!

~ Friends and Family ~

~ So Many Gifts for the Baby ~

~ A Special Surprise ~

Marci pieced together 48 rose themed squares, from friends and family, both locally and online, into this beautiful quilt for our baby! What a treasure this will be for her!!!!

I was so touched to see all the thought and love that went into this gift, including lovely squares from women I hardly know. Thank you all so much!!

*It may take me awhile, but hopefully I can take close ups of each square to share with you all, so you can see it up close. The photo hardly does it justice!

~ Tea and Honey Stick Favors ~

Thank you so very much Marci, and to all of you that contributed to making this such a special shower for our baby, our little Christmas Rose!

May God reward you all for your kindness and generosity!!