A Happily Ever After Bridal Shower!

I was so excited to throw a bridal shower last weekend and I chose a Happily Ever After theme. It turned out so well, I thought I'd share a few pictures of the fun things we did!

Shower Favors

I got some pretty pink organza 3x4 bags off of Amazon (I got 100 for $8, I believe) and I did half of them with bath bombs and a tag that read "From Asia's shower to yours---thanks for celebrating with her today!" I did the Cherry Blossom bath bombs from Wal-Mart because they were pink and smelled so good. There were also eight wrapped bombs in a package, which was perfect.

For people who didn't want the bath bomb favor, I did the other half with Hershey's kisses and a tag that said, "Asia is kissing the single life goodbye---thanks for helping her celebrate!

Both favors were a big hit and I think they looked really pretty. 

Here they are on the table:

Game

I only did one game since it was an open house, where I had a pretty jar full of kisses and guests could guess how many kisses were in it. I was surprised how much fun people were having with that!

I also had note cards and pens so guests could write a piece of advice for the bride and groom, as well as their best date idea. I bought the little photo album to slip the cards into afterward, so they could have a cute little keepsake of it. There were some really fun date ideas and a lot of good advice!

Here's the finished table. Isn't it cute?

(I bought the cute Happily Ever After banner on Amazon for $5 and had the pink and blue balloons to match the bride's wedding colors.)

Refreshments

For refreshments I had mini-pink lemonade cupcakes and a beautiful Happily Ever After book cake with their names and date on it. The cake was chocolate with a raspberry filling and it was so good!

Since it was a light luncheon, I also served the five ingredient chicken salad croissants with fruit plates, veggie plates, and an assortment of summer salads. It was perfect!

I love throwing parties, but bridal showers are so fun because it's such a happy occasion. I'm so excited for these two! 

Puppy Themed Birthday Party

I've been having a little too much fun lately planning my little girl's puppy themed birthday party.  It is finally over and I'm dying to show you all the pictures!

The Decorations

Puppy paws on the balloons

Adorable puppy cake!

I got brand new dog bowls from the dollar store for the treats and found cute little tags with dog themes on Pinterest.

The "Pup" corn was a bit hit!

Doesn't that really look like puppy chow? LOL It's just chocolate puff cereal.

Scooby snacks.  :)

Paw print sugar cookies, aren't they adorable?

Drink station and "chew" toys.

Doggie bags for the kids to take home. Included in them are: a ball, a "best in show" medal, puppy chow, scooby snacks, and a Snoopy fruit snack.  

The Fun

So when each child got there, they picked out some puppy ears and a tail, (I found fabric remnants and hot glued them to head bands for the ears, then sewed simple tails and put them on elastic) then we started working on their "collar" which was foam beads with a larger one in the middle for the "dog" tag.

then I face-painted simple puppy faces on them.

then each person got their own dog bowl for their snacks. (Also from the dollar store and washed thoroughly of course.)

We played games like obedience school (where they learned to roll over, howl, chase their tails, sniff for bones, play dead, and wag your tail) and then played "Simon Says" to show off their skills.

We also did a puppy obstacle course where they jumped through a hula hoop, pushed a ball with their nose, balanced a dog biscuit and dug for bones in the sandbox.  The fun one was "guess the smell" and we had a pickle and some fruity shampoo in paper bags that they were trying to guess. LOL

We couldn't find a poster for Pin the Tail on the Puppy so my son hand drew one for me. It was fun!

We made a simple dog house to take pictures of our puppies in front of and show off their puppy faces!

Then, my neighbor brought over her two month old toy Pomeranian puppy to show everyone and talk about dog safety (never approaching strange dogs, asking owners first before you try to pet a dog, that sort of thing) and then everyone got to play with the puppy. After that we did presents and cake and ice cream, then everyone went home with their ears, tail, dog bowl, and a doggie bag. I think it was a success! I know my little girl loved it and we had a lot of fun planning it together.