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Diapers and Divas

I have a crazy fun group of friends.  One of our thirty something buds (Cyndi) is having her first baby soon, and we are all overjoyed as a result.  We decided, together, that we were going to have a lot of fun at her baby shower and, of course, get crafty with it.

The theme was Diapers and Divas.  Everyone invited is part of the TuneTown Show Chorus, and we are a bunch of divas for sure.  The hostesses (Anderson, Lynn, Kim, Lindsay, Shauna, Jen, Ashley and myself) wanted to make sure we expressed that.

My friend, Lynn, used her cricut, some ribbon, and a few feathers to come up with fun banners and a WOW diaper cake.  Check it out:

The cupcake decorating was my project, along with the bakers of the cupcakes, my friends Lindsay and Shauna (and I'm pretty sure Lindsay's husband got involved in the baking as well).  We were all proud of our group effort to get these things made at a low cost to everyone.  

I made the cupcake toppers out of some scrapbooking paper, clip art, popsicle sticks, glitter glue, and some hot pink curly ribbon.  I chose to make homemade icing just because I can get it the consistency I need for it to be.  The recipe is one I have been using for years, and it comes from my Betty Crocker cookbook:

1 cup shortening

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

4 1/2 cups powdered sugar (give or take)

4 T milk

The original recipe calls for some lemon extract, but I don't use that, and the frosting was a big hit.  I didn't have a fat frosting tip, so I just cut the end off of a pastry bag I had.

Here is a closeup of the final product.

Great decorations, crazy games, a beautiful home (Kim), and the nuttiest friends ever made for a fun Diapers and Divas Day.  We can't wait to meet our new little diva, Nora Gracelyn, who is due in another month.