When you first find out you are having a baby, there are many emotions that you go through. Excitement over the new life you are carrying, apprehension of all the responsibilities that will follow and love for this new child are just a few of them. When you start getting closer to the special day, you will naturally start thinking about a baby shower. If you haven’t decided on a theme yet, give some thought to baby shower invitations and heart party themes.

Plans for the Shower

Every expectant mother is going to need many items for there newborn child. From baby bottles and diapers to blankets, carriers, sleepers, pillows, bibs, socks and the list just goes on! Are you planning to host your own co-ed or female only event or will your best friend be throwing the shower for you? Many couples are planning co-ed parties for after the child is born. This enables them to take an inventory of what they have bought and what was given to them from friends and family and really see what they need.

If you are planning a co-ed shower, think about using little hearts for the theme. Whether it is a baby girl or a baby boy, hearts are great because this child is part of yours. If you are the expectant mother and your friend is hosting the shower, talk to them about using the heart theme.

While you are at it, you may want to include the heart theme on your baby invitations. What better way to indicate to your guests just how much this child means than showing them he/she is your heart.

Heart Themes for the Baby Shower Invite

Before you start shopping for baby shower invites, get a thorough guest list together. If you are throwing the shower for someone other than yourself, then sit down with the expectant mother and get her input. She may have friends she would like to attend that you have not met or do not know about. There is always that chance. In addition to that, there are some people she would rather not have attend.

Now take a trip across the vast super highway of shopping, the Internet. There is a plethora of invitation websites to browse through. Open a few at a time to compare styles, designs, colours and pricing before making a decision. Search particularly for heart themed invites.

The baby’s picture inside a blue or pink heart shaped frame, heart shaped flowers splattered against a beautiful pink or blue background or little hearts dividing or bordering the invitation are just a few ideas to consider.

DIY

If you really want something the guests will consider unique and keepsake worthy, use the DIY section to order your background and wording. When these cards arrive, you can attach as many or as few different coloured and sized hearts as your heart desires. Your guests will enjoy your personalised baby shower invitations and heart party theme.

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Whether you are hosting a baby shower for a friend or throwing your own, you want your invitations to be unique. You want all the guests to be impressed and you want them all to keep, show and display your unique baby invitations to their friends and relatives for years to come. If you really want unique baby shower invitations, do it with paper art.

What Exactly Is Paper Art?

Paper art is any form of art made by cutting and/or folding paper into different artful objects. Original paper art started over a thousand years ago in Japan with the most famous being the art of origami. Today paper art can include shapes and figures cut or folded from construction paper, tissue paper, origami paper, or any other paper that is easy to fold. Cutting paper into objects and gluing them to a background is a simple form of paper art.

Whether it is a cube, the famous Japanese crane or a flower, paper art can be used for many different projects. From invitations to miniature statuettes, paper art takes some time and patience, but if you want something unique, it is well worth the effort.

How to Use It to Make Unique Baby Shower Invitations

Imagine you can create a baby bottle, carriage, or diaper from just folding paper a certain way. It is possible. You can find instructions across the internet for the most intricate designs. Baby diapers, little baskets, flowers, butterflies and birds are all great ideas for decorating your unique baby invites.

If you are great at designing or have an artistic talent, you are well ahead of most people when it comes to putting something together. Draw a sketch of what you want the baby invitation to look like, and then go on a scavenger hunt.

Take a walk through some art supply aisles and shops, crafting outlets, and even your neighbourhood home improvement store. Look for patterns and designs that fit a baby. Pastel greens, yellows, pinks, beiges, and blues are great. Look for building blocks, baby items, nature scenes or cutesy little animals as the backgrounds. Often you can get scrap rolls of wallpaper from your home improvement store, or stacks of different coloured and patterned craft paper from the art store.

Whether you choose to make the cards, just decorate the cards or make the cards and envelopes, you will have to set some time aside to accomplish this. You will want to get your ideas together, get your supplies early and get to work. You have a great opportunity to create unique baby shower invitations.

You can also take advantage of the DIY area on some of the invitation sites across the internet. While you are waiting for the invites to arrive you can be working on the paper art additions that you plan to add. If you really want those one of a kind, unique baby shower invitations, then do it with paper art. Your guests will have something they can keep and display for years to come.

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