For my baby shower I opted for a relaxed Saturday afternoon with all my closest girlfriends and family. The weather turned it on for me that day with perfect clear blue skies and sunshine which was just so lucky as it rained most of the day before and after!
I’m not personally a huge fan of baby shower games so I kept my shower simple and skipped all of those more traditional baby shower activities.
I decided I’d try my best to incorporate a little colour into the styling. I am obsessed with all white but wanted to add a touch of pale blue and silver as we know we are having a boy so I had a gorgeous baby blue and white cake designed by Sweet Bloom Cakes decorated with touches of silver foil, fresh white flowers, macarons and a silver baby boy cake topper.
My feature table was decorated with an assortment of white florals in small glass vases, personalised chocolate bars with Baby Rakowski printed on them, various fresh fruits, white lolly and sugar almond jars and vanilla custard tarts with strawberry and blueberries. Above the table were silver foil balloons which spelled out the word baby and on either side of the table were giant white balloons with silver and white tassel tails.
Outside we had lots of huge white balloons with green vine and white rose garlands and more fresh white flowers in vases. Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of the outdoor balloons but they looked great.
We served guests champagne, bottles of San Pellegrino sparkling water and a non-alcoholic fruit punch which my mum and I quite literally whipped up on the spot by just tipping in various juices and lemonade with an array of different summer fruits. Surprisingly it actually tasted pretty good!
For the favours for my guests we had the cutest little baby blue macarons placed inside small clear boxes on tiny white edible pearls and decorated with a silver ribbon which were handed out as guests left the party.
Dress: Self-portrait
Shoes: Valentino
Cake: Sweet Bloom Cakes
Personalised Chocolates: Bombardier Designs
Cake Topper: The Little Event Boutique
Flowers: Poho Flowers
Favours: Sweet Bloom Cakes
Tarts: Jean Louis Joseph
Silver Baby Balloons: Ruby Rabbit
Silver and White Tassel Garlands: Bickiboo
White Balloons: Partyland
Photographer: Andy Vermeulen