Last weekend I had my fabulous bridal shower in upstate New York. I can't even begin to tell you how much fun I had!
It'll be easier for me to break this one down into two posts, so today it's all about the details!
The first thing you should know is that there were no surprises at this shower. I designed the invitation for goodness sake! ;) Momma Coyote pretty much single handedly tackled the shower herself and came to me for opinions and approval whenever she needed to make a decision. In fact, I was so involved with the shower that I even woke up early on the day of to run some pre-shower errands with Momma Coyote and Bridesmaid C. We packed up the car with a few things that didn't get dropped off the day before and headed out to pick up the cake and cookies from Villa Italia Pasticceria. Nom. Nom. Nom.
Even though we hit a little snafu at the bakery (at the last minute we decided that there weren't enough cookies and ordered more) we still arrived at the venue over a half hour early. Everything was set up perfectly at Stadium Golf Club and I was so glad to have the extra time to wander around the room and enjoy it before the party started. There was a cute little sign out front to greet our guests:
My mom and a family friend had wrapped up the favors in beautiful silver wrapping paper that went perfectly with the burgundy napkins and calla lily centerpieces. The room truly looked beautiful:
The venue even had their own decorations that I didn't even know about! I am totally impressed by all of their hard work and little touches:
We also played some bridal bingo with cards that Momma Coyote and I printed together. We used Printable Games for the bingo template. To be honest, we probably could have done these ourselves, but for $7 it was totally worth it to have them provide us with the printables. It took us less than ten minutes to print 50 of these bad boys at home:
Image via Printable Games
Bridesmaid J randomly called out "bridal words" while I opened my gifts -- this really helped with what can be a ridiculously boring part of the shower. Let's be honest here, I freaking loved opening every single one of my gifts, but as a guests my attention usually starts to wander after the first ten minutes. After the gifts and games I directed everyone over the cookie table for some more sweets. We of course encouraged everyone to take them home and provided little baggies for them:
Oh and it's a good thing we decided to order more at the last minute because by the time the shower was over there were just a few crumbs left for future father-in-law Coyote to nibble on. ;)
Along with the favors:
Image via La Favorita
Momma Coyote also made torrone, a delicious Italian candy. She cut the candy up into bite size pieces and stuffed pieces them into organza bags. As the guests were getting ready to leave I went around and handed out the little bags as a parting gift. My bridesmaids offered to do the grunt work for me but it was actually a great way for me to stop and visit with everyone before they left!
I don't have a photo of the torrone in the cute bags, but I do have a photo of the just finished block of candy:
Yuuuummmy!
Wowza... That was a buttload of details! Next up: friends, family and being the bride at a bridal shower.
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