Shabby Chic Bridal Shower

You are going to fall in love with this SHABBY CHIC BRIDAL SHOWER submitted by Justine Clarke of Sensationally Sweet Events! All the details are just fantastic! So many beautiful ideas here!

Justine said this about planning the party- “My business is based on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia and I was asked to put together a pretty & shabby chic Spring bridal shower for my client which included lollies, desserts and a champagne bar. The colours for this party were a pale aqua; influenced by the shade of some gorgeous little photo frames I found as well as pale pink and peach which were the predominant colours in some fabric remnants I had leftover from another event that I had planned to use. I crafted for a while for this party with some old vintage cake and biscuit carriers glued down onto painted candle sticks and given a new lease of life and turned into cake stands with pretty ribbon and fabric tied around the bases. I also found a simple wicker basket at a garage sale that I painted aqua and tied fabric to the handles. Treats on the table included chocolate brownies, caramel fudge, cake pops, cupcakes and ombre marshmallow pops plus a selection of lollies in jars. Cake and marshmallow pops were stuck in a vintage bread baking tray that I wrapped with pretty fabric and ribbons and favour bags were simply decorated with aqua ric-rac glued to the top. Glass jars were simply decorated with craft roses glued onto the sides and filled with pink grapefruit and champagne jelly and I served pink champagne in glittered glasses (followed the tutorial I found on-line from Something Turquoise with ‘Zoe loves Sam’ tags stuck to sugar swizzle sticks in each glass.”

Vendors and Credits-
Party styling: Sensationally Sweet Events
Photography: Mr and Mrs Smith Photography
Cookies: Sweet Arts by Bek
Cake pops: Gold Coast Cake Pops
Cupcakes: The Cupcake Parlour
Ruffled crepe paper backdrop streamers: Charmios
Graphic design for all printables: Concept Designs
Stamped wooden spoons: Red Elephant Creative
Flowers: Stems Wholesale Flowers

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Linen Bags
Crepe Paper Streamers
Ribbon, Fabric
Rock Candy Swizzle Sticks
Apothecary Jars
Wooden Utensils
Cupcake Liners
Pearl Gumballs
Jute Ribbon, Jute Twine
Lollipop Sticks

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Linen Bags
Crepe Paper Streamers
Ribbon, Fabric
Rock Candy Swizzle Sticks
Apothecary Jars
Wooden Utensils
Cupcake Liners
Pearl Gumballs
Jute Ribbon, Jute Twine
Lollipop Sticks

Vintage Shabby Chic + Burlap & Lace Wedding

I am in love with this VINTAGE SHABBY CHIC + BURLAP & LACE WEDDING RECEPTION submitted by Kimberly Erickson! The details here are simply gorgeous! Kim spent months & months planning this event. Every little aspect just screams perfection.

Here is what Kim had to say about planning the event- “When Jessie and I happened upon seven adorable farmhouse windows, we just knew that they would be perfect for her vintage shabby chic wedding reception.  They were our inspiration in finding a sweet, simple and meaningful way to decorate and celebrate her very special day.

Some of our favorite and most meaningful details included:
Vintage books wrapped in burlap and lace and hand stamped with personal sentiments.
Rose colored goblets, a wedding gift given to Jessie’s grandmother many years ago, were draped in pearls.
Vintage teacups, some belonging to Jessie’s great-grandmothers, were used to hold rose-topped cupcakes.
Perfectly sweet Blue Ball Mason Jars were thrifted and used to hold simple rose bouquets.
Frames were made and farmhouse windows used to display pictures of the bride and groom.  Lots and lots of pictures.  Since, of course, a picture says a thousand words :)
Wood blocks were stained, covered with vintage floral papers and vinyl lettering applied to personalize each guest table and display area.
A vintage typewriter, belonging to Jessie’s great great grandfather; a vintage silver vase, costume jewelry and the sweetest pink gloves, belonging to her great great grandmother; were used to decorate the sign in table.
And then, of course, some details were included just because they are meaningful to Jessie and Zach…namely, owls :)

And some things were included just because Jessie’s loves them…
Burlap and lace, roses {simple & muted in color}, salt water taffy–wedding favors packaged in the cutest brown and white polka dot bags, vintage clothespins wrapped in old book pages and tied with lace and buttons, little aqua blue lovebirds, silhouettes, initials, white pearled gumballs, pinwheels, personalized banners, old doors, vintage keys, Scrabble tiles and a dessert buffet of favorite pastries and pies…After all, a day celebrating the love of your life should be filled with all the things you love, don’t you think?”

Personalized Guestbook- Shabby Scrap
Desserts & Groom’s Owl Cake- Schmidts Pastry Cottage
Wedding Cake & Cupcakes- One Sweet Slice
Vinyl Lettering- Pennies for Thoughts {pennies4thoughts@hotmail.com}
Canvas Prints- iPrintCanvas

Items available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Burlap, Burlap Ribbon
Ribbon, Lace
Salt Water Taffy
Pearl Gumballs
Candy Scoops
Apothecary Jars
Cupcake Liners

  

Shabby Chic Bridal Shower

This gorgeous SHABBY CHIC BRIDAL SHOWER was submitted by Laura Murphy of Live Smile Celebrate. What a beautiful celebration! There are a ton of ideas that could be used for a birthday party or baby shower, too! Laura said- “I recently hosted a bridal shower for my childhood best friend. I knew I wanted to give her a shabby chic/vintage theme because it fit her personality. I started planning ideas months ago. All I wanted was to give her a day she would truly remember. She is so special to me and I treasure all my memories with her. For the eating table, I used three 8ft tables with white garden chairs. I used an assortment of different size vases to fill flowers with. The table was set with with a large pink plate layered with a doily and a green plate and topped with a menu. I wrapped each napkin with a printable holder. For the dessert table I wanted to keep it pretty simple. The weather was 90 degrees outside, so I was cautious as to what would hold up in the heat. I made the cake myself and added some fresh flowers to it. It was simple and sweet. We also had mini fruit cups, mini strawberry shortcake treats, chocolate parfaits, meringue cookies, pink whoppers, lemon cupcakes and butter cream cupcakes. For the drink area, we had lemonade, sangria, & waters. I used mason jars as our glasses, wrapping each of them with laced ribbon. Pink striped straws were used in each of the glasses. The Sangria was made by my friend Noelle. It was so yummy! For the favors, I made homemade salt bath scrub {Recipe Below} in half pint sized mason jars. After I sealed them, I topped them with a piece of ribbon and twine. For the display, I painted and sanded a piece of shelf and added some lace ribbon to give it a rustic feel.” Vendors and Credits: Styling & Printables- Live Smile Celebrate Photography- Bethany Sieman Items used in this party that are available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop: Honeycomb Tissue Flowers Hanging Lanterns Clear Plastic Dessert Cups Mason Jars Lace Clear Pedestal Cups Miniature Clear Spoons Pink Striped Paper Straws Twine Standing Party Frame

 

Purchase the above Clear Pedestal Cups here.

Purchase the above Dessert Goblets here.

    Lemon Bath Salt Scrub   4 cups of kosher salt 1 cup of oil {Vegetable or Olive} 2 tablespoons of lemon extract 3 drops of yellow food coloring few squeezes of fresh lemon juice   Mix all together in a bowl. You may need to add more oil. You want to make sure you coat all the salt with a good amount of oil. Make as many batches as needed to fill your jars.

Purchase the above Pink Striped Paper Straws here.

Purchase the above square miniature plastic cups here.

Yellow and Burlap Vintage Bridal Shower

This YELLOW & BURLAP VINTAGE BRIDAL SHOWER submitted by Jenny Marrs of Marrs Memories is just lovely! I hope you love it as much as I do. There is definitely a lot of darling shower ideas!

“This was a bridal shower that I hosted for my sister. We incorporated the wedding colors of yellow and grey into the theme. We wanted the shower to be lighthearted and fun and used details like chalkboards and personalized signs for the food and drink tables. We used old crates and vintage boxes to display the desserts on the dessert bar. The dessert bar included cake pops, cupcakes and mini cheesecakes and they were all a hit! Each guest took home a jar of homemade citrus salt body scrub in a mini mason jar.” Vendors and Credits: Party Favors (Homemade Citrus Salt Body Scrub with chalkboard painted lids), found HERE Paper Straws – Isa Kay Boutique Desserts – Darland Bakery of Orlando, FL Items used that are available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop: Burlap Table Cloth Apothecary Jars Paper Straws Mason Jars Balloons Jute Twine

Burlap and Lace Wedding Dessert Table

My next winning party feature goes to this gorgeous BURLAP AND LACE WEDDING DESSERT TABLE by Jenny Keller of Jenny Cookies. Oh my goodness…I think I’ve seen a little piece of heaven. This dessert station is absolutely beautiful. I adore the vintage goodness. And the lace, oh, it’s just perfect. From the old suitcases to the coffee filter poms to the burlap rosette flower on the cake…it is all just stunning. 
This is what Jenny said about her dessert bar- “Every time I put a dessert table together I think to myself, this one is one of my favorites. Then the next table comes along and I think the same thing. They can’t all be my favorite, but this particular burlap and lace table I did for a recent wedding ranks pretty high on the list.”