Hatching

Polka Dot ribbon of course!

The past few weeks my sister and I have been scratching together a plan for the perfect baby shower to provide a little nest feathering for her only daughter who is expecting in August.  We decided to put our spin on the ideas presented in Phyliss Hoffman's Spring Celebrate magazine and include our own touches.   Of course not being ordinary grandmas, we loved the idea of foregoing traditional baby blue or pink or ducks or lambs or teddy bears.  This, we decided, will be and understated elegant affair.  The "About to Hatch" theme suited us perfectly.  Knowing us well, my dear niece just said, "You two do what you want - you will anyway."  I must say we certainly do love a guest of honor with no preconceived notions or opinions.  We didn't even have to henpeck her into submission.

Wrens hatched in a flowerpot in my garage

For those who have not seen this edition of the magazine the centerpiece includes a pair of storks      made out of flowers.  My sister is a floral designer and I just can't wait to see her version of               this. Together we have done several family weddings and I've learned to become a pretty good stem  cutter.  She on the other hand is brilliant at bringing the best out of every blossom she touches.          Looking at the glossy pages I thought a person might need some experience with the Tournament of Roses Parade in order to be able to pull something like that off so I quickly volunteered to stem cut, do the invitations and conduct a search for the baby silver.  (Necessary of course since all the family silver apparently was lost throughout the passing generations.  Alright, I confess - we've never had   family silver.)                                                                                                                                         

Several weeks ago I sent out Save the Date cards to everyone in our brood.  I've done enough entertaining to know that an invitation can really set the mood for an event and who doesn't love to receive a beautiful handmade invitation in the mail perfectly posted with a coordinating weather vane stamp.  Of course my ambition with paper does get the better of me sometimes.  A couple of weeks ago I followed up with this invitation.

Nest Invitation with polka dots for About to Hatch Baby Shower

Again, I say, they were an ambitious undertaking but then this is an extra special event. The bird nest

graphic is so simple yet stunning - you could use it anywhere and the font gives them the elegant      

flair.  The pockets, all hand cut, keep the pieces tucked in neatly and I just had to include some

polka dots.  The graphics can be found on the magazine's website.  The pockets were printed on my home computer along with the rest of the cards and enclosures.  The graphics for the pocket were        purchased from Cupcake Cutiees through mygrafico.com.  The font is Scriptina_Pro.

The party is later this month and I'll post pictures of the table later in the month.