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.
The games:
ReplyDeleteGuess the Diva game. When you arrive at the party, you get the photograph of a famous diva (past or present) pinned on your back. To guess the diva on your back, you may only ask one yes or no question of each guest until you guess your diva.
The other game: The Dirty Diaper game. A different chocolate bar is melted in each diaper and you must examine the diaper to see if you can figure out what candy bar it is. The person who guesses the most correctly wins a prize. We a had a three-way tie.
Oh yeah, we also had clean diapers and some sharpies set up at the kitchen table where folks would come and write a message for Cyndi on the diapers. That way, when Nora is having a crying fit to have her diaper changed, Cyndi can get a chuckle out of the different messages when she is actually about to pull her hair out.
ReplyDeleteThat is AWESOME! So cute!! I'm sure Cyndi totally appreciated it all!
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