She's about to POP!

 WHEW!

That's the best description I've got for the whirlwind weekend I just had.

But first....

In preparation of this weekend.

 I made jolly rancher suckers for the "thank you for coming" gifts for the shower.

All you need: 2 bags jolly rancher (you use two per sucker), a bag of popsickle sticks (I got mine at HL), treat bags (also from HL), and ribbon in your color. 

Heat the oven to 275, bake for 5 minutes

 

Put the stick in and kind of twist it so it covers the edge of the stick, 

  

and voila! 

 I covered the Styrofoam wreath in tulle and then used an exacto knife to cut out little holes for the sticks to go through. I printed off the "Thanks for popping by" circle and cut out each.

And I made a cheery wreath for my aunt's birthday:

 For Megh's gift, I found a great idea on pinterest and gave it my own spin.

The downloads can be found here.

 Here's what I put in there: 

deodorant, toothpaste, mouthwash, brush, makeup remover towelettes, moist towelettes, altoids, KU headband, hair ties, bobby pins, waterproof mascara, shampoo, B&B wash & lotion, a loofah, hairspray, and contact solution. And, of course, a bag to hold it all. 

It's great because if you don't want to spend as much you can eliminate a few things and it's still a fantastic gift. 

OH and the candy! The best part. Sour patch kids, reese's mini's, and Funyuns. 

 And Kenz & I made cake batter pops (recipe)

 Which were a lot of work....

but worth it.

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Alright, so now onto the shower.

I sent out the invites I made last month:

 

[comment below if you would like me to personalize this for you]

And I made this wreath -

 

using floral pins (HL), balloons, pipe cleaners and a styrofoam wreath.

and designed & printed this off to put in the middle:

 

 The decor turned out great!

 

I used these labels for the food:

 

 

and I made the flag banner with "POP!" on it out of felt & yarn.

The lanterns are from oriental trading company

 And Megh was definitely "showered" with gifts. In fact, I think it was raining cats & dogs.

More pictures here

I had a fantastic time with the decorations and the baking (there was a slight issue with the cake batter balls, but I won't get into that). 

We played games, too.  Which I didn't get pictures of (fail) but here are the sites I found one from:

Paper Bag game and this is the answer sheet I made for them:

 And the other was Erin's idea:

  And I had everyone fill out a "wishes for baby", another idea from Pinterest. The original files to download can be found here.

 I drove down on Friday night and got a majority of the decorating done with Mom & then I hit the second half of Drew's musical. 

We went Saturday night, too after the shower. 

I was SO freaking proud of my brother. 

He had a pretty big part and he even [spoiler alert] had to act out his own death! Gah! 

Just like the first time I saw Drewy on the field in marching band, I was an incredibly proud big sister watching him up there on stage! 

It was incredibly nostalgic, as it is every year, to watch these kids have a ball up there. I wanted to jump up there and dance with them, though I'm pretty sure it would have been frowned upon.

I got a TON of pictures and got some good use out of my picture-tastic zoom lens.

 And again, it took about an hour to upload the pictures I already have on here, so I'm going to direct you to my FB album to save time. 

Curtains 2012

Sunday my friend, Ashley, had a baby shower as well. I did the same gift for her with a few minor differences. 

 

and she's having a little girl, so of COURSE I had to make her a tutu!

Man. That was a long post. 

What a fantastic weekend it was.

And I am exhausted.

I wanted to get caught up on my shows last night so I stayed up way later than I should have.

So tonight, I'm going to be lame and go to bed at like 9.

Hope you all had a great weekend & I will resume my "list" tomorrow when I get my head clear (and rested). 

RCJH