Kristen's Bridal Shower

My mom and I had such a fun time putting together my sister's bridal shower - with some excellent helpers, Christine, Kate and Bethany. Here are some projects that we did for the event - unfortunately I don't have any shots of the lovely and delicous lunch that my mom prepared, because I was too busy eating to snap pics!

In keeping with our color scheme of gold, white, peach and pale pink, we decided to re-create these centerpieces. It was fairly simple to spray-paint sprigs of faux leaves gold; I had a 2 x 4 piece of wood cut into 36" lengths at Lowes, then I painted each with some translucent coats of silvery-gold acrylic paint. Each board was drilled in 8 spots to hold the branches.

The shower "game" was inspired (pretty much verbatim) by this adorable gamepiece/pencil set spotted at Made Sweet (which is a new-to-me, really pretty blog). I loved how the questions were answered by circling a silhouette of "him" or "her" - so I did the same, and gave Kristen framed, enlarged versions of the his-and-hers portraits as a gift. I covered the mini-pencils with gold on natural marbled paper (which I also wrapped around the rolled-up napkins) using this tutorial.

The party included lots of sweet company - even some long-distance guests! - and concluded with an at-home "s'mores kit" sendoff as favors: two chocolate-covered marshmallows, meant to be quickly microwaved and sandwiched between two graham cracker squares, tied up in a box with a gold cord and "many thanks" tag.

It is still hard to believe my little sister will soon be a bride, but now that her showers are done we are excited to begin the next wedding project - her invitations! Picture a "makeup" palette that incorporates several different handmade, marbelized and silkscreened papers with bright calligraphy...stay tuned!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 10:23PM

Comments

wow, great inspiration! forwarding to my mom and sister now as they begin to plan My shower!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 01:20PM

Hey Laura,

Your centerpiece is a dead ringer for the Martha Stewart one! Great Job! Oh and would you mind sharing the nae of the font you used for the shower game cards? Thanks!

Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 12:12AM

this is SUPER sweet.

Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 04:21PM

I love it! The peach and pale pink is simply gorgeous with the gold.

Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 01:21PM

Flatware: we mixed two sets of flatware - a "gold" bamboo set circa 1980, and a bronze midcentury set - with my white-and platinum china and white basketweave everyway dishes. Since both sets are vintage I don't have any real details. Anybody have a good lead on available goldware?

Tuesday, December 08, 2009 at 01:10AM

this is absolutely stunning! I am sure she was thrilled.

Thursday, December 03, 2009 at 06:03PM

Will you share the deets on the gold flatware?

Thank you.

Thursday, December 03, 2009 at 04:04PM

what a lucky girl! this party looks AMAZING!! i will be trying that centerpiece!!!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 05:53PM

The party looked so great!! I'm glad that you used the game, we had so much fun with it, and I hope you did too. And thank you for the shout out. Very appreciated.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 04:03PM

Gorgeous!! It looks like a truly special day.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 12:14PM

Wow - looks so beautiful! What a lucky sister to have you designing such gorgeousness for her big day!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 09:37AM

I love the gold leaves - in the photos, they look actually metallic and i assumed they'd be expensive. Well done!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 05:29AM

Like always, it is very beautiful. So many ideas to steal from. Thank you for the beautiful daily inspirations!

Can't wait to see what gift wrapping ideas you have in your sleeve for this year.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 01:31AM

I love the HE SAYS... SHE SAYS... cards -

both the idea
AND the design & typesetting...

well done
but then again, I would expect anything else from my amazing L!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 11:51PM

This shower game is beyond perfection! I'm bookmarking now + saving it for my big day in the decade to come!. Many thanks for posting.

P.S. I'm loving this gorgeous blog of yours!

Cheers.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 11:45PM

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