Bridal Shower

My friend, Krissi, just got married! Woo to the hoo!

She asked me to be one of her bridesmaids, and I was thrilled.  All of the other bridesmaids live up North, in New York, and they threw her bridal shower and bachelorette shindigs up there.  Since, I am down here with Krissi in good ol’ Florida, I wanted to throw her a party to celebrate with her southern friends.  Don’t be fooled though, we don’t have many friends down here.  We pretty much hang with just each other.  Anywho, I wanted to throw a bridal/bachelorette/girls night/Krissi day for my lovely friend.

Here’s what went down…

I knew I wanted to hang balloons upside down from the ceiling, because I have seen many cool examples on Pinterest.  Here is what I came up with…balloons hung from ceilingI bought clear-ish balloons and filled them with pink confetti glitter, then hung them from the ceiling with pink ribbon. glitter filled balloonsI’ll give you a quick fun fact about Krissi, she is a health nut, and she was even more so because of her upcoming wedding. So, I made some cupcakes, which were the weight watchers recipe for red velvet.  I threw some colorful sprinkles on top, since I was going for a colorful “sprinkles” theme. bridal shower cupcakesI, also, framed a couple of my favorite photos of her and her hubby to be, Sean.shower cupcakesI made another good ol’ mimosa bar, because a Krissi party isn’t a Krissi party without mimosas.bridal shower mimosasI had other bevs for the non-mimosa drinkers as well. party drinksPlus, these amazing straws…funny strawsI picked the dog faced straw for my drink, who woulda thought?sprinkle partyTo continue with the “sprinkle” theme I found these awesome polka dot baskets and serving trays at Michaels.pink bridal showersprinkle pretzels I made white chocolate and sprinkle covered pretzels and popcorn.  I could eat that popcorn for every meal for the rest of my life.  Seriously, melt some white chocolate and pour it over some popcorn, you will not be disappointed,IMG_0961For favors, I did these cute little succulents in mini pots.  The big guy was for the guest of honor, of course. succulent favorspatio party lanternsI found these little pink lanterns, that light up, at the dollar store. Sorry for being a bad blogger because I didn’t get a picture of them lit up at night, but it was really cool. pink lanternsKrissi was pretty pumped about the jello shots…IMG_1000 IMG_1010Of course, we got her some goodies for the celebration. I drew her pup, Oliver, and also got her a couple things on her registry.   IMG_1014She, also, received some mula and even some pesos for her honeymoon in Mexico! IMG_1026Just look how excited Charlie was about the pesos! IMG_6738And, look how thrilled he was to be smooshed by me!

We had a blast, and we will miss our Krissi so much when she moves back to NY.  Love you Krissi!

Here are some photos from her fabulous wedding…photo 1 photo 2 photo 3

 

Bachelorette Dinner

A couple weeks ago I went back to NY to see my family and have some wedding festivities.  And let me tell you, I had such a great time!  I not only got to have a bridal shower with all of my friends and family, but my sister also threw me a bachelorette dinner! I’ll start this off by showing you the invite…

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Isn’t it super fantastic?  I l-o-v-e them!

As you may have figured out by now, I live in Florida.  Although, I am originally from New York.  This makes it tough for me to see my friends and family often, which I am sure you can imagine.  Well, on this visit home I didn’t have to travel all over from place to place trying to see everyone, this time they all came to me!  Love that!  Jessica threw me the most amazing bachelorette dinner at a restaurant called Good Luck in Rochester.

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Since this place is newer to the area, I had not yet been there before.  Jess really did a good job on picking the location because this place is beautiful.  Full of antique and rustic charm, my kinda place.

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Jessica reserved a room for our party, which was off to the left of the main dining area when you walk in.

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Such an amazing place.  I love when restaurants are open to the kitchen, I guess I like watching the preparation of the food.  Love me some food!

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We had a table set for all 20 of our guests.  I loved that we could still be a part of the restaurant environment if we wanted, but were still able to get away from the chaos as well.  Perfect set up.

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We were also served family style, so we all got to try everything on the menu.  Speaking of menu, here is a closer look at ours for the night…

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The food was delicious!

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Such a pretty set up, candles and some pictures of Justin and I.

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Above is my mom and I at the dinner.

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It was so awesome to catch up with my friends and family.

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I am so very lucky to have this sister of mine!  Thank you Jess!

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