Flower Baby - ✓

I once read a magazine article about brides in their 20s, 30s and 40s. It mentioned the key differences in age groups from style of dress to size of bridal party. I recall loving the style of the 30s bride' wedding, it was a beautiful backyard like affair, her dress was beautiful, but the part that captured my attention the most was her Flower Baby. Rather than a flower girl between the ages of 3-7 or around the average she had a Flower Baby that was roughly 1.5-2 years old. She was the cutest thing I had ever seen in a bridal magazine! I wish I could remember which magazine or issue it were, I believe it was a Brides magazine from 2009 but I really can't be sure. I have scoured the internet for the article and it appears it simply doesn't exist in the viral world.

That being said lets get on to the main point of this story... I now have a Flower Baby of my very own! My sister, MOH Ticket had a little girl in August of 2010 and that child has a hold over my brain in a simply uncanny way. Her smile makes me smile, simply put the moment we met at 4:00am about two hours after she was born I knew this little girl would be a MAJOR part of my life from here on out. The moment Mr. Unicorn and I got engaged I knew she had to be included in our special day, I wasn't even sure how at the time but the day wouldn't be the same without her being a big part of it. I'm not sure what triggered it but something reminded me of that article and I realized that by the time our day rolled around my niece would be 14 months old and make the PERFECT Flower Baby!

After having asked permission from this little beauty's mommy before sharing her picture over the internet (she's all over Facebook already) I would like to introduce you to...

 

Our Flower Baby (Personal Photo)

So naturally once we decided she would be our FB I started searching for an adorable outfit for her to wear. Images like this began flooding my bridal visions...

 Image via flowerartgarden

 Image via getmarried

Image via Weddingbee / Posted by Miss Watermelon

I was sold on that last one! I had to find FB a tutu. I'm still looking for a similar poofy sleeved top as the little girl in pink has on. Totally gives me Anne of Green Gables flash backs and I love it. After searching all over Etsy and various other children's stores I ended up finding the PERFECT tutu on Zulily which was pretty much pure luck! I had been checking out shirt.woot.com (as I do daily) and saw an add for Zulily, I figured what the heck couldn't hurt to check and one of the first things I saw on the site was this tutu!

Image via Zulily

For under $26 with shipping I couldn't pass it up! So when it arrived we just removed the purple ribbon and it looks perfect for the wedding. Our FB already has practice in tutus as she wore one for her first birthday recently, so I know she will look beyond adorable.

Mama Ticket and FB (Personal Photo)

We still have one more flower baby project up our sleeves but that one will have to wait for now...

Anyone else have a Flower Baby? Or the cutest little Flower Girl in the world?