Welcome to the new Bum Bum & Button blog! We’re so excited about our beautiful, new look and want to give HUGE thanks to Fran at Small Bird Studios for all her hard work … thanks Fran!!
It is my desire to update regularly about various topics dealing with children in weddings from incorporating them, entertaining them, and cute wedding fashions for little ones. Children tend to be overlooked in this area and I really want to change that, so I hope you follow along, enjoy the blog, and maybe even consider it a bit of a resource.
"A person's a person, no matter how small." -Dr. Suess
10 July 2011
15 April 2011
A Little Background
I had written this very lenghty blog post when my computer decided to update on its own and restart ... WHY????? Of course I don't recall what I typed other than I was talking about my journey into wedding sitting and saying how I'm going to start blogging more regularly, though my now gone post certainly didn't get me off to a good start, so I'll try this again ...
My son was invited to be the ring bearer in an "adult only" wedding, but then was not allowed into the reception afterward. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that or "adult only" weddings per se, BUT I do feel if you want to include children in the actual wedding to help enhance it, you should certainly allow them into the reception afterward and provide something special for them to do as a thank you and job well done, but I digress ...
That was 3 or 4 years ago and since then I have been trying to figure out what it is I really want to do. I always knew I wanted it to be something that included my children in some way and allow me to be creative (I wanted to be an Architect when I grew up, but I'm beyond horrible at math and still use my fingers to count, so I realized that probably, really wasn't the way to go).
When I originally started Bum Bum & Button (named for my children) I wanted to plan children's parties and events, but after doing childcare subbing at my daughter's school, I thought back on the wedding incident and after doing some research, realized wedding and event sitters really don't exist. I have managed to find a few, but it's a tiny market just waiting to grow ... think of all the weddings that happen every year and how many of the guest likely have children, but might not have a sitter, especially with an out of town wedding.
SO, there's my little synopsis about wedding sitting and I plan/hope to give lots of insight into this up and coming trend.
My son was invited to be the ring bearer in an "adult only" wedding, but then was not allowed into the reception afterward. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that or "adult only" weddings per se, BUT I do feel if you want to include children in the actual wedding to help enhance it, you should certainly allow them into the reception afterward and provide something special for them to do as a thank you and job well done, but I digress ...
That was 3 or 4 years ago and since then I have been trying to figure out what it is I really want to do. I always knew I wanted it to be something that included my children in some way and allow me to be creative (I wanted to be an Architect when I grew up, but I'm beyond horrible at math and still use my fingers to count, so I realized that probably, really wasn't the way to go).
When I originally started Bum Bum & Button (named for my children) I wanted to plan children's parties and events, but after doing childcare subbing at my daughter's school, I thought back on the wedding incident and after doing some research, realized wedding and event sitters really don't exist. I have managed to find a few, but it's a tiny market just waiting to grow ... think of all the weddings that happen every year and how many of the guest likely have children, but might not have a sitter, especially with an out of town wedding.
SO, there's my little synopsis about wedding sitting and I plan/hope to give lots of insight into this up and coming trend.
24 March 2011
Disaster Relief For Japan With Love
With all that's going on in Japan after the tsunami, like most, Im sure you're wondering what you can do to help and wanting to make sure your money gets to where it's suppose go. The wonderful ladies of Utterly Wed and ever thine.ever mine.ever ours have created the wonderful site http://www.forjapanwithlove.com/ where you can go to securely donate to the disaster relief in Japan; your money will help with emergency shelter and life saving supplies ... thanks to many amazing donations, so far they've raised $57,830.
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