2 Owl Always Love You {a baby shower}

I've been secretly helping plan a baby shower for a dear friend of mine and I've been having to sit on all the details because she reads this blog!  Now that the cat is out of the bag I get to share all of the fun with you!   Krista's SIL, Amanda, decided on an Owl theme since that is the theme Krista chose for the nursery.  We went with a chic purple, green and gray color scheme and I got to work designing the invites and other party decor.  I have made many of the items available for free download and the links will be included below!   These are the invites I designed (download blank version of invite):

If you are a follower, this owl might look familiar.  That is because I used it for the nursery artwork I did for Everleigh last year!  I had already designed the invite so when Krista asked me to make some artwork, I used the artwork I created for that!  Sneaky, sneaky!   We decided on only two games for this crowd, and went with DIY lottery tickets {stop by Friday for the tutorial}:

and my Celebrity Baby Name Gameboard, which I updated and made a bit more girly (download celebrity baby name game):

I also created a matching banner (download banner):

 And of course, I made some cupcake toppers to supplement these adorable cupcakes and cake made by a friend of the mom-to-be (download cupcake toppers):

I've done this in the past and it always works well, so we wrapped up some boxes to use as cupcake stands to add some height to the table.    I made water bottle labels that we placed on the U-shaped table layout along with confetti and chocolate dipped oreos that Amanda, made (download water bottle labels):

And I made some tissue paper balls with the Owl Mascot pendants... unfortunatley I didn't get a great picture. You can sort of see them on either side of the gift table, which is about 3/4 full at this point.

I used the same Owl Pendents to create some table decor items:

 

  This bucket held the favors for the party goers.  Amanda added pink lollipops and pink, white and red M&M's to cellophane bags tied up with pink ribbon.  Amanda also brought a photo mat that she decorated to use as a guest book.  She inserted some 3D ultrasound pics until Miss Everleigh arrives:

Grandma-to-be requested that we do a ribbon plate, so here is Krista being a good sport:
Don't hurt me Krista! {Doesn't she make a beautiful mom-to-be? It suits her!} It was a great little party and Krista had NO IDEA, which makes it even better! Now we just have to wait until March until the little peanut arrives.   Oh look... I found another picture of the tissue paper balls with owl pendents...

 Love this lady!

Kim is a Marketing Director by day and Crafter/Blogger/Blog Designer by night. She lives with her husband, three beautiful children, and her dog and cat. You can also visit her design site, seven thirty three – – – creative blog design.  For even more seven thirty three fun, like her on Facebook or follow along via Twitter!