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Summer Baby Shower Goodies

Published 07.16.2009 | Permanent Link | Comments (14)

By Ellen Luckett Baker

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Is the stork visiting your friends or family soon? We wouldn't be surprised as July is the most popular birth month.

If you are planning a baby shower, here are some sweet and simple printable invitations, cupcake toppers and a flag bunting to give your event a handmade touch while keeping your budget in check. So grab the scissors and away you go!

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Cupcake Toppers: Simply print out a sheet of these circles on card stock, cut them out and use a glue stick to adhere two circles back-to-back on an extra long toothpick. If you have any scrapbooking friends with a circle cutter, that could be helpful. I just cut mine by hand. The best tip I've seen for detailed cutting is to move the paper and not the scissors as you change direction. This makes for cleaner edges. Click here to download the cupcake toppers.

Pictured: delicious coconut cupcakes from the Atlanta Cupcake Factory. Yum.

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Baby Bunting: Print these on card stock as well. I used some crocheted trim to string my bunting, but you could use rope, twine, fishing line, or whatever you have on hand. This would also be nice attached to a line with clothespins. For the wide trim, I cut slits in either side of each triangle then ran the trim on the front side for a decorative effect. You could use a hole punch if that's easier. The bunting is just the right size to hang in a doorway, on the mantel or over a mirror. Click here to download the bunting.

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DIY Invitations: There are two A6 size invitations on this sheet, so print as many as you need on card stock. Cut the invitations down to size and then run them through your printer again with your custom text. A rounded corner punch helps finish the corners. Click here to download the invitations.

Note:You'll want to set up your Word document for A6 paper size (4.13" x 5.83"). Of course if you have photo editing software, you can just edit the .pdf file.

If you are having trouble downloading any of these files, make sure that you have the latest version of Adobe Reader, which you can get here.

Comments (14):

Sally said:

I love the printable designs.

Posted on July 16, 2009 10:31

Shannon said:

So sweet. I'm expecting a baby boy in November and this is perfect. Adorable.

Posted on July 16, 2009 10:55

laura said:

these are beautiful!

Posted on July 16, 2009 11:14

amy said:

LOVE LOVE LOVE

Posted on July 16, 2009 11:28

RookieMom Heather said:

Super cute designs! I love the cheap but chic angle. :-)

Posted on July 16, 2009 11:46

Delilah said:

Sooo cute! Thanks for the printables!

Posted on July 16, 2009 19:18

Katja of Skimbaco said:

These look so cute!!

Posted on July 16, 2009 21:24

riksu said:

So cute! Thanks for sharing - I'm hosting a babyparty later this year (my first) :)

Posted on July 17, 2009 02:18

Lyndsay@LouLouBell said:

These are adorable! Bookmarking!

Posted on July 20, 2009 20:43

Crafters100 said:

Thank you for sharing these.

Posted on July 21, 2009 00:20

Amanda said:

These are just adorable!!! Thanks for sharing!

God bless-
Amanda

Posted on July 21, 2009 09:28

Lesley said:

Thanks so much! You just made my life a whole lot easier.

Posted on July 23, 2009 08:49

Susan said:

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Susan

http://toddlergirls.net

Posted on July 23, 2009 11:13

Hoya Mom said:

Thank you. so very cute.

Posted on July 29, 2009 04:22



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This is a year-round Holiday column. Kids love Holidays. As parents we have come to appreciate how Holidays seem to help structure our lives. Plus, any excuse to have fun sounds good to us!

We'll admit it, now that we're parents, we secretly look for Holidays to celebrate and between National, Secular, Unofficial and Bizarre Holidays, we think there are enough days out there to keep us inspired every week.

This column will be a place where you can get inspiration for how to enjoy time with your kids. Crafting projects and ideas will be posted on Thursdays by our brilliant contributors (see below). Other fun ideas will be posted here throughout the week as the inspiration hits us!

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Ellen Baker Bio Ellen Luckett Baker is the author of the long thread, a blog about handmade goods. She has always enjoyed making things, but the flexibility of staying at home with her two daughters along with the creative inspiration they provide has led her to craft on a daily basis. Combining her love of graphic design and sewing, she has created an Etsy shop selling machine embroidery designs and sewing patterns.

Ellen lives in Atlanta with her husband and two young daughters. She holds a B.A. in Art History and a Master's of Public Administration with a focus in Non-Profit Management.

Cindy Hopper BioCindy Hopper was fortunate to be raised in a family who appreciated the arts. This background led to a Bachelor's Degree in Art Education. With a keen eye for design and color, Cindy has continued her love of art and is now passing her creative skills on to her three children. Cindy's family and friends are the beneficiaries of her passion for fun and meaningful creative projects. Cindy's personal blog, Skip to My Lou, has taken her love of a project to new levels. Postings keep the family busy -– from testing new recipes for holiday treats to designing and building floats for a neighborhood parade to making fabric rolls to hold crayons to creating themed parties. Cindy seems to have an unending supply of ideas for gifts, parties and rainy days.

Brenda Ponnay Bio Brenda Ponnay is a stealthy secret agent who juggles parenthood to her adorable daughter by day and freelance graphic design by night. Whether it's painting, baking, drawing, making castles out of card board boxes or just doing the laundry with flair, Brenda Ponnay has finally discovered (at the ripe old age of thirty-six) that what really makes her happy is being creative every single day.

Brenda lives in Southern California with her husband, daughter, three cats and thirty-seven pet birds. You can read about all her crazy adventures on her personal blog: Secret Agent Josephine.

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