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When I was growing up, Barbie and Ken were my idea of the ultimate couple. They were perfect looking as individuals and if they ever had offspring, well you knew they would be knockouts. How could anything that came from the gene pool of Barbie and Ken be anything less than gorgeous?

Barbie and Ken drove the best cars. They had matching corvettes and a great motor home. I do sometimes wonder what the people that lived in Barbie’s town house thought when Barbie and Ken pulled that thing up onto the street. Chances are the neighbors didnt like it, but I am sure they never confronted Barbie and Ken for the eyesore. People never like to confront perfect Barbie and Ken like types. Now you or I, if we were to park our motor home in front of someone’s driveway, you know they would say something quicker than you could say Barbie and Ken. But then I don’t have a perfect hourglass figure and hair that keeps its perfect part no matter what you do to it.

Barbie and Ken even had the perfect job -  several of them. Between them, Barbie and Ken spent time as doctors, astronauts, pro surfers, teachers, military members, and chefs. Well, now that I think about it, I don’t know if Ken ever had a job other than hanging around Malibu and growing a beard. But I guess when your girlfriend holds down so many jobs, you don’t have to work. After all, someone has to take care of the dream house and the pink poodle.

Of course Barbie and Ken had the perfect wardrobes. They had clothes for every occasion and shoes to match. Barbie even had more jewelry and accessories than ten runway models wear in a year. This couple had everything that anyone could want, and when I was a little girl I would look at them and want it all too. I wanted a corvette, my own hair salon, a pink poodle, a little sister named skipper, a dream house and a dream apartment and a Malibu Beach Barbie body.

My mother tried to tell me that real people like Barbie and Ken just don’t exist, but as I grew up, I found that they do. There are those rare people that like Barbie and Ken, seem to have it all. They are the trend setters the beautiful people. They drive the right cars, wear the right clothes and know all the right places to be seen. Like Barbie and Ken, they make absolutely perfect matches. But there is something I learned when I was four about Barbie and Ken. If you take their heads off, Barbie and Ken are hollow inside. As a grownup I have found that a lot of real life Barbie and Ken types are just as hollow as my dolls.

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I am a party consultant, and as such, am called upon all the time in my chosen career to come up with baby shower ideas. By the time they reach adulthood, most people have plenty of ideas for birthdays, Christmas and other holiday parties, and even for weddings, but there is often a shortage of experience which leads to ideas for baby shower decorations. I mean, few people really go to more than one or two baby showers in their young life, and many don’t even go to any. That is why so much thought has to go into baby shower decorations more thought than goes in to almost any other kind of party supplies.

The first thing that you have to realize about baby shower decorations is that people have few expectations, because they probably have not been to too many baby showers in their life. Besides this, if you are a new mother or father, or an expectant one, people will not really expect the type of lavish party that you might throw for, say, your daughters graduation or for your sons first birthday. This means the choices of how elaborate you want your party to be, how much care you wish to take with the decorations, and what themes you want to use are entirely up to you. You can not really go wrong with baby shower decorations as long as you keep them light and tasteful.

Many people, however, see this as an opportunity to explore and expand creatively, and as such will really take baby shower decorations to a pretty deep level. They might come up with elaborate ribbons and custom banners, or table settings that are out of this world so that people will remember the beauty and thoroughness of their baby shower decoration. If you are like this, then a party consultant such as myself might be the perfect aid to providing the perfect baby shower. After all, unless you are quite the experienced socialite, you may lack the party experience that is so necessary to coming up with the ideas behind a perfect festival. Anyone can think of all of the standard baby shower decorations, cute little ribbons and bows, napkins with watercolor prints of little infants playing with puppies or sitting in cribs, little baby shaped cakes. But to get a really classy party, one that will be remembered by all your friends for years to come, you must have the perfect baby shower decorations.

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Perhaps one of the most treasured items a mother may save will be her daughter’s baby girl dresses. Many moms dress their babies up in the frilliest of dresses knowing that one day they may prefer jeans. These dresses can be saved for a lifetime of memories.

While many moms like to save the very first in a long line of baby girl dresses, there are other dresses they may wish to save as well. Perhaps some of the cutest dresses their little girls may wear are christening, flower girl, or ones worn on special holidays such as the first Christmas or birthday.

A professional can carefully preserve these dresses or you can do it yourself by simply wrapping your baby girl dresses in acid-free tissue paper and storing them away. It is always a good idea to find a container that will repel moths, as they can be the death of any garment.

When planning to store your little baby girl dresses for the future, make sure they are professionally cleaned first, much like you would do for a wedding dress before you slip it into the closet. Some cleaners can package the dress for you in a box or a garment bag that will help preserve the integrity of the garment.

These dresses can be passed down to your daughter one day when she has children of her own. She may wish to she her daughter wear one of her old baby girl dresses, or may cherish that you have saved it all that time as a reminder of when she was young.

Special dresses life flower girl dresses can be used from generation to generation, much like wedding dresses. Choosing simple yet beautiful baby girl dresses will ensure they will be loved and cherished for generations to come.

If you have a ton of baby girl dresses that you can’t part with, it may be unrealistic to keep them all boxed up and saved for the future. It may be painful for you to watch or do yourself, but you can have the dresses cut up and made into a quilt.

If you are into quilting, you can easily do this yourself. If not, there are places you can go to have someone make them for you. You may not have the entire dress left, but you will have a lifelong reminder of the beautiful baby girl dresses your little one once wore.

Whether you choose to preserve a few dresses, or to turn your baby girl dresses into a treasured keepsake quilt, you are keeping the memory of your babies alive and well. As they grow, they may irritate you, rebel against you, or try to run away from you, but you always have those baby girl dresses to remind you that under all of their teen angst, they will always be your little girl.

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