Time Fliiiiiies...

Happy Monday everyone!

I hope your weekend was fantastic, and for those in southern California I hope you enjoyed our fairly decent weather! (It's about time...)

I know it's not Wednesday, but part of my weekend fun was attending a bridal shower for a dear friend of mine from high school and tonight I am going to be putting together plans for my best friend's bridal shower coming up here in about a month. I guess I'm just in that mode this morning. So, since it's Monday, and I haven't talked about MY wedding or bridal festivities yet, I'm going to make an exception to "Wedding Wednesday" this morning and go back in time to Saturday, February 4th, 2012. It was not that long ago, but myyyy how time fliiiiies!

Being a bride can be incredibly overwhelming at times. If you're the kind of person who does not like to be the center of attention, it can definitely cause some anxiety. I remember the days leading up to my shower and being at work thinking, "I don't know if I can handle all those eyes on me at once for an entire afternoon!" It's hard to fly under the radar at an event when you're the whole reason the event is taking place. After all of my stupid and immature worrying, I realized that I was fortunate enough to even be having a shower, so I put my big girl panties on and went on with the show.

Dylan was out of town on the weekend of my shower, so I was at home with my monkey girl getting ready for the big day. I dropped her off at my parent's house with my dad and knew I would be seeing her later. I requested a special guest appearance from her towards the end of the afternoon because she's too cute not to be included. Ella and I said our "see you laters" and I was on my way.

I arrived at Heather's house, only to be greeted by this adorable set-up. P.S. I had no idea what to expect going into my shower. The plans were kept secret from me during the whole planning process. So when I walked up, I was beyond pleasantly surprised and couldn't wait to see what else was in store for me.

As I walked in the door, I was instructed to put on these...

They were my "Wedding Taboo" clothespins. For anyone who isn't familiar with the game, upon arrival, every guest was given a list of words with several clothespins to wear. The words on the list are words everyone was supposed to keep out of their vocabulary for the afternoon. If you were caught saying any of them, you are supposed to give up one of your clothespins. The person with the most clothespins by the end of the day won. My special blue clothespins were worth double points!

Anyway, I walked in and was immediately STUNNED by all of the gorgeousness and detail. Here, let me show you...

We were having a TEA PARTY!! I couldn't have been more excited. I'd never been to a tea party before, and how amazing that my first one was in my honor! (I have the BEST friends.)

The food and menus...

YES, those are homemade Uncrustables aka PB&J without the crust. I don't even think I need to tell you how good they were.

SHAMROCK cucumber sandwiches with homemade cream cheese... there are no words.

Now for my favorite part... DESSERT!

I can't even look at these menus without drooling and remembering how delicious each one of those tasted.

The details killed me! (I got married on St. Patrick's Day... is it all making sense?)

 Ahh... Nothing Bundt Cakes, you know JUST what a girl needs to put in her mouth! ;) If you haven;t yet experienced these bundts, get off your rear end and go get one. NOW!

More outrageously gorgeous details...

I think you can see from even just these details how incredible my bridal shower was. Having my nearest and dearest with me to celebrate made that day one of the most memorable in my entire life. It was a reminder of how far I have come because a few years prior, half of those people probably wouldn't have wanted to attend. My "Dark Ages," which I've talked about in a previous post, had broken a lot of my relationships. I was in awe of the people who showed up for me and poured out their love and friendship to me on this day. It was such a gift to see how far I have come, and who I have along side of me. I literally have the BEST friends. Thank you to Heather and Jessica in particular for taking the time and spending the energy to put this all together... I could never thank either of them enough. My day was full of delight, positive energy, memories, and photos to be envious of.

See all of the green?

I think ending with that sweet face summarizes my bridal shower perfectly; precious, sweet, and impossible to keep a smile off of your face. It is impossible to put into words how beautiful everything was. Any expectation I thought I had about my shower was completely blown away. I hope every bride gets to experience the love and magic I felt on my day. I wish I could go back and relive each and every moment.

Love. Love. Love.

<3

P.S. I've put a few more designs up in my Etsy store! Go check them out!