April showers bring May flower, but spring months also burst with wedding showers, and baby showers.

I had a pleasure of attending a baby shower, a couple of weeks ago, and as always, I look for and admire, the creativity of others.

I spotted a very nice diaper cake:

Someone put a lot of effort into decorating this cake with numerous, and  very useful baby items.

The food was wonderful, as it took place in a very cozy Italian restaurant,  in New Jersey.

The favors were quite appropriate for the season and the occasion, and very practical.

This cute kitchen gadget, which everyone always needs, was an egg shaped kitchen timer, nestled in a pretty gift box:

Isn’t  that just the most wonderful idea?  (I actually needed a kitchen timer, as  my decided to retire before its time).

If you are planning a baby shower in a near future, these are some ideas for you, or you can  check out my previous posts for great games ideas, thoughtful favors, blue or pink punch recipes, or a different version of a diaper cake.

It can’t get any easier to find all of these ideas with only a few clicks of your mouse.

Enjoy your party planning.

Punch is one of those drinks that looks elegant, and tastes great, no matter what the occasion for celebration.  I have posted a Baby Blue Punch for blue theme baby shower, so to be fair, I am posting a recipe for a Pink Punch, for the pink theme baby shower.
This punch has a very refreshing taste, and an appealing rosy color.  Very simple to prepare, and one recipe serves 40.

Ingredients:

• 32 ounce bottle of apple juice, chilled
• 12 ounce can frozen cranberry juice concentrate
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 ½ liters ginger ale
• 1 apple – sliced horizontally into ¼ inch thick slices (optional)

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, combine apple juice, cranberry juice concentrate, and orange juice.
2. Stir until dissolved.
3. Slowly pour in ginger ale.
4. Float apple slices on top of punch.

Tip: I used a cookie cutter, and cut out little hearts in the middle of the apple slices, which at the same time removed the core.