Baby Showers & Parties

What's the Best First Birthday Party You Remember?

Birthday Presents

Our daughter will have her first birthday this July, and we're starting to talk about how to celebrate her first year.  On one hand, it's not a day that she'll ever remember, but it's a family thing that first birthdays are celebrated with big fanfare. 

So today, I'm asking our readers - what's the most special one-year birthday you've attended?

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April 30, 2008 in Baby Showers & Parties | Permalink | Comments (6)
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An Elegant, Women-Only Baby Shower

Elegant Southern Baby Shower

When I came across this Southern Accents story about a baby shower thrown with a distinct Southern-style elegance, a few thoughts struck me.  First, it's nice to see a shower planned around a three-course seated lunch complete with silver flatware, blueberries and Champagne, and dressed-up guests with no blue jeans.  Second, and more importantly, no guys!  As a dad who has attended way too many co-ed baby showers, I applaud any inspirational ideas to return to the days of women-only showers.

Please give us an afternoon off for some golf or just a nap.  We don't need to play another round of "guess the baby food" or "what candy bar is in the diaper" game, and I'll bet there wasn't a game played anywhere near this shower.  Who's with me in doing away with co-ed baby showers?

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April 7, 2008 in Baby Showers & Parties | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Website Find: Baby Shower Themes by Hostess with the Mostess

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New website, Hostess with the Mostess, created this "Bubbly Ducky Brunch" baby shower theme and then helps you create it with a detailed resource list to online shops.  See this party theme and other baby shower party ideas like Due Date, Modern Alphabet, and Love Comes Softly at this party inspiration site created by designer and entrepreneur, Jennifer Sbranti.

link:  Hostess with the Mostess 

April 27, 2007 in Baby Showers & Parties | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Stand-up Easter Cookies

3D Easter Cookies

Gather around the family, break out the mixing bowls and use these Easter Cookie Cutters to make the parts for these interlocking cookies.  

Happy Easter Cookie Cutter Kit   |  $24 at Williams Sonoma 

March 9, 2007 in Baby Showers & Parties | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Martha Stewart's Spring Chicken and Other Halloween Ideas

Spring Chicken Costume from Martha Stewart

For the Halloween season, there's no better place to get inspiration and how-to instructions for celebrating this fall holiday from Martha Stewart.  Along with her spring chicken costume, she also offers directions on how to make a lamb and adorable goldfish costume too.  In addition, she'll show you how to make Halloween creature candies and give you pumpkin carving ideas that come with downloadable templates.

link:  Martha Stewart Celebrates Halloween

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Cute Halloween Cookies
Limited Edition Tom Arma Halloween Costumes

October 10, 2006 in Baby Showers & Parties, For Parents | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Cute Halloween Cookies for Kids

Monsters, Witches, Ghosts, and Pumpkin Cookies at Eleni's

Eleni's of Chelsea NY offers a great selection of Halloween cookies that will make you the star hostess for your monster mash.  Choose from different cookie collection of ghosts, or pumpkins and bats, to witches and monsters.

Halloween Cookie Gift Tins  |  $38 - $65 at Eleni's online

September 26, 2006 in Baby Showers & Parties | Permalink | Comments (0)
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