Morning, mamas! Popping in today to offer up a peek of the new spring collection by Bonjour Baby Baskets. Because OMG, how cute is the Summer Days Baby Basket? And this is just a tiny slice of what they offer. Bonjour Baby Baskets curates luxury baby gifts each season, featuring the freshest new items from coveted baby brands around the world, like Rylee and Cru, Petit Bateau, and so much more. Basically, all of the things we love seeing in your little ones’ parties, shoots, and nurseries here on Cakelet… all in one place, and ready to be treasured for years to come.

Each gift basket contains luxury designer clothing, safe and beautiful toys, and natural products from the very best brands. BTW, there are LOADS of different curated collections to choose from! Just check out their latest arrivals for a little preview. There’s srsly something for each and every mama or mama-to-be in your life, and it’s a gift they’re sure to be so smitten with.

No impersonal gifting here, either, mamas! Bonjour Baby Baskets is a family-owned business in Toronto, hand selecting and curating each piece based on the latest must-haves in baby. As mentioned, there’s so so much to choose from, yet everything is beautifully curated for your perusal. You can shop by gender or season, or even pick your own individual accessories and build your own basket. And if you’re on Baby List, you can even add them to your Registry.

Another fave of ours for spring is their Bella Bambina Baby Gift Basket. Hi, rose gold moccs! Totally up your alley if you’re a major fan of earth tones, like us.

Anyone out there celebrating a mama with a summer due date? The Here Comes The Sun Baby Gift Basket would be too perfect:

It comes complete with a super soft tee, pineapple bloomers, and all the accessories and goodies along the same theme. Each selection of gifts comes styled in a signature felted wool basket, all wrapped up and ready to gift.

Okay, totally obsessed with this Paz Rodriguez knitted romper and bonnet featured in the Petit Dodo Baby Gift Basket! So darling.

Don’t you just love that they each come with a beloved little book for baby and mama to enjoy?

Pop on over to bonjourbabybaskets.com to get gifting. And, find more inspiration on their Insta!

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Hiya, mamas! Anyone here have a baby shower on the books? Considering our forever love of earth tones and gender neutral showers, it only made sense to share a few pointers for pulling off such a sweet, thoughtful design yourself. ‘Cause why not make your own (or a dear friend’s) baby shower just as special? We partnered up with our friends at Hanna Andersson to bring our concept to life with a few darling pieces like the felt mobile above, as you’ll see below.

Oh, and you miiiight be wondering about that whole giveaway situation, huh? Hanna Andersson is generously offering up the chance for one lucky Cakelet reader to plan the perfect baby shower, in the form of a $2,000 American Express gift card. Eeeee! So, yeah, get scrolling already!

One of the first things we did when styling this neutral baby shower was decide how to incorporate Hanna Andersson’s Cloud, Moon & Star Mobile in a big way. We love the idea of using pieces in the decor that mama can take home after the shower to use in the nursery. It’s a fun little gift idea that makes for such a nice reminder of baby’s very first celebration every time she walks into the space.

Plus, the wool clouds, moon, and stars just look so cute over a pretty table!

Naturally we made use of our very own paper table runner for the ‘scape. And some of the supplies for our DIY wood teether, below.

Even if you’re not planning a super over the top baby shower, a beautiful calligraphed sign with some of mama-to-be’s fave words or wishes is a must. This beauty from Owl Post Calligraphy was super adorable for a gender-neutral shower. Big fans of any nursery rhyme all fancied up with pretty lettering, though!

Kristina cut those eucalyptus pieces for the wall and clothesline from her backyard for the shower. If there’s ever a time for some sweet DIY touches, it’s gotta be a baby shower.

Speaking of DIY. We also placed our main baby shower activity on the dessert bar. It’s a DIY teether/pacifier clip project with wooden rings and beads inspired by the DIY project Tart Event Co. shared in the gender-neutral baby shower we featured awhile back. Really cute idea that you can easily whip up with the supplies we linked to at the bottom of the post. The Tart Event crew suggested using this handy video if you’d like to tie them off with a square knot.

Nothing like treats from Sweet & Saucy Shop to get guests mingling at the activity table!

One of our fave details has to be all the neutral baby goodies displayed on the clothesline above the gift area. Hanna Andersson’s Ribbed Baby Socks 2-Pack, One Piece in Organic Cotton, & Kimono Top in Organic Cotton are just a few of our faves for pulling off this look. A super affordable way to take the decor up a notch, especially in a little nook that you want to make particularly photo-friendly. And once again, she’ll be able to take and put the clothing to use long after the day’s festivities are done.

Teeny tiny neutral baby duds forever! Be sure to check out our inspiration gallery linked below for more ideas from our baby shower with Hanna Andersson:

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*GIVEAWAY!*

Now, onto the $2,000 Amex giveaway. Because now you’ve got all the ideas you need to bring this lovely fête to life with your own custom spin, right? Click over to the @happyhannas account to enter!

GOOD LUCK!!

Photography: Scott Clark Photo / Sponsor & Clothing: Hanna Andersson / Concept & Styling: 100 Layer Cake / Desserts: Sweet & Saucy Shop / Calligraphy: Owl Post Calligraphy / Wooden DIY Teether Supplies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

*This post was sponsored by Hanna Andersson. Big thanks to them, and to all of our sponsors, for allowing us to inspire you every day!

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Paper flowers AND colorful ruffly tutus?? Think we’ve found a winner as far as girly spring party themes go. And the best part is, you can’t go overboard with a concept like this. Alllll the colors and accessories and sparkles are in order. Just take it from Alana Beall of Vanity’s Edge, who was behind the photos and set design inspired by a ‘garden of girls’: think modern day Rose Petal Place meets Alice in Wonderland. Yep, on board with it already…

Wouldn’t these paper flower headdresses be so so good for a spring dress up party? Beyond fun for the girls and imagine the photos…

A little glitter around the eyes truly completes the look, no?

Naturally all these little dollies got us in the spring shopping mood, so we’ve rounded up a few colorful frocks for ya below.

mabo auden dress in staccato floral / Go Gently Nation gauze maxi dress / Smallable Striped Dress Rust / Rylee + Cru Layla Dress in Sailboats / Louise Misha Pom Pom Dress / OshKosh Zinnia Sleeveless Dress / mabo gemma dress in ramble floral / Flora and Henri Moondance Nightie / bitte Oslo Organic Baby Dress  / Gap floral dress / boden embroidered boho dress / Tutu de monde jardin tutu dress from The Borrowed Boutique

And since Alana + the team snagged those dresses from The Borrowed Boutique, who we’ve featured here on Cakelet a few times, we included one of our fave tutu du monde numbers that are available to rent on their site. Borrowed Boutique is like a luxe kiddo version of Rent The Runway, if you haven’t heard. Can we all agree that buying formal and party wear for special events and photo shoots is a teeny bit exhausting (mostly for our wallets, obvs) when littles grow so very fast? Super neat to know you can grab the most darling pieces, that they likely wouldn’t wear after said event anyway. Not to mention, they give back with each purchase, and have boys duds too!

Thanks to Alana and the crew below for these paper flower dress up + party ideas!

Photography & Set Design: Alana Beall of Vanity’s Edge / Hair: Victoria Edwards / Makeup: Nicole Palermo Happily Ever After Beauty / Dresses: The Borrowed Boutique / Silk Floral Headband with Veil: Two Back Flats

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Happy Friday, mamas! Isn’t this little dolly all decked out in adorable duds from Bitte and captured in the most golden fall light by Erin of Naturally Ella the cutest ever?! Maia, owner of kids shop Bitte, sent over these photos featuring a whole crew of littles and their mamas enjoying some good ol’ crisp fall air and it just seemed like such perfect fashion inspo for all you with family photo sessions on the books this season. Take a peek!

You can shop all of the kids’ clothes in Bitte’s online shop, like the pima pom pom hat + organic henley jumpsuit.

The key to fall fashion of any age is obviously the layers, right? This is the moss stitch coat + prairie dress + leather bear bag.

Folk bird dress

We spy some pretty fall foliage crowns!

Cactus organic baby leggings + pocket tee

Drawstring pants + bamboo baby cardi

Sometimes you want to keep colors neutral for family shoots, especially if you’ll have a lot going on in the background. This organic fleecy vest + navy stripe dress + bear bag combo totally puts off the cozy neutrals vibe, huh?

High-low twirl dress in olive

Bamboo baby shirt + jacket + bloomers + bear bonnet

Um, those moss bloomers with the chunky pullover and bonnet are too sweet.

Fair isle cardigan + gingham dress

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Find more family photo ideas in our archives.

Clothing: Bitte / Photography: Erin Alderson of Naturally Ella / Moms: Alicia Lund, Jessica Miller of Oak + Ash, & Anita Grensavitch

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1. Russell + Hazel mini three ring binder
2. Herschel youth backpack in Sticks & Stones
3. Double ended pencils
4. Brit + Co Pocket folders insert
5. Sip by S’well water bottle
6. Neon tape
7. Donut erasers
8. Poppin soft cover notebooks
9. I’m very busy pencil pouch
10. Gluesticks
11. Ice cream pen
12. Spiral notebook with charm
13. Scissors
14. Cat & Jack lightning  bolt lunch bag
15. Large Pink Pearl erasers

And while picking up supplies for your own crew, you can help the amazing Tiyya Foundation with their Backpack for Refugees drive by making donation on their Amazon registry. They’re on the hunt for backpacks + the school supplies to fill them with by August 1st so they can distribute them to the children on the 12th, just in time for back to school!

This is a chance for these kids to get fresh *new* school supplies, which we all know is something on every mom and dad’s mind this time of year. If you want, you can go off registry and choose your fave school supplies to purchase online (or shop in store) and have it mailed to the address mentioned in this post. Learn more about The Tiyya Foundation and their work here.

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