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Rebecca’s Baby Shower
UPDATE:
Baby William was born on time and in fine form! Both mum and baby are fabulous!
When Rebecca decided to have a vintage tea for her baby shower at the Dorford Centre Creche in Dorchester – we knew this was going to be a really fun event with lots of gorgeous vintage tea & cake, baby chat and super pictures!
Baby Showers are becoming more and more popular in the UK – they’re a great excuse to get together with girlfriends for talk about the forthcoming birth and coping with a newborn. But also it gives mums-to-be a lovely relaxing time without any pressure – the perfect opportunity to indulge in all of the happy baby excitement that being pregnant is all about!
Mum-to-be Rebecca and Vintage Dorset worked together to make the baby shower invitations – using coloured cards and papers based on a wild animal design from Nicole Heady at Papertreyink.com (who make stamp sets and die-cuts in the US). Rebecca is expecting a baby boy at the end of November – and she’s using lots of animal designs for her nursery – so these were perfect.
The Dorford Centre is the base of the Dorford Baptist Church in Dorchester – they have an incredibly well-equipped hall and beautiful creche which was perfect for this event.
It only cost £25 to hire the creche for a few hours in the evening and with its bright murals it set the scene perfectly!
Rebecca’s Sister and Mum organised food for the baby shower along with Vintage Dorset’s tea-cups, tablecloths, cake-stands, bunting and accessories. The flowers were already at the Dorford Centre so that was an added bonus.
We also made these cute Baby Shower Favours
So, here are the Baby Shower pictures – Rebecca had a lovely time and some fabulous gifts, and her friends seemed to enjoy tucking in to cucumber sandwiches, tea, chocolate treats with gorgeous mini-cup-cakes including tiny cakes topped with cute little sleeping babes in blankets! We’re all really looking forward to the real little man arriving now!
Check out our pictures here and on our Facebook Pages and get in touch if you’d like help with your Baby Shower, Christening, naming ceremony or other special occasions.
Sunny Anniversary
Sasha and Alan wanted a special beachside party with lots of vintage charm to mark their Silver Anniversary. Taking advantage of the gorgeous Branksome Dene Chine on their doorstep, an unexpected burst of late summer sunshine and Vintage Dorset helping with the event styling – this was the perfect opportunity for a Sunny Anniversary!
Vintage Styling – Bunting, Flowers and Props!
This party for around 80 guests was steeped in nostalgia and colour – and designed to be fun and informal. Mixing vintage props with loads of bunting and flowers, gorgeous vintage tablecloths and lots of vintage china we transformed Branksome Dene Chine Community Room into an old fashioned tea shoppe. Its rare to find a venue that is literally on the beach and when the heavens indulged us with late summer heat this became the best possible spot for tiffin! The kids loved our old vintage toy cash register and it was great fun bringing out our old kitchen scales, a washboard and galvanised bucket of flowers and our old ships lantern. It seemed very fitting to use some nautical vintage so close to the coast!
Food – sandwiches, cakes, scones, cake-stands and vintage china – swoon!
Sasha and Alan’s family supplied sandwiches from the Marks & Spencer entertaining range (you only need to give 2 days notice for these great value gorgeous sarnies) and with pink lemonade, sparkling wine, Sgt Bun’s superb scones and cakes from the WI / Country Markets everything was perfect for a vintage afternoon tea in flip flops!
Here are some more pictures including the gorgeous cake stands and serving platters, tablecloths and beautiful food!
Vintage styling is great for adding sparkle to all kinds of special occasions – its informal and fun and can be great value – especially if you are adding your own food items or want to use your own venue. If you need venue styling, vintage china hire or help finding local food providers and staff for your event then get in touch with us HERE.
Congratulations to Sasha & Alan & thank-you for the delicious bottle of wine!
