Tomorrow's Wishes

Have I told you that I have an amazingly talented friend named Dawn?

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.

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...

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)

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.

Now using a 6-7 inch piece of ribbon make a bow

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!)

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

Trim the edges of your bow at a slight angle

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...

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.

She decorated her banisters using Tiffany blue and white tulle, ribbons and baby's breath

Simple and elegant

She added a wonderful spray of tulle to the mantle as well (Is that not a cool mantle by the way!)

She utilized mason jars, tulle and baby's breath to make centerpieces for the table

The plates were a combination of Tiffany blue and Damask

Even the cupcakes were made by her and her beautiful daughter Courtney. She placed them on a tower with baby's breath and a tulle bow. It was a perfect touch!

Each cupcake was in a damask wrapper adding an elegant touch

She added Tiffany blue pearls and a light dusting of baking sugar crystals  to give them a beautiful sparkle. Everyone was raving about them!

She had so much food to! She opted for all appetizers, finger sandwiches and yummy treats.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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!

The winner of The Price is Right game received this...

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!

These two little buggers are mine. Samantha and Tessa.

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!