Wedding Blog

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Truth or Dare.
Nail polish fumes.
Flying brushes and a flurry of bobby pins.
Sugar highs - and sugar headaches.
Popcorn-covered couches.
Crumpled up kleenexes and snotty sleeves.

Sounds good, right?

Due to *ahem* scheduling difficulties on Mr. Shortcake’s side of the family, our rehearsal and rehearsal dinner have been bumped back to the Wednesday evening before our Saturday wedding. As my bridesmaids would have to make a separate trip for these events, we decided to plan a little bridesmaid-bride bonding activity for immediately after the dinner.

A SLUMBER PARTY!

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This party won’t replace my bachelorette (which will be held exactly one week before the wedding), but instead will just serve as another opportunity for my bridesmaids (who are mostly strangers to each other) to enjoy each other’s company. I’ve always celebrated my birthdays with slumber parties (my elementary school days routinely saw my parents overseeing 30+ screaming girls…eek! ), so it seemed like a natural choice to celebrate the end of my girlish youth.

::INGREDIENTS FOR SHORTIE’S SLUMB-AH PAH-TY::

FOOD:

• popcorn
• chips
• candy
• chocolate dipped pretzels
• smores
• ice cream
• chocolate fondue with fruit and angel food cake
• pancakes with whipped cream and fruit (for breakfast)

DRINKS:

pink mixed drinks

MOVIES:

Father of the Bride (Steven Martin version)
When Harry Met Sally
27 Dresses
Wedding Crashers
The Princess Bride

GAMES:

light as a feather, stiff as a board
“Slumber Party” board game
flashlight limbo

OMG-I’M-GETTING-MARRIED-IN-2-DAYS-MUSIC:

Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
I Enjoy Being a Girl - Doris Day
The Boy I’m Going to Marry - Darlene Love
Perfect Day- Hoku
Chapel of Love - Dixie Cups
Charmed Life -Neil Nash
Love You Madly - Cake
Embraceable You - Billie Holiday
Wishin’ and Hopin’ - Ani Difranco
Sentimental Me - Ames Brothers
For the Longest Time - Billy Joel
Baby Baby - Amy Grant
Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin
Moon River - Audrey Hepburn
Wrapped Around - Brad Paisley
Ain’t Misbehavin’ - Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie
Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Frankie Avalon
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - Cinderella

Anything from the “Enchanted” Soundtrack
Anything by the Beach Boys
Anything by the Spice Girls
Anything by ABBA
Anything by the Shirelles

I also took on a little DIY task for my party attire - the ubiquitous “Bride” tank top!

MATERIALS:

One pink tank top ($2 on clearance rack)
One sheet of pink felt ($0.28 at Michaels)
iridescent sequins (own supply)
pink embroidery floss (own supply)
Scissors (own supply)

1. I cut out the letters by hand, eyeing them, but you could just as easily print out a large font that you like, and trace the characters onto the felt.

IMPORTANT: Remember that your tank top is going to stretch to accommodate your body and bosoms - I measured my chest, then found a pillow with a similar circumference. I placed the tank top onto the pillow, then pinned the letters onto the tank while it was oh-so-realistically filled out!

2. Sew on your letter using a blanket stitch (http://primrosedesign.blogspot.com/2006/11/stitch-school-blanket-stitch.html).

3. Sew on your sequins (http://www.wikihow.com/Sew-a-Sequin-on-Fabric).

4. Wear with “bride pride”! (insert collective groan over awful rhyme, here)

Pink and sparkly, just the way I like it!

Is anyone else having a slumber party before their wedding?