Well...
She put together the most beautiful wedding shower for her son and soon to be daughter in law that would put the pros to shame! She bought almost all of her crafting supplies at Michaels Stores and with the cupcake design help of her daughter she pulled off quite an amazing event!
From beginning to end she paid close attention to detail making sure the soon to be happily married couple would have a wedding shower they would not soon forget!
Let's start with the invites...Dawn let me take a few pictures of her in action making them.
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| She used this delicate dress back ground that she had as the template for the invite. She changed the background color to a Tiffany blue, added all of the event information and gathered her supplies... |
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| Her supplies included: 4x6 prints of the finished invite, white card stock, glue gun, Tiffany blue ribbon and flowers, scissors and double sided tape (not pictured: single hole punch) |
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| Start off by mounting your 4x6 invite print onto a 5x7 piece of card stock using the double sided tape. Dawn used a pearly cross grain finish on the front of the card stock to give the invite texture. Be sure to leave a little extra room on the top to punch your holes for the ribbon. Cut about a 5 inch section of ribbon for the first part of the bow, you will use this to loop through the holes (as shown). Make sure you trim the edges of your looped ribbon at an angle. |
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| Now using a 6-7 inch piece of ribbon make a bow |
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| Then take a flower, add a dab of hot glue and place it on the center of your bow. (Note: You might notice the hot pink marabou stuck to her glue gun, first that's a sign of a real crafter and second you have to check out her Etsy store Doodles, Dots N Dimples! OMGosh! She makes the most adorable party hats! Matter of fact, she made the bracelets she's wearing to...can you say TALENTED!) |
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| Once you are finished add a dab of glue to the back of the bow (with flower already attached) and glue it to the center of the looped ribbon on the top of the invitation |
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| Trim the edges of your bow at a slight angle |
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| Ta-Daa! (OK, don't laugh at the very unprofessional blocking out of the information. Although, I thought Dawn would appreciate me not giving that out to the entire world.) |
Are those not the cutest invites! Simple to make, low cost and just down right beautiful!
OK, now on to the decorations...
What that woman can do with a little tulle, baby's breath, some ribbon and a mason jar, dang! It is just mind boggling! She is like a crafting MacGyver!
She didn't go crazy with decorations, just enough to tie everything together...
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| She made an adorable flag banner using her Cricut that said Miss to Mrs. She tied them together with ribbon and hung it for guests to see as they arrived. |
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| She decorated her banisters using Tiffany blue and white tulle, ribbons and baby's breath |
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| Simple and elegant |
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| She added a wonderful spray of tulle to the mantle as well (Is that not a cool mantle by the way!) |
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| She utilized mason jars, tulle and baby's breath to make centerpieces for the table |
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| The plates were a combination of Tiffany blue and Damask |
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| Each cupcake was in a damask wrapper adding an elegant touch |
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| She added Tiffany blue pearls and a light dusting of baking sugar crystals to give them a beautiful sparkle. Everyone was raving about them! |
When it was time for games I was excited and nervous. I had been to two previous showers and had given her a few ideas of what games they played there that she could use. So I was hoping they would go over well. Below are examples of the games and a brief description of how to play each game.
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| Wedding Word Scramble: We used the background from her invitation for the games to tie it all together. For this game we came up with wedding words like: Veil, invitation, honey moon, vows, tears, bridesmaid, etc. and then scrambled them all up. The winner was the one that had the most correct answers. She had prizes to pick from like a collection of Bath and Body works lotions or a damask stationary set (adorable). |
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| Famous Couples Match Up: For this game you had to match up famous couples like Scarlett and Rhett, Lucy and Desi, Shaggy and Scooby Doo, Beyonce and Jay Z, Pebbles and Bam Bam, and so on. We even had Taylor and Jenn! The winner was able to choose one of the many fun prizes. |
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| What's in Your Purse: You really find out a lot about your guests in this one. We really needed to add a bonus section for the "oddest item". Basically, you get points for what you have tucked inside that bag of yours. Like 1 point for gum or candy, or 5 points for a seashell or nail polish and so on... Winner of this one was able to pick from the prize bags Dawn had made up. |
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| The Price is Right: OK I love this one. There are two winners! Who ever guesses right and the soon to be Bride or Groom. For this one she had a Movie Night theme. She simply bought a large popcorn bucket and filled it with bags of popcorn, movies, candy, etc. Trick is to keep track of your receipts and tally it all up. BUT, don't tell anyone. |
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| Then you pass around the bucket to each guest and have them write down their best guess of what the think the entire bucket and its contents cost. The one that comes the closest without going over wins! Best part...they get a prize and the soon to be bride and groom get the bucket! |
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| My dear best friend Dawn, doing her Vanna White impersonation and holding up the prize! It was made by Dawn's son and the one and only soon to be groom...Taylor. He is a fire fighter by day and amazing artist by night. Check him out at Taylor Paints! |
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| This is the chalk board with another piece from Taylor Paints He really does fantastic work. I had him do a series of three paintings for my husband for Christmas one year, he is a huge Walking Dead fan, as am I! Stop it! Don't judge! |
Now the previous showers I had been to also did other fun The Price is Right ideas like a car wash bucket complete with car wash, wax, towels, sponges, etc. Same concept, come the closest without going over and you get a prize and the groom to be gets the bucket.
Another cool idea was a honeymoon bag for the bride to be. This one was a bit trickier. When they presented it at the shower I was at, all they did at first was show the bag (which was a big beach type bag) and then one by one pulled items out of a grocery bag like travel size shampoos, tooth brush, sunscreens, first aid kit, snacks, books, sunglasses, hand lotion, etc. and placed them in the bag. You didn't have to guess the price but you had to remember what all was placed in the bag. And they did not tell you prior, you just kept wondering why they were showing you everything from someone's bag. The one that remembered the most items (not me of course) won a prize and the bride to be received the bag for their honeymoon. I believe they had about 25 items all together, and some of them were very creative and all travel sized. Fun!
Well, that brings us to the favor bags! These were of course...adorable!
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| Each bag had a thank you tag attached and was filled with Hershey's kisses. |
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| Dawn even made (in her spare time) milk chocolate and white chocolate lollipop hearts! She covered a box with Tiffany blue wrapping paper, poked holes in it and placed the lollipops in the top of the box. It doubled as a fun table decoration as well. |
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| SUPER cute! |
From start to finish everything looked amazing! Dawn did a fantastic job, kept within her budget and presented a charming wedding shower.
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| These two little buggers are mine. Samantha and Tessa. |
I believe Tessa was "guarding" the chocolate lollipops (wink, wink) and Samantha was gloating to me that she won the prized chalk board. Sniff, sniff, sigh...I really, really wanted that! And no she didn't cheat, I didn't her the amount, only Dawn knew.
However, I should mention that Samantha is such a giving young lady, that she let me keep the chalk board in our living room so everyone can write on it. (had nothing to do with me "joking" she would have to walk home if she didn't share it either, Phishhhh!) Thank you Sam! :)
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| It now proudly rests in our family room and we use the chalk board all the time! This is exactly how everyone left that wedding shower...smiling. Great job Dawn! |
I would like to say congratulations to Taylor and Jenn! They are in Naples right now preparing for their big day tomorrow! Dawn...remember to just breathe!!!! Your baby boy will always be your baby boy no matter how tall he is or how much he can bench press! ;)
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