Paperless Post

I mentioned the other day that I’m soon going to be hosting a bridal shower for two friends (who also happen to be future military spouses). I’m on a really tight timeline, so I didn’t really have time to order formal invitations, which is what I like to do for showers, but an evite just seemed a little too informal. Luckily, I had just discovered Paperless Post. Paperless Post offers email invitations a bit more formal than the standard evite. You can also customize their invitations, which I LOVED. Sign up for an account, and you’ll receive a number of free stamps and coins (which you can use to add embellishments to your invitation, like envelope liners). When you run out of free credits, you can purchase more for just a few dollars.

Because I’m throwing this shower for two ladies who will be marrying into our Navy family, I decided to do a Military Wife themed shower. Of course this means a red, white, and blue color palette. Here’s the Paperless Post invitation I mailed out last weekend (the envelope has a red and white liner):

Isn’t it cute? To RSVP, guests just click on the invitation, and it takes them to a registration page, which you as the host can monitor. I’m just IN LOVE with these invites!

What do you think? Do you like these?

I will never understand my husband.

I love my Hubby. Dearly. He’s my best friend. My rock. He keeps me sane when I go crazy (which is often). He sticks around even when I decide to redecorate a room at 11:oopm at night. Or when I go into a dressing room with fifty dresses and decide I don’t like any of them. Or watch Real Housewives of New Jersey. Or New York. Or Orange County. He’s pretty awesome.

But sometimes I REALLY don’t understand him. And the number one disagreement in our marriage? I LUUUURVE Peanut Butter. He doesn’t. Seriously. How can someone born and bred in the United States NOT like peanut butter?!?  I’m pretty sure it’s un-American. I’m frankly surprised they even let him in the military with his hatred of Peanut Butter. The man likes peanuts. Just not peanut butter! And definitely not peanut butter with chocolate. He shuns desserts  like these Squirrel Bars or these Peanut Butter Brownie cups and yes, even these Muddy Buddies. I just don’t get it.

Because of this marital difference, my friends are the happy recipients of many peanut butter/ chocolate desserts. This Sunday, my friend Tess hosted a baby shower for my friend Leighanne–this fabulous lady right here:

LOVE her! Leighanne is a fellow peanut butter/ chocolate lover. So I did what any good friend would do..I made her this guy:

This is Martha Stewart’s Peanut Butter tart. And boy was it YUMMY.  I even bought a special tart pan for the occasion (which I’m very excited to use for many other tarts in the future!):

And my favorite part of making this dessert? Shaving the chocolate with a vegetable peeler to make these little garnishes:

Aren’t they fun? These would be a such great addition to all sorts of delicious desserts! So there you have it…I guess my hubby just doesn’t know what he’s missing!

Ahoy Baby!

I hope you enjoyed my April Fools Day post!  Now for a real one… Head of the Table just featured an adorable Nautical Themed baby shower.  And I just LOVE it! This could be easily adjusted for a kiddo’s birthday party as well.

Check out some of these pics:

And of course…the diaper cake:

Pretty darn cute, right?  For more pics of this shower, visit the Head of the Table blog!

Baby Shower Numero Dos

I told you last week that I have a TON of baby showers coming up, and last week I had another!  For this shower, I purchased a few smaller gifts…

A baby book:

Some bottles from the registry:

And a really cute little stuffed lamb:

I didn’t like  any of the frou frou baby wrapping paper, so I bought this striped paper that was in the wedding wrapping paper section! I wrapped the three gifts separately and then hand made little labels for each gift: the book with “For Baby’s Mind”;  the bottles with “For Baby’s Body”; and the little lamb with “For Baby’s Heart”.  I love how they turned out!

I hope Mom-to-Be likes these as much as I do!