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Category Archives: baby shower Happy Monday to you! This past weekend my friend Lauren and I hosted a vintage circus-themed baby shower for our dear friends Tara and Matt in Santa Barbara. Lauren and I are not huge fans of the traditional games and gift-opening that happens at baby showers (sorry!). And we knew that Tara and Matt simply... 
April 13, 2011 - 9:40 am
so pretty. wish I could have been there. photos are great – like a mag spread (: xoxoxo 
April 12, 2011 - 11:05 am
Thanks for the comment, Jody. I’m not sure how fabulous my life is but it’s definitely fun. 
April 12, 2011 - 10:44 am
You seem to lead such a fabulous and fun life. Personally, I’m not a fan of games or present opening. I find it all embarrassing, boring and “forced”. I’d rather just hang out with friends, eat, and drink (well… when not pregnant).
April 11, 2011 - 2:53 pm
Haha! That’s a great site, Hillary! Some of these trends get exhausting. Too bad a lot of them are good ideas. The world is moving so fast though, hard to get genuinely fresh ideas. 
April 11, 2011 - 2:50 pm
I think it all depends on the crowd – both in terms of games and present-opening. At some showers, everyone knows each other, but at others the guests are from different groups of friends so giving people something to do is a good idea. Photobooths, fake moustaches, bunting…reminds me of this: http://www.eastsidebride.com/2011/03/pop-quiz-how-many-wedding-trends-can.html
April 11, 2011 - 2:20 pm
Wow. Thanks for the long comment, Hillary! We were going to do a photo booth but honestly I’m a little over the photo booths (at least for a little while). I know they are fun but I’ve seriously done a million of them since 2006 and just didn’t have the stamina. Using an instant camera would have been fun though so it becomes an immediate gift to the parents-to-be.
April 11, 2011 - 2:12 pm
I have thrown several baby showers in the past year. We opened presents at 2 of those. One wanted to and one’s mom strong-armed them into it. Themes, plus games/activities below… - – - – - SHOWER 1: kind of like retro-kid – a little circus-y we played mini games but they were almost more of a joke: we had a baby toss game (like Bozo’s Bucket Bonanza – buckets with a 1-2-3 on them and a handful of plastic babies); we had pin-the-baby-on-the-Daniels (our friend did an illustration of the couple and you were blindfolded and had to stick a baby on the poster); and a guess-how-many ___ in the jar (there were animal crackers, army men and something else…gummi bears?). we also did this activity: http://www.rachelleonard.com/my_right_brain/2009/09/baby-shower-craft-projects.html SHOWER 2: had a woodland theme we didn’t have games – the only real activities were drawing a leaf (which i’m still supposed to make into a poster) and writing in a little guestbook. we also had plant favors and gave everyone a woodland name (like Hedgehog Hillary). SHOWER 3: was a english tea party (this was for sara and george) we had a quiz where everyone guessed who-said-what between the two of them (bad game though b/c every answer george gave me was SO obviously him and not sara). i think that might be all we did…? they opened presents. I have TONS of good photos of the woodland one (on my flickr) and a few crappy photos of the others (which I’d have to dig up) if you are interested in seeing them. Oh, and we had photobooths at all 3. |
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Thank you! I’m with you on the games. I think they feel really forced and most ppl I know do not like them. I think food and drinks are enough to bring people together. Sometimes it’s more painful if you don’t know anyone and have to interact by playing games. It’s like a team-building exercise at work! 
I guess it’s the same with some of the wedding rituals too. Which is why we had a very small wedding in Italy.
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