Festive Friday: Mother's Day UK

It's Mothering Sunday this weekend. The UK were the first country to celebrate Mothering Sunday, which started in the 1600's. 

Traditionally children give gifts of cards and flowers on Mother's Day, and here's a crafty way of personalizing your Mother's Day gift. 

Spruce up a potted plant by placing it in a patterned box or wrap it in tissue paper. Potted plants last longer than bouquets of cut flowers & they can then be added to the garden for the following spring, so it's the gift that keeps on giving! 

My Mom has a rose that I gave her right years ago for Mother's Day and every spring the little rose bush comes into flower. 

5 Tips for Hosting a Themed Party

A BVF fav is bringing together friends and family to celebrate special occasions. We love entertaining, creating, and hosting themed gatherings. Recently, Monica hosted a “Welcome Baby McKenna” party to celebrate the birth of her friend Angela’s newest addition to her family-the beautiful McKenna Michele. It was a delightful afternoon to welcome baby McKenna and introduce her to excited friends and family.

1. Select a theme add accents: Pick your theme and design the special occasion around it.  For welcoming baby McKenna, pink was the perfect color to accent an afternoon of bubbles and sweets. To add a special touch of color, pink bows were glued to the plastic champagnes glasses. 

2. A variety of options: For the "bubbles and sweets" gathering, we served champagne and an alcohol free sparkling pomegranate cranberry drink. We had almond lacey cookies (look for the recipe in a future Thursday Treat recipe), creme puffs, chocolates, fresh fruit with a vanilla yogurt dip, and a candy bar. Give guests a variety so there are options everyone can enjoy! 

Personalize: To make the event extra special, we had a cake made with a  welcome "Princess McKennna" message. 

Party favors for the guests: A candy bar is super easy to put together, select a few types of candy and display the candy in a variety of dishes. Guests enjoyed the candy throughout the gathering and made to-go bags for later. 

A special memento for the guest of honor: Special wishes for McKenna were a success! We all wrote down warm thoughts on pre printed sheets of paper to send home with Angela. A nice touch to end the gathering!! Make your own template for guests to use, simple and thoughtful!