Butterfly Baby

One of my new friends married her husband a few weeks before Matt and I were married. Her name is Stefani. She and her husband Shane had their first child on March 25. They couldn't be more excited about their baby girl. 

Stefani and I at her baby shower (less than 24 hours before she gave birth!)

Our friend Hannah helped with the shower (making the decorations) and asked me to help. She came up with a beautiful design inspired by the bedding and a wall feature Stefani chose for the nursery. 

The ideas Hannah came up with are impressive. She came up with a lot of ways to make the room look wonderful with little out-of-pocket cost. She recruited me to help. 

Here are a few butterfly frames we made: 

Using nothing but this: 

Using Stefani's colors, a little wire, mod podge, tissue paper, glitter and rhinestones, the butterflies added a nice touch to the handmade invitations for her shower.

Many more butterflies in a variety of sizes adorned the room used for Stefani's baby shower. This is the final result:  

 Some of the worker-bees who helped put it all together

 The seat of honor, well before all the gifts arrived.

 

I never would have come up with this idea myself, but I can definitely say I'm learning from my very talented and creative friend Hannah.