Alice In Wonderland Baby Shower - Magical Blogorail Special Edition

Welcome to the first stop aboard our Special Edition Loop. Join us as we throw a virtual baby shower for one of our members.

First on our agenda are the invitations.  For me the Invitation sets the mood for the celebration.  It lets your guests know the theme of the shower and is your opportunity to make special requests.  You could ask your guest to come dressed in their favorite hat or ask them to bring a present for the Alice In Wonderland themed nursery.

Shower Invitation

I designed these using the Alice in Wonderland Clip Art Set from the 1EverythingNice Etsy store.

Next we need to decorate for the shower.  Personally, Alice In Wonderland makes me thing of color - and lots of it.  I chose to go with bright whimsical decorations for the shower, it's virtually impossible not to have a great time in our Wonderland.

Alice In Wonderland Decorations

1. Table setting - There are so many things I love about this table setting from Kristina Rice Photography.  The colors are perfect, I especially like the color blocking of the tablecloths, it's very unique.  The mismatched dinnerware and glassware with a different color napkin at each setting is perfect and the idea can easily be replicated.  The table decorations placed on a grass square is great and I love the over sized Queen of Hearts card with the other cards spread about on the table.
2. Tea Cup Centerpiece - This teacup centerpiece from Edie's Chic Crafts Etsy store screams Alice to me.  The mismatched and brightly colored cups are decorated with butterflies, flowers and even the White Rabbit's pocket watch.
3. Tulle Alice Table skirt - I love this table skirt from Sweets Indeed that was inspired by Alice's dress.  I have made this myself and it is an easy DIY, just remember it will take A LOT of tulle, and it is definitely a make ahead project, It took me a few days to complete but it was worth the effort.
4. Photo Props - Photo props are the new "must-have" for your party.  Guests have lots of fun hamming it up for the camera, and you have lots of fun photos to make a photo book or scrapbook for the mother-to-be.  These props from The Grape Vine Events Etsy shop are so bright and whimsical, definitely perfect for our party.
5. Simply Mad Hats - These hats are actually ones I made for Ashley's Mad Hatter Tea Party Baby Shower when she was pregnant with Tripp. I was very pleased with how they turned out, I still have them in my craft room.You can find a tutorial here.
6. Beautifully Bright Bottles
7. Whimsical Food Labels - I created these cute food labels using the same Alice in Wonderland Clip Art  to match the invitation.  The font is LD Madhatter.
8. Fun Cupcake Toppers - Using the Alice in Wonderland Clip Art Set and Fotofusion I created these adorable cupcake toppers.  They are a quick and inexpensive way to add a little extra to the food table. 
9. Framed Alice Quotes - I love creating quotes with cute backgrounds and clip art and putting them in decorative frames throughout the room.  You can have them printed at Walmart and put them in 4x6 or 5x7 frames.  You can paint old frames bright colors to match the theme, if you are like me you have lots of craft paints around or you can always spray paint them.

Thank you for joining me today. Your next stop on the Magical Blogorail Loop is A Disney Mom's Thoughts.

Here is the map of our Magical Blogorail should you happen to have to make a stop along the way and want to reboard:

1st Stop ~ Disney Donna Kay

2nd Stop ~ A Disney Mom's Thoughts

3rd Stop ~ Return to Disney

4th Stop ~ Picturing Disney

5th Stop ~ Disney on Wheels

Final Stop ~ Disney Babies Blog