Bridal Shower, Part Two: A Family Affair
August 15th, 2008 @ 8:35 am by Mrs. Cupcake
Bridal Shower, Part One: A Ladies Luncheon
Two weeks after shower #1, Mr. Cupcake’s family hosted a surprise bridal shower for me. However, I have a confession to make… it wasn’t a complete surprise. This nosy Miss Cupcake wasn’t fooled by Mr. Cupcake’s attempt to trick me with the “family picnic” scheduled on our shared Google calendar, and it made sense that his family might be having a shower for me, so I eventually put two and two together. From that point forward I couldn’t help but giggle every time Mr. Cupcake talked about the “picnic” (without being able to look me in the eye).
Nonetheless, I was still surprised by how pretty everything looked and my hostesses did such a nice job of making it a special day for me and welcoming me into their family. Two of Mr. Cupcake’s aunts planned everything, and his cousin’s wife (whose wedding invitations I designed just last year) created adorable invitations using a Martha Stewart invitation kit:
from marthastewartcrafts.com — sorry I don’t have a picture of the actual invitation!
My mom also attended the shower, and she couldn’t stop talking about the beautiful “tablescape” with each dish on its own raised level (accomplished by placing different sized boxes under the patterned fabric):
Yummy punch, snacks, and even our Save the Date made it onto the “tablescape”
At least I knew what was going on so I could wear a cute outfit!
Oh my oh my, what’s all this?!
After hugs, snacks and chit chat, we played a game that I had never played before… a tray was filled with items that I will need on the honeymoon was shown to everyone. They ranged from Q-tips and a toothbrush to sunscreen and aloe. The tray was taken out of the room and everyone had to write down as many items as they could remember. I failed miserably as I have the worst short-term memory ever. But I shouldn’t win anything at my own party, right?
After the first game everyone then diligently filled out their Bridal Bingo cards (which Mr. Cupcake’s 13 year-old cousin had lovingly made for me) and the gift opening began!
It’s funny… in the back of this photo, through the window you can see the men wandering around in the backyard. They were forced out of the house for a few hours while all the ladies enjoyed the shower!
We were showered with such lovely and thoughtful gifts… I won’t bore you with all the details of more material things, because the nicest part of the day truly was being welcomed into the family and seeing everyone’s excitement for our upcoming day.
Surrounded by my lovely hostesses
Up next: the last in the bridal shower series (but certainly not least), shower #3!
Is anyone else having several showers?
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7 Responses to “Bridal Shower, Part Two: A Family Affair”
I’m having at least two: one for my family, one for his. I think our friends where we live are going to throw us a couples’ shower since most of our friends here could not make it to a shower up north. My family’s shower is next weekend and I am SO excited, especially after reading all of your posts!
You are going to have one heck of a ribbon bouquet for the rehearsal 
How fun! You WILL have a lot of ribbons after all three showers… when my sister got married, she had so many ribbons and bows that she made one large ribbon bouquet for herself and 5 smaller ones for her bridesmaids. It was so fun that we had something to carry down the aisle at the rehearsal too! Just an idea…
3 are planned so far!!
But we might be having a low-key party styled one if we manage to go visit them before moving from Fl to CA! AND the 3 are currently in my hometown. If we go and spend Thanksgiving with his family, they just might throw us one too! CRAZINESS!
Though nothing is official yet, it looks like I’ll be having a Seattle shower and a Tahoe shower. It seems like an awful lot of attention for someone like me…
Martha Stewart herself would be proud of that shower. So cute!
Mrs. Cupcake, Philadelphia
Age and Occupation: 27, Graphic Designer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Construction Project Manager
Engagement Date: February 10, 2007
Wedding Date: September, 2008
Blogging Since: December 7, 2007
Venue: The Desmond Hotel in Malvern, PA
About Me: Mr. Cupcake and I hit it off at a Halloween party and immediately began a long-distance relationship. After two years, he moved to my neck of the woods, and a year and a half after that, he proposed at the “place we fell in love.” I am a true perfectionist who enjoys designing and creating more work for myself, so wedding planning is my perfect outlet. Mr. Cupcake and I are both old souls, and we hope to weave that aspect of our personalities into our wedding day.
That looks so lovely! You color coordinated your outfit to your invitations!
I am having 4 showers, which is SO nice, but it is stressing me out a bit trying to tell the hostesses who to invite to what!