I’m so happy to be your guest blogger today! I’m Chris Nease, event designer and blogger of Celebrations At Home. I specialize in designing the smaller parties for all the celebrations in your life, and blog about ideas and inspiration for bringing entertaining back home. I also create Personalized Inspiration Boards for those who don’t have the budget for an event planner but could use some direction and inspiration.
Today I’m going to share a baby shower I designed to introduce a new baby boy. Best described as a Sip and See (or “Sea” in this case) this gives everyone a chance to meet the new baby and is a great way to celebrate a second or third child.
The nautical theme and colors were chosen to reflect the nursery. I used clear glass plates and cut out oceanic maps from scrapbook paper, to place underneath. The centerpiece highlighted a ships wheel, and sailor’s compass, along with small flower arrangements with bath-toy fish inserted into them. A different nautical flag was inserted into each water glass, and the favors were a fun take on the “message in a bottle” idea. The ‘napkins’ were rolled dish towels.
On the drinks table we served an “Ocean Breeze” cocktail and blue Jones sodas. I used a ‘fish’ craft punch to make confetti to sprinkle on some of the serving trays, and made drink charms from nautical themed buttons. More maps were used to create a collage display board with pictures of the new baby and family.
The dessert table provided monogramed cookies, berry parfaits served in baby food jars, and mini cupcakes with more nautical flags. 
More details included custom invitations, a welcome life saver on the front door, an ‘islander cheeseball’ served in a boat, and more bath toys and plush toys as part of the decor.
I hope you enjoyed seeing this and will be inspired to host your own nautical themed party, or a sip and see shower! Cheers!
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The Zune concentrates on being a Portable Media Player. Not a web browser. Not a game machine. Maybe in the future it’ll do even better in those areas, but for now it’s a fantastic way to organize and listen to your music and videos, and is without peer in that regard. The iPod’s strengths are its web browsing and apps. If those sound more compelling, perhaps it is your best choice.
If you’re still on the fence: grab your favorite earphones, head down to a Best Buy and ask to plug them into a Zune then an iPod and see which one sounds better to you, and which interface makes you smile more. Then you’ll know which is right for you.
The new Zune browser is surprisingly good, but not as good as the iPod’s. It works well, but isn’t as fast as Safari, and has a clunkier interface. If you occasionally plan on using the web browser that’s not an issue, but if you’re planning to browse the web alot from your PMP then the iPod’s larger screen and better browser may be important.
This is getting a bit more subjective, but I much prefer the Zune Marketplace. The interface is colorful, has more flair, and some cool features like ‘Mixview’ that let you quickly see related albums, songs, or other users related to what you’re listening to. Clicking on one of those will center on that item, and another set of “neighbors” will come into view, allowing you to navigate around exploring by similar artists, songs, or users. Speaking of users, the Zune “Social” is also great fun, letting you find others with shared tastes and becoming friends with them. You then can listen to a playlist created based on an amalgamation of what all your friends are listening to, which is also enjoyable. Those concerned with privacy will be relieved to know you can prevent the public from seeing your personal listening habits if you so choose.
Apple now has Rhapsody as an app, which is a great start, but it is currently hampered by the inability to store locally on your iPod, and has a dismal 64kbps bit rate. If this changes, then it will somewhat negate this advantage for the Zune, but the 10 songs per month will still be a big plus in Zune Pass’ favor.
Apple now has Rhapsody as an app, which is a great start, but it is currently hampered by the inability to store locally on your iPod, and has a dismal 64kbps bit rate. If this changes, then it will somewhat negate this advantage for the Zune, but the 10 songs per month will still be a big plus in Zune Pass’ favor.
The Zune concentrates on being a Portable Media Player. Not a web browser. Not a game machine. Maybe in the future it’ll do even better in those areas, but for now it’s a fantastic way to organize and listen to your music and videos, and is without peer in that regard. The iPod’s strengths are its web browsing and apps. If those sound more compelling, perhaps it is your best choice.
The new Zune browser is surprisingly good, but not as good as the iPod’s. It works well, but isn’t as fast as Safari, and has a clunkier interface. If you occasionally plan on using the web browser that’s not an issue, but if you’re planning to browse the web alot from your PMP then the iPod’s larger screen and better browser may be important.
Between me and my husband we’ve owned more MP3 players over the years than I can count, including Sansas, iRivers, iPods (classic & touch), the Ibiza Rhapsody, etc. But, the last few years I’ve settled down to one line of players. Why? Because I was happy to discover how well-designed and fun to use the underappreciated (and widely mocked) Zunes are.
Hands down, Apple’s app store wins by a mile. It’s a huge selection of all sorts of apps vs a rather sad selection of a handful for Zune. Microsoft has plans, especially in the realm of games, but I’m not sure I’d want to bet on the future if this aspect is important to you. The iPod is a much better choice in that case.
Zune and iPod: Most people compare the Zune to the Touch, but after seeing how slim and surprisingly small and light it is, I consider it to be a rather unique hybrid that combines qualities of both the Touch and the Nano. It’s very colorful and lovely OLED screen is slightly smaller than the touch screen, but the player itself feels quite a bit smaller and lighter. It weighs about 2/3 as much, and is noticeably smaller in width and height, while being just a hair thicker.