what: my "surprise" bridal shower
when: the hottest and sunniest sunday this summer in august
where: casa capuozzo
how: and the story begins...
for those that actually know me, know its pretty hard to surprise me... i'm as astute as they come (no really, i'm not honking my own horn)...anyway so it was saturday night and i get a text message from one of my sorority sisters telling me she's sorry about missing my shower (wah? come again? a shower that hasn't happened yet? something is up) but i was already determined to make it to my sunday morning cardio class and chris readily agreed to it and my future mother in law said that we'd have to be at the club later in the day to celebrate my future father in laws birthday (which happened to be that week), so i figured the text must've been a mistake and went on with my day...getting dates crossed isn't so far fetched right? so i hit the gym and then chris and i go to the movies (this is routine for us so im not suspicious) and then after the movie i gently reminded chris that we had to be home at 2 to go to lunch with his parents for his dad's birthday and he gets all riled up..."what?!?! REALLY?!" so we jet home...but this is where the cat came outta the bag for real...a whole slew of cars were parked in front of the capuozzo home and i obviously recognized more than a few of them...not only that two of my friends were hanging out by the front door (talk about welcome party) so my "surprise" was ruined...but i was thrilled that the day happened the way it did...everyone put so much effort into it for me... i'm lucky...lets get on with the pics shall we?
there were 4 centerpieces on the white tables underneath white tents in the backyard
DIY - easyish...cylindrical vase with one garland of dendrobium orchids submerged in water topped with a floating candle
in between each vased centerpiece were roses and baby breath
variation of the 1st centerpiece, larger vase with more orchids and floating candle
medium cylindrical vase, fill the vase with water, then submerge a palm leaf wrap around the vase, then submerge orchid and finish off with floating candlethere were also dishes of m&ms with our names on them in the same colors on the tables and other rose petals scattered which i haven't gotten any photos of...but seriously... bridesmaid H outdid herself with these DIY centerpieces... everyone loved them and no one knew they were DIY until asked :)
pirate booty~! gotta have a shot of this stuff...
cake! LOVE CAKE
the favors were little red velvet cupcakes boxed and tagged...on the flip side of the tag was the recipe for said cupcake...what was wonderful about this..it was DIY too! whoda thunk my girls were so crafty...cupcakes were baked themselves from scratch and then the tags were created on photoshop, printed on 8x11 cardstock and then cut down to size (if anyone wants the template i can email it)what i found really helpful when writing my thank yous, was that during the shower my girls had me take pictures with all my guests as i was opening THEIR gift...this way not only do i have a wonderful reminder of who gave me what if i couldnt read the written list i have photo proof!
this way i get a photo with EVERY guest! how wonderful...of course there were also shower games...the girls did shower bingo, guess the herb (i would've tied with the winners), how well do you know the bride (my future mother in law got the most answers right! my mom didn't participate in this one...)...toilet paper bride was arranged but it was simply too hot to do and everyone was happy to just sit in the shade and mingle mingle...
there were so many more DIY elements to the shower i'll have to do another post soon about it...stay tuned!
there were so many more DIY elements to the shower i'll have to do another post soon about it...stay tuned!
