Birds are all the rage now.  I had a friend contact me to help her with ideas for a Bird themed baby shower.  I wish I was closer so I could plan it all but in the meantime…here are some great shower ideas.

A brunch is an intimate way to celebrate the mommy-to-be.  Start with invites that fit the theme.  TinyPrints has some cute invitations that you could use for a girl or a boy.

The table setting can be decorated with bird cages like this one, tree limbs and bird nests.

You might be able to still find some great deals on leftover Easter decor.  Incorporate the theme into the plate and napkins like these.

For the menu, go with Bite Size Sandwiches and Light Side Dishes.

What about these creative Pink Deviled Eggs.

Some great party favors would be these Mini Bird’s Nest or the Nest Egg Soap Favor.

Munchkins and Mayhem featured a great baby shower with ideas to go with a bird theme.

Hope these ideas help to make it a special day to remember for the mommy-to-be!

Winner Update: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks so much to everyone that entered! And the random winner is: Commenter # 7 - Dawn.

You can check out her great blog at Not Just a Mommy. Congratulations Dawn and I hope you enjoy your prize.

We have a fun new Giveaway for all my special readers today!

Favor Affair is a fabulous website that carries tons of elegant favors and unique, personalized favors for every occasion.  This week, they are offering a $25 gift certificate towards anything on their site to a lucky reader.

You will find everything from unique party favors for birthday parties,wedding showers, baby showers and personalized favors.

If you are getting ready for a Graduation Party, they have some great products like these “Unexpected Treasures” Tin and these Graduation Photo Frame/Place Card Holder.

Pictured below are some wonderful Spring Favors.  I love the Mini-Lanterns for a Garden Party.

Be sure to check out all the unique Personalized Favors that they have too.

How to Enter:

*  Post a coment here telling us which items from the Favor Affair site that you would love to get if you win.

*  The Giveaway ends Thursday, May 7th at midnight.  The winner will be chosen randomly and announced on Friday, May 8th.

Good Luck!

Last weekend we had my twin girls 2nd birthday.  They are obsessed with Elmo and Abby so even though I had many other theme ideas for twins I did something that I knew they would be excited about!

Here is the set up of the table with the cake on it.

I am so lucky to have some of the best cakes made for my girls!  This cake was two layers with Elmo and Abby coming out of the top layer.  They also each had an individual cake so they could blow out their own candles and enjoy some cake on their own.

I used paper lanterns to decorate above the table.  I added a face to the center one to look like Elmo.

The party was in the afternoon so I just had snack foods set out.  Since pizza is Elmo’s favorite food, I served mini pizzas that I made with crackers.  Elmo also loves bananas and fruit so I served banana and strawberry kabobs drizzled with chocolate.  Elmo has a pet fish, Dorthy, so of course there were gold fish in a bowl.

I made banners with their names on them to hang on the mantel with the presents.

Here is a close up of the shirts that I made for them to wear at the party.

We had an Elmo pinata for all of the kids to enjoy.  Obviously, the pinata was bigger than the girls.

For party favors, I made Elmo and Abby bags and filled them with cookies, gold fish, crayons and elmo and abby bracelets.

The party was a lot of fun but the best part was seeing the girls faces when they first saw all of the decorations when they woke up from their nap.  They were so excited and that is PRICELESS!