When I was pregnant with Mini-AB (my second babe) and one of my girlfriends asked me if I wanted a party, I said “no!” I had a giant baby shower with Mini-AG and didn’t want to overwhelm people with another party. She replied “C’mon, we have to, we won’t have a shower, we’ll have a sprinkle!” And that’s just what we did, a small lunch at the Hotel Bel Air with just my closest girlfriends, and honestly, it was so lovely and intimate, I almost preferred it to my baby shower with 60 people at it.
So, when one of my closest friends found out she was have her second baby girl I told her, matter of fact, “We’re having a Sprinkle!” The newly opened Lanesborough Hotel was, in my opinion, the perfect place to have an afternoon tea for eight girls to celebrate.
I ordered name-place cards from Not On the High Street, adorable personalised balloons filled with pink feathers from Bubblegum Balloons, and my co-hostess brought cakes and cookies from The Chelsea Cake Company. I asked Paula Pryke, one of my favourite florists in London, to create small white arrangements to go down the middle of the table. I also found the cutest baby bottles with pink tops from Not on The High Street and filled them with pink jellybeans. I think the table looked beautiful, and my gorgeous girlfriend mother-to-be did too- tablescape success!
The Lanesborough played a GORGEOUS backdrop for the afternoon, I would definitely recommended visiting for tea. If you want to have party, even better!
The Lanesborough, Hyde Park Corner, London SW1X 7TA
Photos by Kate Gorbunova.
This is the most beautiful baby sprinkle ever! I’ll have to get organizing one; I would love something like this in a few months’ time! xx