How Sweet It Is

The shower is over.  All my hard work and preparations have come to a close.  I was happy with the way everything turned out and I honestly wasn't that stressed the day of the event.  I was able to get somuch done the day before that allowed me to enjoy the actual event.  The bride was happy, so I accomplished my main goal.  Here is the day in pictures.  WARNING:  There are a lot of them! 

The mantel with banner

Me, the bride (Kristina), and Brooke.  The 3 of us lived together post college (they were in pharmacy and law school). 

The drinks - cranberry/pomegranate mimosas

All of the food/drink had love-themed titles.

Water with labels for the pregnant, non-drinking guests.

Crostini with Sun-Dried Tomato Jam

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Turkey & Brie Wraps with cherry preserves

My personal favorite, sugar cookies!

Cupcakes with toppers

Favors to go.  I had to do something with all those extra sugar cookies!!

In case you didn't notice the theme/pattern, each of the dishes were red in some way.  If you didn't notice, you're not alone.  I think that was one detail that went unnoticed by everyone except me.  At least it was a way to get my creative juices flowing!  

There were a few other details that I didn't get pictures of, like this paper heart garland I had on 2 of the windows.

 What's funny is that I had about a dozen recipes bookmarked as ideas for the shower and I didn't use a single one!  I thought the ones I did choose were all very good and I'd make them all again.  I think the favorite was the Strawberry Walnut Bread but the Crostini with Sun-Dried Tomato Jam was the favorite in our house (Colin ate 4 of them!).  Somehow I couldn't find links to any of them except the crostini and hummus, so watch for upcoming posts with the other recipes. 

Thanks for humbling me and reading this far (: