Making Soap

I am sure we all saw this post at one time or another . . . such a wonderful idea is worth doing over and over again! So, I (with the help of M) made soap for my Bridal Shower . . . and people loved it! I will be making more for gifts in the future!

Here is a tiny little pic of the stack of them at the shower. Everyone loved them!! I ended up making 5 different "flavors," Chai Tea, Lemon Poppyseed, Apricot Mint, Pomegranate with Vanilla Bean, and Lavender Mint. It was just such a fun little surprise for everyone.

Shower Host Gift

For my maid of honor I bought her a little gift for planning and hosting it . . . they are from Home Goods. If you haven't been to a Home Goods store, you are missing out!

Cute little matching bed side carafes!!

My first Shower

So, I had my first shower a couple weeks ago at work. It took me awhile to get the actual pictures because we had to use a work camera (not my own) and then I had to edit out some stuff, peoples names, anything that had my employers name (I am not sure if I needed to do that or not, but just didn't want to get in trouble!!

The shower was hosted by my senior manager who I love. She is super sweet and did such a cute job getting everything together. So nice of her. Obviously she was doing it out of her own kindness and I am just so grateful. So . . . here are some fun pics!!
My e-mail invite
I made these little thank-you plants that looked super cute, but almost all died the next day. Oh well, decorations I guess!
I used by little tag punch for the tags and hand stamped each one with letter stamps.




Each table setting. Plant, with the little bag of almonds and silverware.

Flowers from another managers yard along with my save the date and invite - I guess you get to see a little more of the invite here . . . I am going to show you everything at some point here!
Our sign (on a computer of course) . . . it is work

Pretty cake!

This punch was wonderful. I would totally recommend it for a mock-tail . . . it had pineapple juice in it, which normally I hate, but this was fabulous!

The yummy food, sandwiches, salad, fruit. All yummy!

The table all set up.
My presents . . . yay Crate & Barrel
Me!
All the guests.

Oh wait, more guests.

Playing games. Marie had a famous couple game, where you had to list the famous partner to whomever was listed on the list (Romeo and Juliet, Sara Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, etc.) She also had another game with cups of spices and you had to guess what the spice was just based on smell. I did pretty good, although I mixed up clove, allspice and one other.
Cookbook stand! Oh I love this!
Olive branch napkin holder . . . fits right in with my theme, huh?
Tupperware.
Red pie pan! I love red.
Me and the cake.

Marie and I!

Olive Branch napkin holder in use at my birthday!

Anyway . . . I really enjoyed my little shower. And thank you Marie for all your hard work! It was fun and so nice!

Another Shower Dress . . . or maybe Rehearsal Dinner!

So I bought my second shower dress and I am absolutely in love with it. It is actually really different then I would normally wear. Plus, a bit shorter than my regular style as well . . . but I am still in Love!!

You can probably tell it is Anthropologie!! Isn't it pretty though?? Oh I love it!

Changed My Mind

Remember those dresses I bought for possible shower dresses?? Well, I returned both of them. The purple one because it was just too short for me. And the white one . . . well it fit great and was really pretty on, but there was a stain, so I exchanged it. But then the second one didn't fit . . . and I just didn't want to do it again. So . . . I found a new one. It is not only super cute, fits, doesn't have stains, but it was also a lot less expensive!!

(Image from White House Black Market)

It comes with a cute little belt, but I think I would like to try to find some kind of flower belt or something. Anyway . . . I think it is great for my bridal shower. Now I just need to figure out what to wear for my other shower and the rehearsal!!

Bridal Shower Dresses

It looks like I will have at least two Bridal Showers and I found two totally cute dresses that I had to have for these special occasions!!

Both are from Nordstroms and so are the pictures (1 & 2)

I feel like probably a lot of you have seen the purple one . . . it has been on a bunch of different blogs, the white one maybe not. Anyway . . . cute dresses make me even more excited for the bridal showers . . . makes everything more real or something. So much fun!!