August 2018

Things got so crazy busy, that I got sidetracked and was not able to post like I had hoped. So I wanted to finish updating you on the bridal shower and after that about my bachelorette trip to Walt Disney World. Then I’ll have to update you on My Wedding it was definitely a dream and I am now Mrs. Rios! I am still waiting on more photographs from our photographer. But I will definitely share all of that! 🌹

My Bridal Shower was originally themed A Parisian Affair. It ended up reminding me of Paris in the springtime. I had planned this all out on my Pinterest board for what feels like forever. I had so many ideas it was hard to do everything but I loved how it all came together. I went with black and white stripes, and a variety of different pinks. Plus the added touches were of course rose gold and sparkle.

I had a cute yard sign made for the Bridal Shower for everyone to find the house. It was a cute sign that I put together and it came out better than I expected. I actually ordered it from Office Depot. I attached rose gold balloons that I found on Amazon. They were the cutest addition to the decorations and they added the cutest girly touch of rose gold to everything. We used them all around the bridal shower for decorations. I loved the combination of solid and confetti balloons.

The photo booth was made by Vincent’s Dad and it came out amazing we added the flowers and letters to it. The paper flowers added the pinks to the green and made it pop. I then found the pink glitter letters for the backdrop that spelled out Miss to Mrs. It was what I was looking for and were already painted and had the glitter so I didn’t need to do anything extra. I found them at Hobby Lobby. We also bought different props for the photo booth area. For the photo booth I actually found it for my iPad through the Apple App Store and it is Babeland. It was so cool and so much fun, I was even able to create the template below and it did GIF’s it was so much fun and so cool to have set up for everyone to use.

We also had found the cutest signs that were perfect for all around the bridal shower. It was a set and they had many different ones with it, it included: a welcome to the shower, gifts & cards, drinks, sweets, and food signs. They were the perfect addition to the decorations.

For the floral arrangements I had already planned out that I wanted a mix of peonies, roses, and baby’s breath. They were a mix of different pinks and it created the prettiest centerpieces I could have imagined. We went to the LA Flower Market and found all of the flowers there. They have so many choices it made it so hard to pick. We went the day before and found the perfect flowers and they lasted even longer since they were so fresh. I definitely recommend going there if you are looking for flowers for any event they have so many good choices and good prices and so many options. We even ended up using roses and hung them around my table and it was the cutest. It was so pretty to have the flowers hang on the canopy it added a cute touch. I saw it on Pinterest and thought it would be perfect to have that same idea somewhere at the bridal shower.

The flowers went perfectly with the Eiffel tower table decorations that I found and they were rose gold. I also found the crystals for the tables on Amazon that complimented the Eiffel towers. I also found the cutest little glass perfume bottles that tied in the theme of my Bridal shower invitations. The linens we chose were these beautiful silk black and white stripped tablecloths. They added to my theme and I loved them so much. The chairs we went with were white chivarri chairs with black seat cushions. It was so pretty that it all went so good together.

I found these adorable pink paper lanterns that had a variety of pinks and it added the cutest touch. We added them on the trees and the patio overhang it was so pretty. In those areas as well we had rose gold balloons. On the bushes near the gift table I found these adorable white glitter butterflies we added them to the bushes and it was the perfect touch. I also found a cute rose gold love balloon and pink engagement ring balloon, I loved how they could be used for photo props as well.

I had so many different ideas for the food, drinks, and desserts. I wanted it to all tie in together but at the same time be a really good mix that would all go together. We wanted to do a lunch with the options for more appetizers and desserts.

So for the appetizers we decided to do a mix of some of my favorites. I wanted my grandmothers delicious crab dip. She seriously makes it and every time it is amazing. We also did some different cheeses, assorted meats, with crackers. Of course we also had different fruit for everyone to snack on. It was all so delicious I loved it all. It definitely helped to have those appetizers while the lunch was still being set up and put together.

For drinks this was one of my favorites. I wanted to do something fun and cute that gave everyone different options to choose from. So I decided to do a mimosa bar so everyone could choose their own juice and mix it with some champagne. It came out so good since we found so many different delicious juices to choose from. We wanted some fruity and sweet ones and some that were less sweet. The champagne we used was the Frexinet extra dry brut. It was delicious and went perfect with everything. I know some people were just having champagne since it was so good. Plus I just loved having the options. For non-alcoholic drinks for everyone we had pink lemonade and peach bellini tea. This tea is one of my favorite options for a peach tea.

For lunch we had it catered by one of my favorite places Olive Garden. We of course had, salad and bread sticks. Which I love and could live off of since they are so good. For the main entrees we had chicken parmigiana, fettuccine alfredo, ravioli, and baked ziti. The food was delicious. It worked out perfectly to have a lunch at my bridal shower.

For desserts we had so many delicious options. I saw some ideas on Pinterest of different things I wanted to do. I wanted to do something cute and creative. I really wanted to have donuts from California Donuts so I found some cute and creative ways to have them. What I ended up doing was making a donut tower. I did this by stacking the donuts on top of each other with a big base to get smaller once it got to the top. This worked out perfectly since I ordered custom mini donuts that fit the colors and theme of the bridal shower. For my cake it was the Pink Champagne cake from Crème & Sugar. It was delicious and of course so pretty look at. I loved how it looked with my cake topper. We also had a candy bar with some different candies that are some of my favorites. Olive Garden also gave us some extra desserts that we were able to add to the dessert area. Everything was delicious and everyone loved everything it was all gone at the end.

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