Bridal Shower for a Friend

My Mother in Law hosted a bridal shower for a good friend

and I got to help with the decorations!

It was extra fun to put together the tablescape

because after all the construction on the living room

there is still a variety of knick-knacks that don't yet have a home

so I knew where everything was packed up

and I just went "shopping" for anything yellow or gray!

I made the little banner out of dollar store plastic table cloths

and puff paint for designs on each triangle

and glued them to silver ribbon.

And we bought this great yellow frame at a local shop

and put a black&white of the happy couple in it.

The bride got to take it home after the party!

I got this great idea from Pinterest

and adapted it to the bride's favorite candy

and the yellow & gray theme!

I bought round pretzels,

put them in mini cupcake papers,

and put one Rolo on the center of the pretzel.

I put six on a microwave-safe plate

and cooked it for 25 sec on Power 5 (med).

Then I would press the Rolo down to get it intertwined with the pretzel.

Then I put another Rolo on top of that,

and cooked them again for 25 sec on Power 5 (med).

Then pressed a Sixlet candy (you could use an M&M)

into the center of the top Rolo,

"squishing" the bottom one until it oozed out a little further than the top candy.

Cooled completely, and stored in an airtight container until the party!

Salty, sweet, caramely, just GREAT!

We put out recipe cards and wrote

"Recipes for a Successful Marriage"

and had guests fill out their advice.

We made fancy lemonade

(see recipe below)

and also served fancy water

in these cute Mason Jars.

Drinks Table

Gifts Table

(in the frame on the right

you can see a copy of her wedding invitation

which we used as the inspiration

for the whole shower!)

Party favors for each guest

included a mini flower pot with decorations

and the initials of the Bride and Groom. 

Snacks included "Avocado Salsa Boats" in Romaine lettuce leaves,

Home-made Chocolate Dipped Strawberries,

Cucumber Feta Crostinis

(recipe adapted from a friend's blog

which she adapted from Joanne Weir's From Tapas to Meze)

some wonderful individual Cherry Cheesecakes made by the bride's sister,

Parmesan Cheese Tuiles

Mixed Nuts with Rolos and Sixlets

Drinks were inspired by a Pinterest Pin or two as well.

We had extra fresh tasting water

with Lemon and Cucumber floating in it.

(bonus: added a lil' yellow) 

We also had a fantastic, refreshing, creation

we like to call Mint Grapefruit Lemonade!

Here's the recipe!

Ingredients:

2 cans Frozen Lemonade

100% Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice

Cold Water

2 Pink Grapefruits

2 Ripe Lemons

1/4 c. Splenda (could use other sweetener)

Fresh Mint

Directions:

In a large soup pot whisk the cans of frozen lemonade

with 8 cans-worth of cold water.

Fill the can twice with grapefruit juice and add to the lemonade.

Take three of the mint leaves and mince finely.

Whisk together.

Chill in the fridge for at least 4 hours.

Meanwhile thinly slice halves of grapefruit and freeze in a tupperware,

separating layers with wax paper.

Do the same with lemons.

When ready to serve, put whole mint leaves, 

frozen citrus and lemonade in punchbowl.

Here you can see all the decorations together.

Congratulations to the Bride and Groom!

They get married this weekend!!

I can't wait to see pictures!