You asked this same question on January 26th and three people took the trouble to respond. You need to go back there and thank those folks and answer what they wrote. As an aside you should never ever include your email address as you have done as it exposes you to Spam. There are programs set to roam the internet looking for just what you have done. Be safe, never include your address. Also this is not only a help forum but it acts as a learning tool for all those who come to read but do not post questions themselves. So by anyone here replying to your email address they are denying the other lurkers the chance to learn things. These are friendly reminders and in no way meant to be rude to you. We all need to learn as we move forward with our computers.

Both Grandma-to-be and Great-Grandma, too Can't wait to welcome the baby that's due. So they're hosting a shower to celebrate And let everyone know they can hardly wait!

"I always thought you were not supposed to put where a person is registered on an invitation. And especially not ask for gifts. But oh well." The entire point of a baby or wedding shower is to "shower" the guest of honor with presents, so putting the registry information in with the invitation is typically considered appropriate. It's events that are NOT specifically oriented toward the gifts, such as the wedding itself or a graduation party, where open reference to gifts is inappropriate. Did anyone else think a shower invitation from the cousin's daughter-in-law, whom the OP has met maybe three times, is casting the "gimme" net just a tad far out? Maybe if OP and cousin were very close friends, sure, but good grief! My standard shower gift is onesies. Lots and lots of plain white onesies, because my baby brother (now changing his own kids' diapers, how time flies!) could easily go through a dozen in a day. Budget is pretty much always around $25 unless it's a really close friend, because that's what MY budget can afford. If you shop right you can get a lot of onesies for $25! (I think my record is 10 6-packs that had been put on clearance for $2.50 a bag, down from $10, because the packages were ripped up. So I took them out of the packages, folded them nicely into a pretty box, and went merrily off to the shower - where I got in a viciously polite whispered argument with the host because I refused to play the "baby food tasting" game *retch*). Kiddo often outgrows them well before they wear out anyway. No one I know has done the "clothesline" although I do think it would be pretty cool to do a clothesline specifically to donate to the local women's shelter, and put that right on the invitation; I do find it very ironic that my lower-middle-class family ("you might be a redneck if...") thinks wishing wells are tacky. Diapers can be tricky, unless a specific type is noted on the registry, because of that whole cloth-vs-disposable thing. There are some verrrrry strong feelings on that subject! I do appreciate registries, both for weddings and baby showers, if I'm not very close to the recipient because it tells me what the recipients are interested in - I don't necessarily need to purchase something off the list, but if I see 20 Winnie the Pooh items on a baby shower list, that tells me that Mum is diggin' Pooh and might appreciate some mint-condition vintage Pooh books to read to her child or decorate a shelf in the nursery. It also does indicate to me what's NOT really welcome. For instance, if I see on the registry that everything the parents chose is either khaki, sage, and/or cream (such as at the last shower I attended), it's a pretty good bet that the parents are unlikely to be overly enthusiastic over primary colors or the old pink/blue routine.

ROFLOL, Alice...they were taking you to the fake eyes, not the eyelets!!! This whole line of card creating stuff was new to the stores this fall, so maybe your store has not been stocked yet. In my store, it was on a free-standing display in the main aisle near the Sizzix die-cuts, then a whole huge wall section near the scrapping aisle and the picture frames. I could not believe all the stuff! I did find some great packs of little metal charms in matched theme sets...meant for cards, but perfect for making wine glass charms and cheaper than the official "wine glass" ones. It is so true to shop all the aisles to compare products & prices. I remember a post on another board where a girl got those skeleton leaves for half the price in the floral department than the packaged ones in the rubber stamp department!