Mackenzie & Corey's Wedding

This weekend, I was involved in one of the cutest weddings ever! It was an outdoor wedding and the bride and her mom paid a ton of attention to detail...I loved it!

It all began with a rehearsal, where we were stuck by a draw bridge! Thankfully, we weren't late!

Following the rehearsal, we had dinner at a local restaurant, complete with personalized menus!

The appetizers consisted of cheese wedges, shrimp, and oysters. I was braved and tried them all, but I wasn't a fan of the oysters. The shrimp and cheese on the other hand were great!
 

 
I was brave in another aspect as well - I ordered the FISH as an entree! This was my first time trying fish since my pregnancy and I liked it! Woohoo! (If you read my pregnancy updates, you know that fish was one of my major food aversions...yuck!)

So, the wedding colors were coral and yellow. We all dressed in coral, but not on purpose! Whoops!

Brayden wore an outfit the bride bought for him at Christmas (before he was even born). She was so surprised and excited to see him in her gift! I'm glad it finally fit him and worked for the occasion!

Wedding morning began with Starbucks (of course)!

The bride also gifted us with these adorable robes! I might have worn mine all weekend, too. Whoops.

The wedding was at a cute little chapel in the next town over, so we took a shuttle ride there. Luckily, our church owns a shuttle and the bride's dad is the children's pastor...so it all worked out!

Lace and pearls!

The bride and groom opted to have a "first look" prior to the wedding ceremony. I'd never been involved in one, so I was excited to sneak a peak at this one! So cute!

Yes her wedding was outside...in June...in Southwest Louisiana. However, I loved everything about it and wouldn't change a thing! I also didn't sweat to death like I thought I would! :)

As I mentioned before, the attention to detail at this wedding was amazing! As avid Disney fans, LOTS of hidden Mickey's were placed throughout the ceremony and reception!

One of the bridesmaids might have stolen this Mickey topiary for a few minutes...and I might have chased her around for it.

I'm so making myself one of these!

Iced water was a must for the wedding party! I loved joking with my friend's husband that he was our "errand boy"! Hehe!

Small wedding emergencies call for a needle and thread...thank goodness for the Bride's mom and thinking ahead! Crisis was averted in the end. :)

I loved her guestbook idea! She came over to my house the week of the wedding and we cut these letters out on my silhouette. We also made a sign to go at the road, but I don't have a picture of that one.

Isn't this venue precious? It was so nice and peaceful!

Hidden Mickey! :)

I loved her colors, too! This wedding literally stepped out of the pages of Pinterest! 

They signed their marriage license with the Mickey pen and the little box held their wedding rings!

I LOVED our dresses and shoes! This is definitely one of my favorites to date!

On the way out, we were stopped by the bridge again but it's ok...we were able to enjoy the sunset while waiting!

I might have kept all of my jewelry on for dinner.  I'm sure others thought I was crazy but oh well! :)

On our way to dinner, we decided to stop and "decorate" the married couple's vehicle! Fun times!

Our dinner consisted of one of my favorites in town - a messy, sloppy, roast beast poboy. If you're ever in my neck of the woods, let me know and I'll tell you how to get to this place. It's delicious!

I'm so happy for my friends, Mackenzie and Corey and am so grateful they chose me to be a part of their special day! Love you guys....here's to many years of happiness ahead!

Wonderland Themed Bridal Shower

This past weekend, we threw a friend of mine a Wonderland/Mad-Hatter themed Bridal Shower and it was adorable! So much so in fact, I had to share with you here! :)

Let me also start off by saying that this bridal party was incredibly creative and had a lot of input on this shower...so everything you see here was a collaborative effort!  

The bride's wedding colors are green with bright Gerber daisy flowers...so that's where we started our planning process. The themed colors for this shower ranged from hot pink, teal blue, and lime green to orange and yellow. As a Disney fan and lover of all things bright and colorful, this shower was right up the bride's alley! 

The room we utilized for the shower was the Glass Foyer of my church. It's a large room that fits plenty of people and has a ton of space. The only downfall - it has a ton of space which means we had to be creative with the decor.

We gathered all of our ideas from Pinterest and decided on two table centerpieces:

The clock centerpieces were set to the time of the shower and the time of the actual wedding. I liked that touch!

I also loved the added detail!

Instead of the traditional guestbook alone, we also added a teapot for everyone to sign.

The favors were bags of tea!

A friend of one of the bridesmaids had an Alice in Wonderland themed birthday party for her child and let us borrow some of her extra decorations! See...the roses are red and we didn't even have to paint them that way! :)

My BRF also let me borrow some of the decor from parties she's thrown in the past...lucky for us, it all worked!

This was probably my favorite area of the entire room!

Loved this sign! 

The bride and groom have dated for four years and were engaged at WDW, so these pictures represent their relationship over the course of time. There's also one picture of each bridesmaid with the bride in there as well! (A few hidden Mickeys are scattered throughout the tree as well, but you can't see them from this picture!)

 Another fun touch was the photo booth!

Guests of the shower had a great time taking pictures here!

One of our games was the ring game...and some women were out for blood! It was hysterical!

We had a wide assortment of food, but these were my favorite...

The ideas here were also found on Pinterest, by the way! 

This hostess was incredible! I asked her to make sandwiches and we would arrange them at the shower. She asked what I was thinking so I sent her a picture and she made it happen!!  Thank goodness for creative people! :)

This was a super delicious sandwich "cake"...it had chicken salad inside which I'm not usually a fan of, but it was good!

Last but not least, the cake....oh the cake!

My friend (and fellow bridesmaid) Mackenzie made the cake and did an INCREDIBLE job! This was her first topsy turvy cake and it was adorable!  

The bride loved it!

After the bride broke a bow, I informed her of the old joke...the amount of bows you break is the amount of kids you'll have...

She took extra care from then on! Teehee!

I was laughing at her here because she was carefully ripping the paper around the bow so she wouldn't break it!

Overall, the shower went off without any issues and we all had a great time! This shower was completely different from anything I've ever helped with in the past and I loved it!!

Have you ever helped to host a shower? Do you enjoy throwing parties for people?