Weddingbee Blog

Miss Lobster here!

A couple weekends ago my bridesmaids threw me a bridal shower. It was on the exact anniversary of Mr. Lobster’s and my engagement. So while I was being showered with gifts and treats, Mr. Lobster was living it up Austin for his bachelor party shenanigans. Hm, it was quite different than the day he proposed. There were so many lovely details, I’ll let the party planners (my sisters / Maids of Honor) do the talking:

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My sister and I planned Lobster’s bridal shower on the anniversary of their engagement. While it just happened that way, I took it as a sign from the bridal shower fairies.

We wanted the bridal shower to be P-E-R-F-E-C-T, but with a bit of a late start, we needed to catch up fast. Lobster had sent us a link from Amy Adams for inspiration for a shower theme - love birds peppered with red and pink polka dots. It was lovely.

Lobster’s friend, 4fifteen (who also did her save-the-date and wedding suite), did another amazing job designing the bridal shower invitations to fit our lovebird theme. We incorporated his design throughout the bridal shower, which really tied everything together. We couldn’t have been more grateful for his help!

Pass me the scissors!

We got our decoration materials from four places: Paper Source, Michaels, Wal-Mart, and Jo-Ann Fabrics. Paper Source has these great red circles and scalloped ovals which were perfect for making the banners. They also have Microsoft Word templates so it’s easy to print on the adhesive labels.

All pics by bridesmaid S unless otherwise noted

We also used these cute flower kits with colors that perfectly matched our theme.

Michaels was a great place to find polka dotted ribbon, which we used throughout the party (remember to bring your Michaels coupon!). We used these to decorate the photo ribbons.

Last but not least, the Jo-Ann Fabrics was by far a GREAT source for materials. They had the cutest scrapbook paper, favor boxes, and various crafty materials for reasonable prices.

MarthStewart.com also served as a source as a creative source of inspiration. We used both her DIY paper flowers for the favors, and these paper flowers to decorate the room. Martha always makes it look so pretty.

Let the games begin!

One of the bridesmaids has a lot of experience organizing bridal showers and she recommended two games. In the first game “scrapbooking for lobsters”, we divided the guests into teams to design scrapbook pages and then Lobster chose her favorite. Each team had scrapbook paper, ribbon, scissors, and tape from a large Martha Stewart scrapbooking kit. The groups developed some very pretty and touching scrapbook pages:

The second game was “how well do the lobsters know each other”, where we wrote 10 trivia questions about the bride to compare to recorded responses from Mr. Lobster. First the guests jotted down their answers then we watched Mr. Lobster’s response on TV and Lobster would answer the opposite of what he said (haha). This game was so much fun because everyone got to learn a little more about the bride and we all got to see the Mr. Lobster during the bridal shower (when in reality he was floating on a pontoon in Austin for his bachelor party).

Chow down!

By far, the hardest part about organizing the shower was the menu. We didn’t have a good grasp on how much food to serve so we used former shower menus from the other bridesmaids as our guide. There was more than enough food leftover so I’m sure we could have cut out a few more items. For 20 guests we had:

• 1 salsa dip and chips
• 1 platter of cheese and crackers,
• 3-4 mains (various Asian noodles and other good eats)
• 1 large Cosi salad
• 2 other finger foods
• alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
• LOTS of desserts: cupcakes, chocolate strawberries, Chinese pastries, and a colorful and juicy fruit platter.

just a sampling of the eats (pic by guest M)

After weeks of many runs to the craft store, a zillion emails, and innumerable late nights, the shower day finally came. Things came together in the very VERY last minute, but Lobster and our guests couldn’t have been more appreciative of all the work the bridesmaids put into the shower. Here are a few more snippets from the bridal shower. Enjoy!

More details (pics by bridesmaids S & J)

Clockwise from Top Left: choco cupcakes, homemade choco strawberries, berry-infused water, favors and poofs, gifts, Paper Source signs, photo ribbons, gifts signs, center: handmade felt owls by MOH J

More importantly, the peeps:

Friends & Family - center pic Mom, Lobster, Sisters

Where did you find your bridal shower inspiration? Did you go online for DIY help?