From the bride:
Call me a bridezilla, but when I heard that my bridal party would
be throwing me a shower, I had difficulty relinquishing control. Possibly due
to the fact that I had appointed my brother to be my maid of honour at the
start of the whole wedding planning thing, and my other 6 bridesmaids told him
that it was his job to plan the shower. A male maid of honour seemed like fun
at the time, but the clashing of the two sexes became apparent very quickly.
For example, the girls suggested mini-smoked salmon or cucumber/cream cheese
finger sandwiches to go with our "English Garden High Tea" theme,
while my brother insisted on gooey meatballs, or sloppy joe's. He couldn't
understand why women wouldn't want to eat deliciously meaty dishes in their
Sunday best.
After dozens of
e-mails per DAY, things started to come together nicely. We kept everything
"in the family" or DIY which was amazing because you could really
feel the love behind everything. My BCBG dress was a gift from my
mother-in-law, the cupcakes and french macarons were made by one of my
bridesmaids' friends Pauline from the Cookie Cornucopia, the marmalade was
made by my brother's friend Alexandra Howard, my friend Haydn Liang assisted
with the photography, the pink garden roses were purchased in bulk from WholeBlooms and assembled
the day of, the milk glass vases were all collected from thrift stores, the
crates and buttons and vintage suitcases were purchased from antique stores,
and the rest of the treats were all home-made by my 6 amazing bridesmaids and 1
amazing maid of honour. We worked for hours on crafts.... making tissue paper
pom poms, individual wine glass labels for the guests, the food labels, and my
card holder suitcase. My engagement photos were pinned on twine with
mini-clothes pins. In the end, I think that in the end it all came
together nicely! The guests raved about the food and the decor, and everyone
seemed to have a great time!!! Thanks again to all of the people that helped
out to make it such an incredibly memorable event! :)
