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A Sweet Bridal Shower
October 25th, 2010
As promised, I’ve got tons of pictures and details to share of my sister Laurel’s bridal shower. To match the invitation, most of the desserts were either pink or white. On the menu; a pink lemonade cake with sugar poppies (the brides wedding flower) I got from a local cake decorator, pink and white marshmallows, mini powered donuts, waffer cookies and peppermint knots. To drink, we had pink lemonade, blackberry IZZEs, Sophia Champagne and gin and tonics with a splash of grenadine.
For activities, I made a Couple’s Pop Quiz and custom cards for adult bingo. The main attraction, was a video my sister Allison made of Laurel’s fiancé answering a series of questions. Laurel then had to guess his response. It was so much fun and definitely the highlight of the night.
Lastly, for favors, I gave raspberry macaroons in boxes that I cut out on my SilhouetteSD. I was planning on making the macaroons myself but they didn’t turn out well (think Pepto Hershey Kisses) so I purchased some form a nearby bakery instead. I also made little cloth envelopes made to look like air mail envelopes with naughty scratch-it tickets inside.
All in all it was a great time and I was so happy to help see my sister off on this new chapter in her life!
October 25th, 2010 at 11:02 am
This is so sweet and fun! Love the cake and mini Sofia cans
October 25th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Wow! This is just fabulous. So many pretty details. And that pink lemonade cake sounds delicious!
xoxo
kristi
October 25th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Amazing work!! I’m in love with this bridal shower!
October 25th, 2010 at 11:17 am
How gorgeous!! It looks so cute. I love the pink!
October 25th, 2010 at 11:25 am
love it!! so many adorable details! Congrats to your sister.
October 25th, 2010 at 11:28 am
What a darling party! Love the personal details and the video sounds like so much fun!
I have to ask, which bakery did the macarons come from? I’ve been trying to find some in Seattle – so far only have seen them regularly at Le Panier.
October 25th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Oh wow…this is absolute perfection!
October 25th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
pink never looked so pretty!
October 25th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
I love all of the stationary accents — the fonts are delicious! And macaroons? Yum!
October 25th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
If you’re looking for a 6th sibling…I’m in!!
Cute powdery donuts, and I love all the paper and stationery you put together. Loving those boxes, was thinking of something cut out like this for Christmas…great minds!!
Sounds like it was a lot of fun, nice work!
October 25th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
How incredibly sweet!! I love the pink-ness of everything! I’m sure your sister was so grateful!
October 25th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Hey Maggie! I found them at Bakery Nouveau in West Seattle. If you haven’t been there, you should make the trip! AH-MAZING pastries! Yumm yumm! xoxo, Kathleen
October 25th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Beautiful photographs and I especially like the color combos and how you did the little pencils as cute decorations. Very neat. Your sister is very lucky to have someone as talented as you in her celebrations. =)
October 26th, 2010 at 6:39 am
Everything here loos so perfect! Wonderful work!
October 26th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
i love love love the peppermint pretzels!!! [=
October 26th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Just gorgeous!! It always helps to have a theme, and you really fleshed this out to perfection! Not too sticky-sweet or too frothy either, just lovely.
October 27th, 2010 at 8:42 am
Beautiful! Any chance you can give us more details on the game? What questions were asked….how you coordinated it etc? Sounds like lots of fun!
October 28th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Excellent design, shown off by great photography.
Question: I’ve been trying to find the font that you as the headline for “BINGO” and “POP QUIZ” on your bridal shower pieces. What is the name of it? What font shop is it at?
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Rich
October 30th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Gorgeous and so thoughtful. Love the photos – start to finish! Any hints or tips on how you created those amazing cloth envelopes? Would love to hear…
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Hi Rich! Sorry for the delay. The font you’re referencing is called Cyclone and it’s from Hoeflur & Frere-Jones. Best, Kathleen
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Great question Courtney! The groom was recorded answering a series of random questions pertaining to their relationship. Stuff like, “What’s one thing from your wardrobe that the bride would get rid of if she could?” and “What is the grooms favorite book?” etc. Each of the guests were given a quiz card with all of the questions on it and had to guess weather they thought the bride would get the answer right or not.
Then, we asked the bride the same question and she answered how she thought the groom did. We then played the video of the groom as he responded to each one, pausing in between to ask the bride. Each guest played along and tallied their scores as we listened in. So much fun!
Kathleen
November 7th, 2010 at 7:53 am
I am speechless….what an amazing party…the details. I have bookmarked this page. Love the pink wafer cookies in a rectangle tray, the pop cans, the peppermint knots! Where did you find those?…I think I now want to decorate with pink for Christmas…:) ~Jennifer @ inieandione.com
November 7th, 2010 at 7:55 am
Oh, and what are those pink dipped long cookies? Love them!
November 16th, 2010 at 8:39 am
This is such a sweet, pink shower! I’ve always liked your pop quizzes with the attached pencil. So cute!
March 9th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Beautiful party!
The long dipped cookies look like Pocky.
fun little treat!
March 10th, 2011 at 8:41 am
where can I find those lovely bingo cards?!
September 11th, 2011 at 4:25 am
What brad was the beautiful pink lemonade?? It all looks beautiful.