{Post 1,405} Baby Shower Fun

My cupcake toppers...the nursery has a whale theme, so I extended that to the shower as well.  Colors for nursery are blue and orange.  I added green for the shower.

Here is my mantle decorated for the shower.  The chalkboard has a huge whale and says "Whalecome one and all".  Baby will be named Adrian Marc.  My daughter had the great idea of printing out a couple pics the couple had just had taken and put them in my window frame.

The mom-to-be's mother and I collaborated on preparing snacks.  We had lots of goodies.  The punch is a recipe I got from the 60th anniversary celebration I just coordinated a few weeks ago.  I added pineapple sherbet.  Could have drunk the whole bowl myself.  Only tremendous self-control prevented me.  

She received loads of great gifts.  Here are a few of them.

The mom-to-be and me.  The outside chalkboard sported two whales and said, "Whaley, whaley glad U came".  I had a diaper wreath on the front door.

It was the most fun shower I have ever been at.  We all had a whale of a good time.  It was also my birthday, but that little fact was kind of downplayed.

{Post 1,392} 60th Anniversary

Above is a picture from a 60th anniversary fellowship I helped coordinate last night at church.  It was a great opportunity to try out the cupcake tree.  The wedding I'm doing on August 16 is using purple and silver for the colors.  So the "tree" will be a little more colorful and have an extra layer as well.  I think it turned out quite nicely.

{Post 1,363} Shower News

Here are a few pictures from the wedding shower I did back in May.  The banner behind the gift table was taken directly from the bride's invitations.  So cute!

The food and drink were not in the containers yet or on the cupcake stand.  I didn't have time to get a picture after they were.

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I am baking a giant cupcake and 200 regular-sized cupcakes for a friend's daughter in August for her wedding.  We are using a huge cupcake tower that arrived at my house today.  Check it out if you need one!

Here was my first attempt at decorating the giant cupcake.  It's about 9" tall.  Keep in mind that I didn't mix up enough icing.  I was test driving the pan to see how long to bake the cake.  It will be larger next time.  And the base will be cake batter that was dyed purple and left un-iced to show off the fluted edge of the base.

Fun times ahead!