My Occupational Therapy class really takes care of our classmates when they get engaged to be married.
Fun fact: I was the first classmate to get married after school started and my 3 best friends really set the bar high with a tacky Christmas shower.
So, when I got the opportunity to host one of the very last bridal showers before graduation for one of the girls who threw mine, I knew I had to get creative!
She is getting married in May and loves the color purple and garden inspirations
so I went with that for my basis.
The menu included:
Assorted Fruit
Egg Salad Sandwiches
& Sliced Turkey Sandwiches
We also had Cream Cheese Rotel Dip and two veggie trays.
I wrapped plastic silverware in large dinner napkins and small personalized lunch napkins.
I also ventured out on a cake-decorating limb (no photo because it's too embarrassing!) but it tasted divine.
The recipe for the Buttercream Frosting
1 bag powder sugar (two pounds or about eight cups)
1 stick Crisco
2 sticks Butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup milk
Cream Crisco, butter, and vanilla in mixer for 2-4 minutes. Add in powder sugar, one cup at a time, while slowly adding in milk. Use more milk for a creamy consistency, use less milk for a stiff consistency.
Admittedly, it was a little wet but it didn't melt. I think the recipe still needs some tweaking!
1 bag powder sugar (two pounds or about eight cups)
1 stick Crisco
2 sticks Butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup milk
Cream Crisco, butter, and vanilla in mixer for 2-4 minutes. Add in powder sugar, one cup at a time, while slowly adding in milk. Use more milk for a creamy consistency, use less milk for a stiff consistency.
Admittedly, it was a little wet but it didn't melt. I think the recipe still needs some tweaking!
As guests arrived, they sampled my White Zinfandel-Cranberry Juice concoction and
some non-alcoholic Raspberry Lemonade served in a double Beverage Dispenser. I dont have a picture but it looked somewhat like this except double!
Also I did a photo with each guest, so that the Bride-to-Be could send a sweet photo memory with her thank you note for gifts.
Our sweet friend Anna (left) made the bride-to-be (right) the cute badge she's wearing.
Anna is one of the craftiest people I know!
The favors for the party were hand-made herbal sachets created by each guest
For this craft, I provided
small letter stamps (from Michael's craft store)
ink pads
and a variety of herbs
Some of the herbs I included for options in the sachet were:
Calamus Root
Lemon Verbena
Lemon Peel
Lemon Peel
Calendula
Rosemary
Peppermint
Speamint
Cloves
Thyme
Thyme
Lavender
Rose Petals
Chamomile
A large dry-erase board was posted on easel with combinations and
pairings of herbs that would work well in a sachet for clothing drawers.
I had no prior experience with this project, but it worked out great! A lot of my education about what to put in a sachet came from this website
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