Breakfast at Tiffany's Bridal Shower

Yesterday I had breakfast at Tiffany's... or at her uncle Joe's amazing garden anyway. Tiffany's long-anticipated bridal shower was so much fun we're already talking about a shower reunion party. It was so exciting to see all the planning come to fruition.

Here are just a few of the pretty party details:

Framed pics with quotes and pics of Audrey lined the expansive outdoor kitchen bar.

The dessert bar included (right to left) aqua and pearl gumballs, rock candy sticks, Hershey's kisses, and some yummy cupcakes made by Katherine of Irish Italian Blessings.

We had bagels with cream cheese, croissants, blueberry and melon fruit salad, and Sarah's delicious egg and sausage casserole.

Of course no breakfast party is complete without mimosas.

The beautiful bride poses in the background as the MOH Megan leads the bridesmaids in a toast of Dom P. c. 1996.

Tiffany's mom created the gorgeous centerpieces with glass pebbles, green moss, and pink roses.

Tissue paper pompoms are a really easy way to tie in a party's color scheme and make it feel more festive.

I couldn't get over how insanely beautiful this yard was. 

Double-stuffed Oreo cookie favors also created by Katherine (a seriously talented DIY mom and an incredible person).

Gifts to match the theme.

This garden was so inspiring as we're starting to dive into our own landscaping.

 

 

 

Mother's Day Roses and Vintage Love Stories

I thought I would take a couple more pics of the cool vintage books we used to style Kristen's bridal shower. 

 

 

It makes a nice little centerpiece with the vibrant roses Alex gave me for Mother's Day.

Breakfast at Tiffany's Bridal Shower Invitations

Project of the week: Invitations to Breakfast at Tiffany's Bridal Shower

I think I came pretty close to the one we envisioned here.

Ribbon and rhinestones would have been nice, but I whipped these out in one evening with very little notice.

The card stock is Bazzill Basics grasscloth in Navajo and it's very close to the authentic Tiffany blue color (though it's hard to tell in the pictures above). I bought 12" x 12" sheets from Michael's and cut them down to 5" x 7" (3-up) at Kinko's before printing.

I found the Audrey silhouette in Google images and plan to use it in the party decor as well.

Everything else is right on track and the bridal shower planning crew is ready for action in -- drumroll please -- 29 days!

Happily Ever After

Kristen's bridal shower was on Sunday. You may remember reading about the party planning a while back so I'm excited to share the details of how it all actually came together...

Packing everything up to take to the shower venue.

I framed some quotes I found online (mostly from Pinterest) that fit the fairy tale / love story theme and we set them out around the private room we rented at Picán restaurant in downtown Oakland.

My personal favorite:

"Once in a while, in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale."

I also found the perfect scrapbook I filled with adorable pictures of K and B together to use as a guestbook. (It's in the bottom-right corner in the photo above.) I'm going to add in pictures from the shower for Kristen to keep as a memento.

I was also pretty happy with how the banner turned out. I just printed "Bride to Be" on the same white card stock as the invitations and taped it to the pink card stock backing to leave a thin border, then hole-punched the top corners and strung the twine through. The restaurant had the perfect wine rack where we could hang it along with some hot pink tissue paper pompoms via Martha at either end. 

Here I am with the beautiful bride-to-be and lovely MOH Jennifer. 

We set some gray stripey straws at the bar next to a cute little succulent, as well as in the water glasses at each place setting.

The bride and her future SIL enjoying a delicious lavender lemon drop martini that conveniently matched the party's color scheme.

For the centerpieces, we set potted flowers (left and right photos below are baby roses and center is a hydrangea) atop classic fairy tales, love stories, and romantic collections of poems tied with raffia.

We also broke out the old Scrabble game and spelled out as many wedding-related words/phrases as we had letters for. Then we scattered glass pebbles and Hershey's kisses for the finishing touch.

I can't take credit for the menu cards and games. Jennifer did an amazing job with those and were a huge hit. We set them at each place setting while we were setting up so we didn't have to spend quality time passing things around during the party. 

We also put these little note cards in the same colors from Target at each place setting so guests could write their words of wisdom for marital bliss or just general well wishes to Kristen that we'll include in the guest book along with pictures of the guests.

Then we filled glittery silver favor boxes from Pier 1 with chocolates for guests to take home.

Kristen was the most adorable little girl and everyone loved admiring her childhood photos and guessing her age.

The keys are actually bottle openers from Bed, Bath & Beyond. Jen also found the adorable bags for the prizes. And she actually made those flower pens for my own bridal shower a few years ago. (I've used them for a few parties since then -- I love them!)

The ladies all insisted Kristen showcase her place setting as she opened gifts containing the various pieces.

Kristen was not very impressed with the ribbon bouquet I crafted. (And she'll probably kill me for including this picture.)

Kristen, I love you and can't wait to see you marry your prince charming and live happily ever after! 
There's no one more deserving of a fairy tale ending than you.

Breakfast at Tiffany's Bridal Shower Pre-Planning Pinterest Party

The bride has requested a Breakfast at Tiffany's theme, which is perfect given that her name is Tiffany and she's super stylish, and the bridal party planning is in full swing, Pinterest board and all.

Here are the details we have decided upon so far:

Theme: Breakfast at Tiffany's (Champagne Brunch)
Colors: Tiffany blue, black (damask), white/pearl, silver (obviously)
Invitations: I think this would be doable...

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Decorations: So far, we have tissue paper pompoms (of course, can you have a party without these anymore?), a photo vignette of Tiffany and/or Audrey and some famous quotes from the movie in black and white damask frames.

Drinks: Champagne, orange juice, coffee.
Food: Croissants/breakfast pastries and/or muffins, mini quiche, breakfast bites, and crab cakes (available at TJ's), glazed donut holes and/or powdered donuts, fruit skewers.
Dessert: 
Cupcakes...

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Petit fours...

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Macarons...

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Games: "What's in your purse?" (one of my favorite shower games; it really breaks the ice).

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Favors/Prizes:

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