A Shower for the Bride

One of my cousins got married this past Monday so we threw her a bridal shower brunch the Saturday just before the wedding so all of our out of town family could be included.

I'm not gonna lie, I had A LOT of fun planning this and putting it all together and I couldn't be happier with how it all turned out.

As the guests arrived, we had a table set up for them to leave Mackenzie some marriage/relationship advice. My favorite one, "lower your expectations"...

For food we had mini parfaits, bacon, 3 types of donut holes,

pineapple, mini quiche, mini caprese bites,

plain and mint oreo truffles and lemon bars.

Water and peach grapefruit to drink.

For the centerpieces I used white hydrangeas and white fresia and lemon wedges.

 For a take home gift I made blueberry pancakes in a jar with a wooden spoon attached that I had spray painted to match the shower colors.

and here she is on her wedding day...

She is beautiful...the wedding was beautiful and I couldn't be more happy for her!

Love you Mackenzie!

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Shower supply favorite finds:

Hurricane vase and apothecary jars are from Home Goods

I took one of their engagement pictures and modge podged it to a painted wood block then glued a finial to the top and tied on some ribbon.

Mini parfait cylindars are 5 oz found on amazon.com

Mini quiche are from Super Target (yum)

The donut holes are from Costco (there are so delicious)

mini plastic tongs are from the dollar store (4 in a pack)

chevron fabric I found on etsy and then made squares by hemming the edges

the lidded mason type jars are from Ikea (rest of the jars are my friends)

I rolled the plastic ware into yellow napkins from Ikea and tied them with striped bakers twine I found on etsy.

The square appetizer plates I used for people to eat on are from Crate and Barrell...they are super cute and inexpensive and come in a great storage box.