Showered with Love, Wine & Cupcakes

Okay so I finally got my bridal shower pictures, so I figured I’d share them with you. Let’s start off with the important things: the eats. Who doesn’t love Sprinkles cupcakes? Seriously, if you don’t step away from the blog. They’re decorated with little circles that spell out LOVE and a topper that looks like a bridal gown, or anyway it’s supposed to. Don’t knock it- I made it. 

We sort of had a wine tasting theme, and by sort of I mean 5 bottles of wine later… Anyway my beautiful co-hosts had glasses made with our names & the wedding date as favors. Very cute, now we have approximately 30 of these in our possession due to an over shipment. We shall never run out of pretty wine glasses! Hooray! We’re thinking of giving them away at the rehearsal dinner, why not we’ll never NEED 30 glasses!

Here are my FMIL and FSIL #2 having fun with the crazy games! I swear they are having fun!

And FSIL #1 posing for the camera! I sort of love the contrast of the Lily in the shot. Don’t you adore her spectacles? Got to have love for the Cat-Eye glasses.

Did I mention 1/2 of everyone there was in the medical profession? This is Mandy she’s studying to be a Naturopathic Physician. Yay Mandy! She got me eco-friendly/sustainable Bamboo serving spoons and a big Bamboo bowl. We tease her, she may or may not be a hippie. Not the Dirty kind, that’s her fiancé!

Here’s me “looking funny for the camera”? I seriously don’t know what the eff I’m doing. But it looks like I’m having a good time doing it! Our very talented, new-mother, and co-host, Stacy! The one who made those rockin’ packets with the questions. Seriously that is her precious 2 month old baby girl. Two. Months. Old. The lady is a craft-diva.         

So the spot light was stolen by an adorable 2 month old baby girl. It seems fitting. So why try to upstage her adorableness. I’d rather show you my crazy chipmunk face. Otherwise known as the dreaded “bubblegum game” yes the one where they make fun of you for not knowing questions about your fiancé. BTW I got 4 wrong- the pieces of gum were GIGANTIC!

I hope you enjoyed virtually attending my bridal shower. Are you excited for your bridal shower? Have you already had one? Was there an awesome theme? Cupcakes? Wine? All of the above?

Showered with Love, Wine & Cupcakes: The Games

While I’m waiting on photos from my bridesmaid I decided to share with you some of the awesome games we played and the cute packet that Stacy made for everyone to write in. I also want to point out on the co-hosts of my shower, Stacy, is also a NEW MOM. Seriously she has a beautiful 2 month old baby girl and still made these amazing scrap-book style packets. Marvel at their crafty glory!

The first game we played was about me, how fitting. Obviously I didn’t participate in the game, I just told everyone the answers. But I thought some of the alternate answers were quite hilarious, except for the alternates to #1- die hard Seminole here! Obviously #5 is just for fun, the answer is false.

The next game we played was essentially Wedding-Related trivia. I should explain that I got every one of these questions right because Mr. AZ and I had originally planned to make trivia cards about wedding superstitions and were going to place them at every table. We instead went with Arizona-Info on the backs of all the table numbers. We found it to be just as interesting!

Okay so you may laugh at this next one. It’s a Wedding Scramble and I swear some of the words were really obvious once she read them. I also realize I spelled Garter wrong, I was in the heat of the moment trying to write out as many as possible. Oh well! I marked myself wrong for it. 


Did your bridesmaids do anything crazy for your shower? How awesome is that packet, seriously? Anyone else know how to scrapbook, because this whole thing baffles me!

Bridal Shower!

So a while back I mentioned I was going to help throw my own bridal shower. Mainly because I love getting together with the ladies and having fun, but because most of my ladies are busy ladies indeed. But last week I opened up an email....

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I am having a Bridal Shower! My crazy busy friends Bridesmaid Jenna (ER Physician's Assistant) and Stacy (New 1st time MOM!) have decided that I simply deserve a bridal shower. So I'm totally excited, it's the day after my doctorate graduation, and apparently there will be a Sprinkles Cupcake tower!

Sprinkles!

I am way excited. I have no idea what to expect, you know other than a Red Velvet Sprinkles cupcake. How excited were you to get your bridal shower invitation? How did it go, what did you wear?!

Bridal Shower: Kitchen Edition

Well I should probably let you all know that I'm all alone out here in the Wild Wild West and all my female relatives are out East, way east like FLORIDA! My Maid of Honor is all the way in Chicago and my Bridesmaid is a bit busy working in the emergency room.

It would be a little hard for any of those people mentioned above to throw me a bridal shower. But I'd still like one. So I schemed with my FSIL and we decided to tackle the Bridal Shower ourselves. It's easier and way more fun for me as I like to plan things! First thing's first we need a theme. There are some great ones like "Around the Clock" where everyone brings something that corresponds to a time of day they're given. But I always go to Hostess with the Mostess for more theme inspiration.  After taking a peek at some of their ideas I decided on a tried and true bridal shower theme.

The Kitchen Shower!

Minted designed by Push Papers

My Good Greetings

Aren't those invitations just adorable? I think the colander "shower" is my favorite, since it's a literal interpretation of a shower in the kitchen. I digress, but this theme really does lend itself to some beautiful/whimsical tablescapes... 

Hostess with the Mostess

And how are these for some economical favors...

IKEA 49cents for a set of 3

Wrap it up with some beautiful ribbon to match your decor and viola! A beautiful low cost and use-able Bridal Shower favor! With everyone moving so much these days are you separated from your family? Are any of you helping to plan your shower?

Wilton Flower Fun-Cups Review

I recently won Wilton Flower Fun-Cups from Real Gloss and wanted to do a quick review because these would make great additions to a floral themed Bridal Shower or engagement party. They really add a quick touch to a simple cupcake.

 

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But they are a liiiiiitle different than your standard cupcake paper. So let me take you through the step by step. First you need to wash them before use then just pour in your batter- they have a 2/3 line in each cup which is very helpful. 

This is what happens if you try to put icing on the cupcake while it is still in the broad flower cup.... no bueno.

Here is what happens when you then try to ganache the same cupcake...

Well that's a delightful mess. Again, no bueno. The secret to these cups is that it's very easy to get the cupcake OUT of the silicone cup, apply icing and decorative touches, and then slide them right back in. Observe...

Much better and much less messy looking! Just lather, rinse, repeat and you'll have a whole tray of this:

Beautiful cupcakes fit for a Bridal Shower or  Baby Shower! We actually served these for our belated Mother's Day. They were a BIG hit. Do you have any handy tools or decorative touches you like to add for showers?