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* INSPIRATION: The inspiration for this
theme came from the mommy-to-be. Since this was her second child, she already
had all the essential baby gear from the first child, but we wanted a way to
celebrate the arrival of her new little one too, so we had a small, informal
luncheon in honor of the new baby, with a creative twist. We asked each guest
to bring a gift based on a certain time of day, then at the shower, we had each
guest tell the mommy-to-be why their gift would be useful at that time of day.
We ended up with all sorts of gifts—some useful, some funny—everything from
clothes, blankets and bath time essentials for baby to massages and bottles of
wine for mommy to enjoy after baby is asleep.
* DECOR: We wanted a girly, yet modern,
color scheme, so we selected hot pink, yellow and charcoal grey as the primary
colors for the party decor and stripes in those colors as the primary motif. We
decorated with lots of clocks, sand timers and the numbers 1 through 12. We made clock medallions using clock
faces we found online and cardstock, which was fan-folded around the clock
faces. The printables had the words “Around the Clock Shower” going around the actual
clock face in the design, in keeping with the theme. We also made a diaper cake
matching the clock theme. The party signs also kept with the theme, with
wording such as “Gift Time”, “Cake Time”, “Lunch Time”. We also made a bunting
with the words “Baby Time”, with each letter in an alarm clocked shaped segment
of the bunting.
* FOOD/DRINKS/DESSERTS/CANDY: We served a
luncheon of light appetizer, pasta and salad. For drinks, we served a
non-alcoholic hot pink colored punch, but we had a bottle of Grey Goose Gin on
the side and encouraged guests to add a splash for a “fun time”. J
* PARTY FAVORS: The party favors were both
cute and practical. We placed some inexpensive digital kitchen timers in little
metal tins, which we decorated to look like little clocks.
* PARTY ACTIVITIES: The activities at the
shower were also in keeping with the clock theme. In addition to opening the
gifts and having each guest tell the mommy-to-be how her gift would be useful
at a certain time of day, we also had each guest fill out a page in a keepsake
book giving the mommy-to-be advice based on the time of day/calendar of the
month assigned to her.
