If games entitled 'pin the sperm on the egg' and 'guess the exact size of mommy's belly' isn't quite your idea of a good time we have a better, much less pain evoking option. Picture about 10 of your closest friends, in a room with music you didn't have to choose and balloons you didn't have to blow up and the beauty of having PortraitBug run the party for you.
This is the kind of party where you share the most special moment in your life with the people you love most. An event that allows everyone to actually share the experience, leaving you with something special to remember it by.
At PortraitBug we have two ways of creating and sharing life moments: photos + crafting. its simple, bring the mom-to-be for portraits with her bump or the new mom and her little baby. Help her create a book filled her pictures, pictures of the people that love her, and journal notes of well wishes and happy thoughts. Really, while a that extra copy of Goodnight Moon might be really helpful down the line, would you rather get that at your shower or a small book filled with pages of artwork created by your friends and family. Where each page has personal feeling and sentiment meant just for you and your baby (+ daddy too).
The PortraitBug shower consists of:
- Half hour photo shoot with mom-to-be and her belly. Friends join in on the shoot and have a blast. Its a group party! Showing off the belly or the baby. The photos are available and printed immediately to use in your crafting party.
- One hour 'lite-instructional' crafting session to use those photos or photos brought in from home to create an amazing book for the mom-to-be. We give you a wonderful cheese and fruit plate to enjoy - you can eat, drink, or craft. This is not a class type environment, a teacher will be on hand to help you learn techniques or prompt you with journal concepts. But you can get up, chit chat with everyone, look over everyone else's shoulder, laugh, and most definitely cry a little (and it won't be over the bedding aunt marg bought with the bunnies on it).
- When the mom-to-be leaves she will have an amazing handmade book of thoughts + photos.
If you are superstitious and opted for a 'baby naming' instead of a shower, the party can be equally as unique. instead of photos of mom and the belly, we will take baby's first portraits. with mom, with friends, with grandparents. or just baby. now, the book will be a first baby book, filled with artwork and created by everyone who loves him or her.
* did we mention we clean up?
Click here to request more party information or call 212.600.4457
Baby Shower || Baby Welcome Party - $650
- 1.5 hour party
- 10 adults or children (children under 3 are free)
- 1 hour crafting session using personal photos and images from your photo shoot you would like to gift to the mother/baby
- Balloons & paper goods
- Cheese and Fruit plate or cupcakes
- One craft teacher to demonstrate techniques to create the keepsake minibook
- A party specialist to help with setup, cleanup, and help throughout your party
- Craft supplies for each guest to create a page in the keepsake minibook