This
was one of the most special events I've planned- My Baby Shower! I know it’s
not the norm, planning your own shower, but I had so many ideas as
to how I wanted it to be so I decided to plan it myself (with the help of my
two special people, my mom and sister).
I
had already found out that I was having a boy by that point, so I knew we were
going in the blue direction. But I did know that I definitely didn't want a typical baby blue and white
shower, so I decided on apple green with just enough blue so guests knew I was
having a boy. Being early May, I thought it a good idea to plan an outdoor
garden shower so that we could all enjoy what was left of the warm autumn
sunshine.
Breakfast
is my all time favourite meal, especially a hotel breakfast buffet, where my
husband never fails to be amazed that I'm still eating long after he is done. I
wanted to re-create a hotel style breakfast for the shower, so I decided on a
breakfast baby shower.
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| We used giant teacups as the centre pieces filled with little flowering plants. Each teacup had a cute rhyming baby saying and little baby stuff like dummies and little blue booties. |
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| I printed photos of my husband and I when we were little in black & white and we used these on the tables and on the buffet. |
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| We used some of these huge martini glasses filled with green apples as centrepieces to alternate with the giant teacups. |
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| Place settings with a seedling favour for each guest. |
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| I had
been checking the weather report for days before the event, we were
expecting a little rain but not the kind of showers that we did get on
that Sunday morn. It poured...and poured...and poured! So much stress
for an 8 months prego me! Luckily i did hire a marquee and get it fitted
the day before. Everyone kept reminding me that it was showers of
blessings, so that put me at ease. |
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| The hot breakfast buffet. We had a little toaster for guests to toast their choice of bread. |
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| There had to be cute food signs! |
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| Mini watering cans, and little silver prams! Cute! |
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| Lotsa types of tea. |
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| No event is complete without a party favour. We decided on little seedlings with the cutest wording on it (see above). Each one was hand packaged by my gran in little brown paper bags! Eco friendly too! LOVE! The Shower was on the same day as Mother's Day so we gave all the Mom's a cupcake shaped handmade cinnamon cookie that read 'The sweetest things come in small packages'. |
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| I asked my husband to come join me for the present-opening part of the Shower. I had some special surprise presents for him too... |
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| I did hand painted matching 'Daddy' and 'Junior' sneakers. Take a closer look below. My husband loved them! He wore them the day I went to hospital to deliver our son. |
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| My Moms, a huge me & my sister Nabo. |
| For more info on any aspects of this event, please contact us at TCP on the B. |
