Work Shower : The Gifts!

I have been waiting for Super Crafty Sister to send the me the pictures she took at my bridal shower at work - but still no pics. :)

(Give her some slack - she just got back from an awesome vacation to Chicago!)

So here are a few shots of us opening our gifts, courtesy of my fantastic boss. (Yes, "he's fantastic!" clap clap clap - the commercial? anyone?)

We got some wonderful gifts!

And yes, that is the dress I wore to my other shower - I just added the little sweater to change it up a bit!

Have I mentioned that I love my job?? :)

Did anyone else have a bridal shower at work?

Honeymoon Shower : The Fun!

Sorry for the delay in getting the pictures from the Honeymoon Shower to you - but here they are!

My friends have a fantastic backyard. The day started with some ladderball (such a fun game!)

My Hottie!

And then our friend Nathan fired up the grill...

As the rest of us lounged by the pool. :)

After we ate, we opened presents. This is where the hilarity began.

We started with some "normal" gifts...

And then got a funny gag gift (my friends' re-gifted this - can you believe someone bought this for them for their wedding??)

And then...we opened my Mom's present.

And this is where the hysterical facial expressions begin.

Yes - my Mom gave me lingerie to open in front of my friends at the Honeymoon Shower. Too funny. She actually gave me four nighties, and my fiance is fist-pumping in every picture that I'm holding them up for display. Haha.

And then...Super-Crafty Sister's gifts. Which will not be displayed here for fear that the pictures may come back to haunt me. But you can only imagine based on my facial expressions as I open the gifts.

Too funny.


And I love this last picture. This is one of the many reasons I am marrying this man. He makes me laugh like this.



Yes, I have quite the expressive face. And yes, when I get really good into a laugh, I throw my head back just like this. Nothing quite like a good laugh.

So there you have it...our Honeymoon Shower. Wonderful memories with wonderful friends.

Has anyone else out there had (or plan to have) a Honeymoon Shower?

Bridal Shower : The Presents!

The ladies at my shower certainly showered me with gifts! The funny facial expressions in the following pictures will let you know a little bit about how excited I was to be receiving such wonderful gifts. :)

The first gift I opened was from Littlest Sister - a recipe book with her AMAZING smoothie recipe in it! There were a lot of blank recipe notecards so it worked well that I opened it first - we passed the blank cards around and people wrote their recipes down on them! I love having those recipies!


More presents...this one was a Calphalon sauce pan! Whoohoo!!



My parents bought me a complete set of SILVER. The best part? Both my great-grandmothers had the same pattern - and now I have it too! (And my mom, and my aunts...hehe)



I was really excited about these Florida State Tervis Tumblers. :)

More presents...

(Hold your jokes please) :)

And all the while, my dear friend (we will call her Mini Bridesmaid - seriously, she is tiny!) was creating my bouquet for my rehearsal. :)

She did a great job!


And here it is...the loot! :) My parents are holding it all hostage at their house until after the wedding to make sure I don't use it before then. Hehe.

It was an absolutely wonderful shower - thank you to everyone who helped make it possible. I felt so loved! :)

Bridal Shower : The Guests!

I feel so blessed to have had so many wonderful women attend my shower, but none was more special than my Grandma. My Grandma has Alzheimers and it has made it difficult for her to be a part of our lives outside her nursing home. Unfortunately, she will not be able to make it to the wedding. But she did come to my shower! It was such an unexpected gift to have her there with me, and she had an absolutely wonderful day.

Here are some more very special women in my life - my mother and my soon-to-be mother-in-law!

Here I am with our friend who will be doing all of our flowers as she pins my corsage onto my dress. We are so blessed to have her as a part of our wedding! Behind her is my other Grandma (who graciously helped with the food for the shower!), and my Littlest Sister doing her best "Where's Waldo" impersonation. :)

These ladies are very special to me too. The one on the left is my Mom's best friend and has been like a second mother to me my whole life. Both of these ladies graciously gave me a job at their children's clothing shop when I was in high school and have both always been a part of any of my big life events. They also helped Super-Crafty Sister with all the wonderful food!

This is Beemer. Yes, that is her name. She is not my grandmother, but feels like she could be! She worked at the children's shop with me when I was in high school and became one of my close friends. It meant so much to have her there!

I could go on and on about all the wonderful ladies in my life who showered me with love on Saturday, but here are just a few more pictures of the wonderful time that was had by all. I am so lucky to have such wonderful people in my life!

Next up....the presents!!! :)

Bridal Shower : The Decor

My bridal shower was AMAZING. I have so much to tell you, so I'm going to try to do it in bits and pieces. First up...the decor!

Super-Crafty Sister hosted my shower on Saturday at her beautiful home. And being the Super-Crafty Sister she is, the place looked fabulous.

In true Super-Crafty Sister fashion, she put together these beautiful centerpieces with flowers from our local farmers' market.

The tag around the vase designates who will the centerpiece will be given to. Several family friends helped provide food and other items, so this was her way of saying thank you. How thoughtful!!!

I love this. They put out baby pictures of me and my fiance. Too cute. :)

And here is the beautiful food table!!! Isn't it lovely??

The cake was stunning. Daisies are my favorite flower, so that theme carried beautifully throughout the shower.

I loved the different types of tea she offered, along with the cute tags to tell everyone which flavor each one was.

And this...this was one of my favorite parts of the shower! My sister asked everyone to bring one of their wedding photos to be displayed at the shower. I loved seeing all the different eras represented!!

And then there was...gift bingo! I played this at a friends' bridal shower and LOVED it. So my sister decided to recreate the game! Each guest received a blank Bingo card.



Super-Crafty Sister (in true teacher fashion) instructed the guests to fill out the blank squares with the gifts they thought I might be receiving that day.



As I opened each gift, the guests would mark off the square that matched the gift. It is a great way to keep guests entertained and involved as the presents are opened!!

Stay tuned for more! :)