Welcome to Monday Morning Blooms.
I'm so happy to have you join me, and later I hope to see you at my friend's posts, as they share their Spring floral therapy with you. Links at the very bottom!
I love nothing more than to host family and friends here at FrenchGardenHouse. It's always a joy to host a gathering celebrating a baby in our home. Because, well....babies are so precious aren't they? There have been baby showers, baby christening or baptism parties and later, of course, children's celebrations. But the baby celebrations are so close to my heart. Especially an occasion to celebrate a baby's baptism or christening.
A baptism or christening is such an important day in a baby’s life. It's a time that parents dedicate their little person to God. It’s also a very exciting and special day for the baby's parents, they're introducing their new baby to friends and family if they haven't met the new member of the family yet!
What better time to celebrate?
On this occasion, I set a small round table in the living room and used a classic navy linen round cloth. Then I added flowers, pictures of grandparents and great-grandparents as babies in frames, and antique silver christening cups on an antique platter to drink champagne out of. The French paper favor cones are ready to be filled with white candy covered almonds and closed to be given to each guest.
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Thrilled to find such an array of pastel colored flowers at the flower market, I bought loads of my favorites. I just couldn't resist! Pink roses, pink tulips, pink alstroemeria, pink cabbages {!} and fragrant blue hyacinths. Arranged simply in an antique glass humidor, in honor of the baby's great grandpapa, who was famously known to enjoy a good cigar daily after dinner.
A celebration like this calls for champagne, of course! I nestled my bottle of bubbly in an antique silver plated bottle holder. It's on an antique platter along with antique silver baby cups to drink from!
Antique Silver Syphon Stand | Silver Cups | Blue Wreath Frame | Blue Rose Frame
Both our girls were baptized in Europe, wearing my grandfather's family's long white gown that he, my mom, all her siblings, and I was baptized in too. It was beautiful, made in the mid 1800's in France, with all the lace, fine fabric and silk ribbons you can imagine. Oh, how I wished I could have inherited that gown, sadly, it went to the first boy with my grandfather's last name. {He never had any children, and I have no idea what became of the gown.} Not to be without a gown, I bought an antique beauty for my own girls to wear when they were baptized. And a few of our little people wore it when they were christened.
I personally love gifting babies something antique at their Christening or Baptism. There are so many beautiful antique silver christening baby cups, little cutlery sets, antique baby clothes and bonnets that are so usable today. One of the things that I am most asked to find for grandmamas or moms are antique christening gowns, christening cups and flatware sets. Seconded by antique baby books! Sadly, the books aren't that easy to find in good condition, but once in awhile I'm really lucky!
Other than using them as baby gifts, or for their own babies, many of our clients have an antique doll collection, and the baby things display so beautifully with it. Baby christening gowns look adorable hung on an armoire in a guest room that is for your grandchildren, too! Let's face it, all things baby that are pretty and sweet are fun.
I am so happy I got to make this Baby Baptism Flower Arrangement for a baby's celebration purely because we haven't had the opportunity to do so over the past few years. It will work just as well for any other spring celebration, baby shower, birthday party or anything celebratory.
Thank you so much for joining me today. I hope you get the opportunity to host a special celebration for a baby you love! And remember that a pastel flower arrangement like this works for any kind of celebration. Easter. Spring is here. Ladies spring luncheon. "Yippee...we're entertaining again!" "I need some flower therapy at home." Any time and every time.
I think a lush, overflowing bouquet of flowers for spring is always right, don't you? Because whose heart and spirit doesn't brighten at the sight of all these luscious gorgeous blooms?!
Be sure to get your Spring Floral Inspiration by visiting my fellow Blooms friends! I'll see you there!
Shirley at Housepitality Designs
and me, Lidy at FrenchGardenHouse
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Thank you Shannon! It is always so special to celebrate a new little life, isn’t it? Hope your week is blessed. xo
Thank you Bonnie! Happy Spring to you, too!
Ooh La La! So elegant and beautiful!
I love your flowers and your sweet theme. Your antique baby cups and antique pictures and frames will delight your guests. How very special.
You never disappoint.
Happy Spring!
Lidy, this is such a gorgeous arrangement for such a wonderful celebration. The entire display of flowers accompanied by the pretty antiques is just beautiful and what a happy time. I remember hosting my baby’s christening celebrations and how special they were. Wishing you a blessed and wonderful week ahead, sweet friend!
Oh I adore this post. I can imagine the beautiful long gown that your children wore for their baptism. How nice it would have been for the person that inherited the gown to have given it to you. I found a long gown for my daughter and only child to wear. She still has it but sadly there are no children that will carry on that tradition. The silver cups are beautiful. I’m looking for a gift for a new baby and a silver cup would be perfect.
So beautiful Lidy, and such a wonderful theme to celebrate Spring and new beginnings. The silver baby cups are beautiful as are the gown and framed photos. The flowers display the abundance of joy for the occasion! Your arrangement is gorgeous, I love the pink cabbages!
Oh, Lidy! This is so precious! The flowers are gorgeous and all the accoutrements… magnifique!!! I love the little baby cups and the amazing chritening gown!!!
BEAUTIFUL!!!
xoxo~ Kathleen
A beautiful arrangement, lovely saying too. Most of all, that incredible collection of silver mugs had me pinning away and thinking of what I would look for the next time I antique shop. So lovely. I have a family antique christening gown that some of my grandchildren wore. Nearly threadbare but still treasures.
Again, what a sweet post and I love the photos as well-tying the baby through past generations. Remembering the past while looking forward to the future of this new little baby.
What a heartwarming display you made with the pastel-colored flowers and the antique silver.
I am in possession of my christening gown ,not antique one but vintage by now.
Lidy, this is so incredibly adorable! Your theme is carried out in such fine details, using your antiquities so each one shines. I collect baby cups, so those grabbed my attention right away, but the flowers themselves, and their display in the humidor was a brilliant way to connect the generational part of the theme. Beautiful! Happy Spring!