One of my favorite girlfriends, Katie Conner, is tying the knot this summer.
Her wonderful soon-to-be-in-laws did a great job planning a lovely bridal shower to celebrate her big day.
(I've been practicing my fancy-schmancy chalk writing - but I always run out of space! Can you tell!?)
Check out the view off the patio.
The perfect way to welcome guests to any bridal shower - a mimosa bar!
Champagne, juice, & fresh melt-in-your-mouth Unger berries! YUM.
Katie's cousin, Laura asked me to come up with a few games ideas for the shower so we decided on a 'date night jar' & 'bridal bingo'!
I decorated a mason jar with some scrapbook paper, ribbon & pearls (pictures coming soon). While guests were eating they each got a piece of paper to write down a unique idea for something Katie & Jake could do for a date night as a married couple.
For the bingo game I made each game sheet with pictures relevant to the happy couple (things like where they got engaged, pictures of her ring, their honeymoon location, their wedding colors, her favorite wine, etc). I'll be honest, this kind of took more work than I anticipated because every single card had to be completely different! & I really didn't have a good system for mixing all the pictures up each time. I printed out a large version of each picture and taped one to each gift that was brought. Before Katie opened the gift I would hold up the picture attached & tell the description. The first three guests with a diagonal bingo won a prize. It ended up being a fun way to keep guests entertained during the gift-opening part of the shower.
I stained & painted this "Future Mrs. Unger" sign to hang behind the guest-of-honor!
The Beavers garter I sewed for Katie's gift!
Laura wrapped up the shower by serving delicious mouth watering pies made with fresh Unger berries! so. good. I might have had two pieces. But we wont talk about that.
The perfect party favor - sugar scrub in a mason jar!
(Made by Katie's fabulous future sister-in-law, Kelsey)
aaaaand just like all good things must come to an end ... I got the worst flat tire ever on my way home. Thank the Lord for AAA & handymen who can change my flats so that I don't have to break a nail or get my dress dirty. I was able to make it home in the wee hours of the morning & get a minute or two of sleep just in time greet Monday morning with the strongest cup of Joe of my life.
Look at that thing! It's huge!!
