Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Cate's Bloggy-baby Shower

Today Deb is graciously hosting a Bloggy-baby Shower for our friend Cate, and I'm honored to be attending with blog friends from around the globe.

 
If this were an in-person baby shower, I would say Howdy Y'all and give Cate a big southern hug coupled with a hearty CONGRATULATIONS
on the soon arrival of the newest addition to

If we could all get together in person today, we might enjoy the toilet paper squares guessing game that is often played at baby showers around here. As each guest arrives, she would guess the number of toilet paper squares it would take to wrap around Cate's baby belly. There would be a beautifully wrapped gift (probably holding a nice bottle of lotion or a Starbucks gift card) waiting for the winner - the one who guessed closest to the actual number. Of course, to determine the winner, Cate would have to subject her belly to being wrapped with toilet paper! And there would then be the fun photos of us holding the toilet paper in place (which is trickier than it seems) while everyone snaps a photo with her camera or phone!
 
If we were all together, I would have arrived with a diaper cake - the baby shower gift I've created for every shower I've attended over the past 12 years. (You can see a few samples here and here.) However, since that would be impractical to ship, I'll leave you with a look at the double-page layout I created for Cate's baby scrapbook.
 
 
Be sure to stop by Deb's blog today and see what everyone else at the shower is up to! (Thanks Deb for hosting such a fun event!)
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13 comments:

  1. SianMay 29, 2013 at 5:24 AM

    It's exciting seeing what everyone else has come up with :) here's hoping she loves it!

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  2. EllynMay 29, 2013 at 7:23 AM

    what a cute idea!

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  3. SusanneMay 29, 2013 at 9:17 AM

    What a fabulous way to do an online shower. Love it.

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  4. BeckyMay 29, 2013 at 10:05 AM

    Love the idea of the toilet paper game! Great pages too, hope Cate likes them :)

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  5. Deb @ PaperTurtleMay 29, 2013 at 10:25 AM

    Thanks so much for participating today, Melissa! I love the layouts you made for Cate (so awesome that I got to see them in person!) and this post is absolutely perfect. I've played that game at showers before, but with a length of string cut - LOVE the idea of using toilet paper and counting squares instead. Fun - I picked up a new trick. ;o)

    Carrie and I have made diaper cakes before too, and I loved seeing yours - SO cute!

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  6. AnonymousMay 29, 2013 at 12:30 PM

    Lovely layouts Melissa and that game sounds such fun.

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  7. JO SOWERBYMay 29, 2013 at 12:35 PM

    Love the pages. I'm never sure about playing games but it sounds kind of fun,
    Jo xxx

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  8. Sue AlthouseMay 29, 2013 at 1:34 PM

    This is a new thing to me. Hope you don't mind an uninvited guest dropping by! Looks like great fun.

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  9. alexaMay 29, 2013 at 3:05 PM

    I have never heard of the toilet paper game! Mind you, we didn't have baby showers either in my day :). Great contribution ...

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  10. AlisonMay 29, 2013 at 3:41 PM

    Great double page layout, Melissa...this has been such fun!
    Alison xx

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  11. BeverlyMay 29, 2013 at 11:03 PM

    Lovely layout and I don't think I have ever played that game before!

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  12. Cate BrickellMay 30, 2013 at 1:44 AM

    11 toilet paper squares around (just in case you were wondering... now what do I do with the squares?)

    Thank you for sharing your beautiful pages with me.

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  13. helenaMay 30, 2013 at 3:13 AM

    thanks for a description of a baby shower - that game sounds a lot of fun

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