My Sister's Bridal Shower

{Images by me & my father}

While this blog is primarily about my own wedding, I thought it would be nice to share a few bits here & there about my sister's upcoming July wedding for some added inspiration.  My mother & I, along with the bridesmaids, planned a surprise bridal shower brunch for my sister, Jessica.  You may check out the letterpress invitations I recently designed & printed.   As I mentioned, Jess has various elements involved in her wedding.  My mom & I focused on hydrangeas & lighthouses for her shower using pinks & greens.  We incorporated her other colors of black & white through the table linens & napkins. 

My mom found the white lighthouse tealight holders & placed them on a bright pink place mat, surrounded by smaller tealights.  Each table also had a baby photo of my sister for the guest's entertainment.  My mom spent many nights making chocolate lighthouses which she packaged in small cellophane bags & tied with  pink ribbon for favors.  I letterpress printed small folded cards with a pink rose & tied those with pink ribbon for guests to also take home as favors.  Each table had a small plate of shell-shaped chocolates for guests to nibble on during the shower.

For the headtable {where my sister & all the bridesmaids sat} my mom had my sister's florist create a gorgeous centerpiece which included peonies, gerber daisies, orchids, bells of ireland, hydrangeas, & roses.  This was just a little sneak peek of what her wedding flowers will look like.  I made the paper rosettes decorations & hung them in front of the headtable as well as on the wall behind the mountain of gifts. 

Of course, one of our favorite parts {& the one that took the longest to make} were the tissue paper pom-poms.  I hung them along the wall of windows & above the headtable.  I hung them fairly close to the ceiling so as not to block the magnificent view of Portland Headlight.  We wondered what we were going to do with them after the shower & I decided to give them away to any of the guests, many of whom were little cousins, to do what they pleased.  Jess took home a few & the rest will go in my studio! 

Comments

[elise]

sarah, i am obsessed. please throw mine.

[Li W.]

BEAUTIFUL! You guys did a wonderful job. I so love your style! I think you've mentioned you're using a friend photog at your wedding, but if you're remotely even THINKING about hiring someone in addition to using your friend, pick me pick me!! I think your aesthetics and style would fit the kind of photography I want to do to a T!

[Jessica Lynn]

what a beautiful day! just came across your blog...its darling!