Saturday, April 17, 2010

April Shower

My sister is getting married in 4 short weeks from now, and last weekend we had a surprise shower for her.  The plot thickens and the webs we wove, were very tangled, but we managed to surprise her!!  How fun, to see her so excited and so gracious, that 28 ladies came to the house for her.  We had planned this date months ago, and chose brown and soft pink for our theme. So beautifully it came together, and such a nice time we had.  We played 4 fun games, and to my surprise, everyone participated.  Everyone even wore blindfolds for 1 of them games!!!


So many beautiful things she got, my mother cross stitched my sister 12 'bride tree' ornaments, and finished them all off beautifully in duchess silk satin.  The colors are so rich.  My grandmother made her a tablecloth with about 10 Billion Lazy Dazy stitches.
We all commented on how we never want to stitch 1 of those, let alone enough for a long rectangular table in my sisters dining room.  The colors match perfectly to the dishes my sister chose, and she was thrilled of course.  Hand made gifts are always so very special, especially when you appreciate all the work that goes into them :).



I spent the night before baking into the early morning, these fabulous cupcakes, icing them and toping them off with sprinkles.   I found these bride and groom toppers for them, and it was just perfect.  I did add my personnel touch to the party, I bought tombstone cookie cutters and thought how perfect would this be for the bridal shower.........


Around 1:00am on Saturday morning I iced the cookies with white chocolate and at 10:35am, 20 minutes before guests starting arriving I added the final touch; 'til death parts.  I thought they were just perfect, I believe there were about 2 dozen made.  They were a hit for sure.  My sister thought the party was fabulous, the food, the gifts and the fellowship.  A perfect way to spend a Saturday with the ladies that love you. 

11 comments:

  1. What a great shower with awesome gifts! The cookies are way cute!

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  2. What fun - those cookies are too cute and funny! And your stitching pieces are just beautiful - what a lucky girl!

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  3. How nice of your mother to cross stitch all those ornamants for your sister! The tablecloth is very pretty,too.
    Sounds like the surprise shower was a real hit.

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  4. Fantastic! What lovely gifts! and it says a lot about your family that you all stitch! I hope your sister has an equally fantastic wedding. I wish her all the best!

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  5. What a great party! I love the handmade ornaments and that table cloth! What a treasure! How blessed you all are to have such a wonderful and special day together.

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  6. What a fabulous shower!! The handmade gifts were beautiful!! Those goodies looked yummy too!

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  7. I'm so glad that the shower was such a success. What beautiful gifts and I think that cookies are just perfect!

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  8. What a wonderful shower! It looks like her gifts were a labor of love. I'm sure she'll treasure them. Best wishes to her and her fiance!

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  9. How wonderful!! I am so glad you all were able to do this for her! It sounds like not only will she have some awesome gifts to treasure, but some wonderful memories as well!

    Hope you're doing well!

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  10. How fun! Congratulations to your sister - what a wonderful shower you threw for her. Love the tombstone cookies too!!

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  11. Beautiful biscuits and marvelous ornaments... sweet photos!!!

    Kisses
    Sandy

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