This last Saturday was my sister Katelyn's bridal shower. She is such a wonderful person & we were so excited to help celebrate her and Travis! We were surrounded by friends, family and most importantly love!
I really, REALLY lucked out with the group of ladies Katelyn picked to stand by her side as she says 'I do'! They were beyond helpful, easily relied on and fun!! We had such a blast planning the party & watching the details come together!
Once we picked a date Katelyn had few requests, but mostly she didn't want to know anything about the shower. She left that allllllll up to us! We knew we didn't want to repeat her wedding colors, but we still wanted decor she would like. We tried to reflect both of their tastes (thankfully we did because this became more co-ed last minute, thanks to one too many delicious drinks around the fire Friday night!). We went with fun colors like pinks and teals, with white to keep it light and airy too. It was preppy and feminine, with a little rustic, country touches- just like Katelyn and Travis! The shower also had a very special theme, each guest was sent a recipe card and brought a recipe for Katelyn. Her future father in law is an amazing carpenter and builder, so he hand crafted this AMAZING recipe box for her! & went the extra mile and built Travis a wooden cooler holder as well! They are beautiful! We are ao lucky to have such talent in this family!
I wish I would have taken photos during the games! Katelyn requested that the games not be typical games that people try to sit out of! So, we had two easy prize games: one was a jar of panties that people had to guess how many were in there! For the next, we handed out necklaces and guests could not say 'Katie, Travis or wedding' if they did other guests stole their necklaces, the one with the most necklaces won! We also played wedding charades! Katelyn acted out the words and the two teams shouted out guesses! It was so fun! Our last game did not go as smoothly, but we created a playlist of popular love songs and guests wrote down the name of the song, most correct guesses won! We also quizzed Katelyn and Travis about each other's families, for every wrong answer they had to put a piece of bubble gum in their mouth! That was funny!! Though Travis would argue not that fun! ;)
Ok enough words, here's the pictures:
Hand painted invitations and hand written cards that went inside the invites!
The aisle up to their house
We created an 'aisle' for guests to walk down
Homemade banners and babies breath on their fireplace
Don't worry, I cut that string before people arrived!
Katelyn has a sweet tooth, only rivaled by her nephew Easton, so cotton candy was the perfect favor!
Prefood set up, hand made cards labeling each food.
Panty guess game, an apron for guests to sign, punch, drinks and her handmade recipe box!
Unsigned and waiting for guests!
Beautifully crafted! Thank you Big Rob!
Katelyn looked beautiful, as usual!
Their gorgeous house was the perfect place for people to gather!
I don't care if she hates this picture, I think she looks great!
The bridesmaids-minus one who had a baby a week ago!! Katie G, me, Katelyn, Morgan, Heidi & Hailey. We missed you Rachel!
Sisters!
Bride to be and her sweet tooth twin!
The Princess Nika sums up how we felt at the end of the day: EXHAUSTED!
Overall the whole thing was a hit! It was a lot of work, but well worth the look on their faces when they saw everything come together!
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