The Friend Shower
Linda and I have some of the best friends in the world. No doubt about it! When they decided to throw us a baby shower they knew that we liked a little themed flair to our events and they really, really did a great job making our shower a heck of a party.
I host a poker night once a month, and have done so for (almost) the past 4 years. We thought that the July poker night was going to get off to an early start when we heard someone knocking at our door at 7pm (when the party usually starts closer to 8pm). Opening the door... Lo and Behold... several of our friends were outside, dressed like they had come from the 1920's.
We were quickly informed that the friend baby shower was happening that night, that Linda and I were to go upstairs and hang for an hour while our house was prepared, and to help pass the time, we were given an arts-and-crafts activity: to build a crib out of popsicle sticks. We were to come downstairs dressed in our best 1920's outfits, and preceede to much merriment.
The theme? Our basement was about to be transformed into....
The Roaring Crib
A high-stakes casino set in the 1920's. Woohoo!
So, Linda and I went upstairs, took showers, and built our cribs.
Linda's crib was complex and used wet sticks to get a good bend. Unfortunately, there was no time for them to dry so the glue did not adhere well:
Linda's Concept Crib
I cannibalized a hinge from the box holding our craft supplies and made a drop-side crib:
Wax On
Wax Off
Once downstairs we sat in our Living Room and received oodles of presents, but the blog about presents is forthcoming. Food and drinks were provided (huge Quiznos subs are awesome).
There was no gambling on how delicious this was (and no gambling on how campy my captions can be).
It isn't a party until you spike the punch in the inflatable ducky
After presents and fun, it was off to "The Crib" which was set up in our basement. We were each given sippy-cups filled with tokens which we were able to use for gambling throughout the night. Whoever had the most tokens at the end of the night got a door prize.
The only way to win roulette is not to play.
Craps rocks.
We also had texas hold'em and blackjack tables. Some of our friends were casino cocktail waitresses. Some of them worked the tables. Some of them were gamblers, just like us. All in all, it was an incredible night that lasted far, far, into the evening.
It makes us feel that we've done something right as friends that people will go "the extra mile" to take something that is already special and make it even more so. We are lucky to know people who are not only creative but who easily share their creativity and time for others.
Thank you all, again.
-Ed, Linda, Kaitlyn (ELK).
I host a poker night once a month, and have done so for (almost) the past 4 years. We thought that the July poker night was going to get off to an early start when we heard someone knocking at our door at 7pm (when the party usually starts closer to 8pm). Opening the door... Lo and Behold... several of our friends were outside, dressed like they had come from the 1920's.
We were quickly informed that the friend baby shower was happening that night, that Linda and I were to go upstairs and hang for an hour while our house was prepared, and to help pass the time, we were given an arts-and-crafts activity: to build a crib out of popsicle sticks. We were to come downstairs dressed in our best 1920's outfits, and preceede to much merriment.
The theme? Our basement was about to be transformed into....
The Roaring Crib
A high-stakes casino set in the 1920's. Woohoo!
So, Linda and I went upstairs, took showers, and built our cribs.
Linda's crib was complex and used wet sticks to get a good bend. Unfortunately, there was no time for them to dry so the glue did not adhere well:
Linda's Concept Crib
I cannibalized a hinge from the box holding our craft supplies and made a drop-side crib:
Wax On
Wax Off
Once downstairs we sat in our Living Room and received oodles of presents, but the blog about presents is forthcoming. Food and drinks were provided (huge Quiznos subs are awesome).
There was no gambling on how delicious this was (and no gambling on how campy my captions can be).
It isn't a party until you spike the punch in the inflatable ducky
After presents and fun, it was off to "The Crib" which was set up in our basement. We were each given sippy-cups filled with tokens which we were able to use for gambling throughout the night. Whoever had the most tokens at the end of the night got a door prize.
The only way to win roulette is not to play.
Craps rocks.
We also had texas hold'em and blackjack tables. Some of our friends were casino cocktail waitresses. Some of them worked the tables. Some of them were gamblers, just like us. All in all, it was an incredible night that lasted far, far, into the evening.
It makes us feel that we've done something right as friends that people will go "the extra mile" to take something that is already special and make it even more so. We are lucky to know people who are not only creative but who easily share their creativity and time for others.
Thank you all, again.
-Ed, Linda, Kaitlyn (ELK).
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