the Bridal Shower {all in the details}

Earlier this month I had my Bridal Shower and although it was fun planning it with my closest relatives glad that its over, planning a shower and wedding simultaneously is a bit stressful especially if your like me where you love little D.I.Y details. If you plan far enough in advance you'd be surprised at what you can find online, such as free template downloads like my menu cards. The key is to search blogs and lots of blogs because there are so many....
Details:
Favours-mini Claus Porto soaps (love these luxury soaps & they're a nod to my Portuguese heritage)
Personalized lipbalms from Beaucoup, a nod to my beauty blog & love of makeup.
Stamps are a D.I.Y bride-to-be's best friend, easy to use & re-usable. Just customize the ink pads to your own colour palette! I picked these up at Michael's Craft store in the $1.50 clearance bin.

the groom-to-be hard at work

Menu-one of my favourite wedding blogs is Ruffled & that is where I came across the template/idea for my menu + the idea for the IKEA double-sided picture frame which costs $.99 perfect look for my retro themed shower! Two Brunettes designed the actual template, check out their site for more inspiration. The menu graphics were the PERFECT colours as it allowed me to expand on my chosen bridal shower palette of yellow, green & minty blue.

The menu's printed at Walmart Photo Center in one hour, easy to do & colour quality vivid!

Other details like green candles purchased at IKEA, great store for wedding items.
Invites- template purchased from Apple Blossom Print, check out my post here.
And lastly flowers, I chose colours that would tie in my colour palette too! Bought retro-inspired vases at Goodwill & brought them in to a local inexpensive florist, told them what flowers I liked & colour. Sometimes its best to let the experts put the small touches together hence the florist!

Yummy bridal shower cake by Pretty Sweet Cakes by Savera, red velvet cake + chocolate and vanilla cupcakes for those that wanted to indulge a bit more. Please excuse the flower detail as it was a hot Summer day & the humidity caused the flower to "melt".

a clean, fresh streamlined look is the end result

entrance: a wire mannequin form that I dressed up with a retro kitchen tea towel & vintage ribbon to tie into an apron. Guest/picture book and shower favours, as guests arrived I took a picture which I will develop & put into the book next to their signature. 

Loved the flowers!

Hope you got inspired by my retro themed Bridal Shower!

xo

bridal shower invites are in the mail!

The bridal shower invites are in the mail! However, by now most guests have received them {I hope}. With the Canada Post on strike back in June the invites went out a bit late. Better late than never! And I'm really happy how they came out. Rachel from Apple Blossom Print customized her invite silhouette to conform with my bridal shower colour theme. 

The theme, 1950's housewife, combined perfectly with Rachel's idea. The invites and envelopes were printed and purchased at Staples, the blank address labels and recipe cards purchased from Michael's Crafts (what a perfect colour match).

What do you think?

To see more of Rachel's work check out;

Apple Blossom Print on etsy or her website

what's your favor? {beau-coup}

bridal shower favors by beautyparler on Polyvore.com

Last week I ordered my bridal shower favors, well one part of the favor. I'm creating a little package. However, without divulging too much information (as I want an element of surpirse for my guests) I ordered from beau-coup and less than a week later my favors arrived! Which is amazing and you know what else is fantastic; Canada Postal workers are on strike, not so great (therefore my shower invites have yet to leave my desk) however;
(1)guess the strike doesn't matter as beau-coup used UPS (yay! I thought it was coming regular mail)
(2) shower is in August so I assumed favors would arrive in July
(3) product looks way better than expected-bonus!!
(4) got to order in P.J's with latte in hand
Stress level = 0
For more info:
www.beau-coup.com

a retro bridal shower {1950's inspired}

Love the idea of a 1950's housewife theme bridal shower. Makes for interesting decor and kitchen-themed inspired games. Using popular shades of the 1950's era, like that minty/blue shade a favourite of appliances and buttercup yellow. How fun would it be to get your guests in on the action & dressing the part! Have your guests write down their favourite secret recipes & bring it with them to the shower to share with the bride-to-be.

retro bridal shower by beautyparler on Polyvore.com