Stylish Bumps and Tots: Elegant Baby Shower Invitations

Why I Started This Blog

I decided to start a blog to document the challenges and triumphs of staying stylish while sporting a bump. Being pregnant, women are expected to look plain and dull. I went to visit my Grandmother one day wearing a short dress and her reaction said it all. She looked at me with a surprise look and said, "You're pregnant, pregnant people are not suppose to look sexy!" Well grandma I beg to differ! The problem is the fashion worlds seems to agree with grandma. Very few really understand and offer solutions.

The explosion of pregnant celebrities proudly sporting a bump such as Angelina Jolie, Jessica Alba and Halle Berry just to name a few, created a new trend in fashion. It paved the way for pregnant moms to look yummy as they can be. The problem is, how do you get the look without breaking the bank. These women can look glamorous because they could afford to. If you go to a specialty store that offers maternity clothing, you'd have to pay a premium.

This is the challenge that I am more than willing to tackle. So I say, bring it on Grandma!

***YOU'LL ALSO FIND STUFF IN BETWEEN THAT IS PREGNANCY AND BABY RELATED.***

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Elegant Baby Shower Invitations

My BFF was sweet enough to organize my baby shower which is going to be next month. She's been amazing through the years as she's always been there for me. To help out, I volunteered to be in charge of the invites. Anyone that knows me, knows my love affair with chocolate brown. So it comes as no surprise that I would want a chocolate themed party. I love the color because it's very gender neutral and very elegant. I'm having twin boy and a girl so it's perfect! I'm not really big on the blue for boy and pink for girl theme. So what I did is I went to Michael's to see if they have baby shower invites and OMG! The stuff that they have for baby shower are things that you could even get at a dollar store. So I went scouring through the wedding invitations section and found these do-it-yourself invitations. Lucky they were 50% off so I got a set of 50 for $35 which is not bad. They turned out really well. What I did was I put a drawing of a crib at the top that acts like a logo. Also I've included my husband's name as I wanted it as a coed event. Here are the invites: