Cold Tuesday Morning: Something Blue

Sunday was Lauren and Blake's Bridal Shower at our home church, Oak Grove Baptist. This shower was inspired by a bridal shower I attended several years ago, for my good friend Whitney. They had a theme off of the classic wedding tradition, "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue."

Once the theme was chosen, we started planning out the details, and I began referring the shower to the "Something Blue" shower (because who really wants to say all of that every time you talk about it...?)

Something Old: Pictures from Lauren and Blake's courtship. We wanted to display photos of the happy couple in a unique and inexpensive way. We strung jute back and forth between some a lattice panels, and then used clothes pins to hang the photos.

Something New: Gifts from Guests. This one was the easiest to plan because its pretty obvious.

Something Borrowed: Recipes from Guests. Each guest provided 1 or 2 favorite recipes to give to Lauren and Blake for their future meals. Additionally, at this area we had photos from my grandparents wedding, my parents wedding, and my wedding. This added a bit more interest to this area, plus who doesn't love a good wedding photo?...

Something Blue: Blue-inspired Food. This picture doesn't do the food justice, honestly. First of all, it looked AMAZING, and it tasted phenomenal! My aunt, Melissa, had a friend who does catering on the side, and she was great about working with our blue food idea! We had little salads with raisins and almonds, chicken salad croissants topped with olives, baby ham and biscuits, chocolate covered strawberries (drizzled with blue icing), blueberry cookies, cupcakes with blue sprinkles, blue mints, and nuts. I'll add some photos at the end of this post of some close-ups of the food.

Other Interesting Party Ideas:

"Game of Life" Bridal Shower