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Baby Lifestyles Holiday 2013 Magazine

Apple Picking Party Photography by Captured by JennaLynn

Strawberry Shortcake Birthday Bash Photos by Natasha Brown of Love it Forever

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Teacups and Firetrucks Photos by Kristin Bodnar

Holiday Happiness Photos by Dani Klein-Williams

Christmas Cheers Photos by Danielle Christian

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Me You Were Expecting

with Style

This baby shower was planned for Arpee by her mother and younger sister. Arpee is expecting a baby girl and the women requested a soft pink vintage style dessert table.

The design incorporate birds, symbolic to new life. The theme took shape with a custom designed invitation by AndersRuff, featuring two birds holding a washing line of baby cloths and this artwork became the inspiration for the dessert table itself. A soft colour palette of pink and mint green was used throughout the styling. A vintage bird cage made for an appropriate centrepiece as well as a cake stand. The backdrop was designed to emulate the invitation and tie the theme together. Embossed bird shaped cookies and bird nest meringues kept with the sweet bird theme too.

Cultural Celebration

By Steffany of Sugar Plum Party

Steffany has always had an interest in other cultures. Her mother is from Spain and instilled in her a sense of international adventure. Now that she has a daughter of her own, she wants her to embrace other cultures and customs as well. A wonderful way to introduce kids to other cultures is to host a party celebrating a foreign country’s holiday.

Steffany designed a Chinese New Year Collection, the result of a versatile design that is sweet enough for a child, yet sophisticated enough for an adult. Jessica of Pen N’ Paper Flowers created the geisha inspired silhouette for this party, as Steffany shows off a party color scheme of red, black, and gold is a traditional Chinese New Year palette that symbolizes happiness and prosperity.

For a party activity, she incorporated a Chinese Wishing Tree. There is a very famous, ancient banyan tree in Lam Tsuen, Hong Kong to which people travel at Chinese New Year and during other festivals to leave their own special wishes. First they write their wishes on colorful red wishing paper, then they tie them to oranges, and throw them up into the tree. If the wishes stick, it is thought that they will come true! To create your own Wishing Tree, add branches, secured in florist foam, to a container. Finish by filling the container with mandarin oranges, which is a sign of abundance and good fortune in the Chinese culture. Although the panda container is adorable, a ceramic garden pot, painted in red, black or gold, would make a suitable substitute. As guests arrive, offer them a tag and request that they write a wish for the New Year. Once complete, they can hang their wish on the wishing tree.

Santa’s Babies Photos by hilary mercer