Last weekend, we threw a Breakfast at Tiffany's style bridal shower for Missy, who is marrying Justin this Saturday in North Dakota. The invitations encouraged everyone to wear their best little black dress, pearls, and fine jewelry. Most of the ladies that attended did indeed get into the classic Audrey Hepburn spirit and dressed up in their finery - it was lots of fun. I sprinkled the tables with rhinestones, ice blue marbles, pearls, and these rings that had an oversized "diamond." I also found some party favor tiaras that some of the younger girls wore.
We served several kinds of quiche -sausage, ham, seafood, tomato basil, gouda spinach, asparagus portobello. The hard part was deciding which ones to try. There was also fruit trays and plenty of cream puffs, eclairs, and finger desserts.
We all had a fun time showing up in our outfits, Baylea and Molly had cute floppy black hats and long black gloves. It was a great turnout, and the shower progressed quickly. I think the deciding factor was eliminating the games - after all, how many times can you play bridal bingo and it still be fun? People are busy and they start to get restless if things aren't kept moving along. We were over and done with in two hours. Missy received a lot of great things that she had registered for - their home will look fantastic!
We leave Thursday night to make the whirlwind trip for their wedding. It will take around 17 hours to get to Bismarck from here. Luckily, we have 6-7 people that are going together in a large van so we can take turns driving through the night. We'll leave Thursday night, arrive Friday noonish, rest a little, then go to the rehearsal. Brett is performing the ceremony on Saturday at 11:00. We'll leave late Saturday afternoon, so one of our friends can be back for work Sunday evening. 34 hours in a van in one weekend will be quite the experience. Actually, I love to travel to new places and now I can see what the great state of North Dakota looks like. We're really looking forward to the wedding and hope that everything goes smoothly for Missy.
The table setting- I can't make this pic any bigger from some reason.
We served several kinds of quiche -sausage, ham, seafood, tomato basil, gouda spinach, asparagus portobello. The hard part was deciding which ones to try. There was also fruit trays and plenty of cream puffs, eclairs, and finger desserts.
We all had a fun time showing up in our outfits, Baylea and Molly had cute floppy black hats and long black gloves. It was a great turnout, and the shower progressed quickly. I think the deciding factor was eliminating the games - after all, how many times can you play bridal bingo and it still be fun? People are busy and they start to get restless if things aren't kept moving along. We were over and done with in two hours. Missy received a lot of great things that she had registered for - their home will look fantastic!
We leave Thursday night to make the whirlwind trip for their wedding. It will take around 17 hours to get to Bismarck from here. Luckily, we have 6-7 people that are going together in a large van so we can take turns driving through the night. We'll leave Thursday night, arrive Friday noonish, rest a little, then go to the rehearsal. Brett is performing the ceremony on Saturday at 11:00. We'll leave late Saturday afternoon, so one of our friends can be back for work Sunday evening. 34 hours in a van in one weekend will be quite the experience. Actually, I love to travel to new places and now I can see what the great state of North Dakota looks like. We're really looking forward to the wedding and hope that everything goes smoothly for Missy.
The table setting- I can't make this pic any bigger from some reason.
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