We recently had Mr B’s christening and it was a perfect day. My in-laws
were visiting from Australia so my little man had a celebration with his whole
family, well close enough.
Everyone had a great time and my little man was spoilt rotten by
all of our lovely family and friends. I am going to share with you Mr B’s
christening breakdown.
Finally, a family shot where everyone is looking the right way and clean. I bought
my dress from simply be. I love it, it is sky blue with little seahorses. The
downside to my wonderful dress was the seahorse’s eyes. They have small black
dot eyes, one of which was precariously placed on my breast, I spent the day
with people trying to wipe it off thinking it was a mark.
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| Warning...this dress induces groping of breasts. |
I loved my hair by the lovely Chelsea. Something
about having your hair done makes you feel complete.
Mr B’s outfit was from TK Maxx and was a bargain. I bought it quite
a while back so I can’t remember exactly how much but definitely worth looking
in there for smart baby outfits they had loads and if you’re willing to have a
really good rummage you will find high end designers.
I went for a rustic theme with plenty of hessian, browns and
golds. I complimented this with the napkins and a hessian runner on the buffet
table. I saved my Mason jars from coffee and then stuck blackboard
stickers on them, (from poundworld), saying knives, forks etc.
I bought my hessian christening bunting from eBay it cost me about
£10. I think it was worth it as it looked great over the buffet table.
I already had a light board so I thought I would utilise it. Mine
was from quality save and cost £9.99. I love mine and my stepson loves writing
messages to me on it.
I bought a length of hessian ribbon and hessian bows again from
poundworld. I wrapped it around a wicker box I already had so it would fit with the
theme. I filled the box with party bag goodies for the kids, you can see it on top of the fire surround. I had about 18
children there, ranging from babies to a 13-year-old and they all had fun with
the contents, especially the colouring books.
I had a kid’s buffets table separate, I thought this the best way
to stop them attacking the main buffet before I got to it. My wonderful sister
made cupcakes, I made sweet bags and there was sticks of rock. The most popular
items though were a large bowl of popcorn complete with popcorn bags and a self-serve
scoop, all from poundworld, are you starting to see a theme with my shop of
choice.
The stickers on the sweet bags were personalised and I had
matching cupcake toppers made as well. Thank God for eBay.
I had props on the tables as I think they make great conversation
starters and encourage people to take pics, which means I don’t have to walk around
all day asking people to smile. I can just tag myself in everyone else’s pic’s.
They were £2.99 for a box of 25 assorted props from B&M.
The buffet was amazing. It looked good, it was a good price and
dammit it tasted good. I had so many compliments on the variety and quality of
food. I got my buffet from Danielle at Fat Cats catering, or as I now call it,
the greatest caterer in Greater Manchester. Honestly if you need a buffet email
this girl fatcatscateringco@gmail.com.
The cake was exactly what I wanted for my boys christening and was
even more special as it was made by his beautiful godmother. It complimented my
theme perfectly and everyone loved it. I was a little sad when we had to cut
it, but I’m glad I did because it tasted as good as it looked. The fruit was so
fresh and juicy, well what I had of it, as soon as we cut it children descended
upon us, “please can I have a strawberry”, “can I have blueberries on mine”.
Everything came together and we had an amazing day. We had the
usual last minute drop outs and worrying that my outfit wasn’t quite perfect,
but as hubby says, “why worry it is what it is”, and on this occasion he was
right.
Thanks again to everyone who made Mr B’s day special.
Good day to you. x
