Our Biggest Baby Shower Story Contest EVER!

Have you heard the news? We had a baby!
Welcoming Corbin Michael Williams.



As part of our own celebration, we decided to hold a special contest to give back and "shower" you with prizes!



Just share your baby shower story with us for a chance to win. Click here for more details.

Basket Baby Carriage- Step By Step Photos

This post is for one of my website readers that was having a hard time figuring out the baby basket carriage craft I have on the website. The craft was originally sent in by one of our Canadian readers and unfortunately she did not give very detailed instructions. So I put together step by step photos to try to re-create what she originally made...



Start with a medium sized basket and a smaller basket without a handle. Place the smaller basket inside the larger basket and either hot glue the bottom in or wire in place.

For a quick demonstration, I used pipe cleaner so it would be easily seen. I would normally use a craft wire. The bottom is the only part that is attached.


Start by laying a receiving blanket over both baskets. Most of the material will be located in the inside of the basket.

Here is another angle of it.
Start on the one side of the basket and start tucking in the blanket between the two baskets. As you tuck, pull the blanket smooth towards the other handle.
Continue tucking and pulling the blanket towards the other side. You normally will not need anything additional to hold it in place. But you can use double sided sticky tape if you are worried about it staying in place.
Continue around.
Finish on the other side of the basket.

Tuck the remaining blanket inside the basket right infront of the handle.
This is what the inside of the basket will now look like...
Start smoothing out the inside from the center section out. The blanket will naturally fold on both sides with the excess material.
Here is the example of the fold I am speaking of.
Place double sided sticky tape inside the fold and attach to the blanket.
Continue the fold down and use double sided sticky tape to line the edges of the basket.
Lay out another receiving blanket in front of you.

Fold each corner in to the center. It will create a diamond shape with straight edges.
Do this one to two more times depending on how big your receiving blanket is. The whole reason I did it this way is to make a smaller blanket with straight edges to place inside of the basket.
This blanket will cover the bottom of the basket. At this point the lady used straight pins to secure the blanket inside of the basket. I am more into using double sided sticky tape so that no one gets "poked" as they dis-assemble it.
Place your baby doll or stuffed animal in the basket. These are just more detailed instructions for the inside of the basket. For full instructions for the completed baby basket carriage please visit my website.


Thanks!

Free Blog Graphics- Share the Love!

We have come up with some new and fabulous blog graphics for you to use! Whether you want to share the pregnancy news to the world, brag about your baby or have a cute family saying...we have a great selection for you!



We even have a selection for those of you that have shared their pictures with us and want to let others know about it. You can check out the animated graphics here.

Contest Winners! Winners for both our Edible Cake Contest and Creativity With Diaper Contests

Want to see some amazingly talented people?? Just take a peek at the current winners of both our Cake Contest and ourDiaper Cake Contest. Each contest gets harder and harder for us to judge. Maybe our instructions are too good or maybe our photo galleries are giving them great ideas...but we do know that with our latest diaper cake contest bringing in over 100 entries, we must be doing something right!!

Here are just a few of the winning pictures...






To see all the winners and learn how to enter our next contest, visit our contest pages .

2 New Fun Contests - Share Your Ideas!

We've added 2 new fun contests to the mix on the website. We hope that they are as fun for our readers as they are for us. Since I love giving out prizes but also love it when readers share their ideas with us, I felt it was a perfect fit.

1. Party Ideas- Share your favorite party ideas with us! If you have thrown a baby shower recently, all you have to do is share your party ideas with us. What was the theme you used? What did you do for decorations, food and games? We would love to hear about it!

2.Favor Ideas- We've shared lots of fun baby shower favor ideas with our readers. Now we would like to know what ideas our readers have used. All you have to do is describe the baby shower favor. If you have a picture we would also love to see it!

We have some great prizes lined up and the best part is our readers get to vote for their favorite ideas. We hope everyone will get into the fun and prizes!

Good Luck!

How To Make A Candy Pacifier

Candy pacifiers are easy to make and can be used as favors, prizes, and for the don't say baby game.


The best part is that they are edible, so your guests can snack on them after the baby shower is over. With our step by step instructions, you will be able to put them together in no time.

They are so cute!

The Diaper Baby - A Great Baby Shower Gift

Looking for a fun baby shower gift?

The diaper baby is a fun gift you can give at a baby shower. It is made from useful baby items and rolled and dressed to look like a baby. Every time I have given a diaper baby at a baby shower, it has gotten tons of double takes, compliments and pictures from everyone at the shower.

People have actually passed it around and taken turns holding it because it is so life like! You will need a cute baby outfit, a hat, pacifiers and diapers to make the diaper baby.



You can even get creative like the picture above and give it in a basket with additional baby items. This picture actually took 1st place in our "Creativity With Diapers Contest".



Your diaper baby can also match a theme like this one. The mom to be loved harleys, so the grandma made dressed this cute diaper baby in harley attire.

To get free instructions on making your own diaper baby as a baby shower gift, visit our website.