Baby Shower Invitations

Before holiday season gets here, I have to get through baby shower season. It will be fun and totally worth it, but it does take lots of preparation. My sister Emily had a shower last weekend and will have two next weekend. My cousin Katie has a shower next weekend as well. And one of my college buddies Heather has a shower the following weekend.

I am hosting one of Emily's shower next weekend and I had a lot of fun with her invites. When I was pregnant with Anna Jane, my friend Lindsey B sent invitations for a shower held at Mary's of Course, a local restaurant/cafe. They were adorable and I decided to replicate those invites with a minor change.



On Lindsey's invites she took the time to punch holes in the front and close the "diaper" with real diaper pins. I had some buttons in a drawer, so I used those instead.

Here's a quick how-to:

I used different patterns of paper. I'm not sure why, because I'm the only one who saw them all. I used Lindsey's original invite as a template and traced it onto the scrapbook paper. Make sure that you make the diapers with the size of the invitation in mind. You want the invite to slide into the diaper easily.



Put the diaper template right side down with the widest part away from you:



Fold the short side to meet the long side, lining up the edges:



Fold in the edges so that they overlap slightly:



Then attach the button with a bit of hot glue (or fasten with a diaper pin):



I had Anna Jane help write the invitations and we slid them in:





Depending on the paper you use, they could look old fashioned or modern.



Can't wait to show some of the gifts I give...after I give them, of course!