Unfortunately, as I was a busy bridesmaid, I don't have a ton of pictures, but I'll do my best.
The event was held in a family member's beautiful, huge backyard. They set a big tent up next to the pool, with round tables covered in pink linens. The centerpieces were linen wrapped mason jars with paper flowers:
They look good here, but looked so much better in context outdoors!
Her FI's mom just happened to have a huge collection of mismatched yet coordinated vintage linens, which she used as napkins. Pink linens provided a nice backdrop:
On the deck, a drink table was set up with the ubiquitous notes to the bride, a specialty cocktail of gin and tonic with elderflower liquor (the bride's favorite), fresh squeezed lemonade, and a variety of appetizers. The table was accessorized by a bunting banner made of scrapbook paper that matched the linen napkins.
Food was simple sandwiches, pasta salads, and roasted vegetables, but dessert included amazing carrot cake cupcakes decorated with fondant that matched the paper flowers:
And my favorite was the favors! The groom's aunt paints watercolors, so she took a few of her paintings of dresses, shoes, and other girly things and made a set of six notecards for each guest. These were wrapped in various mismatched yet coordinated linens, with sheer ribbon and a little flowered heart:
The day was great and the bride loved everything- and we thank God, we had AMAZING weather. It was awesome to see a very bloggy shower in real life.
Have any of you attended any showers you really liked?
Wow, that looks like it would have been GORGEOUS! Well done to everyone involved :)
ReplyDeleteA couple of years back my besties were bridesmaids for a friend of ours and they threw a tea party Kitchen Tea - it was wonderful! It was colourful, with vintage tea cups and many flavoured herbal teas and cute little cupcakes... A lot of fun.