From bouquets, to paint brushes, to binkies: My Bridal Shower

My bridal shower was this last Saturday, and (not to be biased) it was the BEST bridal shower ever!

I got the awesome invites from Paper Heart Co on Etsy. They were some of the most efficient and quick people I have dealt with on Etsy. They were simply one of the best!

Everyone really seemed to enjoy themselves. My girls did a fantastic job of making the vision in my head come to life. It was a little whimsical and fun. We carried the lantern theme though the shower that will continue though the wedding as well.

(Stephanie E [MOH2], Stephanie C [BM], me, Aubrey [MOH1]

We had a fabulous drink bar with the lantern decor above it. We had build your own sangria, tea, lemonade and water.

The lantern cluster!

drink bar with make your own sangria

The dessert table was drool worthy and I think everyone indulged! We had an amazing ring cupcake cake, cake pops, Oreo pops, chocolate covered pretzels and other amazing flavor cupcakes.

The gift table was my favorite. We had pictures of Josh and I through the last 6 years (which FYI is A LOT! Try like 86, we narrowed it down to about 30) tied to balloons floating above the table. Josh had gotten me the Build-a-Bear bride and groom outfits for Christmas so of course I put them on my Disney Princess bear and Star Wars bear. (would you expect anything less?) I made the "meet the maids" sign and was very pleased with how it turned out.

The games we played I thought were great. They we're the overly annoying games that everyone groans to be involved in.
We played "How old is the Bride?" first:

I did all the editing of this picture in paint

It was great to hear everyone's guesses. So many people we're off by 1 year. :) Josh's step-mom Eve won this game with 6 points.

Next was "What's in your purse?":

Again edited by paint. I found the template via pintrest and erased what they had and input my own. It was still the "What's in your purse?" game, but I didn't like all the selection they had.

This was a lot of fun! I was really funny to hear what people had. My Aunt Carmen won this game with 90 points total!

Josh's mom, Debbie was the only one (besides my mom) to have a picture of the bride AND groom in her purse.

Next was Aubrey's game of "How well does Katie know Josh?" I needed a few extra glasses of sangria to play this game. It turned out to be a lot of fun and I had help from all my guest.

For the wedding shower favor, my girls worked with Northwest-Engraving to produce these amazing personalized wine stoppers!

It truly was a magical day and I can not thank everybody enough who came to share this special day with me. It was great seeing some family and friend (who are basically family) enjoy this moment with me!

I also can't forgot how generous everyone was with the thoughtful and amazing bridal shower gifts!!