So during May me and my twin sister Sarah hosted our big sisters baby shower! She is due mid July so we decided May would be the perfect time, especially with Half term then too.
We went for an afternoon tea theme with the colour scheme of yellow/grey/gold as they haven’t found out the baby s gender! This was really cool to plan as the only other baby showers I’ve organised are Sarah’s and they were both blue themed.
Here are the decorations…
Afternoon tea vibes â
We had loads of food from sweet fruit scones, jam Swiss roll, lemon cheesecake, chocolate cupcakes & Victoria sponge to savoury cheese straws sandwiches, sausage rolls & a cheese ring! With plenty of tea and coffee.
Activities…
So to keep the guests entertained we had a couple of games/activities and things for the guests to do.
Baby due date predictions.
Messages & advice.
Guess the baby. Whose old photo is whose?
Photo booth fun!
Guess the size of the baby bump.
Opening presents.
Me, Sarah and Mum clubbed together to get Charlotte a few things that she still needed incl bottles, a steraliser & some bibs & baby grows.
Favours/mementos…
We bought these super cute gift/favour bags to pip a little something in for each guest. We thought the floral vibe went well with the afternoon tea theme & would be right up Charlotte’s street. The colours were of courses perfect too.
In the bags we had little bags of milk bottle sweets, retro đ and little wish bracelets. Sarah found these online and they are sooo cute.
* Make a Wish for baby *
‘Tie this bracelet on your wrist, close your eyes and make a Wish. When the bracelet breaks in two, the wish you made may soon come true.’
The bracelets are yellow with a little silver footprints charm. I love how you could personalise it too.
As a little memento for Charlotte we also made a sort of picture guest book (thanks Pinterest!)
Everybody who came signed a balloon with their name and then I arranged it onto the pre drawn picture. Someone I work with is brilliant at drawing so I asked her to draw the elephant on, it looks fab. We thought this would be a lovely keepsake, perfect for the nursery.
It was a really fun (& tasty!) afternoon and everything went smoothly, which as a host is all you can ask for really!
As I write this there are only 26 days (or 27 if my prediction is correct haha) until Baby S is due and I’ll be an Auntie for the 3rd time, EXCITING!!
Until next time,
Roseanne đ
Roseanne Byford 