surprise shower

my sister-in-law, holwonder, is having her fourth and final baby (a girl) in just a few weeks. so we decided to throw her a surprise shower since she is decidedly against showers for babies after the first. go figure, it turned out to be her second surprise shower of the week! we invited a small group of her closest friends and family and kept it rather simple so she wouldn't object and kick her feet too badly once she realized what was going on. luckily i had planned ahead and had everything ready before my relapse took me down. that is, except the cake pops, which my good friend, gina bina, helped me out with (my right wrist is still in a splint). she gave up her friday night and quite a bit of good chocolate (since mine wasn't good enough for her)! thanks, gina!

the party was inspired by the 'cirque du bebe' baby shower seen here. the invite front is here, and i created the back using some of the graphics found there as well. they were printed (thanks, chari) at scrappingsimply on pearl paper-the best quality printing i've used to date! zebra mini cupcake wrappers can be purchased in salt lake at gygi, or online here. zebra & solid balloons from zurchers. black glittered fern curls from tai pan (in the christmas section-thanks julia!). ribbon from roberts by american crafts. black and orange doilies from gygi.